The Best Of

~ Release by Elvis Presley (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Blue Suede Shoes
4.5 1:59
2 Good Rockin' Tonight
3 2:14
3 Hound Dog
3.65 2:15
4 Heartbreak Hotel
3.75 2:06
5 Love Me Tender
3.8 2:42
6 Tutti Frutti
3 1:58
7 Jailhouse Rock
2:36
8 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
3 1:48
9 Party
1:09
10 Danny
1:52
11 Don't Be Cruel
4 2:02
12 Such a Night
3:49
13 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
3 3:06
14 It's Now or Never
3:14
15 Return to Sender
2:06
16 Down in the Alley
2:50
17 Suspicion
2:32
18 Can't Help Falling in Love
1:48

Credits

CD 1

additional performer:
The Jordanaires (tracks 3, 8, 11, 13)
additional writer:
Vera Matson (1956) (track 5)
Elvis Presley (1956) (track 5)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (tracks 3–5, 8, 11, 13)
Claudius Mittendorfer (tracks 3–5, 8, 11, 13)
composer:
Lou Handman (track 13)
Richard Wayne Penniman (track 6)
Joe Lubin (track 6)
Mike Stoller (tracks 3, 7)
Eduardo di Capua (track 14)
Dorothy LaBostrie (track 6)
George R. Poulton (1861) (track 5)
Roy Brown (blues musician) (1947-07) (track 2)
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (1955) (tracks 1, 1)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 3–5, 8, 11, 13)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (tracks 1, 3–4, 8, 11, 13)
Elvis Presley (1956-09-01) (track 5)
lyricist:
Richard Wayne Penniman (track 6)
Wally Gold (track 14)
Dorothy LaBostrie (track 6)
Jerry Leiber (tracks 3, 7)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (track 14)
Roy Turk (track 13)
Roy Brown (blues musician) (1947-07) (track 2)
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (1955) (tracks 1, 1)
Ken Darby (1956) (track 5)
mastering:
Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer) (tracks 3–4, 11)
George Marino (track 13)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (track 13)
David Bendeth (track 13)
vocals:
Ben Speer (track 4)
Lena Brock "Mom" Speer (track 4)
Gordon Stoker (track 4)
Jon Dodson (1956-09-01) (track 5)
Charles Prescott (1956-09-01) (track 5)
Rad Robinson (1956-09-01) (track 5)
writer:
Mae Boren Axton (track 4)
Otis Blackwell (track 11)
Luigi Creatore (track 18)
Thomas Durden (track 4)
Bernie Lowe (track 8)
Kal Mann (track 8)
Hugo Peretti (track 18)
George David Weiss (track 18)
Elvis Presley (tracks 4, 11)
publisher:
ABG EPE Gladys Music (track 18)
ATV Music Ltd. (track 6)
Belwin Mills Music Ltd. (track 4)
Carlin Music Corporation (tracks 2, 18)
Elvis Presley Music (track 11)
Fort Knox Music Co (track 2)
Fort Knox Music Inc. (track 2)
Gladys Music (Joachim Jean Aberbach) (track 18)
Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC (track 18)
Hi Lo Music (tracks 1, 1)
Intersong (German publisher) (track 18)
Jerry Leiber Music (track 7)
Knox Music, Inc. (track 2)
Lark Music Ltd. (track 2)
Lois Music Publishing Co. (track 2)
Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP) (track 7)
Shalimar Music Corp. (track 11)
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (tracks 4, 6–7)
Trio Music Co., Inc. (track 2)
Elvis Presley Music (1956 –) (track 5)
Phonogram GmbH (1983) (track 6)
remasters:
Love Me Tender (legacy edition remaster) by Elvis Presley (track 5)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 1) (track 4)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 11) (track 11)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 26) (track 8)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 45) (track 4)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 423) (track 1)
cover recording of:
Good Rockin’ Tonight (track 2)
Tutti Frutti (track 6)
Blue Suede Shoes (1956-01-30) (track 1)
Hound Dog (1956-07-02) (track 3)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1960-04-03) (track 13)
later parody versions:
Cut-Rate Hotel (track 4)
Die! Heartbreak Hotel (track 4)
Don't Be Fooled (track 11)
Found God (track 3)
H.B. Hotel (track 4)
Jail Got Rocked (track 7)
Wise Men Still (track 18)
later translated parody versions:
Bullhouse Rock (track 7)
later translated versions:
Bist du einsam heut' Nacht? (track 13)
Buen rock esta noche (track 2)
Comment ne pas être amoureux de vous ? (French translation transl) (track 18)
El rock de la cárcel (track 7)
Estima'm tendrament (track 5)
Et la voix d'Elvis (track 2)
G'nagelte Schuach (tracks 1, 1)
Gå min äskling (Love Me Tender) (track 5)
Mit dir leben! (track 5)
Todo irá bien (Spanish translation) (track 18)
Tutti frutti (spanish lyrics) (track 6)
Zapatos de ante azul (tracks 1, 1)
Zuchthaus Rock (track 7)
¿Estás sola esta noche? (spanish translation of Are You Lonesome Tonight?) (track 13)
À l'hôtel des cœurs brisés (track 4)
Är du ensam i kväll (track 13)
佛跳牆 (track 11)
好きにならずにいられない (“Can’t Help Falling in Love” Japanese version) (track 18)
情難再續 (track 13)
監獄ロック (track 7)
later versions:
I Heard the News (Jesus Is Coming Again) (track 2)
Sois pas cruel (track 11)
live cover recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (track 1)
recording of:
Can’t Help Falling in Love (track 18)
It’s Now or Never (track 14)
Jailhouse Rock (track 7)
Heartbreak Hotel (1956-01-10) (track 4)
Don’t Be Cruel (1956-07-02) (track 11)
Love Me Tender (1956-09-01) (track 5)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957-01-15 – 1957-01-18) (track 8)
referred to in medleys:
Little Richard Medley: a) Tutti‐Frutti / b) The Girl Can’t Help It / c) Long Tall Sally / d) Jenny Jenny (track 6)
Teddy Bear / Too Much (Medley) (track 8)
Mix 2: The Birdie Song / Hound Dog / The Look / Oops Upside Your Head / Turtle Power / Brown Girl in the Ring / Angel Face (track 3)
Mix 4: All Shook Up / Great Balls of Fire / Don’t Be Cruel / See You Later, Alligator / Let’s Twist Again / Rock Around the Clock / Hound Dog (reprise) (tracks 3, 11)
Raggarkungen (tracks 1, 1, 4, 8)
Rock Around the Clock / Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti / Long Tall Sally (tracks 1, 1, 6)
The Elvis Medley: Jailhouse Rock/Teddy Bear/Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel/Burning Love/Suspicious Minds (tracks 3, 7–8, 11)
Good Old Rock 'N Roll (tracks 1, 1)
Swing the Mood (tracks 3, 6–7)
version of:
Aura Lea (track 5)
’O sole mio (track 14)