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for another top ten Elvis Presley song
[Music]
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content for this list we’ll be looking
at hits and fan favorites from across
Elvis’s career if your particular
favorite Elvis song doesn’t appear here
don’t forget to check out our original
list top 10 Elvis Presley songs you’re
in luck
[Music]
number ten surrender which ships my
farts on form
as with Love Me Tender surrender was a
reworked revamp take on a much older
song it was originally a Neapolitan
flavored ballad called torna a Sorrento
and later retold by doc Pomus and Mort
Shuman with new lyrics from Schumann the
song became surrender a massive hit for
Elvis it would go on to become one of
the best-selling songs of Presley’s
career featuring a prototypical James
Bond like chord progression and piano
from Nashville legend Floyd Cramer the
track allowed Elvis to push beyond his
emblematic pop and rock sound
[Music]
number nine burning love I’ll be my
charity rising Lord Almighty burning
love me out of started life as an Elvis
song but once he put his stamp on it it
was in the Kings domain for all time
first release the semi-obscurity in
early 1972 by Arthur Alexander it was
quickly picked up covered and
re-released by Presley in August of the
same year becoming a number two hit and
Elvis’s last American top-10
[Music]
brimming with energy with lead guitar
from songwriter Denis Lind
and the incredibly busy drum work of
Ronny cut Elvis had actually been
reluctant to record the rocker due to
his recent and difficult separation from
Priscilla but it takes in the old magic
was back maybe I didn’t read you quite
as good as I should
number eight always on my model Gwen
McRae and more famously Brenda Leigh may
have released it first and it may have
netted Willie Nelson a Grammy long after
the fact but for many the definite
version of always on my mind belongs to
Elvis and I guess another tool
I’m originally written by Wayne Carson
in around ten minutes it was eventually
sent to Presley to be recorded in March
of 72 just weeks after elvis and
Priscilla separated released as a b-side
to a single separate ways this heartfelt
track remains an unforgettable country
back
[Music]
number seven that’s alright previously
recorded by Arthur cruda Elvis jokingly
started playing a sped-up version of
that’s alright during a recording
session while guitarist Scotty Moore and
bassist Bill Black were taking a break
producer Sam Phillips hearing a hit made
them start over so he could record it
and two days later the song officially
made its radio debut well our machine on
zombie and Papa gondhali – it was
popular enough to get 14 play that night
and force Elvis out of a movie theater
and into an on-air interview two weeks
later
that’s all right was officially released
selling 20,000 copies launching Elvis’s
career and arguably birthing rock and
roll as we know it
[Music]
my number-6 How Great Thou art many
songs had a long full life before L
supported them but none can touch this
originating in 1885 in Sweden it was
performed as a 9 verse walls until 1894
when it was changed to common time in
1967
Elvis recorded the song in Nashville
making it the title track for his 28th
studio album always popular the album
ended up going gold in 1968 platinum and
double platinum in 1992 and in 2010 when
triple murder
Elvis’s unique rendition of the hymn
brought it back into modern
consciousness and also want him a Grammy
for Best sacred performance in 1967
[Music]
number five Mystery Train that’s all
right might be the moment Elvis’s career
launched but this is the moment you
became the king incidentally this
Mystery Train looks at these sites you I
forgot to remember to forget it’s also
the moment that established him as a
country star train train a cover of a
junior Parker song itself loosely based
on the Carter family’s worried man blues
it is also the track that announces
gaudy more as a bonafide guitar hero
within the hollow body Gibson guitar and
a dose of slapback reverb more helped
create something livelier and fiery er
than the world had ever seen and served
as the perfect introduction of Elvis to
the country music world
[Music]
a little more fires a little less Park
number four a little less conversation
c’mon open up your heart River satisfy
me satisfy me raving originally written
for and rejected by Aretha Franklin this
track was retooled and presented to
Presley for the film live a little rub a
little a box office done there’s
conversation from watchin least as a
b-side to almost in love it barely
charted and took over two years to find
a home on an album it was recorded for
the 68 comeback special like this
do-over was ultimately not used until
2002 when it was remixed by Dutch DJ
producer junkie XL modernized and
revamped
the track went to number one in 13
countries finally becoming a monster hit
long after Elvis had left the building
for good
[Music]
oh we show number three an American
trilogy in the land old sounds are
not fall although he wasn’t the first to
present this medley to the world and he
did not release a studio recording of it
an American trilogy became synonymous
with Elvis nonetheless a musical weaving
of three iconic and symbolic American
song duke schewe
the unofficial Confederate anthem Dixie
the African American spiritual all my
trials and the Union Army March the
Battle Hymn of the Republic the trilogy
was first arranged and released by
Mickey Newbury in 1971 by 1972 it had
become a show-stopping mainstay in
Elvis’s concert allowing him to
demonstrate the true power and range of
his voice while also expressing his deep
love of his home country
[Music]
number two if I can dream
there must be lies burning brighter some
dilemma you’re the musical director of
an important TV specials the producers
just cut I’ll be home for Christmas and
they need you to come up with a
replacement what do you do well if
you’re W Earl brown you write if I can
dream and if you’re Elvis it changes
your life lot it is the final song in
Elvis’s 1958 comeback special the song
makes nods to the then recently
assassinated Martin Luther King jr. and
Robert Kennedy it so moved Presley that
he decided then and there to never sing
a song or act in a film that she didn’t
truly believe in ever again
[Music]
before we unveil our topic here are a
few honorable mention
the smile the tear is implied a little
burning but I wished him
[Music]
so my
as a snow flood number one in the ghetto
on a cold and gray Chicago morning a
four little baby child is born and the
gayssot written by Max Davis and
originally subtitled the vicious circle
the marriage of in the ghetto and Elvis
Presley almost never happened Davis had
first offered the song to bill medley of
the Righteous Brothers and then singer
comedian Sammy Davis jr. both of whom
turned it down how do we simply turn our
ears and look the other way
Elvis himself had been reluctant to
record it given its overt social
commentary but once he took it on it
became the perfect showcase for the
power and emotional depth of his voice
it also provided him with a 13 week run
on the American charts and a UK top 10
charting out at number 2 as well we
started to roam the streets at night and
he learns how to steal and he learns how
to fight and again
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
the old man bridge the way you filed it
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for another top ten Elvis Presley song
[Music]
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at hits and fan favorites from across
Elvis’s career if your particular
favorite Elvis song doesn’t appear here
don’t forget to check out our original
list top 10 Elvis Presley songs you’re
in luck
[Music]
number ten surrender which ships my
farts on form
as with Love Me Tender surrender was a
reworked revamp take on a much older
song it was originally a Neapolitan
flavored ballad called torna a Sorrento
and later retold by doc Pomus and Mort
Shuman with new lyrics from Schumann the
song became surrender a massive hit for
Elvis it would go on to become one of
the best-selling songs of Presley’s
career featuring a prototypical James
Bond like chord progression and piano
from Nashville legend Floyd Cramer the
track allowed Elvis to push beyond his
emblematic pop and rock sound
[Music]
number nine burning love I’ll be my
charity rising Lord Almighty burning
love me out of started life as an Elvis
song but once he put his stamp on it it
was in the Kings domain for all time
first release the semi-obscurity in
early 1972 by Arthur Alexander it was
quickly picked up covered and
re-released by Presley in August of the
same year becoming a number two hit and
Elvis’s last American top-10
[Music]
brimming with energy with lead guitar
from songwriter Denis Lind
and the incredibly busy drum work of
Ronny cut Elvis had actually been
reluctant to record the rocker due to
his recent and difficult separation from
Priscilla but it takes in the old magic
was back maybe I didn’t read you quite
as good as I should
number eight always on my model Gwen
McRae and more famously Brenda Leigh may
have released it first and it may have
netted Willie Nelson a Grammy long after
the fact but for many the definite
version of always on my mind belongs to
Elvis and I guess another tool
I’m originally written by Wayne Carson
in around ten minutes it was eventually
sent to Presley to be recorded in March
of 72 just weeks after elvis and
Priscilla separated released as a b-side
to a single separate ways this heartfelt
track remains an unforgettable country
back
[Music]
number seven that’s alright previously
recorded by Arthur cruda Elvis jokingly
started playing a sped-up version of
that’s alright during a recording
session while guitarist Scotty Moore and
bassist Bill Black were taking a break
producer Sam Phillips hearing a hit made
them start over so he could record it
and two days later the song officially
made its radio debut well our machine on
zombie and Papa gondhali – it was
popular enough to get 14 play that night
and force Elvis out of a movie theater
and into an on-air interview two weeks
later
that’s all right was officially released
selling 20,000 copies launching Elvis’s
career and arguably birthing rock and
roll as we know it
[Music]
my number-6 How Great Thou art many
songs had a long full life before L
supported them but none can touch this
originating in 1885 in Sweden it was
performed as a 9 verse walls until 1894
when it was changed to common time in
1967
Elvis recorded the song in Nashville
making it the title track for his 28th
studio album always popular the album
ended up going gold in 1968 platinum and
double platinum in 1992 and in 2010 when
triple murder
Elvis’s unique rendition of the hymn
brought it back into modern
consciousness and also want him a Grammy
for Best sacred performance in 1967
[Music]
number five Mystery Train that’s all
right might be the moment Elvis’s career
launched but this is the moment you
became the king incidentally this
Mystery Train looks at these sites you I
forgot to remember to forget it’s also
the moment that established him as a
country star train train a cover of a
junior Parker song itself loosely based
on the Carter family’s worried man blues
it is also the track that announces
gaudy more as a bonafide guitar hero
within the hollow body Gibson guitar and
a dose of slapback reverb more helped
create something livelier and fiery er
than the world had ever seen and served
as the perfect introduction of Elvis to
the country music world
[Music]
a little more fires a little less Park
number four a little less conversation
c’mon open up your heart River satisfy
me satisfy me raving originally written
for and rejected by Aretha Franklin this
track was retooled and presented to
Presley for the film live a little rub a
little a box office done there’s
conversation from watchin least as a
b-side to almost in love it barely
charted and took over two years to find
a home on an album it was recorded for
the 68 comeback special like this
do-over was ultimately not used until
2002 when it was remixed by Dutch DJ
producer junkie XL modernized and
revamped
the track went to number one in 13
countries finally becoming a monster hit
long after Elvis had left the building
for good
[Music]
oh we show number three an American
trilogy in the land old sounds are
not fall although he wasn’t the first to
present this medley to the world and he
did not release a studio recording of it
an American trilogy became synonymous
with Elvis nonetheless a musical weaving
of three iconic and symbolic American
song duke schewe
the unofficial Confederate anthem Dixie
the African American spiritual all my
trials and the Union Army March the
Battle Hymn of the Republic the trilogy
was first arranged and released by
Mickey Newbury in 1971 by 1972 it had
become a show-stopping mainstay in
Elvis’s concert allowing him to
demonstrate the true power and range of
his voice while also expressing his deep
love of his home country
[Music]
number two if I can dream
there must be lies burning brighter some
dilemma you’re the musical director of
an important TV specials the producers
just cut I’ll be home for Christmas and
they need you to come up with a
replacement what do you do well if
you’re W Earl brown you write if I can
dream and if you’re Elvis it changes
your life lot it is the final song in
Elvis’s 1958 comeback special the song
makes nods to the then recently
assassinated Martin Luther King jr. and
Robert Kennedy it so moved Presley that
he decided then and there to never sing
a song or act in a film that she didn’t
truly believe in ever again
[Music]
before we unveil our topic here are a
few honorable mention
the smile the tear is implied a little
burning but I wished him
[Music]
so my
as a snow flood number one in the ghetto
on a cold and gray Chicago morning a
four little baby child is born and the
gayssot written by Max Davis and
originally subtitled the vicious circle
the marriage of in the ghetto and Elvis
Presley almost never happened Davis had
first offered the song to bill medley of
the Righteous Brothers and then singer
comedian Sammy Davis jr. both of whom
turned it down how do we simply turn our
ears and look the other way
Elvis himself had been reluctant to
record it given its overt social
commentary but once he took it on it
became the perfect showcase for the
power and emotional depth of his voice
it also provided him with a 13 week run
on the American charts and a UK top 10
charting out at number 2 as well we
started to roam the streets at night and
he learns how to steal and he learns how
to fight and again
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
the old man bridge the way you filed it
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