Elvis Presley – The Number One Hits 1956-1962 LP

Elvis Presley – The Number One Hits 1956-1962

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This quintessential LP collects all of the King’s hits that reached #1 on the US chart between 1956 and 1962. Highlights include both sides of the single “Hound Dog” / “Don’t Be Cruel” (the most successful Elvis single release, with 11 weeks on the charts); Elvis’ second RCA single, “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”, and the classic rocker “Heartbreak Hotel” (which peaked at #1 and remained on the charts for eight weeks after extensive television exposure following its release). Unforgettable ballads like “Love Me Tender,” the popular “It’s Now or Never,” and the definitive version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” are also present, plus the killer rock & roll tune, “All Shook Up” (9 weeks at #1), among many other celebrated hits. These remastered gems are widely regarded as the finest work of Elvis Presley’s career and among the greatest recordings in rock & roll history.

PERSONNEL:

ELVIS PRESLEY, vocals and guitar, plus:

SIDE 1, tracks 1, 3-4, 6-9 & Side 2, track 1:
Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins (g), Bill Black (b),
Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long, Gordon Stoker (p),D.J. Fontana (d)
The Jordanaires (backing vocals). 
Hollywood, California 

SIDE 1, track 2 & Side 2, tracks 3-8:
Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Jerry Kennedy (g),
Bob Moore, Bill Black (b), Marvin Hughes, Floyd Cramer (p), Harold Brown (org), Boots Randolph (sax & cl), D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman (d), 
The Jordanaires (backing vocals).
RCA’s Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee.

SIDE 1, track 5:
Vito Mumolo (g), Michael “Myer” Rubin (b),
The Ken Darby Trio: Red Robinson, Jon Dobson, Charles Prescott (backing vocals). Hollywood, California.

SIDE 2, track 2:
Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell (g), Bill Black (b),
Dudley Brooks (p), D.J. Fontana (d), Justin Gordon (sax), John Ed Buckner (tp), Elmer Schneider (tb), Mahlon Clark (cl)
The Jordanaires (backing vocals).
Hollywood, California. From the Hal Wallis/Paramount Picture King Creole.

TRACKS:
SIDE ONE
01. HEARTBREAK HOTEL 
02. I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
03. HOUND DOG
04. DON’T BE CRUEL 
05. LOVE ME TENDER
06. TOO MUCH
07. ALL SHOOK UP
08. (LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR
09. JAILHOUSE ROCK

SIDE 2
01. DON’T
02. HARD HEADED WOMAN 
03. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE
04. STUCK ON YOU
05. IT’S NOW OR NEVER 
06. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? 
07. SURRENDER 
08. GOOD LUCK CHARM

Label: WaxTime
Released: 1987/2015