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This article is about the song. For the book, see An American Trilogy (book).

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"An American Trilogy" is a 1972 song medley arranged by country composer Mickey Newbury and popularized by Elvis Presley, who included it as a showstopper in his concert routines.

The medley uses three 19th-century songs:

First performances

Newbury first recorded "An American Trilogy" for his 1971 album Frisco Mabel Joy, and the medley featured prominently on his first concert album, Live at Montezuma Hall, released in 1973.

The studio recording reached No. 26 on the charts in 1972, and No. 9 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.

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Newbury's version was used for nightly TV sign offs for KTBS, KLFY & WRBT in the mid to late 1970s.

Presley began singing "An American Trilogy" in concert in January 1972; a live recording made the following month was released as a single by RCA Records.

Presley modifies Newbury's sequence by reprising after "All My Trials" both "Dixie" (in the solo flute) and with a bigger ending on "Battle Hymn". He

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