ELVIS PRESLEY- The 100 Most Essential Songs (#10). Continues: tomorrow.    

Caffè Lattè presents:

THE 100 MOST ESSENTIAL SONGS BY

ELVIS

Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935. His family relocated to Memphis, where the teenager absorbed the blues, gospel and country music. Young Elvis cut records for personal use and came to the attention of Sun Records. Sam Phillips recognized potential in the youth: a white singer with a ‘black’ sound. From these humble origins, Elvis influenced countless other white rockers and achieved sales that were unprecedented.

 

These 100 songs corroborate that Presley is the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”…

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Hear the songs on the special Spotify playlist regularly updated as the countdown continues:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6KLsvwG7sBR45Xzq2WUWMD?si=1b8724d6f6744b89&pt=7a4da6b5756f5effebbb68199f80442e

E 10

HOUND DOG

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote “Hound Dog” in 1952 for Big Mama Thornton. Her bluesy rendition reached #1 on the US R&B Chart. Elvis was in Las Vegas for some performances in 1956 and caught Freddie Bell & The Bellboys playing the song with a more humorous approach. Impressed, he started performing the song in his own shows. American TV viewers were introduced to his treatment of “Hound Dog” on June 5 on Milton Berle’s TV programme. The song gained more exposure via Elvis’ appearances on Steve Allen’s show and later, on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. Released as a double A-sided single, “Hound Dog” reached #1 in America on August 18, 1956. In Britain, the single peaked at #2.