What was Elvis Presley's first UK hit?
"Just Pretend (Elvis Presley song) ""Just Pretend"" is a 1970 song by Elvis Presley. It was composed by Guy Fletcher in partnership with his writing partner Doug Flett. Elvis Presley recorded it on June 6, 1970 as part of his July 4–8 studio sessions for RCA at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was first released on Presley's album ""That's the Way It Is"" that appeared on November 11, 1970. Robert Matthew-Walker in his 1995 book ""Heartbreak Hotel: The Life and Music of Elvis Presley"" calls the song ""massive, slow and uninspired"": In 2016 the song appeared on"
"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"
"fashion. A two-disc set was released on the Follow That Dream collectors label on August 15, 2006, with bonus tracks and numerous alternate takes. Elvis Presley (album) Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalogue number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material"
"the British Elvis and recognised as one of the best voices of the rock and roll era of pre-Beatles Britain. His first single, ""A White Sport Coat"", in the first seven weeks sold in excess of 300,000 copies, together with ""Stairway of Love"", which remained in the chart for eight weeks, and his own version of ""Start Movin'"" at number 14, put his records in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart twice in the same year, securing his name in the ""Guinness Book of Records"". He toured Britain, was one of the first to appear in the BBC"
"Stuck on You (Elvis Presley song) ""Stuck on You"" is Elvis Presley's first hit single after his two-year stint in the US Army. He recorded the song during March 1960, and the single was released within weeks and went to number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in late-April 1960, becoming his first number-one single of the 1960s and thirteenth overall. ""Stuck on You"" peaked at number six on the R&B chart. The song knocked Percy Faith's ""Theme from A Summer Place"" from the top spot, ending its nine-week run at number one on the chart. The record reached"
"Elvis Presley (album) Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalogue number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10 of 1954, and on July 11, 1955."
"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"
"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"
"Kiss Me Quick (Elvis Presley song) ""Kiss Me Quick"" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, recorded by Elvis Presley on June 25, 1961, and released on June 5, 1962 through RCA as a part of the album ""Pot Luck"". The song, backed by ""Something Blue"", was released in the United Kingdom and Europe as a single by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires on December 1962 through RCA Victor. It was listed as number-one single for eight weeks, from June until July 1963, in Europe. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. A 4-track extended"
"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"
"hear the trucks. We had to stop a lot of times because it wasn't soundproof, it was just egg crates nailed on the wall and the big old semi trucks would go by and make a lot of noise and we'd have to start over again."" Jones' first hit came with ""Why Baby Why"" in 1955. That same year, while touring as a cast member of the ""Louisiana Hayride"", Jones met and played shows with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. ""I didn't get to know him that well,"" Jones said of Presley to Nick Tosches in 1994. ""He stayed pretty"
"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"
"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"
"Presley recorded it on September 28, 1966 at the September 28–29 soundtrack sessions for the Paramount movie ""Easy Come, Easy Go"" at the Paramount Studio Recording Stage in Hollywood, California. 7"" single (The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., India, 1969) 7"" EP (RCA EPA 4387, March 1967) 7"" EP ( RCA Victor 20624, Australia,1978) 7"" EP (RCA Victor RCX-7187, UK, June 1967) Easy Come, Easy Go (Elvis Presley song) ""Easy Come, Easy Go"" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1967 motion picture ""Easy Come, Easy Go"". Its first release was on"
"whom he had married six months before. None of Lewis's Imperial singles sold more than 100,000 copies, but cover versions of his songs were commercially successful for other artists. Gale Storm's pop version of ""I Hear You Knocking"" reached the top five on the charts. In the 1970s, Dave Edmunds recorded a version of song, which was his first hit. Elvis Presley's cover of the Lewis song ""One Night"" (altering one risque lyric) was number 4 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 1 on UK Singles Chart. Lewis's recording of ""I Hear You Knocking"" was released when"
"song's royalties to Elvis, as well as adding Elvis' name to the list of songwriters for the song. ""Heartbreak Hotel"" was released as a single on January 27, 1956, with B-side ""I Was the One"", a song that was also recorded during Presley's RCA Victor debut sessions. ""Billboard"" magazine praised it as ""a strong blues item wrapped up in his usual powerful style and a great beat"". However, ""Heartbreak Hotel"" was less-than-warmly received by the British music press. The ""New Musical Express"" wrote that, ""If you appreciate good singing, I don't suppose you'll manage to hear this disc all through""."
"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"
"first entered the British charts in early 1955 – four months before it reached the US pop charts – topped the British charts later that year and again in 1956, and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency. American rock and roll acts such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins thereafter became major forces in the British charts. The initial response of the British music industry was to attempt to produce copies of American records, recorded with session musicians and often fronted by teen idols. More grassroots British rock and rollers soon began"
"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"
"and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, ""Heartbreak Hotel"", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular"
"they first reached number one on the British charts. He was expelled from the Musicians' Union in 1964 for playing records in dancehalls rather than employing live musicians, and then moved to Bristol to work for Top Rank. He presented an early ITV pop music programme, ""Discs-a-Gogo"". In 1965, after meeting DJ Tony Blackburn and auditioning, he joined the pirate radio station Radio Caroline North on a ship in the Irish Sea, developing his personality as ""your royal ruler"". After the 1967 Marine Offences Act banned pirate radio, he joined Radio Luxembourg. He became president of the International Elvis Presley"
"""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"
"Parke Puterbaugh, on his ""Rolling Stone"" review of the album, gave the album five out of five stars and felt that the recordings had improved sound quality. 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"
"Outdoor Elvis Outdoor Elvis is the second album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 1989 on Alarma Records. The title track found the Swirling Eddies in search of the elusive Elvis Presley who, according to the song, escaped the city by faking his own death and decided to make his home in the wilderness. The song makes parallels between the search for Elvis, the search for Bigfoot and mankind's search for a king or ""savior."" This project gave the Swirling Eddies their first hit songs - ""Driving In England"" which made it all the way to #1 in"
"I Got Stung ""I Got Stung"" is an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll song written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill and performed by Elvis Presley, which was recorded and released in 1958. Clocking in at under two minutes, it features some of Elvis' most rapid-fire vocals alongside humorous and catchy lyrics, and was released as double A-side with ""One Night"", reaching No. 1 in the UK. Presley recorded this, his final song of the 1950s, on June 11, 1958, when he went to Nashville during his army stint, as he was preparing to set sail for Germany. It was"
"Wooden Heart ""Wooden Heart"" ("""" ""lit."" Must I then) is a song best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film ""G.I. Blues"". The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, making No. 1 for six weeks there in March and April 1961, but was not released on a single in the United States until November 1964, where it was the B-side to ""Blue Christmas"". Presley performed the song live during his Dinner Show concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in 1975, a recording available on the Elvis Presley live album"
"goodnight!"", a line made famous by Elvis. On 16 December 2007, ""Elvis Ain't Dead"" debuted in the UK Top 40 at #33 in the UK Singles Chart via download sales alone. From then on, it slowly crept up the charts. It rose five places to #28 in its first week of physical release, then two places up to #26 the next week, climbed a further nine places to #17 in its third week and it then jumped another seven places to #10 in its fourth week, hence becoming the band's second UK Top 10 single. It rose two more places"
"was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show ""Oh Boy!"", wanted the only song on his show to be ""Move It"". Richard was quoted as saying: The single went to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. John Lennon credited ""Move It"" as being the first British rock record. In the early days, Richard was marketed as the British equivalent of Elvis. Like previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Elvis-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at"
"on the UK Singles Chart and re-entered the chart twice more during that year. Elvis Presley began performing the song in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Anka's suggestions that the song did not suit him. Nevertheless, on January 12 and 14, 1973, Presley sang the song during his satellite show ""Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite"", beamed live and on deferred basis (for European audiences, who also saw it in prime time), to 43 countries via Intelsat. On October 3, 1977, several weeks after Presley's death, his live recording of ""My Way"" (recorded for the ""Elvis In Concert"" CBS-TV special on"
"saxophone and piano solos. The first single from ""Elvis Is Back!"", ""Stuck on You"", was released two days after its recording with ""Fame and Fortune"" on the B-side, attracting 1.4 million advanced orders. The pre-printed single sleeve said, ""Elvis' 1st New Recording For His 50,000,000 Fans All Over The World"". It was the first Presley single to be released in stereo. ""Elvis Is Back!"" was released on April 8, 1960, in stereo and monaural versions. The album reached number two on ""Billboard""s Top LP's and topped the UK Albums Chart. Despite this, its commercial performance was a disappointment, with fewer"
"In 1954, Moore and Black accompanied Elvis on what would become the first legendary Presley hit, the Sun Studios session cut of ""That's All Right"", a recording regarded as a seminal event in rock and roll history. The session, held the evening of July 5, 1954, proved entirely unfruitful until late in the night. As they were about to give up and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number, Arthur Crudup's ""That's All Right"". Moore recalled,All of a sudden, Elvis just started singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and then Bill"
"one of a number of Elvis Presley songs to be re-released in the United Kingdom in 2005 and it went to No. 1 again, in a double A-side release with ""One Night"". I Got Stung ""I Got Stung"" is an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll song written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill and performed by Elvis Presley, which was recorded and released in 1958. Clocking in at under two minutes, it features some of Elvis' most rapid-fire vocals alongside humorous and catchy lyrics, and was released as double A-side with ""One Night"", reaching No. 1 in the UK. Presley"
"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"