Elvis The Very Best Of

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Annotation

Compilation 5 CD’s 100 songs best of Elvis Presley

Annotation last modified on 2014-09-20 08:41 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 It’s Now or Never
3:18
2 Blue Suede Shoes (version G.I. Blues - 1960)
2:22
3 Trouble
3:01
4 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
3 1:48
5 Blue Christmas
2:08
6 Jailhouse Rock
2:23
7 Love Me Tender
3.8 2:44
8 Such a Night
3:52
9 One Night
2:29
10 (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame
1 2:09
11 Treat Me Nice
2:15
12 Fever
3:32
13 All Shook Up
3.65 1:59
15 Tutti Frutti
1:58
16 Good Luck Charm
2:22
17 Blue Moon
2:39
18 Don’t Be Cruel
1:42
19 Heartbreak Hotel
3.75 2:07
20 Something Blue
3:00
21 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2:11
▼ CD 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Reconsider Baby
3:41
2 Trying to Get to You
2:34
3 Rip It Up
1:57
4 Angel
2:42
5 That’s All Right
2:20
6 Lover Doll
2:13
7 I’m Counting on You
2:25
8 Crawfish
1:51
9 Too Much
2:36
10 A Mess of Blues
2:41
11 I Need Your Love Tonight
2:07
12 I Want to Be Free
2:02
13 Dirty Dirty Feeling
1:35
14 I Beg of You
1:53
15 Girls Girls Girls
0:52
16 I Gotta Know
2:15
17 One-Sided Love Affair
2:11
18 Loving You
2:17
19 Paralysed
2:24
20 I’ll Never Let You Go
2:26
▼ CD 3
# Title Rating Length
1 Suspicion
2:36
2 Hound Dog
2:29
3 Mean Woman Blues
2:18
4 Take My Hand Precious Lord
3:18
5 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
3 3:10
6 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You
2:01
9 Kiss Me Quick
2:48
10 Stuck on You
2:11
11 Blue Hawaii
2:38
12 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
2:34
13 Gonna Get Back Home Somehow
3:15
14 Blue Moon of Kentucky
2:04
15 Follow That Dream
1:41
16 Ready Teddy
1:59
17 Make Me Know It
1:59
18 King Creole
2:08
19 Let’s Have a Party
1:31
20 She’s Not You
2:11
21 Gently
2:20
22 Got a Lot O’ Livin’ to Do
2:33
▼ CD 4
# Title Rating Length
1 Return to Sender
3.35 2:08
2 Blueberry Hill
2:40
3 Fame and Fortune
2:30
4 Young Dreams
2:20
5 Long Tall Sally
1:54
6 Shoppin’ Around
2:24
7 Love Me
2:39
8 I Got a Woman
2:27
9 Flaming Star
2:20
10 No More
2:23
11 Surrender
2 1:54
12 I Want You I Need You I Love You
2:42
13 (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley
4 3:23
14 Anyway You Want Me
4 2:15
15 G.I. Blues
2:35
16 Little Sister
4 2:32
17 Young and Beautiful
4 2:04
18 Don’t Leave Me Now
4 2:06
19 Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
1:52
20 I Was the One
1:19
▼ CD 5
# Title Rating Length
1 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
4.5 2:25
2 New Orleans
1:57
3 I’m Left You’re Right She’s Gone
2:39
4 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
2.5 2:16
5 Mystery Train
2:31
6 Wooden Heart
3:24
7 (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I
4 2:38
8 The Girl of My Best Friend
2:23
9 That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
3:22
10 His Hand in Mine
3:21
11 I Got Stung
1:51
12 Pocketful of Rainbows
2:37
13 (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
1:53
14 Good Rockin’ Tonight
2:12
15 That’s Someone You Never Forget
3:01
16 A Big Hunk O’ Love
2:12
17 Working on the Building
1:54
18 Shake Rattle and Roll
4 2:29
19 Money Honey
2:34
20 Can’t Help Falling in Love
3.65 3:01

Credits

CD 1

additional performer:
The Jordanaires (tracks 4, 13)
additional writer:
Vera Matson (1956) (track 7)
Elvis Presley (1956) (track 7)
arranger:
Peter Herbolzheimer (track 12)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (tracks 4, 7, 10, 13, 19)
Claudius Mittendorfer (tracks 4, 7, 10, 13, 19)
composer:
Dave Bartholomew (track 9)
Pearl King (track 9)
Dorothy LaBostrie (track 15)
Richard Wayne Penniman (track 15)
Joe Lubin (track 15)
Anita Steiman (track 9)
Mike Stoller (track 6)
Eduardo di Capua (track 1)
George R. Poulton (1861) (track 7)
Richard Rodgers (1934) (track 17)
Lloyd Price (1952-03) (track 21)
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (1955) (track 2)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 4, 7, 10, 13, 19)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (tracks 4, 10, 13, 19)
Elvis Presley (1956-09-01) (track 7)
lyricist:
Dave Bartholomew (track 9)
Wally Gold (track 1)
Pearl King (track 9)
Dorothy LaBostrie (track 15)
Richard Wayne Penniman (track 15)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (track 1)
Anita Steiman (track 9)
Jerry Leiber (track 6)
Lorenz Hart (1934) (track 17)
Lloyd Price (1952-03) (track 21)
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (1955) (track 2)
Ken Darby (1956) (track 7)
mastering:
Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer) (track 19)
George Marino (track 10)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (track 10)
David Bendeth (track 10)
vocals:
Ben Speer (track 19)
Lena Brock "Mom" Speer (track 19)
Gordon Stoker (track 19)
Jon Dodson (1956-09-01) (track 7)
Charles Prescott (1956-09-01) (track 7)
Rad Robinson (1956-09-01) (track 7)
writer:
Mae Boren Axton (track 19)
Otis Blackwell (tracks 13, 18)
Al Byron (track 20)
Eddie Cooley (track 12)
John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell) (track 12)
Thomas Durden (track 19)
Paul Evans (50s US rock n roll singer/songwriter) (track 20)
Wally Gold (track 16)
Bill Hayes (track 5)
Jay Johnson (songwriter of "Blue Christmas") (track 5)
Bernie Lowe (track 4)
Kal Mann (track 4)
Doc Pomus (track 10)
Elvis Presley (tracks 13, 18–19)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (track 16)
Mort Shuman (track 10)
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. (track 15)
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd. (track 5)
Belwin Mills Music Ltd. (track 19)
EMI Catalogue Partnership (track 17)
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (track 17)
EMI United Partnership Ltd. (track 17)
Elvis Presley Music (track 18)
Fort Knox Music Inc. (track 12)
Hi Lo Music (track 2)
Jerry Leiber Music (track 6)
Lark Music Ltd. (track 12)
Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP) (track 6)
Shalimar Music Corp. (track 18)
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (tracks 6, 15, 19)
Trio Music Co., Inc. (track 12)
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (track 5)
Elvis Presley Music (1956 –) (track 7)
Phonogram GmbH (1983) (track 15)
DJ-mixes:
Swing the Mood by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers (track 13)
remasters:
Love Me Tender (legacy edition remaster) by Elvis Presley (track 7)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 1) (track 19)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 18) (track 13)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 26) (track 4)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 45) (track 19)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 353) (track 13)
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas (track 5)
Blue Moon (track 17)
Fever (track 12)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (track 21)
One Night (track 9)
Tutti Frutti (track 15)
later parody versions:
Cut-Rate Hotel (track 19)
Die! Heartbreak Hotel (track 19)
Don't Be Fooled (track 18)
H.B. Hotel (track 19)
Jail Got Rocked (track 6)
later translated parody versions:
Bullhouse Rock (track 6)
Fieber (track 12)
Ich bin ganz hochgeschüttelt (track 13)
later translated versions:
Blå lys (track 17)
El rock de la cárcel (track 6)
Estima'm tendrament (track 7)
Estremécete (track 13)
Fieber (track 12)
Fieber (track 12)
G'nagelte Schuach (track 2)
Gå min äskling (Love Me Tender) (track 7)
Mit dir leben! (track 7)
Oa Nacht mit dir (track 9)
Pauli, pikku Pauli (track 21)
Trent'-neuf de fièvre (track 12)
Tutti frutti (spanish lyrics) (track 15)
Zapatos de ante azul (track 2)
Zuchthaus Rock (track 6)
À l'hôtel des cœurs brisés (track 19)
フィーバー (track 12)
佛跳牆 (track 18)
監獄ロック (track 6)
later versions:
Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) (track 17)
C'est à nous (track 20)
Cik lēni snieg (Latvian version of "Blue Christmas") (track 5)
Sa grande passion (His Latest Flame) (track 10)
Sois pas cruel (track 18)
Visor (track 12)
live cover recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (1968-06-27) (track 2)
live recording of:
Don’t Be Cruel (track 18)
recording of:
Good Luck Charm (track 16)
It’s Now or Never (track 1)
Jailhouse Rock (track 6)
Something Blue (track 20)
Heartbreak Hotel (1956-01-10) (track 19)
Love Me Tender (1956-09-01) (track 7)
All Shook Up (1957-01-12) (track 13)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957-01-15 – 1957-01-18) (track 4)
(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (1961-06-25) (track 10)
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 15)
Teddy Bear / Too Much (Medley) (track 4)
Raggarkungen (tracks 2, 4, 19)
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 13, 18)
Rock Around the Clock / Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti / Long Tall Sally (tracks 2, 15)
The Elvis Medley: Jailhouse Rock/Teddy Bear/Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel/Burning Love/Suspicious Minds (tracks 4, 6, 18)
Good Old Rock 'N Roll (track 2)
Swing the Mood (tracks 6, 13–15)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (track 5)
version of:
Aura Lea (track 7)
One Night (Of Sin) (track 9)
’O sole mio (track 1)

CD 2

additional performer:
The Jordanaires (track 10)
choir vocals:
The Jordanaires (track 10)
composer:
Bill Campbell (US songwriter) (track 17)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (track 5)
Lowell Fulson (track 1)
Rose Marie McCoy (track 2)
Charles Singleton (Composer/lyricist) (track 2)
Margie Singleton (track 2)
Jimmy Wakely (track 20)
Don Robertson (Songwriter with hit "Happy Whistler") (track 7)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (track 10)
lyricist:
Bill Campbell (US songwriter) (track 17)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (track 5)
Lowell Fulson (track 1)
Don Robertson (Songwriter with hit "Happy Whistler") (track 7)
producer:
Chet Atkins (track 1)
Steve Sholes (track 1)
writer:
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (track 3)
Jerry Leiber (track 13)
John Marascalco (track 3)
Doc Pomus (track 10)
Mort Shuman (track 10)
Abner Silver (track 6)
Mike Stoller (track 13)
Sid Wayne (track 6)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (track 17)
Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC (track 13)
Motion Music Company (US publisher) (track 2)
Robertson Don Music Corp (track 7)
Special Rider Music (track 5)
St. Louis Music Corp. (track 5)
Unichappell Music, Inc. (track 5)
cover recording of:
I'll Never Let You Go (track 20)
Reconsider Baby (track 1)
Rip It Up (track 3)
That’s All Right (track 5)
Trying to Get to You (track 2)
later translated versions:
Ist schon gut (track 5)
Seit du fort bist (track 10)
later versions:
C'est le soir (track 3)
recording of:
A Mess of Blues (track 10)
Dirty Dirty Feeling (track 13)
I'm Counting on You (track 7)
Lover Doll (track 6)
One-Sided Love Affair (track 17)
referred to in medleys:
Do You Remember (Stars on 45) (tracks 3, 5)

CD 3

additional performer:
The Jordanaires (track 5)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (track 5)
Claudius Mittendorfer (track 5)
composer:
Lou Handman (track 5)
Mike Stoller (tracks 2, 18)
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (track 16)
John Marascalco (track 16)
Jessie Mae Robinson (track 19)
Scott Wiseman (1945) (track 12)
Bill Monroe (1946) (track 14)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (track 5)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (track 5)
lyricist:
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (track 16)
Jerry Leiber (tracks 2, 18)
John Marascalco (track 16)
Jessie Mae Robinson (track 19)
Roy Turk (track 5)
Scott Wiseman (1945) (track 12)
mastering:
George Marino (track 5)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (track 5)
David Bendeth (track 5)
writer:
Eddie Lisbona (track 21)
Doc Pomus (tracks 9, 13)
Ralph Rainger (track 11)
Leo Robin (track 11)
Mort Shuman (tracks 9, 13)
Murray Wizell (track 21)
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music (tracks 13, 21)
MCA Duchess Music Corporation (track 12)
Southern Music Publishing (track 14)
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) (track 12)
cover recording of:
Blue Hawaii (track 11)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (track 14)
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (track 12)
Hound Dog (track 2)
Ready Teddy (track 16)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1960-04-03) (track 5)
later parody versions:
Found God (track 2)
later translated versions:
Bist du einsam heut' Nacht? (track 5)
Blå Hawaii (track 11)
Rey criollo (track 18)
¿Estás sola esta noche? (spanish translation of Are You Lonesome Tonight?) (track 5)
Är du ensam i kväll (track 5)
情難再續 (track 5)
later versions:
Kyss mej kvickt (track 9)
recording of:
Gently (track 21)
Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (track 13)
King Creole (track 18)
Kiss Me Quick (track 9)
Let’s Have a Party (track 19)
referred to in medleys:
Medley: I Love You Because / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (track 12)
Mix 2: The Birdie Song / Hound Dog / The Look / Oops Upside Your Head / Turtle Power / Brown Girl in the Ring / Angel Face (track 2)
The Elvis Medley: Jailhouse Rock/Teddy Bear/Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel/Burning Love/Suspicious Minds (track 2)
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) (track 2)
Swing the Mood (track 2)

CD 4

additional performer:
The Jordanaires (tracks 1, 11, 16)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (tracks 1, 11)
Claudius Mittendorfer (tracks 1, 11)
choir vocals:
The Jordanaires (track 19)
composer:
Sebastián Iradier (track 10)
Mike Stoller (track 7)
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka "Georgia Tom") (1937) (track 13)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 1, 11)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (tracks 1, 11, 16)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (track 7)
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka "Georgia Tom") (1937) (track 13)
mastering:
George Marino (tracks 1, 11)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (tracks 1, 11)
David Bendeth (tracks 1, 11)
vocals:
Millie Kirkham (track 16)
writer:
Otis Blackwell (track 1)
Hal Blair (tracks 10, 20)
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (track 8)
Claude Demetrius (track 20)
Ira Kosloff (track 12)
Jerry Leiber (track 19)
Maurice Mysels (track 12)
Cliff Owens (track 14)
Bill Peppers (track 20)
Doc Pomus (tracks 11, 16)
Renald Richard (track 8)
Don Robertson (Composer & instrumentalist) (track 10)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (tracks 14, 17–18, 20)
Winfield Scott (track 1)
Mort Shuman (tracks 11, 16)
Abner Silver (track 17)
Mike Stoller (track 19)
Ben Weisman (track 18)
Robert Alexander Blackwell (1955-11-29) (track 5)
Enotris Johnson (1955-11-29) (track 5)
Richard Wayne Penniman (1955-11-29) (track 5)
publisher:
Blen Music (track 18)
Rachel’s Own Music (track 18)
Ross Jungnickel, Inc. (track 14)
Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd. (track 5)
Venice Music (track 5)
cover recording of:
I Got a Woman (track 8)
Long Tall Sally (track 5)
Love Me (track 7)
Peace in the Valley (track 13)
later parody versions:
Little Esther (track 16)
later translated versions:
Gel', du magst mi (track 7)
La larguirucha Sally (track 5)
Moi, j'ai une p'tite femme (track 8)
later versions:
L'Oncle John (track 5)
recording of:
Any Way You Want Me (track 14)
Don't Leave Me Now (track 18)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (track 12)
I Was the One (track 20)
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (track 19)
Little Sister (track 16)
No More (track 10)
Young and Beautiful (track 17)
Surrender (1960-10-30) (track 11)
Return to Sender (1962-03-27) (track 1)
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 5)
Good Old Rock 'N Roll (track 5)
Rock Around the Clock / Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti / Long Tall Sally (track 5)
The Anniversary Waltz, Part 2 (track 5)
translated version of:
La paloma (spanish original) (track 10)
Torna a Surriento (track 11)

CD 5

guitar:
Hank Garland (track 10)
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (track 10)
double bass:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (track 10)
saxophone:
Boots Randolph (track 10)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (track 10)
additional performer:
The Jordanaires (tracks 4, 11, 20)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (track 20)
Claudius Mittendorfer (track 20)
background vocals:
The Jordanaires (track 10)
composer:
Charles Calhoun (track 18)
Ben Weisman (track 12)
Fred Wise (track 12)
Bert Carroll (track 4)
Russell Moody (track 4)
J. Stone (track 19)
Bill Trader (track 7)
Roy Brown (blues musician) (1947-07) (track 14)
Mike Stoller (1957) (track 13)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (track 20)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (tracks 4, 10–11, 20)
lyricist:
Charles Calhoun (track 18)
Ben Weisman (track 12)
Fred Wise (track 12)
Bert Carroll (track 4)
Russell Moody (track 4)
J. Stone (track 19)
Bill Trader (track 7)
Roy Brown (blues musician) (1947-07) (track 14)
Jerry Leiber (1957) (track 13)
mastering:
George Marino (track 20)
mixer:
Ray Bardani (track 20)
David Bendeth (track 20)
producer:
Chet Atkins (track 8)
Steve Sholes (track 8)
writer:
Sam Bobrick (track 8)
Ross Butler (track 8)
Luigi Creatore (track 20)
David Hill (US songwriter) (track 11)
Stan Kesler (track 3)
Junior Parker (track 5)
Hugo Peretti (track 20)
Sam Phillips (Producer at Sun Records) (track 5)
Aaron Schroeder (50s/60s US songwriter) (tracks 11, 16)
Bill Taylor (William Eugene Taylor) (track 3)
George David Weiss (track 20)
Sid Wyche (track 16)
Gene Sullivan (1940) (track 1)
Wiley Walker (1940) (track 1)
publisher:
ABG EPE Gladys Music (track 20)
Carlin Music Corporation (tracks 14, 20)
Fort Knox Music Co (track 14)
Fort Knox Music Inc. (track 14)
Gladys Music (track 13)
Gladys Music (Joachim Jean Aberbach) (track 20)
Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC (track 20)
Intersong (German publisher) (track 20)
Knox Music, Inc. (track 14)
Lark Music Ltd. (track 14)
Lois Music Publishing Co. (track 14)
Mijac Music (track 5)
Trio Music Co., Inc. (track 14)
Unichappell Music, Inc. (track 5)
Walden, Inc. (track 19)
Hilo Music Inc. (1953) (track 5)
remasters:
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (legacy edition remaster) by Elvis Presley (track 1)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 21) (track 1)
cover recording of:
Good Rockin’ Tonight (track 14)
Money Honey (track 19)
Shake, Rattle and Roll (track 18)
The Girl of My Best Friend (track 8)
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (track 1)
later parody versions:
Wise Men Still (track 20)
later translated parody versions:
Aagot Stang (track 11)
later translated versions:
Buen rock esta noche (track 14)
Comment ne pas être amoureux de vous ? (French translation transl) (track 20)
Et la voix d'Elvis (track 14)
Pocketful of Rainbows (Japanese version) (track 12)
Todo irá bien (Spanish translation) (track 20)
咪當我老襯 (track 13)
好きにならずにいられない (“Can’t Help Falling in Love” Japanese version) (track 20)
later versions:
I Heard the News (Jesus Is Coming Again) (track 14)
Un chèque en bois... c'est drôle ! (track 18)
recording of:
(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I (track 7)
(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (track 13)
A Big Hunk o' Love (track 16)
I Got Stung (track 11)
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (track 3)
Mystery Train (track 5)
Pocketful of Rainbows (track 12)
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (track 4)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (1961-03-23) (track 20)
referred to in medleys:
Jambalaya / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Bop-A-Lena (track 18)
Swing the Mood (track 18)

Release

ASIN: FR: B00CKX1KIQ [info]