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The 50 Greatest Love Songs was first released in UK, on September 11, 2001, [1] and later released in Europe and USA, on November 12, 2001. [5] [6] That same year, the compilation was released in Asia, and Australia, where it put Elvis back into Top 30 for the first time in 20 years. [2]
Elvis Presley recorded the song for the MGM film It Happened at the World's Fair on September 22, 1962, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California.The recording sessions featured Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell and Billy Strange on guitar, Ray Siegel on bass, D.J. Fontana and Frank Carlson on drums, Don Robertson on piano, Dudley Brooks on organ, Clifford Scott on saxophone and clarinet.
"A Thing Called Love" is a song written and originally recorded by Jerry Reed [2] in 1968. This song has been recorded by many artists, including Jimmy Dean, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, and Lynn Anderson. In 1971, the song was recorded by Johnny Cash and it became a No. 1 country hit in Canada. The record was Cash's biggest hit in Europe ...
The magic of Elvis and The Memphis Boys. Following his historic Sun sessions with producer Sam Phillips in the mid-‘50s, it would be another 15 years before Elvis recorded in Memphis again.
It is surmised that Elvis wrote the song about his mother Gladys Love Presley, who had died in 1958. Elvis also co-wrote the song "You'll Be Gone" with Red West and Charlie Hodge in 1961. [3] These two songs were Elvis' rare song compositions. At the time, Elvis was trying his hand at songwriting.
While the A-side ("Burning Love") made it to number two on the Hot 100, [5] the flip side ("It's a Matter of Time") charted both on the Billboard Easy Listening and Hot Country Singles charts. [6] "Burning Love / It's a Matter of Time" became the last Elvis Presley's single to be certified platinum. [7]
Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dee, March 18, 1943 – December 22, 2006) was an American musician and songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. [1] [2] He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley song, "Burning Love", an international hit
"Kissin' Cousins" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as the title track for the soundtrack of the 1964 motion picture Kissin' Cousins. [2] The movie also featured a completely different song, titled "Kissin' Cousins (No. 2)", written by Bill Giant , Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye .