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Elvis' 40 Greatest

Index Elvis' 40 Greatest

Elvis' 40 Greatest is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. [1]

74 relations: A Big Hunk o' Love, Aaron Schroeder, All Shook Up, Arcade Records, Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song), Ben Weisman, Bernie Baum, Bert Kaempfert, Bill Giant, Blue Suede Shoes, Can't Help Falling in Love, Crying in the Chapel, Dallas Frazier, Dave Bartholomew, Doc Pomus, Dolores Fuller, Don't (Elvis Presley song), Don't Cry Daddy, Eddie Cooley, Eduardo di Capua, Elvis Presley, Fever (Little Willie John song), Florence Kaye, Fred Wise (songwriter), George David Weiss, Good Luck Charm, Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!, Guitar Man (song), Hard Headed Woman, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog (song), Hugo Peretti, I Got Stung, I Need Your Love Tonight, In the Ghetto, It's Now or Never (song), Jailhouse Rock (song), Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Jerry Reed, K-tel, Ken Darby, List of best-selling albums of the 1970s in the United Kingdom, Lou Handman, Love Me Tender (song), Luigi Creatore, Mac Davis, Mae Boren Axton, Mark James (songwriter), Mort Shuman, My Baby Left Me, ..., Old Shep, One Night (Elvis Presley song), Otis Blackwell, Pop music, Return to Sender (song), Rock music, Rock-A-Hula Baby, Roy Turk, She's Not You, Sid Wayne, Stuck on You (Elvis Presley song), Surrender (Elvis Presley song), Suspicious Minds, There Goes My Everything (song), There's Always Me, Tommy Durden, UK Albums Chart, Wally Gold, Wild in the Country (Elvis Presley song), Wooden Heart, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame, (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I, (You're the) Devil in Disguise. Expand index (24 more) »

A Big Hunk o' Love

"A Big Hunk o' Love" is a song written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wyche, a.k.a. Sid Jaxon.

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Aaron Schroeder

Aaron Harold Schroeder (September 7, 1926 – December 2, 2009) was an American songwriter and music publisher.

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All Shook Up

"All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley, published by Elvis Presley Music, and composed by Otis Blackwell.

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Arcade Records

Arcade Records was a British record company specialised in multi-artist compilation albums (often in the midprice or budget price ranges), founded in 1972.

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Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a song which was written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman in 1926.

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Ben Weisman

Ben Weisman (November 16, 1921 – May 20, 2007) was an American composer significant for having written more songs recorded by Elvis Presley (fifty seven) than any other songwriter in history.

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Bernie Baum

Bernie Baum (October 13, 1929 – August 28, 1993) was a songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley.

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Bert Kaempfert

Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert, (16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980), better known as Bert Kaempfert, was a German orchestra leader, music producer, arranger, and songwriter.

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Bill Giant

Bill Giant (March 2, 1930 – November 26, 1987) was a songwriter whose work included over 40 songs for Elvis Presley.

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Blue Suede Shoes

"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock-and-roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955.

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Can't Help Falling in Love

"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the album Blue Hawaii (1961).

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Crying in the Chapel

"Crying in the Chapel" is a song written by Artie Glenn for his son Darrell to sing.

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Dallas Frazier

Dallas Frazier (born October 27, 1939) is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Dave Bartholomew

David Louis Bartholomew (born December 24, 1918) is an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century.

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Doc Pomus

Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter.

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Dolores Fuller

Dolores Agnes Fuller (née Eble; March 10, 1923 – May 9, 2011) was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Ed Wood.

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Don't (Elvis Presley song)

"Don't" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958.

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Don't Cry Daddy

"Don't Cry Daddy" is a song written by Mac Davis, recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969.

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Eddie Cooley

Edward J. "Eddie" Cooley (born c. 1930) is an American R&B singer and songwriter, who co-wrote the much-recorded song "Fever".

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Eduardo di Capua

Eduardo Di Capua (March 12, 1865 – October 3, 1917) was an Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Fever (Little Willie John song)

"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport.

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Florence Kaye

Florence Kaye (January 19, 1919 - May 12, 2006) was a member of a song-writing trio that also included Harvey Zimmerman (better known as Bill Giant) and Bernie Baum.

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Fred Wise (songwriter)

Fred Wise (May 27, 1915 – January 18, 1966) was the co-writer of the lyrics to the 1948 song "'A' — You're Adorable" with Buddy Kaye.

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George David Weiss

George David Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010) was an American songwriter and arranger, who had been a president of the Songwriters Guild of America.

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Good Luck Charm

"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.

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Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!

"Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture Loving You.

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Guitar Man (song)

"Guitar Man" is a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, who took his version of it to number 53 on the country music charts in 1967.

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Hard Headed Woman

"Hard Headed Woman" is a rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Presley's publishing company, in 1958.

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Heartbreak Hotel

"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley.

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Hound Dog (song)

"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Hugo Peretti

Hugo E. Peretti (December 6, 1916 – May 1, 1986) was an American songwriter and record producer.

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I Got Stung

"I Got Stung" is an upbeat, bouncy rock and roll song written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill and performed by Elvis Presley, which was recorded and released in 1958.

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I Need Your Love Tonight

"I Need Your Love Tonight" is a song written by Sid Wayne and Bix Reichner and recorded by Elvis Presley on June 10, 1958, in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

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In the Ghetto

"In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") is a song written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley, who had a major comeback hit with it in 1969.

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It's Now or Never (song)

"It's Now or Never" is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley in 1960.

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Jailhouse Rock (song)

"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley.

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Mike Stoller (born Michael Stoller; March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners.

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Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films.

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K-tel

K-tel International is a company which specialized in selling consumer products through infomercials and live demonstration.

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Ken Darby

Kenneth Lorin Darby (May 13, 1909 – January 24, 1992) was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor.

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List of best-selling albums of the 1970s in the United Kingdom

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom.

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Lou Handman

Lou Handman (September 10, 1894 in New York City – December 9, 1956 in Flushing, New York) was a composer.

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Love Me Tender (song)

"Love Me Tender" is a 1956 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music from the 20th Century Fox film of the same name.

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Luigi Creatore

Luigi Federico Creatore (December 21, 1921 – December 13, 2015) was an American songwriter and record producer.

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Mac Davis

Morris Mac Davis (born January 21, 1942) is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor, originally from Lubbock, Texas, who has enjoyed much crossover success.

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Mae Boren Axton

Mae Boren Axton (September 14, 1914 in Bardwell, Texas – April 9, 1997 in Hendersonville, Tennessee) was known in the music industry as the "Queen Mother of Nashville." She co-wrote the Elvis Presley hit single "Heartbreak Hotel." with Tommy Durden She worked with Mel Tillis, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Eddy Arnold, Tanya Tucker, Johnny Tillotson, and Blake Shelton.

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Mark James (songwriter)

Mark James (born Francis Rodney Zambon, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote hits for singers B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee, and Elvis Presley, most notably Presley's last U.S. number one hit single, "Suspicious Minds.".

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Mort Shuman

Mort Shuman (November 12, 1938 – November 2, 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas".

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My Baby Left Me

"My Baby Left Me" is a rhythm and blues song written by blues singer Arthur Crudup.

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Old Shep

"Old Shep" is a song written and composed by Red Foley and Arthur Williams in 1933, about a dog Foley owned as a child.

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One Night (Elvis Presley song)

"One Night" is a song written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, and Anita Steinman.

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Otis Blackwell

Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an African-American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Return to Sender (song)

"Return to Sender" is a 1962 hit single recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rock-A-Hula Baby

"Rock-A-Hula Baby ("Twist" Special)" is a song performed by Elvis Presley for the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii.

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Roy Turk

Roy Kenneth Turk (September 20, 1892 – November 30, 1934) was an American songwriter and lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1929 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard.

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She's Not You

"She's Not You" is a 1962 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company.

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Sid Wayne

Sid Wayne (January 26, 1923 – December 26, 1991) was an American songwriter, lyricist and composer, who wrote a number of well-known songs from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Stuck on You (Elvis Presley song)

"Stuck on You" is Elvis Presley's first hit single after his two-year stint in the US Army.

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Surrender (Elvis Presley song)

"Surrender" is a #1 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961.

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Suspicious Minds

"Suspicious Minds" is a song written and first recorded by American songwriter Mark James.

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There Goes My Everything (song)

"There Goes My Everything" is a popular song written by Dallas Frazier and published in 1965.

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There's Always Me

Selected for an Elvis Presley recording session held March 12, 1961, "There's Always Me" was a ballad included on the Presley album Something for Everybody.

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Tommy Durden

Thomas Russell "Tommy" Durden (December 15, 1919 – October 17, 1999) was an American steel guitarist and songwriter, who is most notable for co-writing Elvis Presley's breakthrough hit, "Heartbreak Hotel".

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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Wally Gold

Wally Gold (May 15, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and music business executive from Teaneck, New Jersey.

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Wild in the Country (Elvis Presley song)

"Wild in the Country" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1961 motion picture Wild in the Country.

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Wooden Heart

"Wooden Heart" ("" lit. Must I then) is a song best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues.

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(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" is a popular song first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1957 for the soundtrack of his second motion picture, Loving You, during which Presley performs the song on screen.

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(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame

"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" is a song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961.

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(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I

"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" is a popular song written by Bill Trader and was published in 1952.

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(You're the) Devil in Disguise

"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" is a 1963 single by Elvis Presley which was written by the songwriters Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis'_40_Greatest

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