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This is a list of the songs recorded by Elvis Presley between his first demos at the Sun Studios in 1953 and his final concert on June 26, 1977, at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 786 songs are listed here.
The trio would record at Sun together until November 1955, when RCA Victor purchased Presley's Sun contract from Phillips for $40,000; it was, at the time, the highest sum ever paid for a recording contract. Sun's rights to press Presley's recordings expired on January 1, 1956; RCA Victor then issued Presley's first five Sun singles nationally.
[49] [50] More recent releases include "book(s)+CD(s)" releases, which usually include books focusing on a particular part of Elvis' career plus related recordings from that era), and the 8" "complete sessions" releases, which contain the most complete versions of recording sessions for studio and soundtrack recordings (most often as box sets).
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began to certify gold albums and singles in 1958, [33] and Elvis Presley's first RIAA award, a gold single for "Hard Headed Woman", was certified on August 11, 1958. [34]
The original RCA CD issue contained the same tracks and cover art as the original vinyl LP. RCA reissued the album on CD again in 2000 with revised cover art including a different concert photo of Elvis and omitted the track "Let Me Be There", due to its presence on Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis, and it added the complete album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee as ...
The concert would be Elvis’ last show ever as he died seven weeks later on Aug. 16, 1977, when he was 42 years old. Where was Elvis' final performance? Ronald C. Modra/ Getty .
"Way Down" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley. Recorded in October 1976, it was his last single released before his death on August 16, 1977. The song was written by Layng Martine Jr. and recorded by Presley at his home studio in Graceland on 29 October 1976.
Although both the June 19 and 21 concerts are the last official live performances of Elvis professionally recorded by RCA Records, [10] Vernon Presley, Elvis' father, recorded a message that was broadcast at the end of the special (and included on the soundtrack album), in which he erroneously states that the special featured his son's last ...