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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Elvis Presley
| name = Elvis Presley
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Elvis Presley]]
| artist = [[Elvis Presley]]
| cover = Elvis_Presley_LPM-1254_Album_Cover.jpg
| Cover = Elvispresleydebutalbum.jpeg
| Released = [[March 23]], [[1956]]
| alt =
| Recorded = July 1954 to January 1956
| released = March 23, 1956
| recorded = July 5, 1954{{snd}}January 31, 1956
| Genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| venue =
[[Rockabilly]]
| Length = 28:03
| studio =
*[[RCA Studio B]], Nashville
| Label = [[RCA Records]]
*[[RCA Studios New York#24th St|RCA Victor]], [[New York City]]
| Producer = [[Sam Phillips]] <small>(Sun recordings only)</small>
*[[Sun Studio|Sun]], Memphis
| Reviews = * Elvis Australia [http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/reviews/cd_review_elvis_presley.shtml link]
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1azsa93gq23u link]
*[[Rock and roll]]
| Last album =
*[[rockabilly]]
| This album = '''''Elvis Presley'''''<br/>(1956)
| Next album = ''[[Elvis (1956 album)|Elvis]]''<br/>(1956)
}}
}}
| length = 28:03
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| producer = [[Sam Phillips]] (Sun recordings)<br>[[Stephen H. Sholes]] (RCA recordings)
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Elvis (1956 album)|Elvis]]
| next_year = 1956
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Elvis Presley
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Blue Suede Shoes]]
| single1date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/blue-suede-shoes/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| single2 = [[I Got a Woman]]
| single2date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=I Got A Woman - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/i-got-a-woman/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| single3 = [[I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')]]
| single3date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=I'll Never Let You Go {{!}} Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/ill-never-let-you-go/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| single4 = [[I Love You Because (song)|I Love You Because]]
| single4date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=I Love You Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/i-love-you-because/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| single5 = [[Just Because (Nelstone's Hawaiians song)|Just Because]]
| single5date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=Just Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/just-because/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| single6 = [[Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters song)|Money Honey]]
| single6date = August 31, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=Money Honey - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music |url=http://elvisthemusic.com/music/money-honey/ |website=elvisthemusic.com |access-date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Elvis Presley''''' (released in the UK as '''''Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll'''''<ref name="ukalbum"/>) is the debut [[studio album]] by American [[rock and roll]] singer [[Elvis Presley]]. It was released by [[RCA Victor]], on March 23, 1956<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Elvis+Presley&ti=Elvis+Presley&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref> (catalog number LPM-1254). The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the [[RCA Studio B|RCA Victor Studios]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in [[New York City|New York]]. Additional material originated from sessions at [[Sun Studio]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10, 1954, and on July 11, 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithflynn.com/recording-sessions/50_index.html |title=Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley Pages |publisher=Keith Flynn |year=2013 |access-date=May 17, 2013}}</ref>

The album spent ten weeks at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums]] chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts,<ref>''Billboard'', v. 108, Nr. 21, p. 106, May 25, 1996, retrieved on September 13, 2012</ref> and the first million-selling album of that genre.<ref name="Victor136"/> In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 56 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki/>'s list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/|title=Music News – Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/elvis-presley-elvis-presley-164191/|year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date= September 23, 2019}}</ref> and at number 332 in a 2020 revised list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2021-07-15|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Elvis Presley'' was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://1001beforeyoudie.com/1001_albums_uk.html |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=RIAA |access-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510000640/http://www.1001beforeyoudie.com/1001_albums_uk.html |url-status=dead }} Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis"</ref> It was certified gold on November 1, 1966, and platinum on August 8, 2011, by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Searchable datebase |year=2013 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=May 17, 2013}} Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis" and go to pages 1 and 36</ref>

The original 1956 UK release called ''Rock n' Roll'' on HMV Catalog Number: CLP 1093 has five different tracks.


==Background==
'''''Elvis Presley''''' is the self-titled debut [[LP album|album]] by [[Elvis Presley]] released on [[RCA Victor Records]] in [[monaural|mono]], catalogue number LPM 1254, in March 1956. Recording sessions took place on [[January 10]] and [[January 11]] at [[RCA Records|RCA]] [[recording studio]]s in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and on [[January 30]] and [[January 31]] at RCA studios in [[New York City|New York]]. Additional material originated from sessions at [[Sun Studio]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], Tennessee, on [[July 5]], [[August 19]] and [[September 10]] of 1954, and on [[July 11]], [[1955]]. It spent ten weeks at #1 on the [[Billboard 200|Billboard Top Pop Albums]] chart that year. {{RS500|55}}
By the second half of 1955, [[single (music)|singles]] on [[Sun Records]] by Presley began making the national [[country music|country and western]] [[Hot Country Songs|singles]] chart, "[[Baby Let's Play House]]" and "[[I Forgot to Remember to Forget]]" going to number 5 and number 1 respectively.<ref>Sources:
* {{cite book |title=The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band |first1=Ken |last1=Burke |first2=Dan |last2=Griffin |year=2006 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/bluemoonboys00burk/page/47 47] |isbn=1-55652-614-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/bluemoonboys00burk |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=272}}</ref> [[Colonel Tom Parker]], the new manager of Presley, had extensive dealings with [[RCA Victor]] through his previous client, singer [[Eddy Arnold]], especially with the head of the Country and Western and [[Rhythm and blues]] division, [[Steve Sholes]].<ref>Nash, Alanna. ''The Colonel''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003; {{ISBN|0-7432-1301-7}}; pp. 107–111.</ref> At the urging of Parker, on November 21, 1955, Sholes bought Presley's contract from [[Sam Phillips]], the head of Sun Records and Studio, for the unprecedented sum of [[US$|$40,000]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator |url=https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=35000&year1=195511&year2=201707 |publisher=United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, (Nov. 1955-July 2017)}}</ref> Presley and [[rock and roll]] were still untested properties for the major [[Record label|labels]] in the music business, but this album, along with the number one single "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", proved the selling power of both: it was the first RCA Victor pop album to earn more than $1,000,000,<ref name="Victor136"/> and in 1956 it had sold over one million units.<ref name="Victor136">{{cite book|last=Victor|first=Adam|title=The Elvis Encyclopedia|year=2008|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd|isbn=978-0-7156-3816-3|page=136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Searchable Database |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Presley,+Elvis%22# |publisher=RIAA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904113955/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Presley%2C+Elvis%22 |archive-date=2015-09-04 }}</ref>


==Content==
==Content==
{{Music ratings
By the second half of 1955, [[single (music)|singles]] on [[Sun Records]] by Presley began making the national [[country and western]] [[Hot Country Songs|singles]] chart, "[[Baby, Let's Play House]]" and "[[I Forgot to Remember to Forget]]" going to #5 and #1 respectively. [[Colonel Tom Parker]], the new manager of Presley, had extensive dealings with RCA through his previous client, singer [[Eddy Arnold]], especially with the head of the Country and Western and [[Rhythm and Blues]] division, [[Steve Sholes]].<ref>Nash, Alanna. ''The Colonel''. New York: Simon and Shuster, 2003; [[ISBN 0-7432-1301-7]]; pp. 107-111.</ref> At the urging of Parker, on [[November 21]], 1955, Sholes bought Presley's contract from [[Sam Phillips]], the head of Sun Records and Studio, for the unprecedented sum of [[US$|$35,000]]. Presley and [[rock and roll]] were still untested properties for the major [[Record label|labels]] in the music business, but this album, along with the #1 single "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", proved the selling power of both: it was the first rock album to hit number one, and RCA's first million selling pop LP.
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r551799|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[MusicHound]]
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/892 892]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/892}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/elvis-presley/albumguide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918054850/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/elvis-presley/albumguide|archive-date=September 18, 2013|title=Elvis Presley: Album Guide |publisher=[[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]]|url-status=dead|access-date=June 20, 2015}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Rough Guides]]
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Simpson|title=The Rough Guide to Elvis|year=2004|location=London|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=1-84353-417-7|pages=109–10}}</ref>
|rev6 = Sputnikmusic
|rev6score = 5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/7375/Elvis-Presley-Elvis-Presley/|title=Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (album review 2) - Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com}}</ref>
}}
Presley made appearances in four consecutive weeks on the [[The Dorsey Brothers|Dorsey Brothers]] television program ''[[Stage Show (TV series)|Stage Show]]'' in early 1956, on January 28, February 4, February 11, and February 18.<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley, A Life In Music''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; {{ISBN|0-312-18572-3}}, p. 41</ref> RCA wanted an album in the stores fast to capitalize both on the nationwide TV exposure and the success of his first hit single on the pop charts with "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", swiftly climbing to the top after its release on January 27. At the same time, there had only been two series of Presley recording sessions for RCA Victor by the end of the Dorsey stint, after which Presley and his band were back on the road. Those two sessions yielded an additional eleven tracks, almost enough to fill an entire LP, although some tracks had singles potential. In the 1950s, general practice dictated tracks having greater commercial potential to be released as singles, with tracks of lesser appeal placed on albums; as such, RCA Victor neither took all eleven tracks and simply made an album, nor placed the already released and briskly-selling "Heartbreak Hotel" on it. The rights to the [[List of songs recorded by Elvis Presley on the Sun label|Sun Studio tapes]] had transferred to RCA Victor with the sale of his contract, so five previously unreleased Sun songs, "[[I Love You Because (song)|I Love You Because]]", "[[Just Because (Nelstone's Hawaiians song)|Just Because]]", "[[Tryin' to Get to You]]", "[[I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')]]", and "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]" were added to seven of the RCA Victor sessions tracks to bring the running time of the album up to an acceptable length.<ref name="Victor136"/> Phillips produced the sessions at Sun, and no producer was officially listed for the RCA Victor sessions, leading to the belief that Presley himself produced them.<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley, A Life In Music''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; {{ISBN|0-312-18572-3}}, pp. 35 and 38</ref>


As the Sun tracks were mostly country-styled, Elvis and RCA Victor leavened the selections with covers of recent rhythm and blues songs. Two of these, "[[Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters song)|Money Honey]]" by [[Jesse Stone (musician)|Jesse Stone]], known to Elvis from a version by [[Clyde McPhatter]], and [[Ray Charles]]' 1955 hit "[[I Got a Woman]]", had been in Presley's live act for a year.<ref>Guralnick, Peter. ''[[The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters]]'', 1992, insert booklet, p. 20.</ref> A third was the frenetic announcement to the world of the existence of [[Little Richard]] in 1955, "[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]". A [[rockabilly]] number that was believed to be a potential hit and could hold its own with the R&B material, "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]", was not initially released as a single from a promise by Sholes to Sam Phillips to protect the career of another Sun artist, [[Carl Perkins]], the author of the song.<ref>Guralnick, Peter. ''The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters'', 1992, insert booklet, p. 24.</ref> Instead, it was diverted into being the opening track on the album.
Presley made appearances in four consecutive weeks on the [[Dorsey Brothers]] television program ''[[Stage Show]]'' in early 1956, on [[January 28]], [[February 4]], [[February 11]], and [[February 18]].<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley, A Life In Music''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; [[ISBN 0-312-18572-3]], p. 41</ref> RCA wanted an album in the stores fast to capitalize both on the nationwide TV exposure and the success of the his first hit single on the pop charts with "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", swiftly climbing to the top after its release on [[January 27]]. At the same time, there had only been two series of Presley recording sessions for RCA by the end of the Dorsey stint, after which Presley and his band were back on the road. Those two sessions yielded an additional eleven tracks, almost enough to fill an entire LP, although some tracks had singles potential. In the 1950s, general practice dictated tracks having greater commercial potential to be released as singles, with tracks of lesser appeal placed on albums; as such, RCA neither took all eleven tracks and simply made an album, nor placed the already released and briskly-selling "Heartbreak Hotel" on it. The rights to the [[Elvis Presley's Sun recordings|Sun Studio tapes]] had transferred to RCA with the sale of his contract, so five previously unreleased Sun songs, "[[I Love You Because]]", "[[Elvis Presley's Sun recordings|Just Because]]", "[[Trying to Get to You]]", "[[Elvis Presley's Sun recordings|I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')]]", and "[[Blue Moon]]" were added to seven of the RCA sessions tracks to bring the running time of the album up to an acceptable length. Phillips produced the sessions at Sun, and no producer was officially listed for the RCA sessions, leading to the belief that Presley himself produced them.<ref>Ibid., pp. 35 and 38</ref>


On August 31, 1956, RCA Victor took the unusual step of releasing the entire album as singles, which undoubtedly kept the new single released simultaneously, "[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]" backed with "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]", from reaching the charts. However, "Blue Suede Shoes", released in single form as a part of this experiment by RCA Victor, kept the promise to Phillips and Perkins by waiting over eight months since the song's [[Blue Suede Shoes|release on Sun]]. It had however, been the lead song on two earlier EPs which sold well enough to make it to number 20 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|singles chart]] the week of April 28.<ref>Billboard April 28, 1956, p. 42</ref>
As the Sun tracks were mostly country-styled, Elvis and RCA leavened the selections with covers of recent rhythm and blues songs. Two of these, "[[Money Honey]]" by [[Jesse Stone]], known to Elvis from a version by [[Clyde McPhatter]], and [[Ray Charles]]' 1955 hit "[[I Got A Woman]]", had been in Presley's live act for a year.<ref>Guralnick, Peter. ''[[The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters]]'', 1992, insert booklet, p. 20.</ref> A third was the frenetic announcement to the world of the existence of [[Little Richard]] in 1955, "[[Tutti Frutti]]". A [[rockabilly]] number that was believed to be a potential hit and could hold its own with the R&B material, "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]", was not initially released as a single from a promise by Sholes to Sam Phillips to protect the career of another Sun artist, [[Carl Perkins]], the author of the song.<ref>Guralnick, Peter. ''The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters'', 1992, insert booklet, p. 24.</ref> Instead, it was diverted into being the opening track on the album.


==Artwork==
On [[August 31]] [[1956]], RCA took the unusual step of releasing the entire album as singles in tandem with a new Presley [[45 RPM|45]], which undoubtedly kept the new single, "[[Shake, Rattle & Roll]]" backed with "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]," from reaching the charts. However, "Blue Suede Shoes", released in single form as a part of this experiment by RCA, kept the promise to Phillips and Perkins by waiting over eight months since the song's [[Blue Suede Shoes|release on Sun]], and made it to #20 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|singles chart]].
The cover is ranked number 40 on ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]]'' list of the 100 greatest album covers, published in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/fedderedder/rolling_stones_100_greatest_album_covers/|title=Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers|website=RateYourMusic}}</ref> The photograph of Elvis was taken at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in [[Tampa, Florida]], on July 31, 1955.<ref>[http://m2.tbo.com/content/2011/dec/11/BANEWSO7-armory-shook-up-history-of-tampa/ "Armory shook up history of Tampa" – The Tampa Tribune, Dec. 11, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213740/http://m2.tbo.com/content/2011/dec/11/BANEWSO7-armory-shook-up-history-of-tampa/ |date=2012-10-21 }}</ref> Initially, it was thought that [[Popsie Randolph]] took the image featured on the front cover, since the album only credited one photographer. However, in August 2002, [[Joseph A. Tunzi]] documented that the actual photographer was William V. "Red" Robertson of Robertson & Fresch. The Popsie credit attributed to the album only applied to a series of photos featured on the back cover, taken in [[New York City]] in early December 1955, shortly after Presley had signed with RCA Victor. Tunzi was quoted in the Tampa Tribune as saying, "Forget about Popsie. Popsie did not take that photo."<ref name="biwa">Tampa Tribune, Steven M. Weaver, August 16, 2002, Greg Williams, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050204202608/http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/elnews231.htm Forever Elvis In Tampa]</ref>


The graphic and photo were also used on an [[Extended play|EP]] and a double-EP comprising songs from this album, also released in March 1956.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210308013746/http://www.sergeant.com.au/elvis/1956.html Elvis 1956 Discography]. sergeant.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.</ref>
The album was reissued for [[compact disc]] in an expanded edition on [[May 18]] [[1999]] which altered the running order, and again on [[January 11]] [[2005]]. For the 1999 reissue, the six bonus tracks selected were sides of three singles, including the chart-toppers "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" and "[[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]]." In 2005, [[Sony BMG]] reissued the album again, remastered using [[Direct Stream Digital|DSD]] technology with the six bonus tracks appended in standard fashion. A two-disc set was released on the Follow That Dream collectors label on [[August 15]], [[2006]], with the bonus tracks and numerous [[take|alternate takes]]. Bonus tracks recorded at RCA studios in Nasville and New York City.


The design was echoed by [[the Clash]] for the front of their 1979 album ''[[London Calling]]''; that cover is number 39 on the ''Rolling Stone'' list of 100 greatest album covers noted previously. Other acts of cover homage include ''[[F-Punk]]'' by [[Big Audio Dynamite]] in 1995, ''[[Reintarnation]]'' in 2006 by [[k.d. lang]], [[Chumbawamba]]'s controversial single "[[Tony Blair (song)|Tony Blair]]," and Cliff Richard’s 2018 album ''[[Rise Up (Cliff Richard album)|Rise Up]].''
==Cover==
[[Image:TheClashLondonCallingalbumcover.jpg|right|thumb|''[[London Calling]]'' by [[The Clash]]]]
The cover is ranked #40 on ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]]'' list of [http://rateyourmusic.com/list/fedderedder/rolling_stones_100_greatest_album_covers 100 Greatest Album Covers]. The photograph was taken at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in [[Tampa, Florida]] on [[January 31]] [[1955]]. The Elvis Presley graphic and photo were also used on an [[Extended play|EP]] and a double-EP comprising songs from this album, also released in March 1956.<ref>[http://www.sergeant.com.au/elvis/1956.html Elvis 1956 Discography]. sergeant.com.au. Retrieved on [[2008-01-02]].</ref> The design was borrowed, and commented on, by [[The Clash]] for the front of their 1979 album ''[[London Calling]]''; that cover is #39 on the list. Other acts of cover homage include [[Tom Waits|Tom Waits']] ''[[Rain Dogs]]'' in 1985, and the 2006 album by [[K. D. Lang]], ''[[Reintarnation]]''. Cyrus Chestnut's 2007 album ''Cyrus Plays Elvis'', a collection of jazz versions of Elvis songs, also borrows the typography elements and black & white imagery.


==Personnel==
==Reissues==
RCA first reissued the original 12 track album on compact disc in 1984. This issue, in reprocessed (fake) stereo sound, was quickly withdrawn and the disc was reissued in original mono. In 1999, RCA reissued the album with an altered running order, adding on six bonus tracks from three non-album singles, including the chart-toppers "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" and "[[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]]". In 2005, the album was reissued again, remastered using [[Direct Stream Digital|DSD]] technology with the six bonus tracks appended in standard fashion. A two-disc set was released on the Follow That Dream collectors label on August 15, 2006, with bonus tracks and numerous [[take|alternate takes]].
* [[Elvis Presley]] – [[vocal]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]
* [[Scotty Moore]] – guitar
* [[Chet Atkins]] – guitar
* [[Floyd Cramer]] – piano
* [[Shorty Long]] – piano
* Marvin Hughes - piano
* [[Bill Black]] – [[double bass|bass]]
* [[D. J. Fontana]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
* Johnny Bernero – drums <small>on "[[Trying to Get to You]]"</small>
* Gordon Stoker - backing vocals
* Ben Speer - backing vocals
* Brock Speer - backing vocals


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
===Side One===
|headline=Side one
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|extra_column=Recording date
! Track || Recorded || Song Title || Writer(s) || Time
|title1=[[Blue Suede Shoes#Elvis Presley rendition|Blue Suede Shoes]]
|-
| 1. || 1/30/56 || [[Blue Suede Shoes]] || [[Carl Perkins]] || 1:58
|writer1=[[Carl Perkins]]
|extra1=January 30, 1956
|-
|length1=2:00
| 2. || 1/11/56 || [[I'm Counting on You]] || [[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]] || 2:24
|title2=I'm Counting on You
|-
|writer2=[[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]]
| 3. || 1/10/56 || [[I Got A Woman]] || [[Ray Charles]] and [[Renald Richard]] || 2:23
|extra2=January 11, 1956
|-
|length2=2:25
| 4. || 1/30/56 || [[One-Sided Love Affair]] || [[Bill Campbell (songwriter)|Bill Campbell]] || 2:09
|title3=[[I Got a Woman#Elvis Presley version|I Got a Woman]]
|-
|writer3={{hlist|[[Ray Charles]]|Renald Richard}}
| 5. || 7/5/54 || [[I Love You Because]] || [[Leon Payne]] || 2:42
|extra3=January 10, 1956
|-
|length3=2:25
| 6. || 9/10/54 || [[Elvis Presley's Sun Recordings|Just Because]] || [[Sydney Robin]], [[Bob Shelton]], [[Joe Shelton]] || 2:32
|title4=[[One-sided Love Affair|One Sided Love Affair]]
|}
|writer4=Bill Campbell
|extra4=January 30, 1956
|length4=2:11
|title5=[[I Love You Because (song)#Elvis Presley version|I Love You Because]]
|writer5=[[Leon Payne]]
|extra5=July 5, 1954
|length5=2:43
|title6=[[Just Because (Nelstone's Hawaiians song)#Elvis Presley version|Just Because]]
|writer6={{hlist|Bob Shelton|Joe Shelton|Sydney Robin}}
|extra6=September 10, 1954
|length6=2:34
}}
{{Track listing
|headline=Side two
|extra_column=Recording date
|title1=[[Tutti Frutti (song)#Elvis Presley version|Tutti Frutti]]
|writer1={{hlist|[[Dorothy LaBostrie]]|[[Little Richard|Richard Wayne Penniman]]}}
|extra1=January 31, 1956
|length1=1:59
|title2=[[Tryin' to Get to You]]
|writer2={{hlist|[[Rose Marie McCoy]]|[[Charles Singleton (songwriter)|Charles Singleton]]}}
|extra2=July 11, 1955
|length2=2:31
|title3=[[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)]]
|writer3={{hlist|[[Howard Biggs]]|[[Joe Thomas (alto saxophonist)|Joe Thomas]]}}
|extra3=January 31, 1956
|length3=2:01
|title4=I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
|writer4=[[Jimmy Wakely]]
|extra4=September 10, 1954
|length4=2:24
|title5=[[Blue Moon (1934 song)#Elvis Presley version|Blue Moon]]
|writer5={{hlist|[[Richard Rodgers]]|[[Lorenz Hart]]}}
|extra5=August 19, 1954
|length5=2:40
|title6=[[Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters song)|Money Honey]]
|writer6=[[Jesse Stone (musician)|Jesse Stone]]
|extra6=January 10, 1956
|length6=2:35
}}


{{Track listing
===Side Two===
| headline = UK edition {{nobold|- side one}}
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #FCFDFF; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! Track || Recorded || Song Title || Writer(s) || Time
|-
| 1. || 1/31/56 || [[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] || [[Dorothy LaBostrie]] and [[Richard Penniman]] || 1:58
|-
| 2. || 7/11/55 || [[Trying to Get to You]] || [[Rose Marie McCoy]] and [[Margie Singleton]] || 2:31
|-
| 3. || 1/31/56 || [[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)]] || [[Howard Biggs]] and [[Joe Thomas (songwriter)|Joe Thomas]] || 2:01
|-
| 4. || 9/10/54 || [[I'll Never Let You Go|I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')]] || [[Jimmy Wakely]] || 2:24
|-
| 5. || 8/19/54 || [[Blue Moon (song)|Blue Moon]] || [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Lorenz Hart]] || 2:31
|-
| 6. || 1/10/56 || [[Money Honey]] || [[Jesse Stone]] || 2:34
|}


| title1 = Blue Suede Shoes
===1999 Reissue with Bonus Tracks===
| title2 = I Got a Woman
''Catalogue data reflects simultaneous release of all tracks from LPM 1254 as singles in August, 1956; chart positions from [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Pop Singles]] chart''.
| title3 = I'm Counting on You
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #FCFDFF; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
| title4 = [[I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone]]
! Track || Recorded || Catalogue || Release Date || Chart Peak || Song Title || Writer(s) || Time
| title5 = [[That's All Right]]
|-
| title6 = Money Honey
| 1. || 1/10/56 || 47-6357 || 1/27/56 || #1 || [[Heartbreak Hotel]] || [[Mae Borden Axton|Mae Axton]], [[Tommy Durden]], Elvis Presley || 2:08
}}
|-
| 2. || 1/11/56 || 47-6357b || 1/27/56 || #19 || [[I Was The One]] || [[Aaron Schroeder(songwriter)|Aaron Schroeder]], [[Claude DeMetrius]], [[Hal Blair]], [[Bill Peppers]] || 2:34
|-
| 3. || 1/30/56 || 47-6636 || 8/31/56 || #20 || [[Blue Suede Shoes]] || [[Carl Perkins]] || 1:58
|-
| 4. || 1/11/56 || 47-6637b || 8/31/56 || || [[I'm Counting on You]] || [[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]] || 2:24
|-
| 5. || 1/10/56 || 47-6637 || 8/31/56 || || [[I Got A Woman]] || [[Ray Charles]] and [[Renald Richard]] || 2:23
|-
| 6. || 1/30/56 || 47-6641b || 8/31/56 || || [[One-Sided Love Affair]] || [[Bill Campbell (songwriter)|Bill Campbell]] || 2:09
|-
| 7. || 7/5/54 || 47-6639 || 8/31/56 || || [[I Love You Because]] || [[Leon Payne]] || 2:42
|-
| 8. || 9/10/54 || 47-6640 || 8/31/56 || || [[Elvis Presley's Sun Recordings|Just Because]] || [[Sydney Robin]], [[Bob Shelton]], [[Joe Shelton]] || 2:32
|-
| 9. || 1/31/56 || 47-6636b || 8/31/56 || || [[Tutti Frutti]] || [[Dorothy LaBostrie]] and [[Richard Penniman]] || 1:58
|-
| 10. || 7/11/55 || 47-6639b || 8/31/56 || || [[Trying to Get to You]] || [[Rose Marie McCoy]] and [[Charles Singleton]] || 2:31
|-
| 11. || 1/31/56 || 47-6638b || 8/31/56 || || [[I'm Gonna Sit Down and Cry (Over You)]] || [[Howard Biggs]] and [[Joe Thomas (songwriter)|Joe Thomas]] || 2:01
|-
| 12. || 9/10/54 || 47-6638 || 8/31/56 || || [[I'll Never Let You Go|I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')]] || [[Jimmy Wakely]] || 2:24
|-
| 13. || 8/19/54 || 47-6640b || 8/31/56 || || [[Blue Moon (song)|Blue Moon]] || [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Lorenz Hart]] || 2:31
|-
| 14. || 1/10/56 || 47-6641 || 8/31/56 || || [[Money Honey]] || [[Jesse Stone]] || 2:34
|-
| 15. || 2/3/56 || 47-6642b || 8/31/56 || || [[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]] || [[Lloyd Price]] || 2:08
|-
| 16. || 2/3/56 || 47-6642 || 8/31/56 || || [[Shake, Rattle & Roll]] || [[Charles Calhoun]] || 2:37
|-
| 17. || 1/30/56 || 47-6540b || 5/4/56 || #31 || [[My Baby Left Me]] || [[Arthur Crudup]] || 2:12
|-
| 18. || 4/14/56 || 47-6540 || 5/4/56 || #1 || [[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]] || [[Lou Kosloff]] and [[George Mysels]] || 2:40
|}


{{Track listing
===2006 Two-CD Set Track Listing===
| headline = UK edition {{nobold|- side two}}
====Disc One====

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #FCFDFF; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
| title1 = Mystery Train
! Track || Song Title || Time
| title2 = I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
|-
| 1. || Blue Suede Shoes || 2:01
| title3 = Trying to Get to You
| title4 = [[One-sided Love Affair|One Sided Love Affair]]
|-
| title5 = Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
| 2. || I'm Counting on You || 2:24
| title6 = [[Shake, Rattle and Roll#Elvis Presley versions|Shake,
|-
Rattle And Roll]]
| 3. || I Got a Woman || 2:25
}}
|-

| 4. || One-Sided Love Affair || 2:11
{{track listing
|-
| headline = 1999 edition
| 5. || I Love You Because || 2:40
| title1 = [[Heartbreak Hotel]]
|-
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Mae Boren Axton|Mae Axton]]|[[Tommy Durden]]|Elvis Presley}}
| 6. || Just Because || 2:33
| length1 = 2:08
|-
| title2 = [[I Was the One]]
| 7. || Tutti Frutti || 1:59
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Aaron Schroeder]]|[[Claude Demetrius]]|Hal Blair|Bill Peppers}}
|-
| length2 = 2:34
| 8. || Trying to Get to You || 2:33
| title3 = Blue Suede Shoes
|-
| writer3 = Perkins
| 9. || I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) || 2:04
| length3 = 1:58
|-
| title4 = I'm Counting on You
| 10. || I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') || 2:25
| writer4 = Robertson
|-
| length4 = 2:24
| 11. || Blue Moon || 2:43
| title5 = I Got a Woman
|-
| writer5 = {{hlist|Charles|Richard}}
| 12. || Money Honey || 2:36
| length5 = 2:23
|-
| title6 = One-sided Love Affair
| 13. || Heartbreak Hotel || 2:09
| writer6 = Campbell
|-
| length6 = 2:09
| 14. || I Was the One || 2:33
| title7 = I Love You Because
|-
| writer7 = Payne
| 15. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy || 2:10
| length7 = 2:42
|-
| title8 = Just Because
| 16. || Shake, Rattle and Roll || 2:27
| writer8 = {{hlist|B. Shelton|J. Shelton|Robin}}
|-
| length8 = 2:32
| 17. || My Baby Left Me || 2:13
| title9 = Tutti Frutti
|-
| writer9 = {{hlist|LaBostrie|Penniman}}
| 18. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You || 2:44
| length9 = 1:58
|-
| title10 = Tryin' to Get to You
| 19. || I Got a Woman (Incomplete Unknown Take Number) || 1:32
| writer10 = {{hlist|McCoy|Singleton}}
|-
| length10 = 2:31
| 20. || I Got a Woman (Unknown Take Number) || 2:26
| title11 = I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
|-
| writer11 = {{hlist|Biggs|Thomas}}
| 21. || Heartbreak Hotel (Incomplete Take 4) || 1:07
| length11 = 2:01
|-
| title12 = I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
| 22. || Heartbreak Hotel (Take 5) || 2:17
| writer12 = Wakely
|-
| length12 = 2:24
| 23. || Heartbreak Hotel (Take 6) || 2:16
| title13 = Blue Moon
|-
| writer13 = {{hlist|Rodgers|Lorenz Hart}}
| 24. || Money Honey (Fragments) || 0:08
| length13 = 2:31
|-
| 25. || Money Honey (Take 6) || 0:24
| title14 = Money Honey
| writer14 = Stone
|-
| length14 = 2:34
| 26. || Money Honey (Incomplete Take 10) || 1:27
| title15 = [[Shake, Rattle and Roll#Elvis Presley versions|Shake,
|-
Rattle And Roll]]
| 27. || I'm Counting on You (Take 1) || 2:20
| writer15 = [[Jesse Stone (musician)|Charles Calhoun]]
|-
| length15 = 2:37
| 28. || I'm Counting on You (Take 13) || 2:33
| title16 = Lawdy Miss Clawdy
|-
| writer16 = [[Lloyd Price]]
| 29. || I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 14) || 2:19
| length16 = 2:08
|-
| title17 = [[My Baby Left Me]]
| 30. || I Was the One (Take 1) || 0:13
| writer17 = [[Arthur Crudup]]
|-
| length17 = 2:12
| 31. || I Was the One (Take 2 - False Start) || 0:11
| title18 = [[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]]
|-
| writer18 = {{hlist|Lou Kosloff|George Mysels}}
| 32. || I Was the One (Take 2) || 2:32
| length18 = 2:40
|-
}}
| 33. || I Was the One (Take 3 - False Start) || 0:12

|-
{{Track listing
| 34. || I Was the One (Take 3- Incomplete) || 0:56
|headline= 2006 FTD edition {{nobold|(Disc one)}}
|-
|note=yes
| 35. || I Was the One (Take 7A - Not Master) || 2:41
|title1= Blue Suede Shoes |length1= 2:01 |title2= I'm Counting on You |length2= 2:24 |title3= I Got a Woman |length3= 2:25 |title4= One Sided Love Affair |length4= 2:11 |title5= I Love You Because |length5= 2:40 |title6= Just Because |length6= 2:33 |title7= Tutti Frutti |length7= 1:59 |title8= Trying to Get to You |length8= 2:33 |title9= I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) |length9= 2:04 |title10= I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') |length10= 2:25 |title11= Blue Moon |length11= 2:43 |title12= Money Honey |length12= 2:36 |title13= Heartbreak Hotel |length13= 2:09 |title14= I Was the One |length14= 2:33 |title15= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |length15= 2:10 |title16= Shake, Rattle and Roll |length16= 2:27 |title17= My Baby Left Me |length17= 2:13 |title18= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |length18= 2:44 |title19= I Got a Woman |note19=Incomplete unknown [[take]] number |length19= 1:32 |title20= I Got a Woman |note20=Unknown take number |length20= 2:26 |title21= Heartbreak Hotel |note21=Incomplete take 4 |length21= 1:07 |title22= Heartbreak Hotel |note22=Take 5 |length22= 2:17 |title23= Heartbreak Hotel |note23=Take 6 |length23= 2:16 |title24= Money Honey |note24=Fragments |length24= 0:08 |title25= Money Honey |note25=Take 6 |length25= 0:24 |title26= Money Honey |note26=Incomplete take 10 |length26= 1:27 |title27= I'm Counting on You |note27=Take 1 |length27= 2:20 |title28= I'm Counting on You |note28=Take 13 |length28= 2:33 |title29= I'm Counting on You |note29=Incomplete take 14 |length29= 2:19 |title30= I Was the One |note30=Take 1 |length30= 0:13 |title31= I Was the One |note31=Take 2 – false start |length31= 0:11 |title32= I Was the One |note32=Take 2 |length32= 2:32 |title33= I Was the One |note33=Take 3 – false start |length33= 0:12 |title34= I Was the One |note34=Take 3- incomplete |length34= 0:56 |title35= I Was the One |note35=Take 7a – not master |length35= 2:41 |title36= I Was the One |note36=Incomplete unknown take |length36= 1:31}}
|-

| 36. || I Was the One (Incomplete Unknown Take) || 1:31
{{Track listing |headline=2006 FTD edition {{nobold|(Disc two)}} |note=yes |title1= I'm Counting on You |note1=Take 1 |length1= 0:37 |title2= I'm Counting on You |note2=Incomplete take 2 |length2= 1:35 |title3= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note3=Take 1 |length3= 2:40 |title4= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note4=Take 3 |length4= 2:21 |title5= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note5=Take 4 |length5= 2:17 |title6= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note6=Take 5 |length6= 2:20 |title7= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note7=Take 6 |length7= 2:19 |title8= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note8=Take 7 |length8= 1:52 |title9= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note9=Take 8 |length9= 0:59 |title10= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note10=Take 9 |length10= 2:16 |title11= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note11=Take 10 |length11= 2:27 |title12= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note12=Take 11 |length12= 0:13 |title13= Lawdy, Miss Clawdy |note13=Take 12 |length13= 2:20 |title14= Shake Rattle and Roll |note14=Take 1 |length14= 0:38 |title15= Shake Rattle and Roll |note15=Take 2 |length15= 2:34 |title16= Shake Rattle and Roll |note16=Take 3 |length16= 0:19 |title17= Shake Rattle and Roll |note17=Take 5 |length17= 0:47 |title18= Shake Rattle and Roll |note18=Take 6 |length18= 0:34 |title19= Shake Rattle and Roll |note19=Take 7 |length19= 2:41 |title20= Shake Rattle and Roll |note20=Take 8 |length20= 2:34 |title21= Shake Rattle and Roll |note21=Take 9 |length21= 0:20 |title22= Shake Rattle and Roll |note22=Take 10 |length22= 0:12 |title23= Shake Rattle and Roll |note23=Take 11 |length23= 0:14 |title24= Shake Rattle and Roll |note24=Take 12 |length24= 1:41 |title25= Shake Rattle and Roll |note25=Take 12 – undubbed, unedited master |length25= 2:36 |title26= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |length26= 0:07 |title27= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note27=Take 3 |length27= 3:05 |title28= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note28=Take 4 |length28= 2:56 |title29= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note29=Take 5 – fragment |length29= 0:14 |title30= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note30=Take 13 |length30= 2:57 |title31= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note31=Take 14 – incomplete |length31= 1:50 | 32. |title32= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note32=Take 15 |length32= 2:55 | 33. |title33= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note33=Take 16 |length33= 2:54 | 34. |title34= I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |note34=Take 17 |length34= 2:49 |title35= ''Don Davis Interviews Elvis Presley'' |length35= 3:53}}
|}


{{Track listing
====Disc Two====
| headline=2011 Legacy edition {{nobold|(Disc one)}}
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #FCFDFF; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
| title1 = Blue Suede Shoes
! Track || Song Title || Time
| length1 = 1:58
| title2 = I'm Counting on You
| length2 = 2:24
| title3 = I Got a Woman
| length3 = 2:23
| title4 = One Sided Love Affair
| length4 = 2:09
| title5 = I Love You Because
| length5 = 2:42
| title6 =Just Because
| length6 = 2:32
| title7 = Tutti Frutti
| length7 = 1:59
| title8 = Tryin' to Get to You
| length8 = 2:33
| title9 = I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
| length9 = 2:05
| title10 = I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')
| length10 = 2:25
| title11 = Blue Moon
| length11 = 2:43
| title12 = Money Honey
| length12 = 2:36
| title13 = Heartbreak Hotel
| length13 = 2:08
| title14 = I Was the One
| length14 = 2:34
| title15 = My Baby Left Me
| length15 = 2:12
| title16 = Lawdy Miss Clawdy
| length16 = 2:08
| title17 = Shake, Rattle and Roll
| length17 = 2:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline=2011 Legacy edition {{nobold|(Disc two)}}
| title1 = [[Rip It Up (Little Richard song)|Rip It Up]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Robert Blackwell]]|[[John Marascalco]]}}
| length1 = 1:50
| title2 = [[Love Me (Leiber/Stoller song)|Love Me]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Jerry Leiber]]|[[Mike Stoller]]}}
| length2 = 2:41
| title3 = [[When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Gene Sullivan|Wiley Walker}}
| length3 = 2:18
| title4 = [[Long Tall Sally]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Blackwell|[[Enotris Johnson]]|[[Richard Penniman]]}}
| length4 = 1:51
| title5 = First in Line
| writer5 = {{hlist|[[Aaron Schroeder]]|[[Ben Weisman]]}}
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = [[Paralyzed (Elvis Presley song)|Paralyzed]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Otis Blackwell]]|Presley}}
| length6 = 2:18
| title7 = So Glad You're Mine
| writer7 = [[Arthur Crudup]]
| length7 = 2:18
| title8 = [[Old Shep]]
| writer8 = [[Red Foley]]
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = [[Ready Teddy]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|Blackwell|Marascalco}}
| length9 = 1:55
| title10 = Anyplace Is Paradise
| writer10 = Joe Thomas
| length10 = 2:26
| title11 = How's the World Treating You?
| writer11 = {{hlist|[[Chet Atkins]]|[[Boudleaux Bryant]]}}
| length11 = 2:23
| title12 = How Do You Think I Feel
| writer12 = {{hlist|[[Webb Pierce]]|Walker}}
| length12 = 2:10
| title13 = I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
| writer13 = {{hlist|Lou Kosloff|George Mysels}}
| length13 = 2:40
| title14 = [[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]
| writer14 = {{hlist|Leiber|Stoller}}
| length14 = 2:16
| title15 = [[Don't Be Cruel]]
| writer15 = {{hlist|Blackwell|Presley}}
| length15 = 2:30
| title16 = Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
| writer16 = {{hlist|Cliff Owens|Schroeder}}
| length16 = 2:13
| title17 = Too Much
| writer17 = {{hlist|Lee Rosenberg|Bernard Weinman}}
| length17 = 2:31
| title18 = Playing for Keeps
| writer18 = Stan Kesler
| length18 = 2:50
| title19 = [[Love Me Tender (song)|Love Me Tender]]
| writer19 = {{hlist|Vera Matson|Presley}}
| length19 = 2:41
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Elvis Presley]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[piano]] (on "Tryin' To Get to You")
* [[Scotty Moore]] – [[electric guitar]]
* [[Chet Atkins]] – acoustic guitar on "I'm Counting on You" and "Money Honey"
* [[Floyd Cramer]] – piano on January 10–11
* Shorty Long – piano on January 30–31
* [[Bill Black]] – [[double bass|bass]]
* [[D. J. Fontana]] – [[drum kit|drums]] except "I Love You Because," "Just Because," "[[Tryin' to Get to You]]," "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')," and "Blue Moon"
* Johnny Bernero – drums (on "Tryin' to Get to You")
* [[Gordon Stoker]] – [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Ben Speer]] – backing vocals
* [[Brock Speer]] – backing vocals
* [[Doug Poindexter]] – percussion/guitar on "Just Because"

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1956)
| 1. || I'm Counting on You (Take 1) || 0:37
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19561104|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2018|refname="ukalbum"}}
| 2. || I'm Counting on You (Incomplete Take 2) || 1:35
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|M|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7873993/beatles-jay-z-artists-most-number-1s-billboard-200|title=From The Beatles to Kanye West & Beyond: Artists With the Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Chart|date=June 10, 2018}}
| 3. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 1) || 2:40
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US Albums (''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'')<ref name="Cash">{{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Frank |last2=Albert |first2=George |title=The Cashbox Album Charts, 1955–1974 |year=1988 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-2005-0}}</ref>
| 4. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 3) || 2:21
| 1
|-
|-
| 5. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 4) || 2:17
|-
| 6. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 5) || 2:20
|-
| 7. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 6) || 2:19
|-
| 8. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 7) || 1:52
|-
| 9. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 8) || 0:59
|-
| 10. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 9) || 2:16
|-
| 11. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 10) || 2:27
|-
| 12. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 11) || 0:13
|-
| 13. || Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Take 12) || 2:20
|-
| 14. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 1) || 0:38
|-
| 15. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 2) || 2:34
|-
| 16. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 3) || 0:19
|-
| 17. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 5) || 0:47
|-
| 18. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 6) || 0:34
|-
| 19. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 7) || 2:41
|-
| 20. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 8) || 2:34
|-
| 21. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 9) || 0:20
|-
| 22. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 10) || 0:12
|-
| 23. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 11) || 0:14
|-
| 24. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 12) || 1:41
|-
| 25. || Shake Rattle and Roll (Take 12 - Undubbed, Unedited Master) || 2:36
|-
| 26. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You || 0:07
|-
| 27. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 3) || 3:05
|-
| 28. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 4) || 2:56
|-
| 29. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 5 - Fragment) || 0:14
|-
| 30. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 13) || 2:57
|-
| 31. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 14 - Incomplete) || 1:50
|-
| 32. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 15) || 2:55
|-
| 33. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 16) || 2:54
|-
| 34. || I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Take 17) || 2:49
|-
| 35. || Don Davis Interviews Elvis Presley || 3:53
|}
|}
{{col-2}}

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
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|align="left"|1956
|align="left"|"Blue Suede Shoes"
|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
|align="left"|20
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|align="left"|1956
|align="left"|"Money Honey"
|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
|align="left"|76
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Gold
|align="left"|[[November 1]] [[1966]]
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==See also==
==See also==
[[Classic Albums]]
*''[[Classic Albums]]''

==Notes==
{{reflist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
*Jorgenson, Ernst (1998). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music - The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-18572-3

*Elvis Presley Special Edition FTD CD Information: http://shop.elvis.com.au/prod1462.htm
;Sources
*Jorgenson, Ernst (1998). ''Elvis Presley: A Life in Music – The Complete Recording Sessions''. New York: St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|0-312-18572-3}}
*''Elvis Presley'' Special Edition FTD CD in depth review: http://www.elvisinfonet.com/ftdreview_ElvisPresleyDeluxe.html
*''Elvis Presley'' Special Edition FTD CD information: http://shop.elvis.com.au/prod1462.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517014400/http://shop.elvis.com.au/prod1462.htm |date=2014-05-17 }}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|107325|name=Elvis Presley}}
*[http://www.elvisrecords.us/lpm-1254-elvis-presley/ LPM-1254 Elvis Presley Guide] part of [http://www.elvisrecords.us The Elvis Presley Record Research Database]


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Elvis Presley
Studio album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedMarch 23, 1956
RecordedJuly 5, 1954 – January 31, 1956
Studio
Genre
Length28:03
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerSam Phillips (Sun recordings)
Stephen H. Sholes (RCA recordings)
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis Presley
(1956) 		Elvis
(1956)
Singles from Elvis Presley
  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
    Released: August 31, 1956[1]
  2. "I Got a Woman"
    Released: August 31, 1956[2]
  3. "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"
    Released: August 31, 1956[3]
  4. "I Love You Because"
    Released: August 31, 1956[4]
  5. "Just Because"
    Released: August 31, 1956[5]
  6. "Money Honey"
    Released: August 31, 1956[6]

Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll[7]) is the debut studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Victor, on March 23, 1956[8] (catalog number LPM-1254). The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10, 1954, and on July 11, 1955.[9]

The album spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts,[10] and the first million-selling album of that genre.[11] In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[12][13] and at number 332 in a 2020 revised list.[14] Elvis Presley was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[15] It was certified gold on November 1, 1966, and platinum on August 8, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America.[16]

The original 1956 UK release called Rock n' Roll on HMV Catalog Number: CLP 1093 has five different tracks.

Background

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By the second half of 1955, singles on Sun Records by Presley began making the national country and western singles chart, "Baby Let's Play House" and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" going to number 5 and number 1 respectively.[17] Colonel Tom Parker, the new manager of Presley, had extensive dealings with RCA Victor through his previous client, singer Eddy Arnold, especially with the head of the Country and Western and Rhythm and blues division, Steve Sholes.[18] At the urging of Parker, on November 21, 1955, Sholes bought Presley's contract from Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Records and Studio, for the unprecedented sum of $40,000.[19] Presley and rock and roll were still untested properties for the major labels in the music business, but this album, along with the number one single "Heartbreak Hotel", proved the selling power of both: it was the first RCA Victor pop album to earn more than $1,000,000,[11] and in 1956 it had sold over one million units.[11][20]

Content

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[21]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[22]
MusicHound[23]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[24]
Rough Guides[25]
Sputnikmusic5/5[26]

Presley made appearances in four consecutive weeks on the Dorsey Brothers television program Stage Show in early 1956, on January 28, February 4, February 11, and February 18.[27] RCA wanted an album in the stores fast to capitalize both on the nationwide TV exposure and the success of his first hit single on the pop charts with "Heartbreak Hotel", swiftly climbing to the top after its release on January 27. At the same time, there had only been two series of Presley recording sessions for RCA Victor by the end of the Dorsey stint, after which Presley and his band were back on the road. Those two sessions yielded an additional eleven tracks, almost enough to fill an entire LP, although some tracks had singles potential. In the 1950s, general practice dictated tracks having greater commercial potential to be released as singles, with tracks of lesser appeal placed on albums; as such, RCA Victor neither took all eleven tracks and simply made an album, nor placed the already released and briskly-selling "Heartbreak Hotel" on it. The rights to the Sun Studio tapes had transferred to RCA Victor with the sale of his contract, so five previously unreleased Sun songs, "I Love You Because", "Just Because", "Tryin' to Get to You", "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')", and "Blue Moon" were added to seven of the RCA Victor sessions tracks to bring the running time of the album up to an acceptable length.[11] Phillips produced the sessions at Sun, and no producer was officially listed for the RCA Victor sessions, leading to the belief that Presley himself produced them.[28]

As the Sun tracks were mostly country-styled, Elvis and RCA Victor leavened the selections with covers of recent rhythm and blues songs. Two of these, "Money Honey" by Jesse Stone, known to Elvis from a version by Clyde McPhatter, and Ray Charles' 1955 hit "I Got a Woman", had been in Presley's live act for a year.[29] A third was the frenetic announcement to the world of the existence of Little Richard in 1955, "Tutti Frutti". A rockabilly number that was believed to be a potential hit and could hold its own with the R&B material, "Blue Suede Shoes", was not initially released as a single from a promise by Sholes to Sam Phillips to protect the career of another Sun artist, Carl Perkins, the author of the song.[30] Instead, it was diverted into being the opening track on the album.

On August 31, 1956, RCA Victor took the unusual step of releasing the entire album as singles, which undoubtedly kept the new single released simultaneously, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" backed with "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", from reaching the charts. However, "Blue Suede Shoes", released in single form as a part of this experiment by RCA Victor, kept the promise to Phillips and Perkins by waiting over eight months since the song's release on Sun. It had however, been the lead song on two earlier EPs which sold well enough to make it to number 20 on the singles chart the week of April 28.[31]

Artwork

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The cover is ranked number 40 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest album covers, published in 1991.[32] The photograph of Elvis was taken at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 1955.[33] Initially, it was thought that Popsie Randolph took the image featured on the front cover, since the album only credited one photographer. However, in August 2002, Joseph A. Tunzi documented that the actual photographer was William V. "Red" Robertson of Robertson & Fresch. The Popsie credit attributed to the album only applied to a series of photos featured on the back cover, taken in New York City in early December 1955, shortly after Presley had signed with RCA Victor. Tunzi was quoted in the Tampa Tribune as saying, "Forget about Popsie. Popsie did not take that photo."[34]

The graphic and photo were also used on an EP and a double-EP comprising songs from this album, also released in March 1956.[35]

The design was echoed by the Clash for the front of their 1979 album London Calling; that cover is number 39 on the Rolling Stone list of 100 greatest album covers noted previously. Other acts of cover homage include F-Punk by Big Audio Dynamite in 1995, Reintarnation in 2006 by k.d. lang, Chumbawamba's controversial single "Tony Blair," and Cliff Richard’s 2018 album Rise Up.

Reissues

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RCA first reissued the original 12 track album on compact disc in 1984. This issue, in reprocessed (fake) stereo sound, was quickly withdrawn and the disc was reissued in original mono. In 1999, RCA reissued the album with an altered running order, adding on six bonus tracks from three non-album singles, including the chart-toppers "Heartbreak Hotel" and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You". In 2005, the album was reissued again, remastered using DSD technology with the six bonus tracks appended in standard fashion. A two-disc set was released on the Follow That Dream collectors label on August 15, 2006, with bonus tracks and numerous alternate takes.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Blue Suede Shoes"Carl PerkinsJanuary 30, 19562:00
2."I'm Counting on You"Don RobertsonJanuary 11, 19562:25
3."I Got a Woman"
January 10, 19562:25
4."One Sided Love Affair"Bill CampbellJanuary 30, 19562:11
5."I Love You Because"Leon PayneJuly 5, 19542:43
6."Just Because"
  • Bob Shelton
  • Joe Shelton
  • Sydney Robin
September 10, 19542:34
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Tutti Frutti"
January 31, 19561:59
2."Tryin' to Get to You"
July 11, 19552:31
3."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
January 31, 19562:01
4."I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"Jimmy WakelySeptember 10, 19542:24
5."Blue Moon"
August 19, 19542:40
6."Money Honey"Jesse StoneJanuary 10, 19562:35
UK edition - side one
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Suede Shoes" 
2."I Got a Woman" 
3."I'm Counting on You" 
4."I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" 
5."That's All Right" 
6."Money Honey" 
UK edition - side two
No.TitleLength
1."Mystery Train" 
2."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" 
3."Trying to Get to You" 
4."One Sided Love Affair" 
5."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" 
6."Shake, Rattle And Roll" 
1999 edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbreak Hotel"
2:08
2."I Was the One"
2:34
3."Blue Suede Shoes"Perkins1:58
4."I'm Counting on You"Robertson2:24
5."I Got a Woman"
  • Charles
  • Richard
2:23
6."One-sided Love Affair"Campbell2:09
7."I Love You Because"Payne2:42
8."Just Because"
  • B. Shelton
  • J. Shelton
  • Robin
2:32
9."Tutti Frutti"
  • LaBostrie
  • Penniman
1:58
10."Tryin' to Get to You"
  • McCoy
  • Singleton
2:31
11."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
  • Biggs
  • Thomas
2:01
12."I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"Wakely2:24
13."Blue Moon"
  • Rodgers
  • Lorenz Hart
2:31
14."Money Honey"Stone2:34
15."Shake, Rattle And Roll"Charles Calhoun2:37
16."Lawdy Miss Clawdy"Lloyd Price2:08
17."My Baby Left Me"Arthur Crudup2:12
18."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
  • Lou Kosloff
  • George Mysels
2:40
2006 FTD edition (Disc one)
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Suede Shoes"2:01
2."I'm Counting on You"2:24
3."I Got a Woman"2:25
4."One Sided Love Affair"2:11
5."I Love You Because"2:40
6."Just Because"2:33
7."Tutti Frutti"1:59
8."Trying to Get to You"2:33
9."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"2:04
10."I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"2:25
11."Blue Moon"2:43
12."Money Honey"2:36
13."Heartbreak Hotel"2:09
14."I Was the One"2:33
15."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"2:10
16."Shake, Rattle and Roll"2:27
17."My Baby Left Me"2:13
18."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"2:44
19."I Got a Woman" (Incomplete unknown take number)1:32
20."I Got a Woman" (Unknown take number)2:26
21."Heartbreak Hotel" (Incomplete take 4)1:07
22."Heartbreak Hotel" (Take 5)2:17
23."Heartbreak Hotel" (Take 6)2:16
24."Money Honey" (Fragments)0:08
25."Money Honey" (Take 6)0:24
26."Money Honey" (Incomplete take 10)1:27
27."I'm Counting on You" (Take 1)2:20
28."I'm Counting on You" (Take 13)2:33
29."I'm Counting on You" (Incomplete take 14)2:19
30."I Was the One" (Take 1)0:13
31."I Was the One" (Take 2 – false start)0:11
32."I Was the One" (Take 2)2:32
33."I Was the One" (Take 3 – false start)0:12
34."I Was the One" (Take 3- incomplete)0:56
35."I Was the One" (Take 7a – not master)2:41
36."I Was the One" (Incomplete unknown take)1:31
2006 FTD edition (Disc two)
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Counting on You" (Take 1)0:37
2."I'm Counting on You" (Incomplete take 2)1:35
3."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 1)2:40
4."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 3)2:21
5."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 4)2:17
6."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 5)2:20
7."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 6)2:19
8."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 7)1:52
9."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 8)0:59
10."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 9)2:16
11."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 10)2:27
12."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 11)0:13
13."Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" (Take 12)2:20
14."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 1)0:38
15."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 2)2:34
16."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 3)0:19
17."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 5)0:47
18."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 6)0:34
19."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 7)2:41
20."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 8)2:34
21."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 9)0:20
22."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 10)0:12
23."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 11)0:14
24."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 12)1:41
25."Shake Rattle and Roll" (Take 12 – undubbed, unedited master)2:36
26."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"0:07
27."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 3)3:05
28."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 4)2:56
29."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 5 – fragment)0:14
30."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 13)2:57
31."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 14 – incomplete)1:50
32."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 15)2:55
33."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 16)2:54
34."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Take 17)2:49
35."Don Davis Interviews Elvis Presley"3:53
2011 Legacy edition (Disc one)
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Suede Shoes"1:58
2."I'm Counting on You"2:24
3."I Got a Woman"2:23
4."One Sided Love Affair"2:09
5."I Love You Because"2:42
6."Just Because"2:32
7."Tutti Frutti"1:59
8."Tryin' to Get to You"2:33
9."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"2:05
10."I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')"2:25
11."Blue Moon"2:43
12."Money Honey"2:36
13."Heartbreak Hotel"2:08
14."I Was the One"2:34
15."My Baby Left Me"2:12
16."Lawdy Miss Clawdy"2:08
17."Shake, Rattle and Roll"2:37
2011 Legacy edition (Disc two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rip It Up"
1:50
2."Love Me"
2:41
3."When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"
  • Gene Sullivan
  • Wiley Walker
2:18
4."Long Tall Sally"
1:51
5."First in Line"
3:21
6."Paralyzed"
2:18
7."So Glad You're Mine"Arthur Crudup2:18
8."Old Shep"Red Foley4:10
9."Ready Teddy"
  • Blackwell
  • Marascalco
1:55
10."Anyplace Is Paradise"Joe Thomas2:26
11."How's the World Treating You?"
2:23
12."How Do You Think I Feel"
2:10
13."I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
  • Lou Kosloff
  • George Mysels
2:40
14."Hound Dog"
  • Leiber
  • Stoller
2:16
15."Don't Be Cruel"
  • Blackwell
  • Presley
2:30
16."Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)"
  • Cliff Owens
  • Schroeder
2:13
17."Too Much"
  • Lee Rosenberg
  • Bernard Weinman
2:31
18."Playing for Keeps"Stan Kesler2:50
19."Love Me Tender"
  • Vera Matson
  • Presley
2:41

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[39] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "I Got A Woman - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ "I'll Never Let You Go | Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ "I Love You Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Just Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Money Honey - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America.
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  10. ^ Billboard, v. 108, Nr. 21, p. 106, May 25, 1996, retrieved on September 13, 2012
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  21. ^ AllMusic review
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  27. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley, A Life In Music. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; ISBN 0-312-18572-3, p. 41
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  31. ^ Billboard April 28, 1956, p. 42
  32. ^ "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers". RateYourMusic.
  33. ^ "Armory shook up history of Tampa" – The Tampa Tribune, Dec. 11, 2011 Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ Tampa Tribune, Steven M. Weaver, August 16, 2002, Greg Williams, Forever Elvis In Tampa
  35. ^ Elvis 1956 Discography. sergeant.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
  36. ^ "From The Beatles to Kanye West & Beyond: Artists With the Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Chart". June 10, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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