What was the best selling Elvis Presley single in the U.K.
"New Jersey to Tennessee was mobbed all the way, and Presley was called upon to appear at scheduled stops to please his fans. On the night of March 20, he entered RCA's Nashville studio to cut tracks for a new album along with a single, ""Stuck on You"", which was rushed into release and swiftly became a number one hit. Another Nashville session two weeks later yielded a pair of his best-selling singles, the ballads ""It's Now or Never"" and ""Are You Lonesome Tonight?"", along with the rest of ""Elvis Is Back!"" The album features several songs described by Greil"
"around and was Presley's best selling single ever... a song [they] finished in 20 minutes to a half hour was the biggest song of [their] career."" In 1960, ""It's Now or Never"" was a number-one record in the U.S., spending five weeks at number one and the UK, where it spent eight weeks at the top in 1960 and an additional week at number one in 2005 as a re-issue, and numerous other countries, selling in excess of 25 million copies worldwide, Elvis Presley's biggest international single ever. Its British release was delayed for some time because of rights issues,"
"CP-1468 (single). Good Luck Charm ""Good Luck Charm"" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 24 May 1962 and stayed there for five weeks. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee by Presley in 1961. It completed his"
"British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and UK charts. Elvis Presley's version of the song topped the British charts in 1962. The single is certified Platinum by the RIAA, for US sales in excess of one million copies. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 2 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 behind Joey Dee and the Starliters' ""Peppermint Twist"" and went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks. During Presley's late 1960s and 1970s live performances, the song was performed as the show's finale. Most notably, it was also"
"in the UK chart. Elvis Presley reached number 2 in the UK chart with ""Heartbreak Hotel"" in 1956 and had nine more singles in the Top 30 that year. His first number 1 was ""All Shook Up"" in 1957 and there would be more chart-toppers for him and for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and Jerry Lee Lewis in the next two years. The initial response of the British music industry was to attempt to produce exact copies of American records. These were often recorded with session musicians and, even if note perfect, lacked the energy and spontaneity that characterised"
"""Elvis Aron Presley"" (on the record 8 titled ""Lost Singles""). It's Only Love (B. J. Thomas song) ""It's Only Love'"" is a 1969 song by B. J. Thomas from his LP ""Young and In Love"". Elvis Presley made the song into a major hit in the UK, reaching #3 in 1980. Thomas' original of ""It's Only Love"" was released in the spring of 1969. It became a modest hit in the United States (U.S. ""Billboard"" #45, ""Cash Box"" #28; AC #19), performing somewhat better in Canada (#24). ""It's Only Love"" was covered two and a half years later by Elvis"
"new lyrics, feeling sure they would meet his label's approval. It was issued as a single in October 1958 and peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's singles chart. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music. Presley's recording was issued as a double A-side with ""I Got Stung"", and reached number one twice on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., ""One Night"", reached number four on the pop singles chart and number ten on the R&B chart. The song became the UK's 1000th number-one single upon its second release in January 2005. It was also his last single to"
"UK ""Strictly Elvis"" EP had no direct US equivalent. Strictly Elvis Strictly Elvis is an extended play (EP) by American singer and musician Elvis Presley released in January 1960. It peaked at number one in the number-one EPs chart in the United Kingdom and was five weeks in the number-one, until it was superseded by ""Expresso Bongo"", which became number-one in April 23, 1960. An EP, also called ""Strictly Elvis"", had been issued in the USA in January 1957. This contained a completely different set of tracks; it was not issued in the UK until 1964, when it came out"
"Return to Sender (song) ""Return to Sender"" is a 1962 hit single recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and performed in the film ""Girls! Girls! Girls!"" The song was written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell and published by Elvis Presley Music. The song peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the UK Christmas number one of 1962. It also reached #2 on the American ""Billboard"" singles chart, (Big Girls Don't Cry by The Four Seasons kept it from the #1 spot.) However, the song reached number 1 on the rival ""Cash Box"" and ""Music Vendor"" singles"
"Good Luck Charm ""Good Luck Charm"" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 24 May 1962 and stayed there for five weeks. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee by Presley in 1961. It completed his second hat-trick"
"1970. ""The Wonder of You"" was one of his most successful records in the UK ever, topping the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in the summer of that year. It is his fifth biggest seller in the UK to date, with sales of 891,000. It also stayed at number one in the Irish Charts for three weeks that same year. This was the 59th Top 40 hit of his career. Presley's version also reached number 37 on the US Country Singles chart, and number one on the easy listening chart. ""The Wonder of You"" was one of about thirty-five"
"The album featured the hit single ""In the Ghetto"", issued in April, which reached number three on the pop chart—Presley's first non-gospel top ten hit since ""Bossa Nova Baby"" in 1963. Further hit singles were culled from the American Sound sessions: ""Suspicious Minds"", ""Don't Cry Daddy"", and ""Kentucky Rain"". Presley was keen to resume regular live performing. Following the success of the Comeback Special, offers came in from around the world. The London Palladium offered Parker $28,000 for a one-week engagement. He responded, ""That's fine for me, now how much can you get for Elvis?"" In May, the brand new"
"survey. Listed a co-best-seller with the Jo Stafford version, it lasted 11 weeks in their chart. The recording by Jo Stafford was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39930. It reached the ""Billboard"" Best Seller chart on February 28, 1953, at number twenty, its only week on the chart. A recording by Elvis Presley, was a platinum record. initially released as B-side to ""I Need Your Love Tonight"", was an even bigger hit, reaching number one in the UK. Presley's recording reached number two in the United States, being out of the number one position by Come Softly to"
"was successful on three American singles charts: it peaked at No. 7 on the US ""Billboard"" pop music chart, No. 8 on the R&B chart, and also made the top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking at No. 5. In the UK, it peaked at No. 16 in August 1956. In April 1957, the record company announced that over 2 million copies had been sold to date. The original demo for the song, probably recorded at radio station WCMS, has never been located and presumed lost. The song drew comparisons to Presley and is listed as No. 103"
"4 non consecutively, it registered, inter alia, weekly sales of 35,456, 28,590, 29,647, 32,261, 44,446, 54,011, 60,979, 73,461, 35,915, 15,983, 9,575, 3,540, 1,900, 1,300 and 1,000 thus totalling sales of 505,000 units while landing at #2, #3, #5, #5, #3, #4, #4, #3, #3, #4, #7, #17, #32, #48, #61, #70, #96, #65, #58, #79 and #89 respectively, and earning a BPI Gold and Platinum certification. It is Elvis' 13th UK number-one album, making him the solo artist with most UK number-one albums (and overall only behind The Beatles with 15 number-one albums). Elvis also extended the record for most"
"lasting more than nine minutes (its shortened version having been included on the 1973 ""Elvis"" album). Sourced from Keith Flynn. Elvis Now Elvis Now is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Elvis Presley, released on February 20, 1972. The only single from the album, ""Until It's Time for You to Go"" / ""We Can Make The Morning"" reached number 9 on the Adult Contemporary Chart in the US in March 1972 and number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1972. The album was certified Gold on March 27, 1992, by the RIAA. ""Sylvia"" became a hit for"
"Mercury's close friend and advisor, Capital London radio DJ Kenny Everett, played a pivotal role in giving the single exposure. It is the third-best-selling single of all time in the UK, surpassed only by Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" and Elton John's ""Candle in the Wind 1997"", and is the best-selling commercial single (i.e. ""not"" for-charity) in the UK. It also reached number nine in the United States (a 1992 re-release reached number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for five weeks). It is the only single ever to sell a million copies on two separate occasions, and"
"Elvis' 40 Greatest Elvis' 40 Greatest is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released in 1974 and was the UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1977, and became the 10th best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK. It was originally pressed with a brown"
"adults who grew up during the 1940s and early 1950s, and not the rock record-buying youth); his most successful hits of the decade were ""It's Impossible"" (1970) and the Don McLean song ""And I Love Her So"" (1973). Two of popular music's most successful artists died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about half a billion records, died October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling"
"In 2005, another three reissued singles, ""Jailhouse Rock"", ""One Night""/""I Got Stung"", and ""It's Now or Never"", went to number one in the United Kingdom. They were part of a campaign that saw the re-release of all 18 of Presley's previous chart-topping U.K. singles. The first, ""All Shook Up"", came with a collectors' box that made it ineligible to chart again; each of the other 17 reissues hit the British top five. In 2005, ""Forbes"" named Presley the top-earning deceased celebrity for the fifth straight year, with a gross income of $45 million. He placed second in 2006, returned to"
"from its A-side, a modest hit reaching #29 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart. The Elvis version of ""What'd I Say"" peaked at #21, the two sides having equivalent appeal in the marketplace. ""Viva Las Vegas"" reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart, improving to #15 after a reissue in 2007. In the years since its first release, the song has become one of Presley's most recognized numbers. In the 1990s and 2000s, the song appeared in countless movies and TV sitcoms, either as a reference to the city of Las Vegas, or simply as an expression of"
"singles chart and stayed there for one week. It also hit the top 10 in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, but only managed to hit number 94 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. 2003 CD single Rubberneckin' ""Rubberneckin'"" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was recorded at American Sound Studio. It was used in the film ""Change of Habit"" and subsequently issued as the B-side of ""Don't Cry Daddy"" (RCA single 47-9768) in conjunction with the movie premiere. It reached number six in the United States on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1969. In 2003, Paul Oakenfold"
"best-selling single of all-time (eclipsing the Beatles' own ""She Loves You"") until overtaken by Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" in 1984 (which also featured McCartney on the B-side). The song remains the UK's best-selling completely non-charity single, having sold 2.09 million copies. (Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" has sold more in its two releases, but the profits of the 1991 release were donated to charity.) The millionth copy of the disc sold in the UK included a special certificate. It was sold to David Ackroyd, who was presented with a gold disc of the single by Laine. Despite its international"
"It also spent one week at No. 1 on the easy listening chart in 1973. It reached No.2 in South Africa and in Britain, the record reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1973 on RCA Records and remained on the chart for 35 weeks (longer than any other of his hits in the UK). The song was recorded by Elvis Presley at RCA studio C in Hollywood, California, on March 11, 1975. It was released on his album, ""Today"", and Presley used it in almost every live show until his death. Harry Connick, Jr. included the song"
"the One"" was certified Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 2× Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA. The song also became Presley's first charting single in the United Kingdom. It made its debut on the UK Singles Chart in May 1956; it peaked at Number 2 the next month and stayed on the charts for 22 weeks. Presley performed the song during most of his live shows between 1956 and 1977, and for the last time on May 29, 1977, at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The song has been released on almost every Presley compilation album"
"number three in the UK. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and J. Leslie McFarland and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. In New Zealand (and perhaps other countries), the single had a special paper sleeve with the usual RCA logo top left and 45 R.P.M. bottom left and included, in large letters, ""ELVIS"" top right and bottom left: ""Elvis' 1st new recording for his 50,000,000 fans all over the world."" The Blue Moon Boys Additional personnel and production staff Stuck on You (Elvis Presley song) ""Stuck on You"" is Elvis Presley's first hit single after his"
"September 1997, John performed ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" for the only time in a live setting at the funeral of Diana in Westminster Abbey. The song became the fastest and biggest-selling single of all time, eventually selling over 33million copies worldwide, the best-selling single in U.K. chart history, the best-selling single in ""Billboard"" history and the first single certified Diamond in the U.S. where it sold over 11million copies. The ""Guinness World Records"" 2009 states that the song is ""the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33million copies""."
"2005 in British music charts This is a summary of 2005 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts. Average sales for a number-one single were 80,437 per week. Prominent music genres included girlgroup pop, with the success of Sugababes and Girls Aloud, as well as Rock, Indie Rock and Soul. Elvis Presley broke the record for the most UK number-one singles. Arctic Monkeys helped a continued resurgence of Indie Rock music, as part of the post-punk revival scene scoring two UK No1 singles in 2005, including I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. The first number"
"an eventual release in late October 1960, following copyright discussions. It became the first song to enter the new Record Retailer charts at no.1 - later adopted as the UK Singles Chart. During an eight-week run at the top, Elvis held off strong competition from Shirley Bassey (""As Long as He Needs Me"") and The Drifters (""Save the Last Dance for Me""). Eventually, one week before Christmas, he was deposed by Cliff Richard and the Shadows' ""I Love You"". Elvis dropped to no.2 and would leave the top 10 as ""Are You Lonesome Tonight?"" began its ascent to no.1. After"
"the list of the top 100 selling albums of 2017, at #84, with yearly sales of 84.000, thus totalling 542,250 units since its initial UK release back in 2016. In the United States, the album debuted at #1 in the Billboard Classical Chart, making it Presley's second of three stays at the top on that chart, after ""If I Can Dream"" and before ""Christmas with Elvis and the RPO"", the latter entering at #1 on Billboard's on 28 October 2017. It has thus far remained inside that chart's Top 20 for 25 weeks. As of September 2017, the album had"
"ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits is a greatest hits collection of songs by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Records on September 24, 2002. It is the first Elvis Presley album to feature the remix of ""A Little Less Conversation"" by Junkie XL that was released earlier in the year and reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia. When released, ""ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits"" was an instant success, going straight to the top of the albums charts in several countries and shipping mass quantities around the world. A companion"
"the UK Singles Chart by Billy Fury in 1965. All three songwriters composed ""Annabella"", originally recorded in the UK by Dave Dee without chart success, but which reached the US charts via a cover version by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds in 1971. The writers themselves (as Butterscotch) scored another top twenty UK hit in 1970 with ""Don't You Know (She Said Hello)"". Arnold, Martin and Morrow went on to compose ""Can't Smile Without You"", made famous by Barry Manilow. Morrow also co-write four songs for Elvis Presley, with whom he spent time, and Presley made the song ""Let's Be"
"eras died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about 50 million records, died on October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. In addition to the early 70s deaths, in 1970 bands such as Simon and Garfunkel broke-up as did the Beatles, over the next few years Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Everly Brothers and more. Statistically, Led"