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Life by Elvis: The Time He Revealed God’s Plan

Elvis Presley sings Life: In 1970, he blended spirituality, gospel, and country music to create a song all about the mystery of God’s Plan

Elvis Presley recorded more than 700 songs, but none tackled a more enormous subject than Life, a 1970 song about God’s Plan, life itself. After 1968 radically changed his life (he became a father and staged his famous “comeback special” as Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were shot), he vowed never to sing another song he didn’t believe in.

Elvis Presley recorded more than 700 songs, but none tackled a more enormous subject than Life, a 1970 song about God’s Plan, life itself.

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