“Don’t Be Cruel” was released as a single along with Elvis Presley’s hit “Hound Dog” in 1956. Remarkably, both sides of the single reached No. 1 in the US. Watch Presley’s performance of the song below.0h
About The Song “Don’t Be Cruel” was released as a single together with Elvis Presley’s high-selling jukebox hit “Hound Dog” in 1956. Amazingly, both sides of the single reached No. 1 in the US. Up to the present, no other…
Released in 1972, “Burning Love” became Elvis Presley’s final rock ‘n’ roll hit. With his marriage falling apart, he preferred investing his musical energy into “love-lost” ballads.0h
About The Song Released in 1972, “Burning Love” became Elvis Presley’s final hit record, the last of his 38 top ten singles on Billboard’s pop music chart. As Ernst Jorgensen noted, at the time Elvis was not enthusiastic about recording the song,…
Elvis recorded “Return to Sender” on March 27, 1962, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. To me, it has remained a special recording of Elvis ever since I first heard it on the radio over 60 years ago.0h
About The Song Elvis recorded “Return to Sender” on March 27, 1962, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. Presley regulars Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana, and Dudley Brooks were among an unusually large contingent of musicians in the studio to provide instrumentation for…
Here is Elvis Presley’s first official music video for the song “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise”. It was created in collaboration with Sony Music by illustrator Jimmy Simpson. Enjoy!.0h
– “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise” is a 1963 single by Elvis Presley. It was written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye and was published by Elvis Presley Music in June 1963. The song peaked at No. 3…
Elvis Presley had many hits, but one of the most undeniable is “Blue Suede Shoes.” Let’s listen to the music together and reminisce about the great past.0h
About The Song Elvis Presley had several hits, but one of the more famous is undoubtedly the “Blue Suede Shoes.” The King of Rock and Roll recorded the song in 1956, and it appeared as the opening track of his…
“Mystery Train” was recorded by Elvis Presley on July 11, 1955, and at that moment, everyone knew that a star was born.0h
About The Song In September 1953, Herman “Junior” Parker entered Sun Studios in Memphis to record the follow-up to “Feelin’ Good”, which had been a top five R&B chart hit for him earlier that year. Parker, 21, was a gifted singer,…
March 30, 1960: Variety’s Review of Elvis Presley’s “Stuck on You” – A Natural Hit That Won’t Be Stopped Anywhere on the Charts.0h
About The Song When Elvis left the army in March 1960, no one knew that “Stuck on You” would be his next single record release. In its March 7, 1960, issue, Billboard reported the following: “RCA Victor has devised a most elaborate piece of…
“Lawdy Miss Clawdy” by Elvis became one of the best-selling R&B records of 1952.0h
About The Song – Price’s song has also been identified as “one of the first rhythm and blues records to attract the attention of white Southern teenagers, among them Elvis Presley, who cut his own version four years later” and…
“Love Me Tender” is one of Elvis’ most famous songs. Released in early October 1956, the song became a phenomenon.0h
– This was the theme song to the first of 31 Elvis movies. The movie was titled The Reno Brothers before it was renamed to capitalize on the song. About The Song – Originally, Elvis had just a small role…
“Too Much,” released in January 1957, remains a humble addition to Elvis Presley’s iconic hits of the late 1950s.0h
About The Song “Too Much,” released in January 1957, was Presley’s fifth regular single record issue on the RCA Victor label. It followed “Love Me Tender” and preceded “All Shook Up,” both mega #1 hits for Elvis. Perhaps one of…