In honor of the King - Your 10 favorite Elvis songs

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Here are mine (in no particular order between the ten):

  • That’s allright Mama
  • All Shook Up
  • Jailhouse Rock
  • Suspicious Minds
  • Don’t Be Cruel
  • Mystery Train
  • Stuck on You
  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • Hound Dog

and last but not least:

  • In The Ghetto

Yeah, I know that last one is tacky and cheesy, but it’s Elvis!! And he sings the song with such emotion you almost forget the cheesy lyrics and you almost forget it’s a Mac Davis song. Just compare Elvis singing a Mac Davis song to anyone else singing a Mac Davis song (i.e., ‘Music in my Life’, ‘It’s Hard to be Humble’, etc.)

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I think my favourite Elvis song is Veronica, although it’s a little depressing. Of course, there’s always Radio, Radio.

But the thing I like most about Elvis is (was? I don’t keep up.) his wife. Cait O’Riordan’s a cutie. :slight_smile:

3

Little Sister
Suspicious Minds
Kentucky Rain
Viva Las Vegas
Heartbreak Hotel
Jailhouse Rock
Hound Dog
Dont Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
Burnin Love

4

Burnin’ Love - I could listen to this over and over again (and I have)
Teddy Bear (as about as Elvis-y sounding as you can get)
Don’t Be Cruel
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Wooden Heart
Way Down (his last chart hit before he died)
It’s Now or Never
All Shook Up
Suspicious Minds (nice fake ending)
Love Me Tender

Thank you, thankyouverymuch…

5

Lonesome Cowboy
Heartbreak Hotel
Don’t Be Cruel
Marie’s the Name Of His Latest Flame
Tryin’ To Get To You
Hound Dog
Love Me
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Moody Blue
Baby Let’s Play House :smiley:

6

My list would have to start with:

A Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
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[sub]What’s that?

Elvis?

Oh. I thought it was Elvish.

Sorry.[/sub]

Okay, take two.

Jailhouse Rock
In the Ghetto
It’s Now or Never
Teddy Bear
Hound Dog
Viva Las Vegas
Suspicious Minds
Don’t Be Cruel
Return to Sender

[sub]Lessee, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9…[/sub]

Can’t Help Falling in Love.

7
  1. Mystery Train
  2. Jailhouse Rock
  3. Hound Dog
  4. Blue Moon
  5. Kentucky Rain
  6. Crawfish (the song from King Creole, I don’t know if that’s what it’s called…)
  7. Viva Las Vegas
  8. Suspicious Minds
  9. Heartbreak Hotel
  10. That’s All Right Mama
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In no particular order

  1. Don’t Be Cruel
  2. Don’t
  3. Love Me Tender
  4. Too Much
  5. Can’t Help Falling In Love
  6. It’s Now Or Never
  7. Surrender
  8. Return To Sender
  9. A Fool Such As I
  10. Are You Lonesome Tonight

I love the young, singing Elvis.

9
  1. “Little Sister”
  2. “All Shook Up”
  3. “Suspicious Minds”
  4. “Baby Let’s Play House”
  5. “Hound Dog”
  6. “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You”
  7. “Don’t Be Cruel”
  8. “Burning Love”
  9. “That’s All Right, Mama”
  10. “Viva Las Vegas” (a little cheesey, but Elvis made it cool)
10

Just Ten!?! My goodness, don’t be cruel, Mycroft!

Lumped together as a group of three are Viva Las Vegas, Suspicious Minds, and Such A Night, which I always think of as a glorious of trio of goofy, jumping, uber-swanky, dance around the house songs.

Of the country songs, I love I’m Left, You’re Right, And She’s Gone.

Moving on to gospel, How Great Thou Art is probably, maybe, my most beloved Elvis song EVER. This one is also a great personal memory for me, my grandmother loved listening to Elvis’s religious music, and I heard this countless times as I was growing up. Peace In the Valley and Where No One Stands Alone round out this category.

<i>Jailhouse Rock</i>, <i>Hound Dog</i>, and <i>Too Much</i> are also favorites, but it’s hard to pick the best of this sound.

I think that adds up to ten.

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  1. Jailhouse Rock (just the opening 2 chords say “Elvis” to me)

  2. “One Night”

  3. “All Shook Up”

  4. “Blue Moon of Kentucky” and " Kentucky Rain " (tie :slight_smile: )

  5. “Long Black Limosine”

  6. “Polk Salad Annie” (I know it wasn’t his hit first, but whoever wrote it probably expected Elvis to sing it)

  7. “Are You Lonesome Tonight”

  8. “Suspicious Minds”

  9. “Little Sister”

  10. “68 Comeback Medley” (the one with Guitar Man and others, sort of a Redneck Operetta)

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The earlier the better for me. I’d put mine down something like this:

Baby Let’s Play House
Mystery Train
Good Rockin Tonight
Hound Dog
My Baby Left me
That’s All Right Mama
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Jail House Rock
Heartbreak Hotel
All Shook Up
King Creole (This is my favorite of his movies, too).

I do like his singing though, in just about any of his songs, so for that, at least, I do like the later material also.

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Name any ten songs that were recorded at American Sound Studios in Memphis in 1968 (or was it '69?) , and that would be MY response.:slight_smile: