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"Life" is a song written and originally recorded by Shirl Milete in 1969. Elvis Presley recorded the song on June 6, 1970. [ 1 ] Presley's version was released as single, peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 8 on the Easy Listening chart, and No. 34 on the Country Singles chart.
"Young and Beautiful" is a song written by Aaron Schroeder and Abner Silver. It was performed by Elvis Presley as the last song of the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock. Presley recorded it on April 30, 1957, in Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood. "Young and Beautiful" was released on the Jailhouse Rock EP (RCA Victor EPA 4114) in October 1957.
In 1954, "Good Rockin' Tonight" was the second Sun Records release by Elvis Presley, along with "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" on the flip side. [16] [17] Presley and his bandmates' version is an almost word-for-word cover of Harris' version but omitted the lyrics' by-then-dated roster of names in favor of a simpler, more energetic "We're gonna rock, rock, rock!"
"Raised on Rock'" is a 1973 song by Elvis Presley. It was written for him by Mark James, the author of Elvis' 1969 number 1 hit "Suspicious Minds". [2] [3]The song was first released in 1973 as a single, with "For Ol' Times Sake" on the B-side, [4] and then included on the album Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake.
Elvis recorded the song on March 12, 1975, at RCA's Studio C in Hollywood for his album Today. [3] [2] The session featured James Burton, John Wilkinson and Charlie Hodge on guitar, Duke Bardwell on bass, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Glen D. Hardin and Tony Brown on piano, David Briggs and Greg Gordon on clavinet; the recordings were later overdubbed by Johnny Christopher and Chip Young on guitar ...
"Pieces of My Life" is a song written by Troy Seals. It was originally recorded by Charlie Rich and appeared on his 1974 album The Silver Fox. [1] [2]In 1975, Elvis Presley covered the song for his album Today.
Baby Let's Play House" is a song written and originally recorded by Arthur Gunter in 1954 on the Excello Records label, [1] [2] [3] and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records. [4] A line from the song ("I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man") was borrowed by John Lennon for his Beatles song " Run ...
According to Susan M. Doll in her book Understanding Elvis, the song "features a common characteristic of country music — the passive acceptance of the singer's fate and the subsequent melancholy it brings," as the person who sings the song "passively resigns himself to the fact" that his girl is gone. [8] Musically, it is a rockabilly ballad.