Producers scouted Mario Kombou, the star of Elvis musical 'Jailhouse Rock', to help with their problem. They were unable to secure the rights to use video footage of The King.
A 'Top of the Pops' spokesman said: "It's a very special number one as it's the UK's 1,000th. We wanted to pay tribute to Elvis in the best way we know how, so we thought getting a professional would be the best way for 'Top of the Pops' to do that."
Last week, 'Top of the Pops' used still pictures of Elvis to accompany his number one 'Jailhouse Rock'.
'Jailhouse Rock' and 'One Night' are the first two of 18 early Elvis UK number ones to be released by SonyBMG over the next few months. The copyright protection on his early songs is expiring, because copyright on sound recordings lasts 50 years after the recording was made.
However, the two singles have set new lows for sales, with 'Jailhouse Rock' notching up only 21,262 copies to hit the top spot and 'One Night' just 20,463 copies.
The BBC said that Kombou is likely to appear on 'Top of the Pops' again next week because the next Presley re-release, 'A Fool Such as I', is on course to give him his third number one in three weeks.
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