Elvis Presley discography
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The official American discography of Elvis Presley starts on July 19, 1954, with the release of his first commercial single, and ends in February of 1978, with the release of "Unchained Melody" backed with "Softly As I Leave You," the final single attached to a project Presley himself knew about in the planning stages prior to his death on August 16, 1977, the concert album Elvis In Concert. During this period, American Presley releases consisted of 102 singles, 28 Extended Play singles, and 71 albums on RCA Records, two albums on the Pickwick budget label, and five singles on the Sun Records label. This discography concerns itself with the singles and albums.
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[edit] Breakdown
[edit] Singles
In the 1950s, singles were more important sales items in rock and roll than albums, Presley being the sole rock and roll performer of that era who also sold albums in great quantity. This remained the case for most rock artists until 1968, when album sales exceeded singles sales in terms of total units for the first time since the introduction of the long-playing album by Columbia Records in 1948.[1] Shortly after acquiring Presley's contract from Sam Phillips at Sun Records, RCA reissued every one of the five Sun singles on its own label.
Of the singles, 82 appeared on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, with 71 of those making the Top 40, and with 14 topping the chart. In addition, until late 1968 when Billboard discontinued charting b-sides independently, 40 flipsides made the singles chart, with 24 of those reaching the Top 40, and one topping the charts, the b-side of "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog." From 1956 through early 1962, Presley also achieved the unique distinction that, with the exception of the seven records released simultaneously on one day in August of 1956, not only did every one of his first 24 major label singles reach the top five, but each of the b-sides except for three made the Top 40. This discography does not include the myriad singles released posthumously in various markets around the world, except for the two issued within a year after his death and generally considered part of his lifetime official discography by Presley biographers such as Ernst Jorgensen, the producer of his box sets.
[edit] Albums
The album list categorizes releases into the following subsets: studio albums; soundtracks; live albums; compilations; and budget issues, mostly on the RCA subsidiary label, Camden. Standard compilations sold at regular retail prices, and were often collections of singles or, in the case of A Date with Elvis, For LP Fans Only, and Elvis for Everyone, were product assembled by RCA when Presley was either performing his military service, or concentrating on his film and soundtrack work. Budget issues sold at reduced retail prices, and were of shorter than standard running time. When RCA instituted its compact disc reissue program in the 1990s, it ignored the budget issues, and realized a different series of compilations.
The 1969 double album From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis was reissued one year later, separated into the studio and the concert disks, and appears on the discography in its separated incarnation. The Having Fun With Elvis On Stage album, originally on the Colonel's personal imprint Boxcar Records, is a recording of just Presley's on-stage patter and contains no music at all. It was standard practice for soundtrack albums to be augmented by non-soundtrack studio recordings, if necessary, to bring the running time up to acceptable levels. Of the albums, only the seasonal album Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas and the budget LPs Elvis' Christmas Album from 1970, Pure Gold, and the Pickwick Records issues did not make the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, Presley the leader in most number of charting albums in history. He is second only to The Beatles for most weeks at #1 on the LP chart.
One notable aspect of Presley's recording career is that, unlike most of his contemporaries such as Chuck Berry, Bill Haley & His Comets, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, Presley rarely recorded new versions of any of his songs in a studio setting. A few exceptions exist such as "Blue Suede Shoes" which he recorded in 1956 and again in 1960 for the soundtrack of G.I. Blues, and "Love Letters", a 1966 single Presley later re-recorded for a 1971 album. As such, unlike his contemporaries, Presley's discography lacks any "Greatest Hits" album consisting of re-recordings, although copious live performances of his hits were released during and after his lifetime.
A separate section catalogues posthumous releases, confined mostly to the compact disc era. The number of Presley reissues and repackages since his death are in the hundreds, new ones being configured by RCA as old ones go out of print, and are currently beyond the scope of this discography to tally beyond the historically significant and noteworthy. Total record sales to date: estimated at over 1.8 billion worldwide.[2]
[edit] Career Releases
[edit] Studio Albums
- Elvis Presley (March 23, 1956) US #1
- Elvis (October 19, 1956) US #1
- Love Me Tender (November 15, 1956) US #1 (5 weeks) - UK #11 - First released as a single on September 28, 1956 and then on a 4-song Extended Play (EP) record from the movie - Gold (Certified Gold even before the record was released)
- Loving You (July 1, 1957) US #1 (10 weeks) - with bonus tracks Gold
- Elvis' Christmas Album (October 15, 1957) US #1 (4 weeks) - 9x Platinum
- King Creole (September 19, 1958) US #2 - Gold
- Elvis Is Back! (April 8, 1960) US #2 Gold
- G.I. Blues (October 1, 1960) US #1 (9 weeks) - Platinum
- His Hand in Mine (November 10, 1960) US #13 Platinum
- Something for Everybody (June 17, 1961) US #1 (3 weeks) Gold
- Blue Hawaii (October 1, 1961) US #1 (18 weeks) - 3x Platinum
- Pot Luck (June 5, 1962) US #4
- Girls! Girls! Girls! (November 9, 1962) US #3 - Gold
- It Happened at the World's Fair (April 10, 1963) US #4
- Fun in Acapulco (November 1, 1963) US #3 - with bonus tracks
- Kissin' Cousins (April 2, 1964) US #6 - with bonus tracks
- Roustabout (October 20, 1964) US #1 (1 week) - Gold
- Girl Happy (March 1, 1965) US #8 - with bonus tracks Gold
- Harum Scarum (November 3, 1965) US #8
- Frankie and Johnny (March 1, 1966) US #20 - Platinum
- Paradise, Hawaiian Style (June 10, 1966) US #15 - with bonus track
- Spinout (October 31, 1966) US #18 - with bonus tracks
- Double Trouble (June 1, 1967) US #47 - with bonus tracks
- Clambake (October 10, 1967) US #40 - with bonus tracks
- How Great Thou Art (February 20, 1967) US #18 2x Platinum
- Speedway (May 1, 1968) US #82 - with bonus tracks
- Elvis (NBC-TV Special) (November 22, 1968) US #8 - TV soundtrack
- From Elvis in Memphis (June 17, 1969) US #13 Gold
- Back In Memphis (April, 1970) studio half of the From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis US #12 album
- That's the Way It Is (November 11, 1970) US #21 - partial soundtrack/live album Gold
- Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (January 2, 1971) US #12 Gold
- Love Letters from Elvis (June 16, 1971) US #33
- Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas (October 20, 1971) 3x Platinum
- Elvis Now (February 20, 1972) US #43 Gold
- He Touched Me (April 3, 1972) US #79 Platinum
- Elvis (July 16, 1973) US #52
- Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake (October 1, 1973) US #50
- Good Times (March 20, 1974) US #90
- Promised Land (January 8, 1975) US #47
- Today (May 7, 1975) US #57
- From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (April 20, 1976) US #41 Gold
- Moody Blue (July 19, 1977) US #3 - live and studio tracks 2x Platinum
[edit] Live Albums
- Elvis In Person At The International Hotel (April 1970) concert half of the From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis US #12 album
- On Stage: February 1970 (June 23, 1970) US #13 - Platinum
- Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (June 18, 1972) US #11 - 3x Platinum
- Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite (February 4, 1973) US #1 (1 week) - 2 LP TV soundtrack 5x Platinum
- Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (July 7, 1974) US #33 - Gold
- Having Fun With Elvis On Stage (August 1974) US #130 - spoken word live album
- Elvis in Concert (October 3, 1977) US #5 - 2 LP partial TV soundtrack/live album released posthumously 3x Platinum
[edit] Compilations
- Elvis' Golden Records (May 21, 1958) US #3 - compilation 6x Platinum
- For LP Fans Only (February 6, 1959) US #19
- A Date with Elvis (July 24, 1959) US #32
- Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (November 13, 1959) US #31 - Platinum
- Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 (August 11, 1963) US #3 - Platinum
- Elvis for Everyone (August 10, 1965) US #10 - previously unreleased material
- Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (January 2, 1968) US #33 - Gold
- Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 (January 2, 1974) US #43 - with unreleased material 2x Platinum
- Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 (January 8, 1976) US #46 - with unreleased material 2x Platinum
- The Sun Sessions (March 22, 1976) US #76 - Gold
- Welcome to My World (March 17, 1977) US #44 - with one unreleased track Platinum
[edit] Budget Issues
- Elvis Sings Flaming Star [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (April, 1969) US #96 - mostly previously unreleased material Platinum
- Let's Be Friends [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (April 1970) US #105 - with previously unreleased material Platinum
- Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 (August 1970) US #45 - compilation box set 2x Platinum
- Almost in Love [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (October 1, 1970) US #65 - Platinum
- Elvis' Christmas Album (November, 1970) reissue of 1957 Christmas album Platinum
- You'll Never Walk Alone [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (March 22, 1971) US #69 - with some unreleased material Platinum
- C'mon Everybody [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (July 1971) US #70
- The Other Sides - Elvis Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 (August 1971) US #120 - compilation box set
- I Got Lucky [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (October 1971) US #104 - Gold
- Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies, Volume 1 [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (June 1972) US #87 - Platinum
- Burning Love and Hits From His Movies, Volume 2 [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (November 1, 1972) US #22 - 2x Platinum
- Separate Ways [Budget LP on RCA Camden] (January 1973) US #46 - Platinum
- Almost in Love [reissue of 1970 Budget LP on RCA Camden with one track variation] (March 1973)
- Pure Gold (March 1975) - compilation 2x Platinum
- Double Dynamite [Budget LP on Pickwick Records] (December 1975) - 2 LP compilation
- Frankie and Johnny [Budget LP on Pickwick Records] (November 1976) - edited reissue of 1966 soundtrack album
[edit] Singles
Chart positions from Billboard Pop Singles Chart except as indicated; even numbered tracks are b-sides of the previous single, which charted independently in Billboard until late 1968. Except for the ten tracks on Sun Records, all catalogue numbers original RCA Records issue. RCA re-released all five Sun Records singles in December, 1955, and the entirety of the Elvis Presley debut album in single form in August, 1956.
[edit] The 1950s
Track | Recorded | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
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1. | 7/5/54 | Sun 209 | 7/19/54 | That's All Right | Arthur Crudup | 1:55 | |
2. | 7/5/54 | Sun 209b | 7/19/54 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 2:02 | |
3. | 9/10/54 | Sun 210 | 9/25/54 | Good Rockin' Tonight | Roy Brown | 2:12 | |
4. | 9/10/54 | Sun 210b | 9/25/54 | I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine | Mack David | 2:27 | |
5. | 11/12/54 | Sun 215 | 12/28/54 | Milk Cow Blues Boogie | Kokomo Arnold | 2:38 | |
6. | 11/12/54 | Sun 215b | 12/28/54 | You're a Heartbreaker | Jack Sallee | 2:12 | |
7. | 2/5/55 | Sun 217 | 4/10/55 | C&W #5 | Baby Let's Play House | Arthur Gunter | 2:15 |
8. | 3/5/55 | Sun 217b | 4/10/55 | I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone | Stan Kesler and William Taylor | 2:36 | |
9. | 7/11/55 | Sun 223 | 8/6/55 | C&W #1 | I Forgot to Remember to Forget | Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers | 2:28 |
10. | 7/11/55 | Sun 223b | 8/6/55 | Mystery Train | Herman Parker Jr. and Sam Phillips | 2:24 | |
11. | 7/11/55 | 47-6357 | 12/2/55 | I Forgot to Remember to Forget | Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers | 2:28 | |
12. | 7/11/55 | 47-6357b | 12/2/55 | Mystery Train | Herman Parker Jr. and Sam Phillips | 2:24 | |
13. | 7/5/54 | 47-6380 | 12/20/55 | That's All Right | Arthur Crudup | 1:55 | |
14. | 7/5/54 | 47-6380b | 12/20/55 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 2:02 | |
15. | 9/10/54 | 47-6381 | 12/20/55 | Good Rockin' Tonight | Roy Brown | 2:12 | |
16. | 9/10/54 | 47-6381b | 12/20/55 | I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine | Mack David | 2:27 | |
17. | 11/12/54 | 47-6382 | 12/20/55 | Milkcow Blues Boogie | Kokomo Arnold | 2:38 | |
18. | 11/12/54 | 47-6382b | 12/20/55 | #74 | You're a Heartbreaker | Jack Sallee | 2:12 |
19. | 2/5/55 | 47-6383 | 12/20/55 | Baby Let's Play House | Arthur Gunter | 2:15 | |
20. | 3/5/55 | 47-6383b | 12/20/55 | I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone | Stan Kesler and William Taylor | 2:36 | |
21. | 1/11/56 | 47-6420 | 1/27/56 | #1 | Heartbreak Hotel | Mae Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley | 2:08 |
22. | 1/11/56 | 47-6420b | 1/27/56 | #23 | I Was The One | Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers | 2:33 |
23. | 4/14/56 | 47-6540 | 5/4/56 | #1 | I Want You, I Need You, I Love You | Lou Kosloff and George Mysels | 2:40 |
24. | 1/30/56 | 47-6540b | 5/4/56 | #31 | My Baby Left Me | Arthur Crudup | 2:12 |
25. | 7/2/56 | 47-6604 | 7/13/56 | #1 | Don't Be Cruel | Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley | 2:02 |
26. | 7/2/56 | 47-6604b | 7/13/56 | #1 | Hound Dog | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:16 |
27. | 1/30/56 | 47-6636 | 8/31/56 | #20 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | 1:58 |
28. | 1/31/56 | 47-6636b | 8/31/56 | Tutti Frutti | Dorothy LaBostrie and Richard Penniman | 1:58 | |
29. | 1/10/56 | 47-6637 | 8/31/56 | I Got A Woman | Ray Charles and Renald Richard | 2:23 | |
30. | 1/11/56 | 47-6637b | 8/31/56 | I'm Counting on You | Don Robertson | 2:24 | |
31. | 9/10/54 | 47-6638 | 8/31/56 | I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin') | Jimmy Wakely | 2:24 | |
32. | 1/31/56 | 47-6638b | 8/31/56 | I'm Gonna Sit Down and Cry (Over You) | Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas | 2:01 | |
33. | 7/5/54 | 47-6639 | 8/31/56 | I Love You Because | Leon Payne | 2:42 | |
34. | 7/11/55 | 47-6639b | 8/31/56 | Trying to Get to You | Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton | 2:31 | |
35. | 9/10/54 | 47-6640 | 8/31/56 | Just Because | Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton | 2:32 | |
36. | 8/19/54 | 47-6640b | 8/31/56 | Blue Moon | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | 2:31 | |
37. | 1/10/56 | 47-6641 | 8/31/56 | Money Honey | Jesse Stone | 2:34 | |
38. | 1/30/56 | 47-6641b | 8/31/56 | One-Sided Love Affair | Bill Campbell | 2:09 | |
39. | 2/3/56 | 47-6642 | 8/31/56 | Shake, Rattle & Roll | Charles Calhoun | 2:37 | |
40. | 2/3/56 | 47-6642b | 8/31/56 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price | 2:08 | |
41. | 8/24/56 | 47-6643 | 9/28/56 | #1 | Love Me Tender | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:41 |
42. | 7/2/56 | 47-6643b | 9/28/56 | #20 | Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) | Cliff Owens and Aaron Schroeder | 2:14 |
43. | 9/2/56 | 47-6800 | 1/4/57 | #1 | Too Much | Lee Rosenberg and Bernard Weinman | 2:31 |
44. | 9/1/56 | 47-6800b | 1/4/57 | #34 | Playing for Keeps | Stan Kesler | 2:50 |
45. | 1/12/57 | 47-6870 | 3/22/57 | #1 | All Shook Up | Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley | 1:57 |
46. | 1/13/57 | 47-6870b | 3/22/57 | #58 | That's When Your Heartaches Begin | Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin | 3:21 |
47. | 1/24/57 | 47-7000 | 6/11/57 | #1 | (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear | Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe | 1:45 |
48. | 2/24/57 | 47-7000b | 6/11/57 | #20 | Loving You | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:12 |
49. | 4/30/57 | 47-7035 | 9/24/57 | #1 | Jailhouse Rock | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:27 |
50. | 9/5/57 | 47-7035b | 9/24/57 | #18 | Treat Me Nice | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:10 |
51. | 9/6/57 | 47-7150 | 1/7/58 | #1 | Don't | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:48 |
52. | 2/23/57 | 47-7150b | 1/7/58 | #8 | I Beg of You | Rose Marie McCoy and Cliff Owens | 1:50 |
53. | 2/1/58 | 47-7240 | 4/1/58 | #3 | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Bert Carroll and Moody Russell | 2:13 |
54. | 2/1/58 | 47-7240b | 4/1/58 | #21 | Don'cha Think It's Time | Luther Dixon and Clyde Otis | 1:54 |
55. | 1/15/58 | 47-7280 | 6/10/58 | #1 | Hard Headed Woman | Claude DeMetrius | 1:53 |
56. | 1/16/58 | 47-7280b | 6/10/58 | #25 | Don't Ask Me Why | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:06 |
57. | 2/23/57 | 47-7410 | 10/21/58 | #4 | One Night | Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman | 2:29 |
58. | 6/11/58 | 47-7410b | 10/21/58 | #8 | I Got Stung | David Hill and Aaron Schroeder | 1:49 |
59. | 6/10/58 | 47-7506 | 3/10/59 | #2 | (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I | Bill Trader | 2:36 |
60. | 6/10/58 | 47-7506b | 3/10/59 | #4 | I Need Your Love Tonight | Bix Reichner and Sid Wayne | 2:04 |
61. | 6/10/58 | 47-7600 | 6/23/59 | #1 | A Big Hunk O' Love | Aaron Schroeder and Sidney Wyche | 2:12 |
62. | 9/6/57 | 47-7600b | 6/23/59 | #12 | My Wish Came True | Ivory Joe Hunter | 2:33 |
[edit] The 1960s
Track | Recorded | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
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1. | 3/20/60 | 47-7740 | 3/23/60 | #1 | Stuck on You | Aaron Schroeder and S. Leslie McFarland | 2:18 |
2. | 3/20/60 | 47-7740b | 3/23/60 | #17 | Fame and Fortune | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:30 |
3. | 4/3/60 | 47-7777 | 7/5/60 | #1 | It's Now or Never | Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold | 3:15 |
4. | 3/20/60 | 47-7777b | 7/5/60 | #32 | A Mess of Blues | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:39 |
5. | 4/3/60 | 47-7810 | 11/1/60 | #1 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Lou Handman and Roy Turk | 3:05 |
6. | 4/3/60 | 47-7810b | 11/1/60 | #20 | I Gotta Know | Paul Evans and Matt Williams | 2:15 |
7. | 10/30/60 | 47-7850 | 2/7/61 | #1 | Surrender | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 1:52 |
8. | 11/7/60 | 47-7850b | 2/7/61 | #32 | Lonely Man | Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus | 2:43 |
9. | 3/12/61 | 47-7880 | 5/2/61 | #5 | I Feel So Bad | Chuck Willis | 2:54 |
10. | 11/7/60 | 47-7880b | 5/2/61 | #26 | Wild in the Country | George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore | 1:52 |
11. | 6/25/61 | 47-7908 | 8/8/61 | #4 | (Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:08 |
12. | 6/25/61 | 47-7908b | 8/8/61 | #5 | Little Sister | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:31 |
13. | 3/23/61 | 47-7968 | 11/22/61 | #2 | Can't Help Falling In Love | George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore | 2:59 |
14. | 3/23/61 | 47-7968b | 11/22/61 | #23 | Rock-A-Hula Baby | Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller | 1:57 |
15. | 10/15/61 | 47-7992 | 2/27/62 | #1 | Good Luck Charm | Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold | 2:41 |
16. | 10/15/61 | 47-7992b | 2/27/62 | #31 | Anything That's Part of You | Don Robertson | 2:05 |
17. | 3/19/62 | 47-8041 | 7/17/62 | #5 | She's Not You | Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:08 |
18. | 3/19/62 | 47-8041b | 7/17/62 | #55 | Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 1:52 |
19. | 3/27/62 | 47-8100 | 10/2/62 | #2 | Return to Sender | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 2:06 |
20. | 3/27/62 | 47-8100b | 10/2/62 | #99 | Where Do You Come From | Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts | 2:05 |
21. | 9/22/62 | 47-8134 | 1/29/63 | #11 | One Broken Heart For Sale | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 1:46 |
22. | 9/22/62 | 47-8134b | 1/29/63 | #53 | They Remind Me Too Much of You | Don Robertson | 2:31 |
23. | 5/26/63 | 47-8188 | 6/18/63 | #3 | (You're the) Devil in Disguise | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | 2:20 |
24. | 5/26/63 | 47-8188b | 6/18/63 | Please Don't Drag That String Around | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 1:54 | |
25. | 1/22/63 | 47-8243 | 10/1/63 | #8 | Bossa Nova Baby | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:02 |
26. | 5/26/63 | 47-8243b | 10/1/63 | #32 | Witchcraft | Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King | 2:19 |
27. | 9/30/63 | 47-8307 | 2/10/64 | #12 | Kissin' Cousins | Fred Wise and Randy Starr | 2:12 |
28. | 1/12/64 | 47-8307b | 2/10/64 | #29 | It Hurts Me | Joy Byers and Charlie Daniels | 2:27 |
29. | 6/25/61 | 447-0639 | 4/14/64 | #34 | Kiss Me Quick | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:46 |
30. | 3/19/62 | 447-0639b | 4/14/64 | Suspicion | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:34 | |
31. | 8/30/63 | 47-8360 | 4/28/64 | #21 | What'd I Say | Ray Charles | 3:02 |
32. | 7/10/63 | 47-8360b | 4/28/64 | #29 | Viva Las Vegas | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:21 |
33. | 4/3/60 | 47-8400 | 7/14/64 | #16 | Such A Night | Lincoln Chase | 2:15 |
34. | 5/26/63 | 47-8400b | 7/14/64 | Never Ending | Buddy Kaye and Phil Springer | 1:57 | |
35. | 1/12/64 | 47-8840 | 9/22/64 | #12 | Ask Me | Domenico Modugno, Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | 2:07 |
36. | 6/10/58 | 47-8840b | 9/22/64 | #16 | Ain't That Loving You Baby | Clyde Otis and Ivory Joe Hunter | 2:22 |
37. | 9/5/57 | 447-0720 | 11/9/64 | Blue Christmas | Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson | 2:07 | |
38. | 4/28/60 | 447-0720b | 11/9/64 | Wooden Heart | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:02 | |
39. | 6/12/64 | 47-8500 | 2/9/65 | #21 | Do the Clam | Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne, Dolores Fuller | 3:20 |
40. | 3/18/62 | 47-8500b | 2/9/65 | You'll Be Gone | Red West, Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley | 2:23 | |
41. | 10/31/60 | 447-0643 | 4/6/65 | #3 | Crying in the Chapel | Artie Glenn | 2:24 |
42. | 10/30/60 | 447-0643 | 4/6/65 | I Believe in the Man in the Sky | Aaron Richard Howard | 2:12 | |
43. | 3/18/62 | 47-8585 | 5/28/65 | #11 | (Such An) Easy Question | Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott | 2:18 |
44. | 3/20/60 | 47-8585b | 5/28/65 | #55 | It Feels So Right | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:31 |
45. | 6/25/61 | 47-8657 | 8/10/65 | #11 | I'm Yours | Hal Blair and Don Robertson | 2:21 |
46. | 5/27/63 | 47-8657b | 8/10/65 | (It's A) Long Lonely Highway | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 2:20 | |
47. | 6/10/64 | 447-0650 | 10/20/65 | #14 | Puppet on a String | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:39 |
48. | 4/28/60 | 447-0650b | 10/20/65 | Wooden Heart | Fred Wise and Ben Weisman | 2:02 | |
49. | 9/7/57 | 447-0647 | 10/26/65 | Santa Claus Is Back In Town | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:22 | |
50. | 9/5/57 | 447-0647 | 10/26/65 | #1 | Blue Christmas | Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson | 2:07 |
51. | 1/12/57 | 47-8740 | 12/3/65 | #33 | Tell Me Why | Titus Turner | 2:05 |
52. | 5/27/63 | 47-8740b | 12/3/65 | #95 | Blue River | Paul Evans and Fred Tobias | 1:32 |
53. | 10/30/60 | 447-0651 | 2/15/66 | Joshua Fit the Battle | Traditional | 2:41 | |
54. | 10/30/60 | 447-0651b | 2/15/66 | Known Only to Him | Stuart Hamblen | 2:08 | |
55. | 10/30/60 | 447-0652 | 2/15/66 | Milky White Way | Traditional | 2:15 | |
56. | 10/30/60 | 447-0652b | 2/15/66 | Swing Down Sweet Chariot | Traditional | 2:34 | |
57. | 5/14/65 | 47-8780 | 3/1/66 | #25 | Frankie and Johnny | Alex Gottlieb, Fred Karger, Ben Weisman | 2:32 |
58. | 5/13/65 | 47-8780b | 3/1/66 | #45 | Please Don't Stop Loving Me | Joy Byers | 2:02 |
59. | 5/26/66 | 47-8870 | 6/8/66 | #19 | Love Letters | Edward Heyman and Victor Young | 2:50 |
60. | 5/28/66 | 47-8870b | 6/8/66 | Come What May | Frank Tableporter | 1:58 | |
61. | 2/17/66 | 47-8941 | 9/13/66 | #40 | Spinout | Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne, Dolores Fuller | 2:32 |
62. | 2/17/66 | 47-8941b | 9/13/66 | #41 | All That I Am | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:15 |
63. | 6/10/66 | 47-8950 | 11/15/66 | If Every Day Was Like Christmas | Red West | 2:42 | |
64. | 9/22/62 | 47-8950b | 11/15/66 | How Would You Like to Be | Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan | 3:26 | |
65. | 6/10/66 | 47-9056 | 1/10/67 | #33 | Indescribably Blue | Darrell Glenn | 2:47 |
66. | 5/28/66 | 47-9056b | 1/10/67 | Fools Fall In Love | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:04 | |
67. | 6/29/66 | 47-9115 | 4/28/67 | #63 | Long Legged Girl | J.L. Mac Farland and Winfield Scott | 1:27 |
68. | 6/25/61 | 47-9115b | 4/28/67 | #92 | That's Someone You Never Forget | Red West and Elvis Presley | 2:47 |
69. | 3/12/61 | 47-9287 | 8/8/67 | #56 | There's Always Me | Don Robertson | 2:16 |
70. | 3/12/61 | 47-9287 | 8/8/67 | #78 | Judy | Teddy Redell | 2:10 |
71. | 9/10/67 | 47-9341 | 9/26/67 | #38 | Big Boss Man | Luther Dixon and Al Smith | 2:50 |
72. | 9/11/67 | 47-9341b | 9/26/67 | #44 | You Don't Know Me | Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold | 2:27 |
73. | 9/10/67 | 47-9425 | 1/9/68 | #43 | Guitar Man | Jerry Reed | 2:12 |
74. | 9/11/67 | 47-9425b | 1/9/68 | Hi-Heel Sneakers | Robert Higginbotham | 2:46 | |
75. | 1/16/68 | 47-9465 | 2/28/68 | #28 | U.S. Male | Jerry Reed | 2:42 |
76. | 1/16/68 | 47-9465b | 2/28/68 | #67 | Stay Away | Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper | 2:24 |
77. | 9/11/67 | 47-9600 | 3/26/68 | #90 | You'll Never Walk Alone | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein | 2:44 |
78. | 9/11/67 | 47-9600b | 3/26/68 | We Call On Him | Fred Karger, Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne | 2:33 | |
79. | 6/20/67 | 47-9547 | 5/21/68 | #71 | Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby | Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha | 1:51 |
80. | 6/21/67 | 47-9547b | 5/21/68 | #72 | Let Yourself Go | Joy Byers | 2:58 |
81. | 3/7/68 | 47-9610 | 9/3/68 | #69 | A Little Less Conversation | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | 2:10 |
82. | 3/7/68 | 47-9610b | 9/3/68 | #95 | Almost In Love | Luiz Bonfa and Randy Starr | 3:01 |
83. | 6/23/68 | 47-9670 | 11/5/68 | #12 | If I Can Dream | W. Earl Brown | 3:11 |
84. | 3/7/68 | 47-9670b | 11/5/68 | Edge of Reality | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | 3:33 | |
85. | 6/23/68 | 47-9731 | 2/25/69 | #35 | Memories | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | 3:06 |
86. | 10/15/68 | 47-9731b | 2/25/69 | Charro | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | 2:44 | |
87. | 10/30/60 | 74-0130 | 3/25/69 | His Hand In Mine | Mosie Lister | 3:19 | |
88. | 5/25/66 | 74-0130b | 3/25/69 | How Great Thou Art | Stuart K. Hine | 3:01 | |
89. | 1/20/69 | 47-9741 | 4/14/69 | #3 | In the Ghetto | Mac Davis | 2:45 |
90. | 2/20/69 | 47-9741b | 4/14/69 | Any Day Now | Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard | 2:58 | |
91. | 10/23/68 | 47-9747 | 6/17/69 | #35 | Clean Up Your Own Backyard | Billy Strange and Mac Davis | 3:07 |
92. | 2/21/69 | 47-9747b | 6/17/69 | The Fair Is Moving On | Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett | 3:07 | |
93. | 1/22/69 | 47-9764 | 8/26/69 | #1 | Suspicious Minds | Mark James | 3:28 |
94. | 1/14/69 | 47-9764b | 8/26/69 | You'll Think of Me | Mort Shuman | 3:58 | |
95. | 1/15/69 | 47-9768 | 11/11/69 | #6 | Don't Cry Daddy | Mac Davis | 2:46 |
96. | 1/20/69 | 47-9768b | 11/11/69 | Rubberneckin' | Dory Jones and Bunny Warren | 2:09 |
[edit] The 1970s
Track | Recorded | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
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1. | 2/19/69 | 47-9791 | 1/29/70 | #16 | Kentucky Rain | Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard | 3:14 |
2. | 1/16/69 | 47-9791b | 1/29/70 | My Little Friend | Shirl Milete | 2:43 | |
3. | 2/18/70 | 47-9835 | 4/20/70 | #9 | The Wonder of You | Baker Knight | 2:34 |
4. | 1/15/69 | 47-9835b | 4/20/70 | Mama Liked the Roses | John Christopher | 2:47 | |
5. | 6/4/70 | 47-9873 | 7/14/70 | #32 | I've Lost You | Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard | 3:30 |
6. | 6/7/70 | 47-9873b | 7/14/70 | The Next Step Is Love | Paul Evans and Paul Parnes | 3:31 | |
7. | 6/6/70 | 47-9916 | 10/6/70 | #11 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini | 2:30 |
8. | 6/8/70 | 47-9916b | 10/6/70 | Patch It Up | Eddie Rabbitt and Rory Bourke | 3:08 | |
9. | 6/7/70 | 47-9960 | 12/8/70 | #21 | I Really Don't Want to Know | Howard Barnes and Don Robertson | 2:54 |
10. | 6/8/70 | 47-9960b | 12/8/70 | There Goes My Everything | Dallas Frazier | 2:58 | |
11. | 9/22/70 | 47-9980 | 2/3/71 | #33 | Rags to Riches | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross | 1:54 |
12. | 9/22/70 | 47-9980b | 2/3/71 | Where Did They Go, Lord | Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens | 2:27 | |
13. | 6/6/70 | 47-9985 | 5/25/71 | #53 | Life | Shirl Milete | 3:10 |
14. | 6/8/70 | 47-9985b | 5/25/71 | Only Believe | Paul Rader | 2:49 | |
15. | 5/20/71 | 47-9998 | 6/22/71 | #36 | I'm Leavin' | Michael Jarrett and Sonny Charles | 3:51 |
16. | 6/6/70 | 47-9998b | 6/22/71 | Heart of Rome | Alan Blaikley, Richard Howard, Geoff Stephens | 2:53 | |
17. | 5/20/71 | 48-1017 | 9/21/71 | #51 | It's Only Love | Mark James and Steve Tyrell | 2:41 |
18. | 6/4/70 | 48-1017b | 9/21/71 | The Sound of Your Cry | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | 3:17 | |
19. | 5/15/71 | 74-0572 | 11/9/71 | Merry Christmas Baby | Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore | 5:45 | |
20. | 5/16/71 | 74-0572b | 11/9/71 | O Come All Ye Faithful | John Francis Wade | 2:49 | |
21. | 5/17/71 | 74-0619 | 1/4/72 | #40 | Until It's Time for You to Go | Buffy Sainte-Marie | 2:17 |
22. | 5/20/71 | 74-0619b | 1/4/72 | We Can Make the Morning | Jay Ramsey | 3:54 | |
23. | 5/18/71 | 74-0651 | 2/4/72 | He Touched Me | William Gaither | 2:39 | |
24. | 6/9/71 | 74-0651b | 2/4/72 | Bosom of Abraham | William Johnson, George McFadden, Ted Brooks | 1:36 | |
25. | 2/16/72 | 74-0672 | 4/4/72 | #66 | An American Trilogy | Mickey Newbury | 4:30 |
26. | 3/15/71 | 74-0672b | 4/4/72 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Ewan MacColl | 3:42 | |
27. | 3/28/72 | 74-0769 | 8/1/72 | #1 | Burning Love | Dennis Linde | 2:50 |
28. | 3/29/72 | 74-0769b | 8/1/72 | It's A Matter of Time | Clive Westlake | 3:02 | |
29. | 3/27/72 | 74-0815 | 10/31/72 | #20 | Separate Ways | Red West and Richard Mainegra | 2:36 |
30. | 3/29/72 | 74-0815b | 10/31/72 | Always on My Mind | Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson | 3:37 | |
31. | 1/4/73 | 74-0910 | 3/4/73 | #17 | Steamroller Blues | James Taylor | 3:04 |
32. | 3/28/72 | 74-0910b | 3/4/73 | Fool | Carl Sigman and James Last | 3:30 | |
33. | 7/23/73 | APBO 0088 | 9/22/73 | #41 | Raised On Rock | Mark James | 2:38 |
34. | 7/23/73 | APBO 0088b | 9/22/73 | For Ol' Times Sake | Tony Joe White | 3:36 | |
35. | 7/22/73 | APBO 0196 | 1/11/74 | #39 | I've Got A Thing About You Baby | Tony Joe White | 2:20 |
36. | 7/21/73 | APBO 0196b | 1/11/74 | Take Good Care of Her | Arthur Kent and Edward C. Warren | 2:51 | |
37. | 12/11/73 | APBO 0280 | 5/10/74 | #17 | If You Talk In Your Sleep | Red West and Johnny Christopher | 2:34 |
38. | 12/12/73 | APBO 0280b | 5/10/74 | Help Me | Larry Gatlin | 2:37 | |
39. | 12/15/73 | PB 10074 | 9/27/74 | #14 | Promised Land | Chuck Berry | 2:55 |
40. | 12/10/73 | PB 10074b | 9/27/74 | It's Midnight | Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Chesnut | 3:21 | |
41. | 12/13/73 | PB 10191 | 1/4/75 | #20 | My Boy | Bill Martin, Jean-Pierre Bourtrayre, Phil Coulter, Claude Francois | 3:19 |
42. | 12/12/73 | PB 10191b | 1/4/75 | Thinking About You | Tim Baty | 3:00 | |
43. | 3/11/75 | PB 10278 | 4/22/75 | #35 | T-R-O-U-B-L-E | Jerry Chesnut and Steve Tyrell | 3:02 |
44. | 12/12/73 | PB 10278b | 4/23/75 | Mr. Songman | Donnie Summer | 2:07 | |
45. | 3/12/75 | PB 10401 | 9/30/75 | #65 | Bringing It Back | Greg Gordon | 3:00 |
46. | 3/12/75 | PB 10401b | 9/30/75 | Pieces of My Life | Troy Seals | 4:03 | |
47. | 2/5/76 | PB 10601 | 3/12/76 | #28 | Hurt | Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs | 2:06 |
48. | 2/5/76 | PB 10601b | 3/12/76 | For the Heart | Dennis Linde | 3:22 | |
49. | 2/4/76 | PB 10857 | 11/29/76 | C&W #1 | Moody Blue | Mark James | 3:22 |
50. | 2/2/76 | PB 10857b | 11/29/76 | She Thinks I Still Care | Dickey Lee | 3:51 | |
51. | 10/29/76 | PB 10998 | 6/6/77 | #18 | Way Down | Layng Martine Jr. | 2:38 |
52. | 10/29/76 | PB 10998b | 6/6/77 | Pledging My Love | Don Robey and Ferdinand Washington | 2:50 | |
53. | 6/21/77 | *PB 11165 | 10/3/77 | #22 | My Way | Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka | 4:05 |
54. | 12/13/75 | *PB 11165b | 10/3/77 | America the Beautiful | Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward | 2:19 | |
55. | 6/21/77 | *PB 11212 | 2/78 | Unchained Melody | Alex North and Hy Zaret | 3:29 | |
56. | 12/13/75 | *PB 11212b | 2/78 | Softly As I Leave You | Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese | 3:00 |
*released posthumously
[edit] Posthumous Releases
[edit] Box Sets
- Elvis Aron Presley (1980)
- A Golden Celebration (1984)
- The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (June 23, 1992) US #159
- From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters (September 28, 1993)
- Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters (October 10, 1995)
- Platinum: A Life in Music (July 15, 1997) US #80
- Artist of the Century (July 13, 1999) US #163
- Peace in the Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings (September 12, 2000)
- Live In Las Vegas (July 10, 2001)
- Today Tomorrow and Forever (June 25, 2002) US #180 - previously unreleased alternate takes
- Elvis: Close Up (July 1, 2003) - previously unreleased alternate takes
- Elvis 18 UK Number 1's (January 25, 2005)
- Elvis The King (August 13, 2007)
[edit] Select Compilations
- Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5 (March 1984)
- The Number One Hits (June 1987) US #143
- The Top Ten Hits (June 1987) US #117
- The Complete Sun Sessions (June 1987)
- The Lost Album (November 12, 1990) - a collection of previously released recordings from the mid-1960s that were intended for an album that was never released
- Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances (October 25, 1994)
- Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II (July 18, 1995)
- Elvis 56 (March 5, 1996)
- A Hundred Years from Now (1996) - previously unissued performances and alternate takes from the June 1970 recording sessions
- An Afternoon in the Garden (March 25, 1997) - previously unreleased live performance recorded in 1972 in New York City
- 24 Karat Hits! (September, 1997) - released by DCC Records on both gold CD and 180g audiophile vinyl.
- Tiger Man (September 15, 1998) - complete performance from second show of comeback special
- Memories The '68 Comeback Special (October 13, 1998)
- Sunrise (February 9, 1999) - complete Sun Records compilation
- Suspicious Minds (April 18, 1999)
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time (May 13, 1999)
- Burning Love (July 13, 1999)
- That's The Way It Is (Special Edition) (July 11, 2000)
- White Christmas (September 26, 2000)
- Country Side of Elvis (November 6, 2001)
- Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (September 24, 2002) US #1
- 2nd to None (October 7, 2003) US #3
- Elvis at Sun (June 22, 2004)
- Love, Elvis (January 25, 2005) US #120
- Elvis by the Presleys (May 3, 2005) US #15 - soundtrack accompaniment to television special
- Hitstory (consists of the compilation of "Elvis: 30 #1 Hits", "2nd to None" and a new disc "The Story Continues".) (October 11, 2005)
- The Complete Million Dollar Quartet (September 19, 2006)
- Elvis Christmas (October 3, 2006) US #69
- The Essential Elvis Presley (January 9, 2007) US #72
[edit] See also
- Elvis Presley hit singles
- Elvis Presley's Sun recordings
- Alphabetical list of all of Elvis Presley's songs
- Million Dollar Quartet
[edit] References
- ^ MacDonald, Ian. Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1994; ISBN 0-8050-2780-7, p. 296
- ^ good faith estimate of album sales
[edit] Further reading
- Guralnick, Peter and Jorgensen, Ernst (1999). Elvis: Day By Day - The Definitive Record of His Life and Music. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-42089-6
- Jorgensen, Ernst (1998). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-18572-3
[edit] External links
- Master & Session: Elvis Presley Studio Sessions
- Elvis Discography
- Elvis Presley lyrics
- Elvis Discography in Pictures and matrices