Elvis Presley isn't an artist you'd expect to appear in this series given he's had more number ones than anyone else. However, the sheer quantity of hit's he's had means he's had over 100 hits that didn't get to number one.
There are only 5 positions in the Top 40 that Elvis has never reached, they are 20, 28, 32, 35 and 39. This was his 88th Top 40 hit, the only other artist at the time of writing to reach that number of Top 40 hits is Cliff Richard.
The majority of Top 40 hits in the 70s for Elvis were covers, but this one was an original and was written by Red West and Johnny Christopher.
The 70s isn't a decade you'd typically associate with Elvis, most of his best known hits came in the late 50s/early 60s. But even then he was having some hits that didn't chart particularly high. He had enough of a following though for the hits to keep coming right up to his death in 1977 and beyond.
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