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Elvis Presley performed "Love Me Tender" on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956, shortly before the single's release and about a month before the movie, Love Me Tender, was released (for which the reworded song had been written). After that, RCA received more than a million advance orders, making it a gold record before it was even released.
"Poor Boy" reached no. 35 on the U.S. Billboard pop singles chart in December 1956, in an 11-week chart run. [1]Instead of a full long-playing album soundtrack, for Love Me Tender the four songs appearing in the film were released as an extended-play, seven-inch 45 RPM record on RCA Records, Love Me Tender, catalog EPA 4006, during November 1956.
Four of the tracks were chart-toppers: "Love Me Tender", "Too Much", and the double-sided classic "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel". Bonus tracks recorded on July 2 at RCA Studios in New York City, in September at Radio Recorders, and " Love Me Tender " at 20th Century Fox Stage One during the sessions for Love Me Tender .
"Let Me" is a 1956 song by Elvis Presley. The song is credited to Elvis Presley and Vera Matson, the wife of Ken Darby , the principal writer, published by Elvis Presley Music. The song was featured in the 20th Century Fox movie Love Me Tender and was released as an RCA Victor EP in 1956.
"Love Me Tender" (song), a 1956 song by Elvis Presley, adapted from the tune of the 1861 American Civil War song "Aura Lee" Love Me Tender, a 1956 film featuring Elvis Presley, named after the song Love Me Tender, an EP by Elvis Presley, containing songs from the above-mentioned 1956 film Love Me Tender
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Love Me Tender is an EP by Elvis Presley, containing the four songs from the motion picture of the same name. It was released by RCA Victor in November 1956. The EP peaked at No. 9 on Top Pop Albums chart with sales of over 600,000, [ 2 ] as well as making it to No. 35 on the singles chart .
All five songs from the EP are available on The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters released in 1992. On April 15, 1997, RCA released a compact disc comprising versions appearing in the feature film and versions that had been commercially released on records of the songs from both Jailhouse Rock and Presley's first movie, Love Me Tender.