Category: songs
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Elvis Presley – Today, Tomorrow and Forever (1964)
About The Song – “Today, Tomorrow and Forever” is a song written by Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye and Bill Giant and based on a classical piano piece titled “Liebestraum” by Franz Liszt. Elvis Presley performed the song in the 1964 MGM film Viva Las Vegas. – Elvis Presley recorded the song in two versions, as…
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Elvis Presley – I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (1958)
About The Song – “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” is a song written by Maurice Mysels and Ira Kosloff. It is best known for being Elvis Presley’s seventh single release on the RCA Victor label, produced by Steve Sholes. – It was released in May 1956, becoming Presley’s second number 1…
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Elvis Presley – Treat Me Nice (1957)
About The Song – “Treat Me Nice” was a song featured in the film Jailhouse Rock. It was the B-side to the film’s title track “Jailhouse Rock”. In the film, construction worker Vince Everett (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunken, belligerent man in a barroom brawl and is sentenced to not less than 1 year…
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Elvis Presley – (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I
About The Song – This song was originally written by Bill Trader and performed by Hank Snow in 1952. – The song was recorded by Elvis Presley at RCA’s Studio B, Nashville, while he was on leave from the army on the 10th of June 1958. – The Jordanaires provided the backing vocals on Elvis…
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Elvis Presley – Don’t (1958)
About The Song – “Don’t” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller – It became a giant hit all over the world. And it was #1 on the Top 100 chart for one week; and it spent a total of 20 weeks…
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Elvis Presley – Hard Headed Woman
About The Song “Hard Headed Woman” is a rock and roll song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. It was written by Claude Demetrius and published by Gladys Music, Presley’s publishing company, in 1958. The song is a 12-bar blues with a strong backbeat, and features Presley’s vocals accompanied by a band that includes Scotty…
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Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never (Live 1977)
– The single is the second best-selling single by Elvis Presley. It is also the number eight on a list of best-selling U.S. singles of all time. About The Song – “It’s Now or Never” is based on the Italian ballad “O Sole Mio”. – Tony Martin’s song “There’s No Tomorrow” (1949), also a version…
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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 drug misuse saw the demise of one of history’s greatest performers at the age of just 42. However, two months before his death Elvis Presley…
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Don Mclean – VINCENT (STARRY STARRY NIGHT) – 1971
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) is a song written and performed by Don McLean. It was released in 1971 as a tribute to the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The lyrics of the song touch on van Gogh’s troubled life and his emotional connection to his artwork. The song has since become one of McLean’s most popular…
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Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto (Live In Las Vegas 70*)
– The original title of the song was “In The Ghetto (The Vicious Circle)”, but RCA Records shortened it before handing it out to Elvis Presley. The end of the song describes the same picture as in the first verse, about a child born in the ghetto, whose father has just died, being born in…