How "If I Can Dream" was originally recorded for the Elvis 68 TV Special as remembered by producer Steve Binder... In the sound studio, Elvis and Binder sent the technicians home. Instead of his normal stance, sitting on the high recording stool using a boom microphone, Elvis opted for a hand-held mike and asked that the lights be dimmed. He put on the "cans," or professional headphones that carried the prerecorded orchestral backing, and began to sing "If I Can Dream." When he finished, he sang it a second time, only now sitting on the floor. Then, asking for all lights to be turned off, he sang while lying on his back. Binder suggests that for every artist, for whatever reason, one particular work emerges as the most true reflection of their personal self. For Elvis, this was that work. Once again, his body language told the story. Elvis's final versions of "If I Can Dream" were sung curled in the fetal position, on the floor of the studio, alone, in total darkness. It was a scene that evoked an image of the adolescent Elvis singing in the dark at the Lauderdale Courts.  "It was unbelievable...." said Steve Binder

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