Before the U.S. Army shipped Elvis overseas in 1958, he recorded a bundle of tracks to be parceled out as singles in his absence. The intent was to keep him in the pop music scene so that he would still have a career when discharged – even the King of Rock and Roll couldn’t survive [...]
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69) Elvis Presley – “Good Luck Charm”
Posted in 06, 1962, tagged elvis presley on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
47) Elvis Presley – “Surrender”
Posted in 06, 1961, tagged elvis presley on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Elvis continues his string of Euro-tinged pop songs with another pop reworking of a turn-of-the-century Neapolitan song – the previous being “It’s Now or Never.” While “Surrender” isn’t as novel or successful as that single, neither is it as embarrassing as “Are You Lonesome Tonight?“ Elvis again plays the Latin lover while showcasing his voice’s astonishing versatility. But the [...]
42) Elvis Presley – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Posted in 05, 1960, 1961, tagged elvis presley on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So far on No Hard Chords, the King has managed to keep a nice solid score of 7 for his Hot 100 hits. Neither “A Big Hunk o’ Love,” nor “Stuck on You,” nor “It’s Now or Never” are among Presley’s very best songs, but they’re all worthy entries at the top of the charts. And then comes [...]
34) Elvis Presley – “It’s Now or Never”
Posted in 07, 1960, tagged elvis presley on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
”Stuck On You” may have lacked some of the verve of Elvis’s pre-army hits, but he abandoned rock and roll entirely for his next #1, “It’s Now or Never.” Presley had heard Tony Martin’s 1950 hit “There’s No Tomorow,” based on the Neapolitan aria “‘O Sole Mio,” while stationed in Friedberg, Germany and commissioned new lyrics on his [...]
28) Elvis Presley – “Stuck On You”
Posted in 07, 1960, tagged elvis presley on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Stuck On You” was Elvis’s comeback hit after his two-year stint in the U.S. Army, although RCA had continued to release singles while he served overseas. “Stuck On You” rocks, but it’s a little slicker and less boisterous than his previous #1, “A Big Hunk o’ Love.” Not that army life necessarily tamed him – Presley [...]
17) Elvis Presley – “A Big Hunk o’ Love”
Posted in 07, 1959, tagged elvis presley on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
”A Big Hunk o’ Love” hasn’t really persisted as part of the Elvis Canon, at least not to the degree that previous #1′s such as ”Heartbreak Hotel,” “Love Me Tender” and “Jailhouse Rock” or the trio of 1960 chart toppers to be discussed have. It’s a pretty standard rockabilly-blues number, the type Presley had cut while at Sun [...]
