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Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others is the thirty-third by , released by in , PRS 279, in October 1968. It spent five months available only at select retail stores featuring products by the as a promotional tie-in with Presley's upcoming on the network, which Singer had sponsored. It was reissued for normal retail channels as Elvis Sings Flaming Star in March 1969, becoming the first Elvis Presley on the subsidiary label, catalogue CAS 2304. The 1969 release peaked at number 96 on the album chart. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, and Platinum on January 6, 2004, by the .
All tracks were compiled from sessions for soundtracks, with the exception of "Tiger Man" from the Singer Christmas Special. The cover of "" was a warm-up at a session for film songs to . Excepting "Flaming Star," the title song from Presley's 1960 which had been released on the in February 1961, all tracks were previously unreleased.
The "" medley and "" appeared in (1964) and (1967), respectively, while "Wonderful World" appeared over the opening credits to (1968). "Flaming Star" had been one of only two songs performed in that film. The live performance of "Tiger Man" was held off the initial broadcast of the NBC television special, but replaced the segment with "" for the repeat broadcast of the special in the summer of 1969. This track has the distinction of being the first live recording by Elvis ever commercially released. The remaining songs were not actually used in their respective films.
Due to the success of this album in making the charts upon reissue in 1969, RCA elected to continue with Presley product on the budget Camden label through 1972, LPs containing less than the standard running time, with unused soundtrack recordings and reshuffled previously released items. It was reissued in 1975 by , and again for by in 2006.
Track listing Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength1."Flaming Star" (from the film ) and October 7, 19602:252."Wonderful World" (from the film ) and Doug FlettMarch 7, 19682:143."Night Life" (from the film ), , July 9, 19631:534."" (from the film ) and October 1, 19671:495."" January 15, 19682:25Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength1."" / "" (from the film )Traditional / and July 10, 19632:582."" (from the film ) and September 29, 19661:393."Do the Vega" (from the film ), Bill Giant, July 10, 19632:264."Tiger Man" (from )Lewis Burns, , June 27, 19682:41RCA originally released "Flaming Star" on the (RCA LPC 128), which peaked at number 14 on the chart.