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Love Me Tender is a 1956 American musical Western film directed by Robert D. Webb, and released by 20th Century Fox on November 15, 1956. [3] The film, named after the song , stars Richard Egan , Debra Paget , and Elvis Presley in his acting debut.
The film was Presley's first major starring role, following his debut in a supporting role in the 1956 film Love Me Tender. The film follows a delivery man who is discovered by a music publicist and a country–western musician who wants to promote the talented newcomer. The film was written by Herbert Baker and Hal Kanter, and based on the ...
Elvis Presley performed "Love Me Tender" on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956, shortly before the single's release and about a month before the movie, Love Me Tender, was released (for which the reworded song had been written). After that, RCA received more than a million advance orders, making it a gold record before it was even released.
"We're Gonna Move" appeared in the 1956 movie Love Me Tender. The song was released on an RCA Victor EP from the movie, Love Me Tender, EPA-4006, which also included the title track, "Poor Boy", and "Let Me". [2] The recording appeared on the 1959 compilation album A Date with Elvis.
"Poor Boy" reached no. 35 on the U.S. Billboard pop singles chart in December 1956, in an 11-week chart run. [1]Instead of a full long-playing album soundtrack, for Love Me Tender the four songs appearing in the film were released as an extended-play, seven-inch 45 RPM record on RCA Records, Love Me Tender, catalog EPA 4006, during November 1956.
"Love Me Tender" (song), a 1956 song by Elvis Presley, adapted from the tune of the 1861 American Civil War song "Aura Lee" Love Me Tender, a 1956 film featuring Elvis Presley, named after the song Love Me Tender, an EP by Elvis Presley, containing songs from the above-mentioned 1956 film Love Me Tender
For inspiration, Ronson relied on Annette Peacock's 1972 album I'm the One; he used the title track and her arrangement of Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender". Two songs were co-written by Ronson with Scott Richardson, who had been involved in the Ann Arbor music scene since the mid-'60s and came to prominence as lead singer of the SRC .
Love Me Tender is an EP by Elvis Presley, containing the four songs from the motion picture of the same name. It was released by RCA Victor in November 1956. The EP peaked at No. 9 on Top Pop Albums chart with sales of over 600,000, [ 2 ] as well as making it to No. 35 on the singles chart .