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Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is credited with "helping to spur the evolution of black R&B into rock music". [9] Brandeis University professor Stephen J. Whitfield, in his 2001 book In Search of American Jewish Culture, regards "Hound Dog" as a marker of "the success of race-mixing in music a year before the desegregation of public schools was mandated" in Brown v.
The iconic nature of Elvis Presley in music and popular culture has often made him a subject of, or a touchstone in, numerous songs, both in America and throughout the world. A few of Presley's own songs became huge hits in certain regions of the world, in versions whose translation into the required language bore little or no resemblance to ...
"The Elvis Medley" is an Elvis Presley medley arranged and produced by David Briggs. [1] The track opened the eponymous LP released in 1982. [2] Released as a single, with "Always on My Mind" on the B-side, the medley reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]
The song, which interpolates Big Mama Thornton’s 1952 foundational rock and roll song “Hound Dog,” was the first taste of Elvis Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which also features songs ...
"Don't Be Cruel" was the first song that Elvis Presley's song publishers, Hill & Range, brought to him to record. [2] Otis Blackwell was more than happy to give up 50% of the royalties and a co-writing credit to Presley to ensure that the "hottest new singer around covered it". [1]
"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 was also no. 1 on the Cash Box chart in the U.S.
"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. [1] It reached number six in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. [2]
The song was recorded on March 18, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott. It was first released on the Pot Luck album in 1962 and again in 1965 as a single due to its inclusion in the Elvis Presley movie Tickle Me.