Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never
user About The Song When Elvis Presley recorded “It’s Now or Never” in 1960, he answered a challenge Frank Sinatra had issued three years earlier. In June 1957, a Hollywood reporter…
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Elvis Presley – Girl Happy
About The Song – “Girl Happy” is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1965 motion picture Girl Happy. – Its first release…
Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes
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…
Elvis Presley – My Way (Live 1973)
About The Song – Elvis Presley began performing the song in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Anka’s suggestions that the song did not suit him. – Paul Anka wrote the…
Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
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…
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely
About The Song By the late 1950s, Roy Orbison was living in a small apartment in Nashville with his wife and baby, and he often used his car as a…
Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel (1956)
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.…
Elvis Presley – Stuck On You
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,…
Roy Orbison – California Blue
About The Song – “California Blue” is a song written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and Tom Petty. – According to The Authorized Roy Orbison, Orbison recorded the song in…
Elvis Presley – (You’re The) Devil In Disguise
About The Song – “(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…
Air Supply – All Out Of Love
About The Song Air Supply steadily succeeded with a stream of soft rock hits that played off their strengths: Graham Russell’s songwriting and Russell Hitchcock’s vocals. They dented the charts…
Carpenters – Only Yesterday
About The Song – Richard Carpenter wrote this with lyricist John Bettis. They were sure the song wouldn’t be a hit, and lost a $1,000 bet to their recording engineer…
Elvis Presley – Final Song At His Last Ever Performance
– Elvis Presley’s untimely death on August 16, 1977 was the end of the era for rock and roll music as the world knew it. Years of alcohol and prescription…
Elvis Presley’s Greatest Performance – Unchained Melody
In July 1977, Elvis Presley took the stage for what would be one of his final concert performances, drawing thousands of fans to an arena in Rapid City, South Dakota.…
Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto
About The Song Mac Davis had a pretty productive and varied career in entertainment. He had great success as a crossover country artist, with #1 pop and country smash “Baby…
Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream
About The Song For a couple of years in the 1960s, many thought that Elvis Presley’s music career was going down as his recording were mainly soundtracks to the movies…
Elvis Presley – Burning Love (Live in Honolulu, 1973)
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…
Elvis Presley – Return To Sender (1962)
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…
Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas
About The Song “Viva Las Vegas” is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for his film Viva Las Vegas, which along with…
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
About The Song More than six decades ago, The King of Rock and Roll released one of the most timeless and enduring songs of all time. It’s none other than…