Best Elvis Presley Songs

[SavoyBG]

Gonna push right through with a new survey. This time it's ELVIS PRESLEY!

Submit to me at least 10 and up to 50 of your favorite Elvis Presley songs ranked in order. I'll tally up the numbers and present a countdown of the results. Ballots will be scored like this:

1. 75 points
2. 71
3. 68
4. 65
5. 62
6. 60
7. 58
8. 56
9. 54
10. 52
11. 50
12. 49
13. 48
14. 47
15. 46
16. 45
17. 44
18. 43
19. 42
20. 41
21. 40
22. 39
23. 38
24. 37
25. 36
26. 35
27. 34
28. 33
29. 32
30. 31
31. 30
32. 29
33. 28
34. 27
35. 26
36. 25
37. 24
38. 23
39. 22
40. 21
41. 20
42. 19
43. 18
44. 17
45. 16
46. 15
47. 14
48. 13
49. 12
50. 11

Ballots must contain at least 10 songs and must be ranked, or they will not be counted. Please post your ballot in this thread.

[SavoyBG]

Deadline is Monday July 29 at midnight ET

Here is my ballot.

1. Good Rockin' Tonight
2. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
3. I Don't Care if The Sun Don't Shine
4. Blue Moon of Kentucky
5. All Shook Up
6. You're A Heartbreaker
7. Hound Dog
8. Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do
9. Jailhouse Rock
10. Too Much
11. One Sided Love Affair
12. Money Honey (Live)
13. Baby Let's Play House
14. My Baby Left Me
15. Don't Be Cruel
16. Just Because
17. That's All Right
18. A Big Hunk O' Love
19. So Glad You're Mine
20. Heartbreak Hotel
21. Milkcow Blues Boogie
22. Blue Christmas
23. Treat Me Nice
24. Blue Suede Shoes
25. Mean Woman Blues
26. Hard Headed Woman
27. One Night
28. Ain't That Loving You Baby
29. Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly (Medley - Live)
30. Mystery Train
31. Trouble
32. Paralyzed
33. I Got A Woman
34. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
35. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
36. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
37. Suspicious Minds
38. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
39. Baby I Don't Care
40. Dixieland Rock
41. Doncha' Think It's Time
42. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
43. Party
44. Burning Love
45. I Got Stung
46. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
47. I Beg of You
48. I Was The One
49. Trying To Get To You
50. Santa Claus is Back in Town

[Roger Ford]

Post by SavoyBG
Gonna push right through with a new survey. This time it's ELVIS PRESLEY!

1.Baby Let's Play House
2. Good Rockin' Tonight
3. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
4. That's All Right
5. Mystery Train
6. I'm Left,You're Right,She's Gone
7. Don't Be Cruel
8. Hound Dog
9. Jailhouse Rock
10. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
11. All Shook Up
12. My Baby Left Me
13. So Glad You're Mine
14. Milk Cow Blues Boogie
15. Heartbreak Hotel
16. Reconsider Baby
17. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
18. One Night
19. You're A Heartbreaker
20. When It Rains It Really Pours
21. Money Honey
22. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
23. Tryin' To Get To You
24. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
25. Paralyzed
26. Just Because
27. Love Me
28. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
29. Suspicious Minds
30. One Sided Love Affair
31. Blue Moon
32. I Was The One
33. Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do
34. Baby I Don't Care
35. Treat Me Nice
36. Blue Christmas
37. A Mess Of Blues
38. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
39. I Beg Of You
40. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
41. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
42. Tomorrow Night
43. I Need Your Love Tonight
44. I Got Stung
45. A Big Hunk O'Love
46. I Got A Woman
47. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
48. Trouble
49. Guitar Man
50. King Creole

Lots more of course that sadly don't *quite* make it



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1- Mystery Train
2- Don't Be Cruel
3- One Night Wuth You
4- Burnin Love
5- All Shook Up
6-Jailhouse Rock
7-Suspicious Minds
8-Hound Dog
9-Teddy Bear
10- I've Got A Thing About you Baby
11- Promise Land
12- Treat Me Nice
13- Kentucky Rain
14- Return to Sender
15- A Little Less Conversation
16- That's Alright Mama
17- You Were Always on my Mind
18- Are you Lonesome Tonight
19- Patch it up
20-Guitar Man

[SavoyBG]

Okay, Ford and Rowan are in!

[Steve Mc]

Lot's of really good songs I hated to leave off.


1 Blue Moon of Kentucky
2 Good Rockin' Tonight
3 Tryin' To Get To You
4 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
5 That's All Right
6 Baby Let's Play House
7 My Baby Left Me
8 Jailhouse Rock
9 So Glad You're Mine
10 Mystery Train
11 Don't Be Cruel
12 Hound Dog
13 Blue Moon
14 Heartbreak Hotel
15 Santa Claus Is Back In Town
16 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
17 I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
18 Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do!
19 I Was The One
20 Just Because
21 You're A Heartbreaker
22 One-Sided Love Affair
23 Anyway You Want Me
24 Shake, Rattle & Roll - Flip, Flop & Fly
25 Money Honey
26 Paralyzed
27 A Mess Of Blues
28 All Shook Up
29 Burning Love
30 I Beg Of You
31 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
32 Milkcow Blues Boogie
33 Tomorrow is a Long Time
34 Treat Me Nice
35 Too Much
36 Shake Rattle & Roll
37 Blue Christmas
38 Can't Help Falling in Love
39 Playing For Keeps
40 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
41 Love Me
42 Reconsider Baby
43 One Night
44 Peace In The Valley
45 (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
46 American Trilogy
47 I Forgot To Remember To Forget
48 I Got A Woman
49 It Feels So Right
50 Like A Baby

[DianeE]

01-Blue Moon of Kentucky
02-Jailhouse Rock
03-Love Me Tender
04-Burning Love
05-Danny Boy
06-I Want You , I Need You , I Love You
07-Heartbreak Hotel
08-(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
09-So Glad You're Mine
10-Here Comes Santa Claus
11-Peace In The Valley
12-Mystery Train
13-Take My Hand Precious Lord
14-Trying To Get To You (1968 version)
15-Milkcow Blues Boogie
16-Blue Christmas
17-Suspicious Minds
18-That's All Right
19-Are You Lonesome Tonight
20-Such A Night
21-It's Now Or Never
22-Suspicion
23-Reconsider Baby
24-Good Rockin' Tonight
25-Don't Be Cruel
26-All Shook Up
27-Too Much
28-One Night
29-My Baby Left Me
30-Tomorrow Night (UNDUBBED VERSION ONLY!)
31-I Need Your Love Tonight
32-I Feel So Bad
33-Crying In The Chapel
34-Baby Let's Play House
35-Loving You

[Steve Mc]

Post by DianeE
01-Blue Moon of Kentucky

Great minds.....

[Jim Colegrove]

1. Baby Let's Play House
2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
3. My Baby Left Me
4. Mystery Train
5. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
6. Milkcow Blues Boogie
7. Blue Christmas
8. Love Me
9. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
10. I Was The One
11. Anyway You Want Me
12. How Do You Think I Feel
13. Too Much
14. Just Because
15. Treat Me Nice
16. I Beg Of You
17. Don't
18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
19. You're A Heartbreaker
20. One-Sided Love Affair
21. Tryin' To Get To You
22. Playing For Keeps
23. How's The World Treating You
24. That's All Right
25. Blue Moon of Kentucky
26. Blue Moon
27. I'll Never Let You Go
28. First In Line
29. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry
30. I Need Your Love Tonight
31. I Got A Woman
32. Baby I Don't Care
33. I'll Be Home For Christmas
34. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
35. All Shook Up
36. Don't Be Cruel
37. Big Hunk O' Love
38. A Fool Such As I
39 . (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
40. One Night
41. I Got Stung
42. Jailhouse Rock
43. Heartbreak Hotel
44. Paralyzed
45. Hound Dog
46. Good Rockin' Tonight
47. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
48. Suspicious Minds
49. Burnin' Love
50. Can't Help Falling In Love

[SavoyBG]

Post by Jim Colegrove
1. Baby Let's Play House
2. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
3. My Baby Left Me
4. Mystery Train
5. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
6. Milkcow Blues Boogie
7. Blue Christmas
8. Love Me
9. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
10. I Was The One
11. Anyway You Want Me
12. How Do You Think I Feel
13. Too Much
14. Just Because
15. Treat Me Nice
16. I Beg Of You
17. Don't
18. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
19. You're A Heartbreaker
20. One-Sided Love Affair
21. Tryin' To Get To You
22. Playing For Keeps
23. How's The World Treating You
24. That's All Right
25. Blue Moon of Kentucky
26. Blue Moon
27. I'll Never Let You Go
28. First In Line
29. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry
30. I Need Your Love Tonight
31. I Got A Woman
32. Baby I Don't Care
33. I'll Be Home For Christmas
34. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
35. All Shook Up
36. Don't Be Cruel
37. Big Hunk O' Love
38. A Fool Such As I
39 . (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
40. One Night
41. I Got Stung
42. Jailhouse Rock
43. Heartbreak Hotel
44. Paralyzed
45. Hound Dog
46. Good Rockin' Tonight
47. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
48. Suspicious Minds
49. Burnin' Love
50. Can't Help Falling In Love

You're in Grover!

[OleManRiver]

1. Don't Be Cruel
2. All Shook Up
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. Hound Dog
5. Burning Love
6. Heartbreak Hotel
7. Mystery Train
8. Good Rockin' Tonight
9. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
10. I Want You I Need You I Love You
11. I Was The One
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. My Baby Left Me
14. Ain't That Loving You Baby
15. A Crazy Little Thing Called Love
16. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
17. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
18. That's All Right
19. Baby, Let's Play House
20. So Glad You're Mine
21. I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine
22. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
23. That's When Your Heartaches Begin
24. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
25. Paralyzed
26. Blue Moon
27. A Mess of Blues
28. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I
29. I Need Your Love Tonight
30. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
31. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
32. Milkcow Blues Boogie
33. One Night Of Sin
34. Blue Christmas
35. Merry Christmas Baby
36. Like a Baby
37. It's Now Or Never
38. Loving You
39. Little Sister
40. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU
41. Suspicious Minds
42. Playing For Keeps
43. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
44. I Got Stung
45. Big Boss Man
46. I Feel So Bad
47. Stuck On You
48. Too Much
49. Good Luck Charm
50. Don't

[SavoyBG]

Thanks Frank, you're in.

[Dean F.]

My Top 100 Songs by Elvis Presley (Version 2.0)

1. GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT (1954)
2. JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
3. BABY, LET’S PLAY HOUSE (1955)
4. HOUND DOG (1956)
5. DON’T BE CRUEL (1956)
6. THAT’S ALL RIGHT (1954)
7. BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY (1954)
8. MYSTERY TRAIN (1955)
9. MY BABY LEFT ME (1956)
10. BURNING LOVE (1972)

11. LITTLE SISTER (1961)
12. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (1961)
13. HEARTBREAK HOTEL (1956)
14. MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE (1955)
15. SUSPICIOUS MINDS (1969)
16. TRYING TO GET TO YOU (1956)
17. SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN (1957)
18. TOO MUCH (1957)
19. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (1959)
20. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL (1965)

21. ONE NIGHT (1958)
22. HURT (1976)
23. HARD-HEADED WOMAN (1958)
24. KING CREOLE (1958)
25. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (1964)
26. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? (1960)
27. GUITAR MAN (1981 Remix)
28. GOT A LOT O’ LIVIN’ TO DO (1957)
29. THAT’S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN (1957)
30. ANY DAY NOW (1969)

31. U.S. MALE (1968)
32. I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU (1956)
33. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (1959)
34. ALL SHOOK UP (1957)
35. PROMISED LAND (1974)
36. TROUBLE (1958)
37. BLUE MOON (1956)
38. IF I CAN DREAM (1969)
39. PARALYZED (1956)
40. BLUE CHRISTMAS (1957)

41. WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN (1956)
42. KENTUCKY RAIN (1970)
43. (Marie’s the Name) HIS LATEST FLAME (1961)
44. A MESS OF BLUES (1960)
45. DON’T (1958)
46. (There’ll Be) PEACE IN THE VALLEY (For Me) (1957)
47. RECONSIDER BABY (1960)
48. BLUE SUEDE SHOES (1956)
49. SUCH A NIGHT (1964)
50. SURRENDER (1961)

51. I GOT A WOMAN (1956)
52. LOVING YOU (1957)
53. I DON’T CARE IF THE SUN DON’T SHINE (1955)
54. I GOT STUNG (1958)
55. A FOOL SUCH AS I (1959)
56. LOVE ME (1956)
57. WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK (1958)
58. A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION (1967)
59. RETURN TO SENDER (1962)
60. FADED LOVE (1971)

61. VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964)
62. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD (1969)
63. EDGE OF REALITY (1968)
64. KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD (1962)
65. IT’S NOW OR NEVER (1960)
66. (You’re So Square) BABY, I DON’T CARE (1957)
67. JUST BECAUSE (1956)
68. G.I. BLUES (1960)
69. THE WONDER OF YOU (1970)
70. HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)

71. SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME (1957)
72. ALWAYS ON MY MIND (1971)
73. STEAMROLLER BLUES (1973)
74. BIG BOSS MAN (1967)
75. STUCK ON YOU (1960)
76. I FEEL SO BAD (1961)
77. WITCHCRAFT (1963)
78. TUTTI FRUTTI (1956)
79. I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY OVER YOU (1956)
80. (Let Me Be Your) TEDDY BEAR (1957)

81. ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR (1956)
82. I’M LEFT, YOU’RE RIGHT, SHE’S GONE (1955)
83. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE (1956)
84. FOLLOW THAT DREAM (1962)
85. YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (1965)
86. I’LL NEVER LET YOU GOT (Little Darlin’) (1956)
87. I BEG OF YOU (1958)
88. TREAT ME NICE (1957)
89. FAME AND FORTUNE (1960)
90. KISS ME QUICK (1964)

91. KISSIN’ COUSINS (1964)
92. I WAS BORN ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO (1970)
93. RUBBERNECKIN’ (1969)
94. MOODY BLUE (1977)
95. T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1975)
96. GOOD LUCK CHARM (1962)
97. LOVE LETTERS (1966)
98. (You’re the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE (1963)
99. I WAS THE ONE (1956)
100. SHE’S NOT YOU (1962)

Regarding three of the most glaring omissions: I never liked “Love Me Tender,” and I’m tired of both “Don’t Cry Daddy” and “In the Ghetto.”

[t***@iwvisp.com]

1 - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
2 - THAT’S ALL RIGHT
3 - THE WONDER OF YOU
4 - JAILHOUSE ROCK
5 - SUSPICIOUS MINDS
6 - BURNING LOVE
7 - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
8 - ONE NIGHT
9 – IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN’
10 - GUITAR MAN (Remix)
11 - PROMISED LAND
12 - IT’S NOW OR NEVER
13 - TREAT ME NICE
14 - VIVA LAS VEGAS
15 – A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION (Remix)
16 - HOUND DOG
17 - DON’T BE CRUEL
18 - CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
19 - I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
20 - ALL SHOOK UP
21 – T-R-O-U-B-L-E
22 - KENTUCKY RAIN
23 - MYSTERY TRAIN
24 – HURT
25 - LITTLE SISTER
26 - CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
26 - MOODY BLUE
27 - THAT’S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN
28 - IF I CAN DREAM
29 - DON’T
30 - SUCH A NIGHT
31 - I’M LEFT, YOU’RE RIGHT, SHE’S GONE
31 - A FOOL SUCH AS I
32 - RETURN TO SENDER
33 - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
34 - KISSIN’ COUSINS
35 - (You’re the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
36 – AMERICAN TRILOGY
37 - SHE’S NOT YOU
38 – LOVE ME TENDER
39 – DON’T CRY DADDY
40 – IN THE GHETTO
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50 - BLUE CHRISTMAS

[SavoyBG]

Post by t***@iwvisp.com
1 - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
2 - THAT’S ALL RIGHT
3 - THE WONDER OF YOU
4 - JAILHOUSE ROCK
5 - SUSPICIOUS MINDS
6 - BURNING LOVE
7 - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
8 - ONE NIGHT
9 – IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN’
10 - GUITAR MAN (Remix)
11 - PROMISED LAND
12 - IT’S NOW OR NEVER
13 - TREAT ME NICE
14 - VIVA LAS VEGAS
15 – A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION (Remix)
16 - HOUND DOG
17 - DON’T BE CRUEL
18 - CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
19 - I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
20 - ALL SHOOK UP
21 – T-R-O-U-B-L-E
22 - KENTUCKY RAIN
23 - MYSTERY TRAIN
24 – HURT
25 - LITTLE SISTER
26 - CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
26 - MOODY BLUE
27 - THAT’S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN
28 - IF I CAN DREAM
29 - DON’T
30 - SUCH A NIGHT
31 - I’M LEFT, YOU’RE RIGHT, SHE’S GONE
31 - A FOOL SUCH AS I
32 - RETURN TO SENDER
33 - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
34 - KISSIN’ COUSINS
35 - (You’re the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
36 – AMERICAN TRILOGY
37 - SHE’S NOT YOU
38 – LOVE ME TENDER
39 – DON’T CRY DADDY
40 – IN THE GHETTO
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50 - BLUE CHRISTMAS

I'll add it in when you finish.

[t***@iwvisp.com]

You can end it at 40. I was making a subtle point about my opinion of Blue Christmas.

Ray

[SavoyBG]

Post by t***@iwvisp.com
You can end it at 40.

It's actually 42. You have two at #26 and two at #31.

[Steve Mc]

Post by SavoyBG

Post by t***@iwvisp.com
You can end it at 40.

It's actually 42. You have two at #26 and two at #31.

I have 7 extra ones I didn't use that I could loan him.

[t***@iwvisp.com]

Post by SavoyBG

Post by t***@iwvisp.com
You can end it at 40.

It's actually 42. You have two at #26 and two at #31.

I need to hire a new Secretary!

[SavoyBG]

Okay, I spent most of the day tabulating the votes and getting the results ready to go.

We had 41 people submit a ballot, and many of them listed a full 50 songs (or more). All together there are 153 songs that were listed in the top 50 on at least 2 ballots to make the final results. The countdown will consists of the top 109 songs, which is every song that accumulated 100 or more points in the voting.

Let's start out now with the song that came in at #109. It's from 1972:

[SavoyBG]

Song #109 on the countdown is "We Can Make The Morning" from 1972. It was on the "Elvis Now" album and also was the flip side of "Until It's Time For You To Go" on a single. James Burton was the lead guitarist for Elvis at this time. The song was written by Jay Ramsey, a Texas guy who made lots of records starting in the 1950s, but never had a hit.


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Next up is song #108. This one is from 1957:

[Roger Ford]

Song #109 on the countdown is "We Can Make The Morning" from 1972. It was o=
n the "Elvis Now" album and also was the flip side of "Until It's Time For =
You To Go" on a single. James Burton was the lead guitarist for Elvis at th=
is time. The song was written by Jay Ramsey, a Texas guy who made lots of r=
ecords starting in the 1950s, but never had a hit.

I believe Jay Ramsey was a member of this group and that this was his
first appearance on wax in 1958

The record never did anything for me but we found it in bulk once
someplace and it sold pretty well for us

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Post by Roger Ford

Song #109 on the countdown is "We Can Make The Morning" from 1972. It was o=
n the "Elvis Now" album and also was the flip side of "Until It's Time For =
You To Go" on a single. James Burton was the lead guitarist for Elvis at th=
is time. The song was written by Jay Ramsey, a Texas guy who made lots of r=
ecords starting in the 1950s, but never had a hit.

I believe Jay Ramsey was a member of this group and that this was his
first appearance on wax in 1958
The record never did anything for me but we found it in bulk once
someplace and it sold pretty well for us

It's only fair, like a 4.

[Roger Ford]

Post by SavoyBG

Post by Roger Ford

Song #109 on the countdown is "We Can Make The Morning" from 1972. It was o=
n the "Elvis Now" album and also was the flip side of "Until It's Time For =
You To Go" on a single. James Burton was the lead guitarist for Elvis at th=
is time. The song was written by Jay Ramsey, a Texas guy who made lots of r=
ecords starting in the 1950s, but never had a hit.

I believe Jay Ramsey was a member of this group and that this was his
first appearance on wax in 1958
The record never did anything for me but we found it in bulk once
someplace and it sold pretty well for us

It's only fair, like a 4.

Yeah I'd go along with that

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Post by Roger Ford

Post by SavoyBG

Post by Roger Ford

Song #109 on the countdown is "We Can Make The Morning" from 1972. It was o=
n the "Elvis Now" album and also was the flip side of "Until It's Time For =
You To Go" on a single. James Burton was the lead guitarist for Elvis at th=
is time. The song was written by Jay Ramsey, a Texas guy who made lots of r=
ecords starting in the 1950s, but never had a hit.

I believe Jay Ramsey was a member of this group and that this was his
first appearance on wax in 1958
The record never did anything for me but we found it in bulk once
someplace and it sold pretty well for us

It's only fair, like a 4.

Yeah I'd go along with that

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I think they were trying to imitate "The Girl Can't Help It." I'd give
it a 5, myself.

[SavoyBG]

Song #108 on the countdown is Elvis' version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" from his legendary Christmas album (RCA LOC-1035) in 1957. It came with a gatefold cover and 10 pages of color pictures of EP. The song was listed on 3 ballots and it totaled 102 points in the voting.

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Song #107 is up next. We go to 1967.

[Roger Ford]

Song #108 on the countdown is Elvis' version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas=
" from his legendary Christmas album (RCA LOC-1035) in 1957. It came with a=
gatefold cover and 10 pages of color pictures of EP. The song was listed o=
n 3 ballots and it totaled 102 points in the voting.

The 1943 Crosby original went on to be a huge hit and a great morale
booster with US forces.

Over here the Crosby song was banned by the BBC on the grounds that it
would LOWER our military morale.

Go figure!

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[SavoyBG]

Post by Roger Ford

Song #108 on the countdown is Elvis' version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas=
" from his legendary Christmas album (RCA LOC-1035) in 1957. It came with a=
gatefold cover and 10 pages of color pictures of EP. The song was listed o=
n 3 ballots and it totaled 102 points in the voting.

The 1943 Crosby original went on to be a huge hit and a great morale
booster with US forces.
Over here the Crosby song was banned by the BBC on the grounds that it
would LOWER our military morale.

Don't let the poor slobs here that song or they will get upset that they are NOT going to be home for Christmas.

[SavoyBG]

Song #107 is "Big Boss Man" from 1967. The single reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the song was also included on the "Clambake" album. It was originally done by Jimmy Reed, who Elvis was a big fan of. Elvis used to like to jam to Reed's Famous song "Baby What You Want Me To Do" as he did in the 1968 TV Special. "Big Boss Man" was also done on that TV Special as part of a medley.

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Like #107, the next song at #106 is also Presley's version of an R&B hit from the early 60s.

[SavoyBG]

Song #106 is "Any Day Now" from 1969. It was on the "From Elvis In Memphis" album, which is considered by critics to be one of his two most acclaimed albums. It was also issued as a single on the flip side of "In The Ghetto." Elvis gives a nice reading on the song, but the classic version came from Chuck Jackson in 1962. It was written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. Check out the Chuck Jackson version below if you don't know it.

Next up at #105 is one version of the only song that made the countdown with two different versions.

[SavoyBG]

Song #105 is "One Night (of Sin)." This was a track that was recorded in 1957 but was not released officially until 1992 on a box set of "The Complete 50s Masters." Of course Elvis later recorded a version of "One Night" with much of the lyrics changed so that instead of bemoaning a night of sin that had already occurred, he was hoping to be able to get "one night" with this woman. Not sure who (RCA, Elvis, Col. Parker) decided not to release "One Night (of Sin)" as is, but that's what ended up happening.

"One Night (of Sin)" was recorded on January 24, 1957. The original version of the song had been an R&B chart hit by Smiley Lewis in the early spring of 1956.

Song #104 is next. It was written by Doc Pomus along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

[SavoyBG]

Post by SavoyBG
but was not released officially until 1992 on a box set of "The Complete 50s Masters."

Actually it first came out in 1983 on "A Legendary Performer Vol. 4."

[Roger Ford]

Song #105 is "One Night (of Sin)." This was a track that was recorded in 19=
57 but was not released officially until 1992 on a box set of "The Complete=
50s Masters." Of course Elvis later recorded a version of "One Night" with=
much of the lyrics changed so that instead of bemoaning a night of sin tha=
t had already occurred, he was hoping to be able to get "one night" with th=
is woman. Not sure who (RCA, Elvis, Col. Parker) decided not to release "On=
e Night (of Sin)" as is, but that's what ended up happening.

Always interesting to hear the original Elvis version of this but I
still prefer the released version recorded a month later (the day
before my 11th birthday actually :).

Even tho it's is been sanitised to radio friendly standard Elvis is
just in better vocal form here and comes across "tougher" in his
approach to the song. Coupled with "I Got Stung" this was a double
sided #1 hit for him here in UK in January 1959

"One Night (of Sin)" was recorded on January 24, 1957. The original version=
of the song had been an R&B chart hit by Smiley Lewis in the early spring =
of 1956.

Classic Smiley!! One of his very best

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Post by Roger Ford

Song #105 is "One Night (of Sin)." This was a track that was recorded in 19=
57 but was not released officially until 1992 on a box set of "The Complete=
50s Masters." Of course Elvis later recorded a version of "One Night" with=
much of the lyrics changed so that instead of bemoaning a night of sin tha=
t had already occurred, he was hoping to be able to get "one night" with th=
is woman. Not sure who (RCA, Elvis, Col. Parker) decided not to release "On=
e Night (of Sin)" as is, but that's what ended up happening.

Always interesting to hear the original Elvis version of this but I
still prefer the released version recorded a month later (the day
before my 11th birthday actually :).
Even tho it's is been sanitised to radio friendly standard Elvis is
just in better vocal form here and comes across "tougher" in his
approach to the song. Coupled with "I Got Stung" this was a double
sided #1 hit for him here in UK in January 1959

Clearly "One Night" is much better than "One Night (of Sin)" and the survey results reflect that strongly. We won't be hearing "One Night" for quite a while.

Post by Roger Ford

"One Night (of Sin)" was recorded on January 24, 1957. The original version=
of the song had been an R&B chart hit by Smiley Lewis in the early spring =
of 1956.

Classic Smiley!! One of his very best

I can't agree with it being one of his "very best." It's an 8, but Smiley has lots of 10's and 9's for me. I have it at #17 on my Smiley Lewis top 50.

1. Gumbo Blues
2. Someday You'll Want Me
3. Big Mamou
4. Bee's Boogie
5. Play Girl
6. Real Gone Lover
7. I Hear You Knocking
8. Caldonia's Party
9. It's So Peaceful
10. Down The Road
11. Bumpity Bump
12. Lillie Mae
13. Tee-Nah-Nah
14. Blue Monday
15. Please Listen To Me
16. She's Got Me Hook Line And Sinker
17. One Night
18. The Bells Are Ringing
19. Ain't Gonna Do It
20. Lying Woman
21. Here Comes Smiley
22. Come On
23. That Certain Door
24. Lost Week End
25. Queen of Hearts
26. Where Were You
27. Turn On Your Volume, Baby
28. By The Water
29. Growing Old
30. Dirty People
31. Rootin' And Tootin'
32. No Letter Today
33. Shame Shame Shame
34. My Baby
35. Standing On The Corner
36. Jailbird
37. Don't Jive Me
38. Hey Girl
39. Down Yonder We Go Ballin'
40. Nothing But The Blues
41. The Rocks
42. Too Many Drivers
43. Sad Life
44. Can't Stop Loving You
45. School Days Are Back Again
46. No No
47. You're Not The One
48. If I Ever Loved A Woman
49. How Long
50. Goin' To Jump And Shout

[Roger Ford]

Post by SavoyBG

Post by Roger Ford

Post by SavoyBG
Song #105 is "One Night (of Sin)."
"One Night (of Sin)" was recorded on January 24, 1957. The original version=
of the song had been an R&B chart hit by Smiley Lewis in the early spring =
of 1956.

Classic Smiley!! One of his very best

I can't agree with it being one of his "very best." It's an 8, but Smiley has lots of 10's and 9's for me. I have it at #17 on my Smiley Lewis top 50.

We're not going to agree on some of Smiley's records where I strongly
disagree with your rankings of them

Post by SavoyBG
2. Someday You'll Want Me

Only rates a 7 with me. Quite a few Smiley numbers ahead of it on my
1956 list.

Post by SavoyBG
6. Real Gone Lover

Another of his best! And I like this better than any of the records
ahead of it here. Took me ages to finally get a decent 45rpm of it
(thanks Val!)

Post by SavoyBG
15. Please Listen To Me
16. She's Got Me Hook Line And Sinker

Both well ahead of "Someday..." on my 1956 list.

Incidentally #15 was titled "Don't Be That Way" over here same as the
Storm cover

Post by SavoyBG
17. One Night

This is a 9 all day long and rates # 2 Smiley on my 1956 list only
beaten by......

Post by SavoyBG
33. Shame Shame Shame

Another (high) 9 and my #1 Smiley of 1956.

This was always his most popular record on these shores and was the
one we got requested most often at the record store.



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Song #104 is "She's Not You" from 1962. It was listed on 4 ballots and totaled 115 points in the voting. It did not appear on an album until it was included on "Elvis' Golden Records Vol 3" in 1963. The single reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 in the UK. The song is done in the key of F major.

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Song #103 is next. It's another track from 1969 on the "From Elvis In Memphis" album.

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Song #104 is "She's Not You" from 1962. It was listed on 4 ballots and tota=
led 115 points in the voting. It did not appear on an album until it was in=
cluded on "Elvis' Golden Records Vol 3" in 1963. The single reached #5 on t=
he Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 in the UK. The song is done in the key of F=
major.
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The second of Elvis' three UK #1 hits in 1962 (3 wks in Sept)
following "Good Luck Charm" (5 wks May-Jun) and before "Return To
Sender" (2 wks Dec) .

"Return To Sender" was the LAST American record to top the UK chart
(NME) for a full year and a half----until June 1964 when Roy Orbison
hit #1 for 2 weeks with "It's Over".

Since the Beatles scored their first #1 with "Please Please Me" in Feb
63 and Merseymania reared its ugly head the main reason for the HUGE
run of UK-made #1 hits in this period is fairly obvious............

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Song #103 is "Wearin' The Loved On Look" from the "Ffom Elvis In Memphis" album in 1969. The song was written by Nashville songwriters Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens. Frazier wrote some big hits including "Elvira" and "There Goes My Everything" and "Alley Oop."

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Next up is song #102, a hit single from 1964:

[SavoyBG]

Song #102 is "It Hurts Me" from 1964. The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the flip side of a bigger hit called "Kissin' Cousins." It did not show up on an album until "Elvis' Gold Records Vol 4" in 1968. The song was written by Joy Byers and Charles E. Daniels, later of the Charlie Daniels Band.

Record producer and songwriter Bob Johnston revealed that he had actually written the songs attributed to his wife Joy Byers, including "It Hurts Me". Before Christmas in 1962, as Charlie Daniels was driving from El Paso, Texas to the East Coast, he began forming the idea that would become the song. Afterwards Bob Johnston invited him to Nashville to co-write songs. They finished the song together. Daniels recalled: "We just went on, and we finished it up, and Bob did a demo on it, and the company that he was writing for at the time---Hill and Range was the parent company---handled Elvis Presley Music and Gladys Music, which was Elvis Presley's two companies."

Daniels explained: "Elvis came to town. He picked it up and held it for almost a year in what was called his portfolio. You know, they'd pick songs out for Elvis and when he'd go in to record, he'd review them, and if he liked it, he'd do it. So anyway, he recorded it, and it was by far the biggest thing that had ever happened to me in my life." Although he never met Elvis Presley, Daniels did meet his daughter, Lisa Marie, at an event in Memphis: "I just got to tell her, I said, 'You know your dad picked one of my songs. I was a big fan.'"

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Song #101 is next. It was the title track to one of EP's movies:

[SavoyBG]

Song #101 is "Follow That Dream" from 1962. It made the Billboard Hot 100 as the lead track from an EP, peaking at #15. Its first release on an album came in 1971 on "C'mon Everybody." The song was written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music). Bruce Springsteen said "Follow That Dream" was one of his favorite Elvis songs. He began performing a rearranged version of the song on the European leg of the River Tour in April 1981, at a much slower pace and with altered lyrics. This version appears in a bootleg vinyl recording of the same name. He later further revised the lyrics, and recorded the song during the Born in the U.S.A. sessions, although it remained unreleased.

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Time now to break into the top 100 on the countdown. This is #100:

[SavoyBG]

Song #100 is "Inherit The Wind" from the "From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis" album in 1969. This is a double album where one album features Elvis live in Vegas and the other album is studio stuff recorded in Memphis. "Inherit The Wind" is of course a studio recording from the second album. The song was written by Eddie Rabbitt of all people.

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RANK-BALLOTS-POINTS-TITLE
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100 - 03-119 - Inherit the Wind - 1969
101 - 03-119 - Follow That Dream - 1962
102 - 02-119 - It Hurts Me - 1964
103 - 04-116 - Wearin' That Loved On Look - 1969
104 - 04-115 - She's Not You - 1962
105 - 03-114 - One Night (of Sin) - 1957
106 - 03-106 - Any Day Now - 1969
107 - 03-105 - Big Boss Man - 1967
108 - 03-102 - I'll Be Home For Christmas - 1957
109 - 02-101 - We Can Make the Morning - 1972
====================================================


Song #99 is next. Another LP only track from the "From Elvis In Memphis" album:

[SavoyBG]

Song #99 is "Long Black Limousine" from 1969. Another one from the "From Elvis In Memphis" album. The song was written by Vern Stovall and Bobby George. The first released version was Stovall's, in 1961, followed by Glen Campbell's in 1962. Stovall and George, country musicians based in southern California, probably wrote the song in 1958, when it was first recorded (but not released until many years later) by Wynn Stewart. The only charting single of the song (in 1968 it reached number 73 on the US country chart) was Jody Miller's, her version was also on her 1968 album The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller. O. C. Smith's version was released as the B-side of his million-selling crossover hit "Little Green Apples" in 1968. Below is the Stovall version.

Next up is song #98. Elvis did this in 1970.

[SavoyBG]

Song #98 is "I Just Can't Help Believin'" from the "Elvis: That's The Way It Is" album in 1970. The song had been a hit in the summer of 1970 by B.J. Thomas. It was a perfect contemporary song for Elvis to sing live at that time, especially with the Sweet Inspirations backing him up. The album was a soundtrack from what was a movie with the same title. This song by Elvis was released as a single in some countries, including the UK, in 1971, reaching #6 on the British charts.

"I Just Can't Help Believin'" was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

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Next up at #97 we go all the way back to 1956 for this gem from EP's first album:

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Post by t***@iwvisp.com
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Works for me.

[DianeE]

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Be happy. It's an unbelievably boring record. Draggy and saccharine.
Written by Jimmy Wakely but sounds like Hawaiian elevator music.

[SavoyBG]

Song #97 is "I'll Never Let You Go (*Little Darlin')" from the "Elvis Presley" album in 1956. The song was written and first recorded by Jimmy Wakely in 1941.

The Elvis version was recorded in September 1954 at the Sun Studios in Memphis.

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Up next is song #96.

[Steve Mc]

Post by SavoyBG
Song #97 is "I'll Never Let You Go (*Little Darlin')" from the "Elvis Presley" album in 1956. The song was written and first recorded by Jimmy Wakely in 1941.
http://youtu.be/NvdfiUTnNQg
The Elvis version was recorded in September 1954 at the Sun Studios in Memphis.
https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/s/ff8cd4e340903637611ef93c04f7ebdc/3276878
Up next is song #96.
http://youtu.be/3cbqIVZvmFU

Here's the original album version::

[SavoyBG]

Song #96 is "Like A Baby" from the "Elvis Is Back!" album in 1960. Elvis was discharged from the army on March 5, 1960, and this album was recorded shortly after that. "Like A Baby" was mentioned on 4 ballots and received 127 points in the voting. The song was written by Jesse Stone aka Charles Calhoun, who wrote many classics in the 50s, including "Shake, Rattle And Roll." The original version of the song was done by Vikki Nelson and the Sounds on the Vik label in 1957.

Here's the personnel on the Elvis version:

Elvis Presley – lead vocals, acoustic lead guitar
Scotty Moore — electric rhythm guitar
D. J. Fontana — drums
Hank Garland – electric lead guitar
Bob Moore – double bass
Floyd Cramer – piano
Boots Randolph – saxophone
Buddy Harman – drums
The Jordanaires – backing vocals


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We now go to song #95. It's from 1966.

[SavoyBG]

Song #95 is "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" from the "Spinout" album in 1966. It's a Bob Dylan song, and it was not in the movie "Spinout" but was one of the 4 bonus songs on the "Spinout" album that were not from the movie.

Elvis Presley recorded the song on May 26, 1966 during a session for his album How Great Thou Art. Dylan once said that Presley's version of the song was "the one recording I treasure the most" and that this was his favorite version of any of his songs by another artist.

According to Ernst Jorgensen's' book Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions, Presley first heard the song via Charlie McCoy, who had previously participated in the Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde sessions. McCoy played the 1965 Odetta album Odetta Sings Dylan before an Elvis session and Presley "had become taken with 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time.'"


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Song #94 is next. Another one from 1969:

[SavoyBG]

Song #94 is "Rubberneckin'" from 1969. It was the B side of "Don't Cry Daddy" as a single late in 1969 and was included on the "Almost In Love" album about a year later, in late 1970. It was used in the Elvis film Change of Habit. The song was written by Dory Jones and Bunny Warren.

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Next up at #93 is one from 1976:

[SavoyBG]

Song #93 is "Moody Blue" from 1976. It was a top 40 hit in America as a single and was also the title track of an album in 1977. The song was written by Mark James, who recorded the original version of the song, which reached #15 in South Africa during the summer of 1976. James also penned and did the original version of "Suspicious Minds."

"Moody Blue" was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime, topping the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977. "Moody Blue" also peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100. RCA Records also issued an extremely limited quantity of the "Moody Blue" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with "She Thinks I Still Care" as the B-side. Six months after "Moody Blue" topped the chart, Presley was dead.

The song was recorded in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of Presley's Graceland home. The only time Elvis performed the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977 at a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. He had attempted to perform the song February 20 at the same venue but revealed to the crowd that he had completely forgotten the song; he returned on February 21, lead sheet in hand, and performed the song with his eyes glued to the lyrics. Both the February 20 false-start and the February 21 performance were recorded on soundboard in good sound quality and were released officially in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label; still photos of the February 21 performance also exist. The complete version was first released on bootleg by the Fort Baxter label in 1995.

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Next up is song #92, an Elvis album cut that became a huge hit single by another singer.

[SavoyBG]

Song #92 is "Wooden Heart" from 1960. It was from the "G. I. Blues" soundtrack album. It was not issued as a single in the USA until 1964. Meanwhile a version by Joe Dowell became a number one song in 1961. The Elvis version was on a single in the UK in 1961, where it was number one for 6 weeks.

"Wooden Heart", created by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey and German bandleader Bert Kaempfert, was based on a German folk song by Friedrich Silcher, "Muss i denn", originating from the Rems Valley in Württemberg, southwest Germany. "Wooden Heart" features several lines from the original folk song, written in the German Swabian dialect, as spoken in Württemberg. Marlene Dietrich recorded a version of the song sometime before 1958, pre-dating Presley, in the original German language, which appears as a B-side on a 1959 version of her single "Lili Marlene", released by Philips in association with Columbia Records.

Song #91 is next as we go to 1970.

[Mark Dintenfass]

Post by SavoyBG
Song #92 is "Wooden Heart" from 1960. It was from the "G. I. Blues"
soundtrack album. It was not issued as a single in the USA until 1964.
Meanwhile a version by Joe Dowell became a number one song in 1961. The Elvis
version was on a single in the UK in 1961, where it was number one for 6
weeks.

Really? I find it unlistenable.

[SavoyBG]

Song #91 is "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" from 1970. It was a hit single as well as being on the "Elvis - That's The Way It Is" album. This was originally a 1965 Italian song by Pino Donaggio and lyricist Vito Pallavicini: '"Io che non vivo (senza te).

"Io che non vivo (senza te)" — "I, who can't live (without you)" — was introduced at the 15th edition of the Sanremo Festival by Pino Donaggio — who had co-written the song with Vito Pallavicini — and his team partner Jody Miller: the song got to the final at Sanremo and as recorded by Donaggio reached No. 1 in Italy in March 1965. "Io che non vivo (senza te)" would also be prominently featured on the soundtrack of the Luchino Visconti film Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (aka Sandra), starring Claudia Cardinale, which was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival that September.

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RANK-BALLOTS-POINTS-TITLE
091 - 04-152 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 1970
092 - 04-148 - Wooden Heart - 1960
093 - 05-147 - Moody Blue - 1976
094 - 03-135 - Rubberneckin'- 1969
095 - 04-133 - Tomorrow Is A Long Time - 1966
096 - 04-127 - Like A Baby - 1960
097 - 03-124 - I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) - 1956
098 - 03-123 - I Just Can't Help Believin'- 1970
099 - 03-120 - Long Black Limousine - 1969
100 - 03-119 - Inherit the Wind - 1969
101 - 03-119 - Follow That Dream - 1962
102 - 02-119 - It Hurts Me - 1964
103 - 04-116 - Wearin' That Loved On Look - 1969
104 - 04-115 - She's Not You - 1962
105 - 03-114 - One Night (of Sin) - 1957
106 - 03-106 - Any Day Now - 1969
107 - 03-105 - Big Boss Man - 1967
108 - 03-102 - I'll Be Home For Christmas - 1957
109 - 02-101 - We Can Make the Morning - 1972
====================================================


Song #90 is up next. It's the first of several Leiber-Stoller songs on the countdown.

[Roger Ford]

Song #91 is "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" from 1970. It was a hit sin=
gle as well as being on the "Elvis - That's The Way It Is" album. This was =
originally a 1965 Italian song by Pino Donaggio and lyricist Vito Pallavici=
ni: '"Io che non vivo (senza te).
"Io che non vivo (senza te)" =E2=80=94 "I, who can't live (without you)" =
=E2=80=94 was introduced at the 15th edition of the Sanremo Festival by Pin=
o Donaggio =E2=80=94 who had co-written the song with Vito Pallavicini =E2=
=80=94 and his team partner Jody Miller: the song got to the final at Sanre=
mo and as recorded by Donaggio reached No. 1 in Italy in March 1965. "Io ch=
e non vivo (senza te)" would also be prominently featured on the soundtrack=
of the Luchino Visconti film Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (aka Sandra), starring=
Claudia Cardinale, which was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fe=
stival that September.

How can a thirteen line piece on "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
miss out two important words connected to the song?

"Dusty" and "Springfield"

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Song #90 is "Loving You," the title track from the movie "Loving You" in 1957. As a single is was the B side to "Teddy Bear" and it reached #20 in its own right on the Billboard Disc Jockey Pop Chart. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who worked with Elvis a lot in 1957. The song was listed on 6 ballots in the voting.

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Song #89 is next.

[Dean F.]

Post by Roger Ford
How can a thirteen line piece on "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
miss out two important words connected to the song?
"Dusty" and "Springfield"

My thoughts exactly!

[Dean F.]

Post by Mark Dintenfass
Really? I find it unlistenable.

With Elvis, "Wooden Heart" was a bad a song by a great singer. With Joe Dowell, not so much.

[Mark Dintenfass]

Post by Dean F.

Post by Mark Dintenfass
Really? I find it unlistenable.

With Elvis, "Wooden Heart" was a bad a song by a great singer. With Joe
Dowell, not so much.

Elvis, maybe, had more bad recordings than a great singer ought to
have, but, yes, Joe Dowell is even more unlistenable on this one.

[SavoyBG]

Song #89 is "I Got Stung" from 1958. It was on the flip side of "One Night" and both sides were big hits. "I Got Stung" reached #8 on the Billboard Pop chart. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill. Clocking in at under two minutes, an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll number, it features some of Elvis' most rapid-fire vocals alongside humorous and catchy lyrics. This was the last recording that Elvis did in the 1950s, just before he left for his army time in Germany.

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Song #88 is up now. It's the non charting flip side of one of Elvis's number one songs.

[Roger Ford]

Song #89 is "I Got Stung" from 1958. It was on the flip side of "One Night"=
and both sides were big hits. "I Got Stung" reached #8 on the Billboard Po=
p chart. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill. Clocking i=
n at under two minutes, an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll number, it features=
some of Elvis' most rapid-fire vocals alongside humorous and catchy lyrics=
=2E This was the last recording that Elvis did in the 1950s, just before he=
left for his army time in Germany.

The last song of Elvis' last 1950's session recorded June 11 1958.

Commencing the day before,the other songs from this session were
"I Need Your Love Tonight","A Big Hunk O'Love","Ain't That Loving You
Baby" and "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I"

Here in the UK "One Night"/"I Got Stung" was a double sided #1 hit
staying at the top of the NME chart 3 weeks in January 1959.



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On Sun, 04 Aug 2019 20:55:29 -0500, Mark Dintenfass

Post by Mark Dintenfass

Post by Dean F.

Post by Mark Dintenfass
Really? I find it unlistenable.

With Elvis, "Wooden Heart" was a bad a song by a great singer. With Joe
Dowell, not so much.

Elvis, maybe, had more bad recordings than a great singer ought to
have, but, yes, Joe Dowell is even more unlistenable on this one.

Because the Elvis version had already been a #1 hit in the UK it would
have been pointless releasing the Dowell version here---which the
local Mercury label took note of and passed on it.

Thus luckily we were spared a double dose of torture with this song

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Song #88 is "You'll Think of Me" from 1969. It was first released on the flip side of the "Suspicious Minds" single. Later that same year it was included on the "From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis" album. The song was written by Mort Shuman.


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Next up at #87 is one that was recorded on Feb 1, 1958.

[SavoyBG]

Song #87 is "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" from 1958. This was the first Elvis single in over a year that did not get to number 1 in the USA, stalling at #2 on the Billboard Pop chart. The song was written by Bert Carroll and Russell Moody. Some interesting voting on this one as it was listed on 9 ballots, but nobody ranked it higher than #34.

Personnel

Elvis Presley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar percussion, piano
Scotty Moore – lead guitar
Bill Black — bass guitar
D. J. Fontana – drums
Dudley Brooks – piano
The Jordanaires – backing vocals


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Song number 86 is next. It's from 1956, a year that placed 22 songs on this countdown.

[SavoyBG]

Song #86 is "I Got A Woman" from the "Elvis Presley" album in 1956. The song was of course done originally by Ray Charles, and the actual title is "I've Got A Woman." Elvis' version is more rocking than Ray's more soulful version. The song was released on a single and also had a picture sleeve in certain countries, like the one shown below from Italy.

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Next up at #85 is a 1950s B side that you don't hear much anymore.

[SavoyBG]

Song #85 is "Playing For Keeps"from 1957. It came out very early in the year as the B side of the "Too Much" single. It first showed up on an album in 1959 on "For LP Fans Only." The song was written by Sun Studio house band steel guitar and bass player Stan Kesler, who wrote or co-wrote five songs in total for Elvis Presley during Elvis' early career: "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone". "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", "Thrill of Your Life", "Playing for Keeps", "I'm a Fool (For Loving You)". The song was the title track of a 1958 EP in Germany, shown below:


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Song #84 is next. It's the earliest recording on the countdown so far:

[Roger Ford]

Song #85 is "Playing For Keeps"from 1957. It came out very early in the yea=
r as the B side of the "Too Much" single. It first showed up on an album in=
1959 on "For LP Fans Only." The song was written by Sun Studio house band =
steel guitar and bass player Stan Kesler, who wrote or co-wrote five songs =
in total for Elvis Presley during Elvis' early career: "I'm Left, You're Ri=
ght, She's Gone". "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", "Thrill of Your Life", =
"Playing for Keeps", "I'm a Fool (For Loving You)".

It's "Thrill Of Your Love" from 1960 and first appears on the "Elvis
Is Back!" LP that year. Penned by Stan Kesler & Bill Taylor.

The original version (as "A Woman's Love") was recorded for Sun in
1958 by Carl McVoy but lay unreleased for decades

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Song #84 is "Harbor Lights," an unissued Sun track that was recorded the at the same session as "That's All Right," July 5-6, 1954. Originally from 1937, the song had been a huge hit by several different acts in 1950, when Elvis was in high school. It was first released in 1976 on the album "Elvis - A Legendary Performer Vol. 2." Shown below is the picture sleeve from a bootleg 45.

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Song #83 again takes us to the "Elvis Presley" album in 1956:

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Song #84 is "Harbor Lights," an unissued Sun track that was recorded the at=
the same session as "That's All Right," July 5-6, 1954. Originally from 19=
37, the song had been a huge hit by several different acts in 1950, when El=
vis was in high school. It was first released in 1976 on the album "Elvis -=
A Legendary Performer Vol. 2." Shown below is the picture sleeve from a b=
ootleg 45.
http://images.45cat.com/elvis-presley-tiger-man-1978-s.jpg

Another British original here courtesy of N. Irish songsmith Jimmy
Kennedy who also wrote such famous numbers as "Isle Of Capri","Red
Sails in The Sunset","South Of The Border" and "My Prayer"

Here is the original 1937 version by UK bandleader Roy Fox (vocal
Barry Gray)

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Song #84 is "Harbor Lights," an unissued Sun track....

Here is the original 1937 version by UK bandleader Roy Fox (vocal
Barry Gray)
http://youtu.be/Qq7r8kEAuug

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That was pretty good for the first minute and a half until he (she?)
started singing!

[SavoyBG]

We just heard song #83 "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)" from 1956. It was done originally by Roy Hamilton in 1954. The song was written by Joe Thomas and Howard Biggs.

The Elvis version was on his "Elvis Presley" album in 1956 as well being issued on a single later in 1956. The song was listed on 5 ballots and accumulated 170 points in the voting.

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Moving up now to song #82.

[SavoyBG]

Song #82 is "Indescribably Blue" from 1967. It was only listed on 4 ballots, but two of those voters had it in their top 10. The single peaked at #33 in an 8 week run on the Billboard Hot 100. It did not appear on an album until it was included on "Elvis Golden Hits Vol 4" in 1968. The song was written by Darrell Glenn, who did the original version of "Crying In The Chapel" back in 1953.

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Song #81 is next. It was #25 on my ballot.

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Song #82 is "Indescribably Blue" from 1967. It was only listed on 4 ballots=
, but two of those voters had it in their top 10. The single peaked at #33 =
in an 8 week run on the Billboard Hot 100. It did not appear on an album un=
til it was included on "Elvis Golden Hits Vol 4" in 1968. The song was writ=
ten by Darrell Glenn, who did the original version of "Crying In The Chapel=
" back in 1953.
http://elvissongpedia.greggers.net/images/indescribablyblue_47-9056.jpg

Should be more accurately titled "Indescribably Bad"

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Song #81 is "Mean Woman Blues" from the soundtrack of "Loving You" in 1957. Roy Orbison had a hit single with this song a few years later, and Jerry Lee Lewis also did a version, but of course none of them could touch the Elvis version!

The song was written by Claude Demetrius. The Elvis version made the Billboard R&B chart from an EP, as it was not issued on a single in the USA. It got to #11 on the R&B DJ chart.

https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/s/c873e8751cc49f6f6b1d4bc85ff7dd1a/1411989


RANK-BALLOTS-POINTS-TITLE
081 - 05-172 - Mean Woman Blues - 1957
082 - 04-172 - Indescribably Blue - 1967
083 - 05-170 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) - 1956
084 - 03-168 - Harbor Lights - 1954
085 - 05-159 - Playing For Keeps - 1957
086 - 06-158 - I Got A Woman - 1956
087 - 09-156 - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - 1958
088 - 04-154 - You'll Think of Me - 1969
089 - 08-153 - I Got Stung - 1958
090 - 06-153 - Loving You - 1957
091 - 04-152 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 1970
092 - 04-148 - Wooden Heart - 1960
093 - 05-147 - Moody Blue - 1976
094 - 03-135 - Rubberneckin'- 1969
095 - 04-133 - Tomorrow Is A Long Time - 1966
096 - 04-127 - Like A Baby - 1960
097 - 03-124 - I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) - 1956
098 - 03-123 - I Just Can't Help Believin'- 1970
099 - 03-120 - Long Black Limousine - 1969
100 - 03-119 - Inherit the Wind - 1969
101 - 03-119 - Follow That Dream - 1962
102 - 02-119 - It Hurts Me - 1964
103 - 04-116 - Wearin' That Loved On Look - 1969
104 - 04-115 - She's Not You - 1962
105 - 03-114 - One Night (of Sin) - 1957
106 - 03-106 - Any Day Now - 1969
107 - 03-105 - Big Boss Man - 1967
108 - 03-102 - I'll Be Home For Christmas - 1957
109 - 02-101 - We Can Make the Morning - 1972
====================================================


Song #80 is next, it's from 1974:

[Roger Ford]

Song #81 is "Mean Woman Blues" from the soundtrack of "Loving You" in 1957.=
Roy Orbison had a hit single with this song a few years later, and Jerry L=
ee Lewis also did a version, but of course none of them could touch the Elv=
is version!

Sigh!!

We've been here SO MANY times before---but to reiterate...

Jerry Lee's GREAT definitive version sits at #10 (and rates a solid
"10" all day long) in my revised and expanded 1957 favorites list

1. Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Lucille Little Richard
3. Rock And Roll Music Chuck Berry
4. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) Chuck Berry
5. Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
6. Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
7. Keep A-Knockin' Little Richard
8. I'm Walkin' Fats Domino
9. That'll Be The Day Crickets
10. Mean Woman Blues Jerry Lee Lewis

Need to go MUCH further down to find the Elvis (rated "7") version.

The less than stellar Rusty York unreleased version from 1957 only
rates a "5" as does the quite ordinary later Roy Orbison version (the
song suits him not at all)---always liked the "Blue Bayou" UK topside
better


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At #80 is "Promised Land" from 1974. EP's version (which I prefer) reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating out the original Chuck Berry version, which only got to #41 on that same chart in 1964.

Berry wrote the song while in prison, and borrowed an atlas from the prison library to plot the itinerary. Describing himself as a "poor boy," the protagonist boards a Greyhound bus in Norfolk, Virginia that passes Raleigh, N.C., stops in Charlotte, North Carolina, and bypasses Rock Hill, South Carolina. The bus rolls out of Atlanta but breaks down, leaving him stranded in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. He then takes a train "across Mississippi clean" to New Orleans. From there, he goes to Houston, where "the people there who care a bit about me" buy him a silk suit, luggage and a plane ticket to Los Angeles. Upon landing in Los Angeles, he calls Norfolk, Virginia ("Tidewater four, ten-oh-nine") to tell the folks back home he made it to the "promised land." The lyric: "Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy/Taxi to the terminal zone" refers to the gospel lyric: "Swing low sweet Chariot, coming for to carry me Home" since both refer to a common destination, "The Promised Land," which in this case is California, reportedly a heaven on earth.

In December 1973, Elvis Presley recorded a powerful, driving version. Presley's version of "Promised Land" was released as a single on September 27, 1974. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts and 9 on the UK Singles Chart in the fall of 1974. It was included on his 1975 album Promised Land. The Presley version was used in the soundtrack of the 1997 motion picture Men in Black.

Personnel

Elvis Presley – lead vocals
James Burton – lead guitar
Johnny Christopher — rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge – guitar
Dennis Linde, Alan Rush – overdubbed guitar
Norbert Putnam – bass
David Briggs – piano or organ; overdubbed tambourine
Per Eric “Pete” Hallin – clavinet
Ronnie Tutt – drums
Randy Cullers – overdubbed cowbell

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Up next at #79 is another instance where an Elvis album track was redone by another act to become a huge hit single.

[Steve Mc]

Post by SavoyBG
At #80 is "Promised Land" from 1974. EP's version (which I prefer) reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating out the original Chuck Berry version, which only got to #41 on that same chart in 1964.
http://youtu.be/h-46hyvEV5k
Berry wrote the song while in prison, and borrowed an atlas from the prison library to plot the itinerary. Describing himself as a "poor boy," the protagonist boards a Greyhound bus in Norfolk, Virginia that passes Raleigh, N.C., stops in Charlotte, North Carolina, and bypasses Rock Hill, South Carolina. The bus rolls out of Atlanta but breaks down, leaving him stranded in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. He then takes a train "across Mississippi clean" to New Orleans. From there, he goes to Houston, where "the people there who care a bit about me" buy him a silk suit, luggage and a plane ticket to Los Angeles. Upon landing in Los Angeles, he calls Norfolk, Virginia ("Tidewater four, ten-oh-nine") to tell the folks back home he made it to the "promised land." The lyric: "Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy/Taxi to the terminal zone" refers to the gospel lyric: "Swing low sweet Chariot, coming for to carry me Home" since both refer to a common destination, "The Promised Land," which in this case is California, reportedly a heaven on earth.
In December 1973, Elvis Presley recorded a powerful, driving version. Presley's version of "Promised Land" was released as a single on September 27, 1974. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts and 9 on the UK Singles Chart in the fall of 1974. It was included on his 1975 album Promised Land. The Presley version was used in the soundtrack of the 1997 motion picture Men in Black.
Personnel
Elvis Presley – lead vocals
James Burton – lead guitar
Johnny Christopher — rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge – guitar
Dennis Linde, Alan Rush – overdubbed guitar
Norbert Putnam – bass
David Briggs – piano or organ; overdubbed tambourine
Per Eric “Pete” Hallin – clavinet
Ronnie Tutt – drums
Randy Cullers – overdubbed cowbell
https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/ItemImages/000002/elvis%2045s-134_lg.jpeg
Up next at #79 is another instance where an Elvis album track was redone by another act to become a huge hit single.
http://youtu.be/JiTuGMC9FdM

Overdubbed cowbell ??

And then there's Mark's great review of the song.

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Steve your post here has come through in gibberish like the above :-(

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Steve your post here has come through in gibberish like the above :-(
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And then there's Mark's great review of the song.

That's not showing here.

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Song #79 is "Suspicion" from 1962. It was first issued on the "Pot Luck" album that year. It was later put on a single, in 1964, after the song had become a top 10 hit by Terry Stafford. The Presley version did not quite crack the Billboard Hot 100, bubbling under at #103 on the flip side of "Kiss Me Quick." The Presley version would eventually crack the top 10 in the UK in 1977. "Suspicion" was one of 25 Pomus-Shuman songs written for Elvis.


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Song #78 is next. Elvis covered a country chart hit from a couple of months earlier on this one.

[Roger Ford]

At #80 is "Promised Land" from 1974. EP's version (which I prefer) reached =
#14 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating out the original Chuck Berry version,=
which only got to #41 on that same chart in 1964.

First "Mean Woman Blues" now the terrifc "Promised Land"

Terrific that is by Chuck.

As might be suspected I have little time for the rather sterile Elvis
version that always sounds overly "rushed" to these ears.

Berry wrote the song while in prison, and borrowed an atlas from the prison=
library to plot the itinerary. Describing himself as a "poor boy," the pro=
tagonist boards a Greyhound bus in Norfolk, Virginia that passes Raleigh, N=
=2EC., stops in Charlotte, North Carolina, and bypasses Rock Hill, South Ca=
rolina. The bus rolls out of Atlanta but breaks down, leaving him stranded =
in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. He then takes a train "across Mississippi =
clean" to New Orleans.

I always loved that phrase "across Mississippi clean"----Chuck
certainly had more success in that respect than I did one time when
some motorbike cop held us up for over an hour near Yazoo checking
passports and receipts and wanting to know why the boot was filled
with records .

From there, he goes to Houston, where "the people th=
ere who care a bit about me" buy him a silk suit, luggage and a plane ticke=
t to Los Angeles. Upon landing in Los Angeles, he calls Norfolk, Virginia (=
"Tidewater four, ten-oh-nine") to tell the folks back home he made it to th=
e "promised land."

For a long time I always thought Chuck said "try forty-four
ten-oh-nine" for that phone number.

Ah the days before Google lyrics :)



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At #80 is "Promised Land" from 1974. EP's version (which I prefer) reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating out the original Chuck Berry version, which only got to #41 on that same chart in 1964.
http://youtu.be/h-46hyvEV5k

Here's my favorite Country version from the late Chuck Howard.

Ray

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Here's my favorite Country version from the late Chuck Howard.
Ray

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Post by SavoyBG
At #80 is "Promised Land" from 1974. EP's version (which I prefer) reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating out the original Chuck Berry version, which only got to #41 on that same chart in 1964.
http://youtu.be/h-46hyvEV5k

Here's my favorite Country version from the late Chuck Howard.

Not bad. The Elvis version charted country although the flip side (It's Midnight) was the much bigger side on the country stations.

[SavoyBG]

Song #78 is "Guitar Man" from 1967. The song was written and first recorded by Jerry Reed. It was on the country charts in May, June and July of 1967.

According to Peter Guralnick in his two-volume biography of Presley, the singer had been trying unsuccessfully to record the tune, but wasn't happy with the groove. He said something to the effect of: "Get me that redneck picker who's on the original tune," and his staff brought Reed into the studio - who nailed it on the first take. Elvis' version was first released on the "Clambake" album late in 1967. The single made the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1968, peaking at #43. A remix charted in 1981, reaching #28.


Personnel

Elvis Presley – lead vocals
Scotty Moore — rhythm guitar
D. J. Fontana — drums
Jerry Reed – acoustic lead guitars
Chip Young – rhythm guitar
Harold Bradley – rhythm guitar
Charlie McCoy – rhythm guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
Bob Moore – double bass
Buddy Harman – drums

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Next up is #77. It's a ballad that was on the flip side of a number one song.

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Post by Roger Ford

Song #85 is "Playing For Keeps"from 1957. It came out very early in the yea=
r as the B side of the "Too Much" single. It first showed up on an album in=
1959 on "For LP Fans Only." The song was written by Sun Studio house band =
steel guitar and bass player Stan Kesler, who wrote or co-wrote five songs =
in total for Elvis Presley during Elvis' early career: "I'm Left, You're Ri=
ght, She's Gone". "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", "Thrill of Your Life", =
"Playing for Keeps", "I'm a Fool (For Loving You)".

It's "Thrill Of Your Love" from 1960

That's what I get for copying and pasting from Wikipedia.

[Roger Ford]

Song #86 is "I Got A Woman" from the "Elvis Presley" album in 1956. The son=
g was of course done originally by Ray Charles, and the actual title is "I'=
ve Got A Woman." Elvis' version is more rocking than Ray's more soulful ver=
sion. The song was released on a single and also had a picture sleeve in ce=
rtain countries, like the one shown below from Italy.

On his first UK LP "Elvis Presley" (which had a different song lineup
to the original US issue) and where he is referred to in the liner
notes as "America's latest jazz (!) phenomenon" this song is titled "I
Got A Sweetie".

I guess this was because the RC original wasn't released here at the
time and the only contact UK audiences had previously had with the
song was in the Jo Stafford cover version which had the "Sweetie"
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Song #106 is "Any Day Now" from 1969. It was on the "From Elvis In Memphis"=
album, which is considered by critics to be one of his two most acclaimed =
albums. It was also issued as a single on the flip side of "In The Ghetto."=
Elvis gives a nice reading on the song, but the classic version came from =
Chuck Jackson in 1962. It was written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. =
Check out the Chuck Jackson version below if you don't know it.

I agree with this. Elvis' version is okay but Chuck Jackson easily has
the definitive version of what is probably the best song Bacharach was
ever involved with

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Song #107 is "Big Boss Man" from 1967. The single reached #38 on the Billbo=
ard Hot 100 and the song was also included on the "Clambake" album. It was =
originally done by Jimmy Reed, who Elvis was a big fan of. Elvis used to li=
ke to jam to Reed's Famous song "Baby What You Want Me To Do" as he did in =
the 1968 TV Special. "Big Boss Man" was also done on that TV Special as par=
t of a medley.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX2ZGY9H-k/T5_vI6UJa9I/AAAAAAAABIg/IS6MOWwmCj0/s=
1600/elvis-presley-big-boss-man-rca-victor-2.jpg

Jimmy's original of this terrific song is so far out in front it's out
of sight but Elvis has my #2 version. I also like an interesting
version by Eddie Bond that he cut at Sun Studios back in 1962 and lay
unreleased for decades.

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Song #107 is "Big Boss Man" from 1967. The single reached #38 on the Billbo=
ard Hot 100 and the song was also included on the "Clambake" album. It was =
originally done by Jimmy Reed, who Elvis was a big fan of. Elvis used to li=
ke to jam to Reed's Famous song "Baby What You Want Me To Do" as he did in =
the 1968 TV Special. "Big Boss Man" was also done on that TV Special as par=
t of a medley.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX2ZGY9H-k/T5_vI6UJa9I/AAAAAAAABIg/IS6MOWwmCj0/s=
1600/elvis-presley-big-boss-man-rca-victor-2.jpg

Jimmy's original of this terrific song is so far out in front it's out
of sight but Elvis has my #2 version. I also like an interesting
version by Eddie Bond that he cut at Sun Studios back in 1962 and lay
unreleased for decades.
http://youtu.be/g0xwRYkQJNc

Jerry Lee's 1973 version is decent.

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Post by SavoyBG

Post by Roger Ford

Song #107 is "Big Boss Man" from 1967. The single reached #38 on the Billbo=
ard Hot 100 and the song was also included on the "Clambake" album. It was =
originally done by Jimmy Reed, who Elvis was a big fan of. Elvis used to li=
ke to jam to Reed's Famous song "Baby What You Want Me To Do" as he did in =
the 1968 TV Special. "Big Boss Man" was also done on that TV Special as par=
t of a medley.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX2ZGY9H-k/T5_vI6UJa9I/AAAAAAAABIg/IS6MOWwmCj0/s=
1600/elvis-presley-big-boss-man-rca-victor-2.jpg

Jimmy's original of this terrific song is so far out in front it's out
of sight but Elvis has my #2 version. I also like an interesting
version by Eddie Bond that he cut at Sun Studios back in 1962 and lay
unreleased for decades.
http://youtu.be/g0xwRYkQJNc

Jerry Lee's 1973 version is decent.
http://youtu.be/hLUdD3DsPgo

Nope never cared for it much. It plods.

Sorry Jerry :-(

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Post by Roger Ford

Song #107 is "Big Boss Man" from 1967. The single reached #38 on the Billbo=
ard Hot 100 and the song was also included on the "Clambake" album. It was =
originally done by Jimmy Reed, who Elvis was a big fan of. Elvis used to li=
ke to jam to Reed's Famous song "Baby What You Want Me To Do" as he did in =
the 1968 TV Special. "Big Boss Man" was also done on that TV Special as par=
t of a medley.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX2ZGY9H-k/T5_vI6UJa9I/AAAAAAAABIg/IS6MOWwmCj0/s=
1600/elvis-presley-big-boss-man-rca-victor-2.jpg

Jimmy's original of this terrific song is so far out in front it's out
of sight but Elvis has my #2 version. I also like an interesting
version by Eddie Bond that he cut at Sun Studios back in 1962 and lay
unreleased for decades.
http://youtu.be/g0xwRYkQJNc

Jerry Lee's 1973 version is decent.
http://youtu.be/hLUdD3DsPgo

Nope never cared for it much. It plods.
Sorry Jerry :-(

I've got the Reed an 8 and the Elvis a 5 with Jerry Lee a 4 I guess. That Bond would also get a 5.

[Carl]

Post by SavoyBG
Gonna push right through with a new survey. This time it's ELVIS PRESLEY!
Submit to me at least 10 and up to 50 of your favorite Elvis Presley songs ranked in order.

Here's mine.

1 Heartbreak Hotel
2 A Mess Of Blues
3 My Baby Left Me
4 Little Sister
5 I'm Left You're Right She's Gone
6 I Was The One
7 Mystery Train
8 Stuck On You
9 Don't Be Cruel
10 King Creole
11 Hound Dog
12 I Forgot To Remember To Forget
13 Trouble
14 Playing For Keeps
15 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
16 Love Me Tender
17 She's Not You
18 Blue Moon
19 Crawfish
20 You'll Be Gone
21 Surrender
22 Too Much
23 It's Now Or Never
24 Tryin' To Get To You
25 Good Rockin' Tonight
26 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
27 I Gotta Know
28 I Want You I Need You I Love You
29 Treat Me Nice
30 All Shook Up
31 One Night
32 That's All Right
33 I'll Never Let You Go
34 (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
35 I Feel So Bad
36 We're Gonna Move
37 Milk Cow Blues Boogie
38 Just Because
39 I Got Stung
40 I Need Your Love Tonight
41 Jailhouse Rock
42 Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do
43 Flaming Star
44 Good Luck Charm
45 Baby I Don't Care
46 A Big Hunk O'Love
47 I Can't Help Falling In Love
48 Don't
49 Are You Lonesome Tonight
50 Baby Let's Play House

[Steve Mc]

Post by Carl

Post by SavoyBG
Gonna push right through with a new survey. This time it's ELVIS PRESLEY!
Submit to me at least 10 and up to 50 of your favorite Elvis Presley songs ranked in order.

Here's mine.
1 Heartbreak Hotel
2 A Mess Of Blues
3 My Baby Left Me
4 Little Sister
5 I'm Left You're Right She's Gone
6 I Was The One
7 Mystery Train
8 Stuck On You
9 Don't Be Cruel
10 King Creole
11 Hound Dog
12 I Forgot To Remember To Forget
13 Trouble
14 Playing For Keeps
15 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
16 Love Me Tender
17 She's Not You
18 Blue Moon
19 Crawfish
20 You'll Be Gone
21 Surrender
22 Too Much
23 It's Now Or Never
24 Tryin' To Get To You
25 Good Rockin' Tonight
26 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
27 I Gotta Know
28 I Want You I Need You I Love You
29 Treat Me Nice
30 All Shook Up
31 One Night
32 That's All Right
33 I'll Never Let You Go
34 (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
35 I Feel So Bad
36 We're Gonna Move
37 Milk Cow Blues Boogie
38 Just Because
39 I Got Stung
40 I Need Your Love Tonight
41 Jailhouse Rock
42 Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do
43 Flaming Star
44 Good Luck Charm
45 Baby I Don't Care
46 A Big Hunk O'Love
47 I Can't Help Falling In Love
48 Don't
49 Are You Lonesome Tonight
50 Baby Let's Play House

Nice to see A Mess Of Blues So High. I've always really liked it, but it
sorta seems to fall through the cracks most of the time.

Now , does anyone else hear a very slight chuckle at 1:15 ?

[SavoyBG]

Carl is in.

[Carl]

Top song on my best of 1960.

Not hearing the chuckle but my hearing ain’t the best, or I need to listen again when I don’t have a lot of background noise.

[Steve Mc]

Post by Carl
Top song on my best of 1960.
Not hearing the chuckle but my hearing ain’t the best, or I need to listen again when I don’t have a lot of background noise.

Well it's very, very slight, and it may just be one of his vocal things.