Elio Pace - If I Can Dream (Live on 'Weekend Wogan' BBC Radio 2)

The great Elio Pace and his brilliant band with a powerful and inspirational version of Elvis Presley's 'If I Can Dream' live on 'Weekend Wogan' BBC Radio 2 on Sunday, August 22nd 2010.
What a choice of song to close the 2nd series of Weekend Wogan and beautifully and honestly delivered by Elio. Just look closely at the end, when Elio applauds the band and you can see what doing this song meant to him and his heavenward mouthing of "Elvis Presley" is all the confirmation you need. His band's performance was faultless.
It maybe a coincidence that Elio Pace and Elvis Presley share the same initials but it can't be a coincidence that Elio ended up taking part in Radio 2's Elvis Forever concert in London's Hyde Park, after this exceptional performance of 'If I Can Dream'. (Apparently, Elio was asked to do the Elvis concert only 3 days after this Weekend Wogan show. Good on you, BBC)
Very few singers (in my opinion) do Elvis justice and Elio is most certainly one of them. An obvious fan (judging by the amount of Elvis he choses to do on the show) Elio never falls into the trap of trying to sound like Elvis. Instead, he makes the song his own but always with a respectful nod to the King.
Another example of this was Elio's performance of 'Such A Night' at Elvis Forever on Sunday, September 12th 2010, which was simply phenomenal. Away from his piano and wooing the 20,000-strong crowd, Elio showed what a classy and consummate pro he is and was by far, one of the highlights of the broadcast. You can watch two different versions of Elio's performance here:
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Elio Pace on Weekend Wogan videos I've uploaded are:
SERIES 1
Proud Mary
Two More Bottles Of Wine
Honky Cat
Burning Love
The Nearness Of You
Honky Tonk Women
Sober Siri (feat. Albert Lee)
Country Boy (Albert Lee)
Tell Her About It
Still Want You
Reet Petite
Sweet Inspiration (feat. The EP Singers)
The River Of Dreams
SERIES 2
Great Balls Of Fire
Funny How Time Slips Away
Ain't No Pleasin' You
I Can See Clearly Now
Honesty
Bossa Nova Baby
Yeh Yeh
Breakfast In America
Dance The Night Away
Gimme Some Lovin' (feat. Brian May)
If I Can Dream
SERIES 3
Crocodile Rock
Fools Fall In Love
Talk About The Good Times
Blue Christmas

[@scottheywood1729]

This is the best version I've heard since 1968!

[@ekunsa]

Check Maneskin

[@Intheshed123]

I never went as far as to give much praise to people doing Elvis Songs, (because he is the King) in his arrangements. But this guy just seems so natural at it. AND, I LOVE THAT HE DOES IT WITH NO ELVIS SUIT! NICE JOB!

[@freddiem8801]

I love this mans videos 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@leebillington1909]

A beautiful song sung so beautifully by this guy! I love it!

[@wrightchix]

elvis looms large in the legend that is Elio Pace!

[@whitefalcon64]

Great rendition of one of best Elvis songs

[@derima2]

VERY VERY VERY GOOD VOICES...GOD BLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

[@levialone1]

The King would be proud of his subjects

[@ThePallasit]

Not easy to do .. hard stuff for sure! Great rendition, thanks!

[@colebrook100]

very very very good elio well done!

[@1977hmdv]

beautiful! Gives me chills. Wonderful version.........thanks for posting

[@mander40101]

Very hard song to sing. GREAT job. I don't give praise to Elvis covers easily but this is really good!

[@PulsionTV_]

Nice performance !

[@mander40101]

I haven't seen this in a while. I forgot just how good this was! Thank you Elio!

[@songklodsriphumbang3104]

Great song

[@francoisfavreau769]

Wow i love the arrangements in the final build up,super.it`s the first time i hear him.Great find,thank you Pheebsdee for this upload.

[@JoseSanchez-mz9fz]

Very nice 👍🏽, really good version. I love this Elvis song.

[@MariaSocorro-rn2gq]

Muito bom

[@fastteddyb]

Good version.

[@db90990]

Very good Rendition

[@michaelyoupatoff3812]

I like it you are pretty good

[@MrDanman830]

outstanding...the best next to elvis

[@MigWilfy]

OK i was thinking i was singing good.... man you have me.. your voice is very good, and fun to hear...its.... woe very good :)

[@philgreen6084]

I was just scrolling through the comments and noticed that you're a lover of guitar sounds. You might want to consider having a listen to 14 year old guitaist Toby lee. He's current very talented and off to Nashville in january.

[@musiccrew4148]

would love to know at 0.01 what hes ticked off at but otherwise a fine performance of the song truly stunning

[@deboisblanc]

Great job. That song is so hard that Elvis never attempted it again. too draining.

[@db90990]

It could be that elvis didn't do it again due to it making him sad.

[@trailrunnerxy]

Great Performance... I´m wondering about the crowd... no reactions.. no feelings...

[@ekunsa]

Stiff upper lip

[@richardhillier1593]

Good, but still prefer Elvis version

[@bobm3407]

No one can reach Elvis's performance, there are some very good versions like Maneskin music band but they all look faded of sense compared to the The King , Only Elvis could make it special