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A Retrospective: 1953-1959 Elvis Presley

This page focuses on the below compilations, which cover Elvis Presley’s career from 1953 to 1959. Check out the Elvis Presley Retrospective: 1954-1977 page for a full career overview. There are also links to other Elvis’ pages at the bottom of this page. Compilations: G1 Golden Records (1954-57, released 1958) G2 Golden Records Vol. 2: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (1958-59, released 1959) K King of Rock and Roll: The Complete ‘50s Masters (1953-59, released 1992) These compilations cover the studio albums listed below. Links connect to DMDB pages dedicated to those albums. The raised letter codes listed after songs indicate apperances on any of these compilations (see codes above). Appearing after song titles are the writers in italicized parentheses, the time of the song in brackets, and, when relevant, the date the song was released as a single and its peaks on various charts. Click for codes to singles charts. The Studio Albums: 1 The Sun Sessions (archives: 1954-55, released 1975) 2 Elvis Presley (aka “Rock ‘N’ Roll” in the UK) (1956) 3 Elvis (1956) 4 For LP Fans Only (archives: 1954-57, released 1959) 5 Loving You (soundtrack, 1957) 6 Christmas Album (1957) 7 A Date with Elvis (archives: 1954-57, released 1959) 8 King Creole (soundtrack, 1958) Note: If a song is noted with a number and an “x” (such as 2x), that means the song is an added bonus track to the album upon its CD release. The Sun Sessions (recorded 1954-55, released 1975): That’s All Right (Arthur Crudup) [1:55] (recorded 7/5/54, released 7/19/54, 3 UK, sales: 0.5 m) 1, 4, G1x, KR Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) [2:04] (recorded 7/7/54, released 7/19/54) 1, 7, KR I Love You Because (Leon Payne) [2:41] (recorded 7/5/54) 1, 2, KR Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) [2:40] (recorded 8/19/54, released 9/29/56, 55 US, 9 UK) 1, 2, KR I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (Mack David) [2:28] (recorded 9/10/54, released 9/54, 74 US, 23 UK) 1, KR Good Rockin’ Tonight (Roy Brown) [2:14] (recorded 9/10/54, released 9/25/54) 1, 7, KR I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) (Wakely) [2:22] (recorded 9/10/54) 1, 2, KR Just Because (Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton) [2:31] (recorded 9/10/54) 1, 2, KR Milk Cow Blues Boogie (Kokomo Arnold) [2:39] (recorded 11/12/54, released 12/28/54) 1, 7, KR You’re a Heartbreaker (Jack Sallee) [2:12] (recorded 11/12/54, released 12/28/54) 1, KR I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (Stan Kesler, William Taylor) [2:36] (recorded 3/5/55, released 4/10/55, 21 UK) 1, 4, KR Baby Let’s Play House (Arthur Gunter) [2:17] (recorded 2/5/55, released 4/10/55, 5 US) 1, 7, G1x, KR Mystery Train (Herman Parker Jr., Sam Phillips) [2:24] (recorded 7/11/55, released 8/6/55, 25 UK, 11 CW) 1, 4, G1x, KR I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Stan Kesler, Charlie Feathers) (recorded 7/21/55, released 9/17/55, 1 CW) 1, 7, KR Trying to Get to You (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) [2:32] (recorded 7/21/55, 9/8/56, 16 UK) 1, 2, KR Elvis Presley (1956): Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) [2:08] (recorded 1/10/56, released 1/27/56, 1 US, 2 UK, 3 RB, 1 CW, sales: 2 million, airplay: 2 million) 2x, G1, KR I Got a Woman (Charles/ Richards) [2:23] (recorded 1/10/56) 2, KR Money Honey (Stone) [2:33] (recorded 1/10/56, 5/1/56, 76 US) 2, KR I Was the One (Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder) [2:34] (recorded 1/11/56, released 1/27/56, 19 US, 8 CW) 2x, 4, G1x, KR I’m Counting on You (Robertson) [2:22] (recorded 1/11/56) 2, KR Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins) [1:59] (recorded 1/30/56, released 4/7/56, 20 US, 39 UK, sales: ½ million) 2, KR One-Sided Love Affair (Campbell) [2:10] (recorded 1/30/56) 2, KR My Baby Left Me (Arthur Crudup) [2:11] (recorded 1/30/56, released 5/4/56, 31 US, 19 UK, 13 CW) 2x, 4, G1x, KR Tutti Frutti (LaBostrie/ Little Richard) [1:57] (recorded 1/31/56) 2, KR I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (Biggs/ Thomas) [2:01] (recorded 1/31/56) 2, KR Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price) [2:08] (recorded 2/3/56, released 11/8/57, 15 UK) 2x, 4, KR Shake, Rattle and Roll (Charles Calhoun) [2:37] (recorded 2/3/56) 2x, 4, KR I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Kosloff/ Mysels) [2:40] (recorded 4/14/56, released 5/12/56, 1 US, 14 UK, 3 RB, 1 CW, sales: 1 million) 2x, G1, KR Elvis (1956): So Glad You’re Mine (Arthur Crudup) [2:18] (recorded 1/30/56) 3, KR Hound Dog (Leiber/ Stoller) [2:15] (recorded 7/2/56, released 7/13/56, 1 US, 2 UK, 1 RB, sales: 4 million) 3x, G1, KR Don’t Be Cruel (Blackwell/ Presley) [2:03] (recorded 7/2/56, released 7/13/56, 1 US, 24 UK, 1 RB, 1 CW, sales: 4 million, airplay: 4 million) 3x, G1, KR Any Way You Want Me That’s How I Will Be (Cliff Owens, Aaron Schroeder) [2:16] (recorded 7/2/56, released 9/28/56, 20 US, 12 RB) 3x, G1, KR Love Me Tender (Maston/ Presley) [2:42] (recorded 8/24/56, released 9/28/56, 1 US, 11 UK, 3 RB, 3 CW, sales: 3 million, airplay: 3 million) 3x, G1, KR Playing for Keeps (Stan Kesler) [2:50] (recorded 9/1/56, released 1/26/57, 21 US, 8 CW) 3x, 4, G2x, KR Love Me (Leiber/ Stoller) [2:44] (recorded 9/1/56, released 10/19/56, 2 US, 7 RB, 10 CW) 3, G1, KR How Do You Think I Feel (Webb Pierce, Wiley Walker) [2:10] (recorded 9/1/56) 3, KR How’s the World Treating You (Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) [2:23] (recorded 9/1/56) 3, KR Paralyzed (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) [2:24] (recorded 9/2/56, released 10/19/56, 59 US, 8 UK) 3, G2x, KR When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again [2:18] (recorded 9/2/56, released 10/19/56, 19 US) 3, KR Long Tall Sally (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman) [1:51] (recorded 9/2/56) 3, KR Old Shep (Red Foley, Arthur Williams) [4:10] (recorded 9/2/56, released 12/56, 47 US) 3, KR Too Much (Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman) [2:32] (recorded 9/2/56, released 1/4/57, 1 US, 6 UK, 3 RB, 3 CW, sales: 1 million) 3x, G1, KR Anyplace is Paradise (Joe Thomas) [2:26] (recorded 9/2/56) 3, KR Ready Teddy (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) [1:55] (recorded 9/3/56) 3, KR Rip It Up (Robert Blackwell, John Maraascalo) [1:50] (recorded 9/3/56, 10/56, 27 UK) 3, KR First in Line (Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman) [3:21] (recorded 9/3/56) 3, KR For LP Fans Only (archives: 1954-57, released 1959): Poor Boy (Vera Matson, Presley) [2:13] (recorded 8/24/56) 4, KR Loving You (soundtrack, 1957): The CD reissue also included alternate versions of “Party,” “Loving You,” and “Got a Lot O’ Lovin’ to Do.” Tell Me Why (Titus Turner) [2:05] (recorded 1/12/57) 5x, KR Got a Lot O’ Livin’ to Do (Schroeder/ Weisman) [2:33] (recorded 1/12/57, charted 7/1/57, 17 UK) 5, G2x, KR Mean Woman Blues (Claude Demetrius) [2:11] (recorded 1/13/57) 5, G2x, KR Blueberry Hill (Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock) [2:39] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Scotty Greene Wisemen [2:32] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Is It So Strange (Faron Young) [2:28] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5x, 7, KR Party (Jessie Mae Robinson) [1:28] (recorded 1/21/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Lonesome Cowboy (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) [3:02] (recorded 1/15/57) 5, KR Hot Dog Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:17] (recorded 1/18/57) 5, KR One Night of Sin (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman) [2:35] (recorded 1/24/57) 5x, KR Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) [1:47] (recorded 1/24/57, released 6/11/57, 1 US, 3 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 5 million) 5, G1, KR Don’t Leave Me Now (Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman) [1:58] (recorded 2/23/57, released 7/1/57) 5, KR I Beg of You (Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens) [1:50] (recorded 2/23/57, released 1/7/58) 5x, KR True Love (Cole Porter) [2:08] (recorded 2/23/57) 5, KR I Need You So (Ivory Joe Hunter) [2:40] (recorded 2/23/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Loving You (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:15] (recorded 2/24/57, released 6/11/57, 20 US, 24 UK, 15 CW) 5, G1, KR When It Rains, It Really Pours (William Emerson) [1:47] (recorded 2/24/57, released 8/10/65) 5x, KR Christmas Album (1957): I Believe (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) [2:05] (recorded 1/12/57) 6, KR There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me (Thomas A. Dorsey) (recorded 1/13/57, released 4/1/57, 25 US) 6, KR Take My Hand Precious Lord (Thomas A. Dorsey) [3:16] (recorded 1/13/57, released 4/57) 6, KR It Is No Secret What God Can Do (Stuart Hamblen) [3:53] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 6, KR Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) (recorded 9/5/57, 12/3/64, 11 UK, 55 CW, sales: 1 million) 6, KR White Christmas (Irving Berlin) [2:23] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman) [1:54] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR Silent Night (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) [2:23] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR O Little Town of Bethlehem (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) [2:35] (recorded 9/7/57) 6, KR Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me (Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius) [1:54] (recorded 9/7/57, released 10/15/57, 7 UK) 6, G2x, KR Santa Claus Is Back in Town (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:22] (recorded 9/7/57, released 10/15/57, 41 UK) 6, G2x, KR I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) [1:53] (recorded 9/7/57) 6, KR A Date with Elvis (archives: 1954-57, released 1959): We’re Gonna Move (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [2:28] (recorded 8/24/56) 7, KR Young and Beautiful (Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver) [2:02] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR You’re So Square Baby I Don’t Care (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:51] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR I Want to Be Free (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:12] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR

Golden Records Elvis Presley

Released: March 21, 1958 Recorded: 1956-1958 Peak: 3 US, 2 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 0.06 UK, 10.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Tracks: (1) Hound Dog (2) Loving You (3) All Shook Up (4) Heartbreak Hotel (5) Jailhouse Rock (6) Love Me (7) Too Much (8) Don’t Be Cruel (9) That’s When Your Heartache Begins (10) Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (11) Love Me Tender (12) Treat Me Nice (13) Anyway You Want Me That’s How I Will Be (14) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Total Running Time: 32:03

Rating: 4.862 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Awards:

About Golden Records: “This was rock & roll’s first greatest-hits album, and it set the standard for all others to follow. As originally conceived, it was a 14-song collection of most of the King’s biggest hits up to that time, released on the eve of his start of military service – a dearth of material being in the offing, it seemed only logical to assemble these hits. Each of the 14 songs had earned a gold-record award for a million sales, a record unequaled at that time by anyone else in rock & roll. The album wasn’t intended as a history lesson, so Hound Dog and Loving You precede Heartbreak Hotel – the 1997 remastering also tampers with the concept a bit, adding six bonus tracks.” BE “Elvis’ singing never sounded richer or more expressive, and one can fully appreciate in vivid detail the delicate nuances of his phrasing on songs like Too Much. On the downside, the remastering has made the sound so clean on some of the harder songs that some of the raw, ‘dirty’ ambience that characterized this stuff on the radio and the original 45s is lacking. Still, Scotty Moore’s groundbreaking lead guitar part on ‘Hound Dog’ and the Jordanaires’ backup singing never came through more sharply or cleanly, and the all-important rhythm section is almost up front in the mix.” BE “Those who own the first Elvis box from RCA, covering the ‘50s masters, may hesitate to pick up this or the other parts of this latest remastered series, but the sound has been upgraded one more level, and Golden Hits does give a bite-sized glimpse of where Elvis had come from and where he was going (for better or worse) musically on the eve of heading into the Army.” BE Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: All Shook Up (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) [1:57] (recorded 1/12/57, released 3/22/57, 1 US, 1 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 7 million, airplay: 2 million) G1 That’s When Your Heartache Begins (Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:21] (recorded 1/13/57, released 3/22/57, 58 US) G1 Jailhouse Rock (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:27] (recorded 4/30/57, released 9/24/57, 1 US, 1 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 9 million) G1, KR Treat Me Nice (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:10] (recorded 9/5/57, released 9/24/57, 18 US, 7 RB, 11 CW) G1, KR King Creole (soundtrack, 1958): The CD reissue of this album also included alternate takes of “King Creole,” “As Long As I Have You,” “Lover Doll,” “Steadfast, Loyal, and True,” “As Long As I Have You,” and “King Creole.” Danny (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:51] (recorded 2/11/58) 8x, KR Hard Headed Woman (Claude Demetrius) [1:53] (recorded 1/15/58, released 6/10/58, 1 US, 2 UK, 2 RB, 2 CW, sales: 1 million) 8, G2x, KR Trouble (Leiber/Stoller) [2:17] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR New Orleans (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) [1:59] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR Crawfish (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:49] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR Dixieland Rock (Aaron Schroeder, Rachel Frank) [1:46] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR Lover Doll (Sid Wayne, Abner Silver) [2:10] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR Don’t Ask Me Why (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [2:07] (recorded 1/16/58, 6/30/58, 25 US, 9 RB) 8, KR As Long As I Have You (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:49] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR King Creole (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:06] (recorded 1/23/58, released 9/19/58, 2 UK) 8, KR Young Dreams (Aaron Schroeder, Martin Kalmanoff) [2:22] (recorded 1/23/58) 8, KR Steadfast, Loyal and True (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:17] (recorded 2/11/58) 8, KR

Golden Records Vol. 2: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong Elvis Presley

Released: November 13, 1959 Recorded: 1957-1959 Peak: 31 US, 4 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Tracks: (1) I Need Your Love Tonight (2) Don’t (3) Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (4) My Wish Came True (5) I Got Stung (6) One Night (7) A Big Hunk O’ Love (8) I Beg of You (9) Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (10) Doncha’ Think It’s Time Total Running Time: 22:00

Rating: 4.159 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

About Golden Records 2: The initial release of Elvis’ second greatest-hits collection, Gold Records, Volume 2 (also known as 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong), featured singles released in 1958 and 1959, dating back to recording sessions from 1957. A reissue of the album added bonus tracks dating back to 1956. Among the songs were the #1 hits Don’t, Hard Headed Woman, and Big Hunk O’ Love and the top ten hits I Beg of You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, I Got Stung, One Night, I Need Your Love Tonight and Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: My Wish Came True (Ivory Joe Hunter) [2:33] (recorded 9/6/57, released 6/23/59, 12 US, 15 RB) G2, KR Don’t (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:48] (recorded 9/6/57, released 1/7/58, 1 US, 2 UK, 2 CW, 4 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR I Beg of You (Rose Marie McCoy, Cliff Owens) [1:50] (recorded 2/23/57, released 1/7/58, 8 US, 4 CW, 5 RB) G2 One Night (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman) [2:29] (recorded 2/23/57, released 10/21/58, 4 US, 1 UK, 24 CW, 10 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Bert Carroll, Moody Russell) [2:13] (recorded 2/1/58, released 4/1/58, 2 US, 3 UK, 3 CW, 1 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR Doncha’ Think It’s Time (Luther Dixon, Clyde Otis) [1:54] (recorded 2/1/58, released 4/1/58, 15 US, 10 RB) G2, KR I Got Stung (David Hill, Aaron Schroeder) [1:49] (recorded 6/11/58, released 10/21/58, 8 US, 1 UK) G2, KR Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) [2:36] (recorded 6/10/58, released 3/10/59, 2 US, 1 UK, 16 RB, sales: 5 million) G2, KR I Need Your Love Tonight (Bix Reichner, Sid Wayne) [2:04] (recorded 6/10/58, released 3/10/59, 4 US) G2, KR A Big Hunk O’ Love (Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche) [2:12] (recorded 6/10/58, released 6/23/59, 1 US, 4 UK, 10 RB, sales: 1 million) G2, KR

The King of Rock and Roll: The Complete ‘50s Masters Elvis Presley

Released: June 23, 1992 Recorded: 1953-1958 Peak: 159 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, -- UK, 2.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Disc 1: (1) My Happiness (2) That’s All Right (3) I Love You Because (4) Harbor Lights (5) Blue Moon of Kentucky (6) Blue Moon (7) Tomorrow Night (8) I’ll Never Let You Go (9) I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (10) Just Because (11) Good Rockin’ Tonight (12) Milkcow Blues Boogie (13) You’re a Heartbreaker (14) Baby Let’s Play House (15) I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (16) Mystery Train (17) I Forgot to Remember to Forget (18) Trying to Get to You (19) When It Rains, It Really Pours (20 I Got a Woman (21) Heartbreak Hotel (22) Money Honey (23) I’m Counting on You (24) I Was the One (25) Blue Suede Shoes (26) My Baby Left Me (27) One-Sided Love Affair (28) So Glad You're Mine (29) I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (30) Tutti Frutti Disc 2: (1) Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2) Shake, Rattle And Roll (3) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (4) Hound Dog (5) Don’t Be Cruel (6) Any Way You Want Me (7) We’re Gonna Move (8) Love Me Tender (9) Poor Boy (10) Let Me (11) Playing for Keeps (12) Love Me (13) Paralyzed (14) How Do You Think I Feel (15) How’s the World Treating You (16) When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (17) Long Tall Sally (18) Old Shep (19) Too Much (20) Anyplace Is Paradise (21) Ready Teddy (22) First In Line (23) Rip It Up (24) I Believe (25) Tell Me Why (26) Got a Lot O’ Livin’ to Do (27) All Shook Up (28) Mean Woman Blues (29) There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me Disc 3: (1) That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (2) Take My Hand, Precious Lord (3) It Is No Secret What God Can Do (4) Blueberry Hill (5) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (6) Is It So Strange (7) Party (8) Lonesome Cowboy (9) Hot Dog (10) One Night of Sin (11) Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (12) Don’t Leave Me Now (13) I Beg of You (14) One Night with You (15) True Love (16) I Need You So (17) Loving You (18) When It Rains, It Really Pours (19) Jailhouse Rock (20) Young and Beautiful (21) I Want to Be Free (22) You’re So Square, Baby I Don't Care (23) Don’t Leave Me Now (24) Blue Christmas (25) White Christmas (26) Here Comes Santa Claus (27) Silent Night (28) Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (29) Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me (30) Santa Claus Is Back in Town (31) I’ll Be Home for Christmas Disc 4: (1) Treat Me Nice (2) My Wish Came True (3) Don’t (4) Danny (5) Hard Headed Woman (6) Trouble (7) New Orleans (8) Crawfish (9) Dixieland Rock (10) Lover Doll (11) Don’t Ask Me Why (12) As Long As I Have You (13) King Creole (14) Young Dreams (15) Steadfast, Loyal and True (16) Doncha Think It’s Time (17) Your Cheatin’ Heart (18) Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (19) I Need Your Love Tonight (20) A Big Hunk O’ Love (21) Ain’t That Loving You Baby (22) Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (23) I Got Stung (24) Interview with Elvis Disc 5: (1) That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (2) Fool, Fool, Fool (3) Tweedle Dee (live) (4) Maybellene (live) (5) Shake, Rattle, and Roll (alternate) (6) Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate) (7) Blue Moon (alternate) (8) I’m Left, You’re Right, She's Gone (alternate) (9) Reconsider Baby (10) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Alternate) (11) Shake, Rattle, and Roll (alternate) (12) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (alternate Take) (13) Heartbreak Hotel (live) (14) Long Tall Sally (live) (15) Blue Suede Shoes (live) (16) Money Honey (live) (17) We’re Gonna Move (alternate) (18) Old Shep (alternate) (19) I Beg of You (alternate) (20) Loving You (slow version) (21) Loving You (uptempo version) (22) Young and Beautiful (alternate) (23) I Want to Be Free (alternate) (24) King Creole (alternate) (25) As Long As I Have You (alternate) (26) Ain't That Loving You Baby (fast version - take 11) Total Running Time: 5:39:29

Rating: 4.729 out of 5.00 (average of 19 ratings) Quotable: -- Awards:

About The King of Rock and Roll: This box set collected all of Elvis’ recordings from the 1950s, which included the albums The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Loving You, Christmas Album, and King Creole in their entirety. All of those cuts are listed above over the course of the page. Additional tracks, mostly from the fifth disc of the collection, are indicated below. In addition, all the songs featured on Elvis’ first two greatest-hits compilations, Golden Records and 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Gold Records Vol. 2, are included on this set. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: My Happiness (Betty Peterson Blasco, Borney Bergantine) [2:31] (recorded 7/18/53) KR That’s When Your Heartaches Begin Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:20] (recorded 7/18/53) KR Harbor Lights (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams) [2:35] (recorded 7/5/54) KR Tomorrow Night (Sam Coslow, Hugh Williams) [2:58] (recorded 9/10/54) KR Fool Fool Fool (Nugetre) [1:51] (recorded 1/6/55) KR Tweedle Dee (live) (Winfield Scott, LaVern Baker) [4/30/55] (recorded 4/30/55) KR Maybellene (live) (Chuck Berry) [8/20/55] KR When It Rains, It Really Pours (William Emerson) [2:01] (recorded 11/20/55) 5x, KR Let Me (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [recorded 8/24/56] KR Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulsom) [2:53] (recorded 4/12/56) KR Heartbreak Hotel (live) [2:54] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Long Tall Sally (live) [2:15] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Blue Suede Shoes (live) [4:59] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Money Honey (live) [2:34] (recorded 5/6/56) KR That’s When Your Heartaches Begin Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:20] (recorded 1/13/57, released 3/22/57, 58 US) KR Your Cheatin’ Heart (Hank Williams) [2:24] (recorded 2/1/58) KR Ain’t That Loving You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde Otis) [2:22] (recorded 6/10/58) KR Expanded Interview Segment [12:34] (recorded 9/22/58) KR Notes: Not listed above are the alternate versions of songs found on the fifth disc. Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia for Elvis Presley DMDB page for Elvis’ Retrospective: 1954-1977 DMDB page for Elvis: Box Sets DMDB page for Elvis: Studio and Soundtrack Recordings DMDB page for Elvis: Gospel and Christmas Recordings DMDB page for Elvis: Live Recordings AMG All Music Guide review of The King of Rock and Roll BE All Music Guide review of Golden Records by Bruce Eder