Elvis Presley - "Stuck On You" (1960), 25. Elvis Presley - "Don’t Be Cruel" (1956), 3. (DW), Written by R&B artist Jesse Stone and later recorded by James Brown, this slow march through betrayal, regret and self-pity is one of Elvis’ most soulful, disturbed and — never mind the title — sexual recordings. It spent eight weeks at #1 on the pop chart and four weeks at the top of the R&B chart. He offered the song to Frank Sinatra, and it became a standard for the legendary singer.

(BM), The first song recorded at the historic 1969 American Studio sessions, “Long Black Limousine” was a crucial cut on what might be the essential Elvis album, “From Elvis in Memphis.” “Rarely has Elvis sung so passionately in the studio,” wrote biographer Peter Guralnick, “rarely has he revealed himself so nakedly.” Fourteen years after singing about a pink Cadillac in his classic version of “Baby, Let’s Play House,” and just six years removed from the soundtrack clowning of “(There’s) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car,” it was as if the joy ride was over. And while you can argue whether Elvis was the first to blend pre-existing styles into this new thing called rock 'n' roll, his synthesis of country and blues here sounds more effortless and more complete than any of his contemporaries, or his inheritors. When he got around to cutting it himself six years later, fresh from the Army, he dug as deeply into the song’s slow-burn sexual swagger as Fulson had. Elvis Presley - "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956), 5. You also agree to our Terms of Service. Elvis whoops, stutters, wails and hiccups — and late in the song, somewhere around the 43rd “baby” — seems about to bust out laughing before he catches himself. Still, the 38 songs on The Top Ten Hits are absolutely first-rate -- there's no arguing with "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender," "Love Me," "All Shook Up," "Jailhouse Rock," "One Night," "A Fool Such as I," "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Little Sister," "Return to Sender," "Suspicious Minds," and many, many others.

https://www.billboard.com/.../7898274/elvis-presley-songs-best-hits-list "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" was released in May 1956, and Elvis Presley performed it live on The Milton Berle Show in June. Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry, Ice Cube on Role in Developing Trump Campaign's 'Platinum Plan' for Black America | Billboard News, Billie Eilish Posts Racy Photo to Hit Back at Body-Shamers | Billboard News, The Lincoln Project Shares Powerful Music Video to Demi Lovato's 'Commander in Chief', Here Are the Lyrics to JP Saxe's 'If the World Was Ending,' Feat. (BM), The King meets The Bard as Elvis cuts a Bob Dylan rarity.
Elvis built his legend fusing country, blues and gospel — you know, helping create rock 'n' roll — but this tempest of longing and recrimination (first line: “We’re caught in a trap”) is a grown-up soul music all his own.

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This time Winfield Scott, a writer of other hits with Otis Blackwell, received co-writing credit. "Can't Help Falling In Love" was a #2 pop hit for Elvis Presley.

The melody is based on that of "Plaisir d'amour," a French love song written in the 1780s. He took it to the top of the country chart and #2 on the pop singles chart. It spent eight weeks at #1 on the pop chart and four weeks at the top of the R&B chart.
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"Suspicious Minds" was a #1 smash and the final #1 hit of Elvis Presley's career. "It's Now Or Never" is based on the melody of the classic 1898 Italian song "O Sole Mio."

(BM), A lightweight composition, built around some fun wordplay, this Sun-era recording is elevated by Elvis’ jaunty reading and Scotty Moore’s signature dancing guitar lines. (CH), A month before recording the released version of “One Night,” Presley and the band cut a more faithful cover of Smiley Lewis’ 1956 R&B hit, “One Night (of Sin)”; when Elvis’ publishing company balked at the unmistakable intent of the title, a more radio-friendly rewrite was ordered.

More than ten different artists covered "Hound Dog" before Elvis Presley, but his version became the best-known.

Elvis Presley - "Bossa Nova Baby" (1963), 34. Elvis Presley - "Crying In The Chapel" (1965), 16.

His wild gyrations stirred massive public controversy, but the song still became a hit peaking at #3 on the pop chart and #1 on the country chart. "Jailhouse Rock" was the second big hit by Elvis Presley written by the songwriting team Leiber & Stoller. She spent seven weeks at the top of the R&B chart with the song. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. Frequent Elvis Presley collaborators Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman co-wrote the adaptation of "Come Back To Sorrento," originally written in 1902. "Hard Headed Woman" was written by African-American rockabilly songwriter Claude Demetrius. It became a minor hit peaking at #69 on the US pop chart. "Heartbreak Hotel" was Elvis Presley's major breakthrough pop hit, and it turned him into a mainstream star.

Julia Michaels, Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images, 40 Years After His Death, Elvis Presley's Jeweler Reveals Untold Stories of the King: Exclusive. "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" was slated as the follow up to the massive success of "Heartbreak Hotel." "Stuck On You" was the first hit single by Elvis Presley after he returned from two years of military service in the US army.

1 in the UK and Australia.. In Elvis’ hands, Leiber & Stoller’s intended-to-be-wry opening lines (“Treat me like a fool/ Treat me mean and cruel/ But love me”) are instead an invitation for bedlam. But they both sound like guys getting ready for a good time they’ve had plenty of times before.

He recorded his own version of "Suspicious Minds" in 1968 and released it on Scepter Records. Presley passed away on August 16 1977. The man jumped to his death from a hotel window leaving a suicide note with the line, "I walk a lonely street.". The song hit #3 on the pop chart and spent seven weeks at the top of the easy listening (precursor to adult contemporary) chart. (CH), The reason Elvis’ faithful version of Jerry Butler’s hit stands as one of his best records rather than a superfluous cover is twofold: The song feels written to order, a pitch-perfect fit for Elvis’ more contemporary, more mature, more soul-influenced new sound. The last of Elvis’s blockbuster trio of hits in 1957, “Jailhouse Rock” spent 27 weeks in the Top 100, 14 of them in the top 10, including 6 weeks at #1. "All Shook Up" reached #3 on the country chart. Elvis Presley - "It’s Midnight" (1974), 26.

“I’ve been traveling over mountains/ Even through the valleys, too,” reports the song’s narrator, detailing his efforts to reunite with his baby, “in spite of all that I’ve been through.” Like some sort of sidekick or wingman, Scotty Moore’s chatty guitar reinforces each of Elvis’ lines, as if to reassure the listener of the singer’s sincerity — not that any additional affirmation is needed when Elvis’ vocals are this assured and resourceful.

Elvis Presley - "Don’t Cry Daddy" (1969), 17. 40. was written in 1926.

(CH), Elvis’ first single for RCA was the big one, the song that really introduced him to the world.

... is one of the great love songs, as well as one of Elvis’ signature recordings. (JB), As Peter Guralnick notes in his biography “Last Train to Memphis,” a still-teenaged Elvis had seen Lowell Fulson perform “Reconsider Baby” at the Club Handy on Beale in 1954. The song’s first line, “Train I ride, sixteen coaches long … ,” had turned up in tunes by the Carter Family and Leadbelly, among others. "Don't" went to the top of the pop singles chart, #2 country, and #4 on the R&B chart. It was his first sessions that did not include Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass.

"Burning Love" was first recorded by country-soul artist Arthur Alexander. The Top Ten Hits is exactly what it says it is -- every Top Ten hit that Elvis Presley ever had during the course of his career, from "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956 to "Burning Love" in 1972. Acts with the most Number 1 albums on the Official UK Chart.

We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. (JB), A re-energized and indisputably mature Elvis transforms this uncompromisingly adult sex song into one of the bluesiest and most, yes, powerful performances of his historic 1969 Memphis sessions — it’s an underrated monster fit for a King (or a King Kong).

Elvis Presley recorded "Crying In the Chapel" during the sessions for his gospel album His Hand In Mine.

It's the perfect way to start an Elvis collection and, for many casual fans, the only set to own.

The song hit #1 on both the pop and country singles charts. Elvis Presley - "Hard Headed Woman" (1958), 11. It’s the oddest recording on this list, maybe the oddest — in a good way — in the Elvis canon. "Return To Sender" tells a tale of a man who continually attempts to mail a letter to a former girlfriend refusing to believe their relationship is over. (CH), Georgia-bred guitarist and songwriter Jerry Reed scored a small country hit with this snappy 1967 number about a musician making his way from Memphis to Macon to Mobile leading a swingin' five-piece band. But the song is synonymous with Elvis, whose version sold 10 million copies and spent 11 weeks atop the pop chart.

All hands on deck. Elvis Presley - "Steamroller Blues" (1973), 22.

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