Sunday, 15 April 2018

Elvis Presley Originals

A few weeks ago I discovered via a question on Popmaster that "Hound Dog" wasn't originally by Elvis Presley. Given how much it is associated with Elvis I was quite surprised, but then I was well aware that Elvis did many covers including "Blue Suede Shoes" which the Elvis cover is much better known than the Carl Perkins original.

Therefore I thought I'd take a look at the Elvis UK Top 40 singles to see which were originally by him and which were covers. If the information I have found doesn't explicitly say its originally by him and I've found no previous versions I have assumed it to be an original. Here they are with the original artists of the covers:

Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins
I Want You I Need You I Love You Elvis Presley
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton
Blue Moon Connee Boswell
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine Tony Martin
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley
Mystery Train Junior Parker
Rip It Up Little Richard
Too Much Bernard Hardison
All Shook Up Elvis Presley
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear Elvis Presley
Paralysed Elvis Presley
Party Elvis Presley
Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do Elvis Presley
Loving You Elvis Presley
Trying To Get To You The Eagles
Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Elvis Presley
I'm Left You're Right She's Gone Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
Don't Elvis Presley
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Elvis Presley
Hard Headed Woman Elvis Presley
King Creole Elvis Presley
One Night / I Got Stung Smiley Lewis/Elvis Presley
A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight Hank Snow/Elvis Presley
A Big Hunk O' Love Elvis Presley
Strictly Elvis EP (Old Shep) Red Foley
Stuck On You Elvis Presley
A Mess Of Blues Elvis Presley
It's Now Or Never Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight Charles Hart
Wooden Heart Elvis Presley
Surrender (Torna Surriento) Elvis Presley
Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad Elvis Presley/Chuck Willis
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame / Little Sister Del Shannon/Elvis Presley
Rock A Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley/Elvis Presley
Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley
Follow That Dream EP Elvis Presley
She's Not You Elvis Presley
Return To Sender Elvis Presley
One Broken Heart For Sale Elvis Presley
(You're The) Devil In Disguise Elvis Presley
Bossa Nova Baby Tippie and the Clovers
Kiss Me Quick Elvis Presley
Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley
Kissin' Cousins Elvis Presley
Such A Night Drifters
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby Eddie Riff
Blue Christmas Doye O'Dell
Do The Clam Elvis Presley
Crying In The Chapel Darrell Glenn
Tell Me Why Marie Knight
Blue River Elvis Presley
Frankie And Johnny Traditional
Love Letters Dick Haymes
All That I Am Elvis Presley
If Every Day Was Like Christmas Elvis Presley
Indescribably Blue Elvis Presley
You Gotta Stop / The Love Machine Elvis Presley/Elvis Presley
Guitar Man Jerry Reed
U.S. Male Jerry Reed
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby Elvis Presley
If I Can Dream Elvis Presley
In The Ghetto Elvis Presley
Clean Up You Own Back Yard Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds Mark James
Don't Cry Daddy Elvis Presley
Kentucky Rain Elvis Presley
The Wonder Of You Vince Edwards
I've Lost You Matthews' Southern Comfort
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield
There Goes My Everything Jack Greene
Rags To Riches Tony Bennett
I'm Leavin' Elvis Presley
I Just Can't Help Believing Barry Mann
Until It's Time For You To Go Buffy Sainte-Marie
An American Trilogy Mickey Newbury
Burning Love Arthur Alexander
Always On My Mind Gwen McCrae
Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
Fool Elvis Presley
Raised On Rock Elvis Presley
I've Got A Thing About You Baby Tony Joe White
If You Talk In Your Sleep Elvis Presley
My Boy Richard Harris
Promised Land Chuck Berry
T.R.O.U.B.L.E. Elvis Presley
Green Green Grass Of Home Johnny Darrell
Hurt Roy Hamilton
The Girl Of My Best Friend Charlie Blackwell
Suspicion Terry Stafford
Moody Blue Elvis Presley
Way Down Elvis Presley
My Way Frank Sinatra
Don't Be Cruel (To A Heart That's True) Elvis Presley
It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You) Elvis Presley
It's Only Love / Beyond The Reef Elvis Presley/Napua Stevens
I Can Help Billy Swan
The Twelfth Of Never Johnny Mathis
A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley
Rubberneckin' Elvis Presley
That's All Right Arthur Crudup
My Baby Left Me Arthur Crudup

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