Beginning in the early 1990s, Jorgensen helped revise that image. His diligent research into the daily life of Elvis, especially Elvis's innovative work as a performer, has also resulted in the highly praised books Elvis Presley: A Life in Music-The Complete Recording Sessions and Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music.Īfter Elvis's untimely death at the age of forty-two in 1977, his reputation and legacy suffered for many years as audiences often remembered him more for the tragic, overweight, drug-addicted Vegas act he had unfortunately become than as the dynamic and innovative performer who greatly influenced rock and roll music. Jorgensen, who has been a fan of Elvis's since the 1960s, accomplished this by coproducing several new box sets of Elvis's songs, including The King of Rock & Roll, From Nashville to Memphis, and Walk a Mile in My Shoes, that have sold millions of copies today, he continues to work on new Elvis CDs and videos for BMG. SIDELIGHTS: Elvis Presley authority Ernst Jorgensen has been credited with helping to revive audience interest in the late musician through his work as a producer with BMG, the Denmark-based music company that owns Elvis's old record label, RCA.
(With Peter Guralnick) Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1999.Īlso author of Presley Recording Sessions, published in Denmark. (With Erik Rasmussen and Johnny Mikkelsen) Reconsider Baby: The Definitive Elvis Sessionography, 1954-1977, Jee Productions (Baneringen, Denmark), 1984, Pierian Press ( Ann Arbor, MI), 1986.Įlvis Presley: A Life in Music-The Complete Recording Sessions, St. Offıce-BMG, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.ĬAREER: Employed in the music record business, 1977- BMG (music company), New York, NY, producer, 1988-.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Award for Excellence finalist, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 1999, for Elvis Presley: A Life in Music-The Complete Recording Sessions Grammy Award nomination for producing Elvis Presley box sets.
1951, in Denmark married children: two.ĪDDRESSES: Home-Denmark.
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