Elvis Presley: A Retrospective, 1960-1969

Elvis Presley A Retrospective: 1960-1969

Compilations: This page focuses on compilations covering Elvis Presley’s output in the 1960s. Check the Retrospective: 1954-1977 page for a full career overview which includes Elvis Presley links within and outside of this website, a list of his significant awards, G3 Golden Records Vol. 3 (1960-62) G4 Golden Records Vol. 4 (1958-67) NM From Nashville to Memphis (1960-69) If a code is followed with an “X” that means the song was added as a bonus track to a reissue of the album. Studio Albums/Soundtracks: These are the Elvis Presley studio albums and soundtracks covered on this page. Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

Elvis Is Back! Elvis Presley

Released: April 8, 1960 Peak: 2 US, 12 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.672 out of 5.00 (average of 17 ratings)

Tracks (original release): Make Me Know It [2:00] NM Fever [3:33] NM The Girl of My Best Friend (Beverly Ross, Sam Bobrick) [2:21] (recorded 4/3/60, released on album: 4/8/60, single: 9/4/76, 9 UK) G3x, NM, AC I Will Be Home Again [2:34] NM Dirty, Dirty Feeling [1:34] NM The Thrill of Your Love [3:01] NM Soldier Boy [3:06] NM Such a Night (Chase) [3:00] (7/25/64, 16 BB, 13 UK) NM, AC It Feels So Right [2:10] (6/19/65, 55 BB) NM The Girl Next Door Went A-Walking [2:13] NM Like a Baby (Stone) [2:40] NM, AC Reconsider Baby (Fulson) [3:40] NM, AC Tracks added to reissues: Stuck on You (Aaron Schroeder, S. Leslie McFarland) [2:18] (recorded 3/20/60, released 3/23/60, 1 US, 3 UK, 27 CW, 6 RB, sales: 2 million) G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 Fame and Fortune (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [2:30] (recorded 3/20/60, released 3/23/60, 17 US) G3, NM Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Handman/ Turk) [3:06] (11/14/60, 1 BB, 3 RB, 22 CW, 1 UK, sales: 2 million) G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 I Gotta Know (Paul Evans, Matt Williams) [2:15] (recorded 4/3/60, released 11/1/60, 20 BB) G3, NM It’s Now or Never (Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold) [3:15] (recorded 4/3/60, released 7/5/60, 1 US, 1 UK, 6 RB, sales: 22 million) G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 A Mess of Blues (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) [2:39] (recorded 3/20/60, released 7/5/60, 32 US, 2 UK) G4, NM, AC, 2N About the Album: Elvis Is Back! refered to the return of Elvis from his two-year army hitch. The exclamation point may have been as much for RCA Records as the fans; the archival releases For LP Fans Only and A Date with Elvis, as well as a second Gold Records compilation were released in Elvis’ absence. None of those graced the top 10 as had every official album to that point (Elvis Presley, Elvis, Loving You, Elvis’ Christmas Album, and King Creole). In fact, all but King Creole topped the charts (it peaked at #2), so the respective chart peaks of 19, 32, and 31 for the aforementioned interim albums certainly had to have RCA chomping at the bit for Elvis’ return. Elvis delivered with an album that “comes off better than on any of his other albums since arriving at RCA” (Eder). He sounds like “a musician as much as a ‘star’ (he’d always had a lot more to say about running his sessions than the critics who loathed his RCA years indicated).” AMG In regards to specific songs, “Dirty, Dirty Feeling and It Feels So Right showed he could still rock out and challenge authority and propriety, while Reconsider Baby and Like a Baby offer some of his best blues performances; but The Thrill of Your Love (a very gospel-tinged number), Soldier Boy, Girl of My Best Friend, and Girl Next Door Went a’ Walking, also displayed the rich, deep vocalizing that would challenge critics’ expectations of Elvis Presley playing rhythm guitar throughout.” AMG “The 1999 remastering of this classic album features the complete contents of the March 20, 1960, RCA Hollywood session plus the dawn-to-dusk April 2 Nashville session that rounded out the album, for a total of 18 songs, including the three singles and their B-sides from those sessions.” AMG Review Sources: AMG All Music Guide review by Bruce Eder

G.I. Blues (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: September 23, 1960 Peak: 110 US, 122 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.25 UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.462 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)

Tracks: Tonight Is So Right for Love [2:14] What's She Really Like [2:17] Frankfort Special [2:58] Wooden Heart (George Wise, Weisman) [2:02] (recorded 4/28/60, released 3/11/61, 2 UK, 5 million) G3x, 30 G.I. Blues [2:36] Pocketful of Rainbows [2:35] Shoppin’ Around [2:23] Big Boots [1:31] Didja’ Ever [2:36] Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins) [2:02] Doin’ the Best I Can [3:10] Bonus Tracks on Reissue: Tonight’s All Right for Love Big Boots [fast version] Shoppin’ Around [alternate take 11] Frankfort Special [fast version – take 2] Pocketful of Rainbows [alternate take 2] Didja’ Ever [alternate take 1] Big Boots [acoustic version] What’s She Really Like [alternate take 7] Doin’ the Best I Can [alternate take 9] About the Album: Read more on the DMDB page for this album.

His Hand in Mine (gospel) Elvis Presley

Released: November 10, 1960 Peak: 13 US, 3 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: gospel Rating: 3.333 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings)

Tracks: His Hand in Mine I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs In My Father’s House Milky White Way (3/66, --) Known Only to Him I Believe in the Man in the Sky Joshua Fit the Battle (3/66, –) He Knows Just What I Need Swing Down Sweet Chariot Mansion Over the Hilltop If We Never Meet Again Working on the Building It Is No Secret * You’ll Never Walk Alone (4/20/68, 90 US, 44 UK, 73 CW) * Who Am I * About the Album: * Added as a bonus track to the 2003 reissue. In 2008, another reissue kept the original 12 songs along with “It Is No Secret” and added “There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me,” “I Believe,” and “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” Those four songs comprised the 1957 EP Peace in the Valley and were on Elvis’ Christmas Album later that year. In 1994, this album was packaged along with Elvis’ two other gospel albums and some bonus tracks on the double-disc Amazing Grace. In 2000, the three albums were repackaged again, along with bonus tracks, on the box set Peace in the Valley – The Complete Gospel Recordings. “From rock & roll firebrand to pop crooner to gospel believer, Elvis’ career went in many directions that his earliest critics could hardly have believed. Was it heresy or conversion or commercialism that had caused Elvis the Pelvis to record a gospel EP in 1957, and then a full LP in 1960, just months after he returned from his Army stint? The answer was, of course, none of the above. What the critics didn’t understand was that Elvis wasn’t just a cultural phenomenon but a cultural chameleon, a vocalist who took in a range of influences – from Big Mama Thornton to Dean Martin to the Statesmen – without ever considering the possibility of a contradiction. The same teenager who couldn’t stop listening to black R&B was also in attendance at each one of the monthly gospel singing meetings held in Memphis during the early ‘50s – and the teenage Presley was well-known to Jake Hess and the Statesmen for his exuberance and innumerable questions about the technical side of gospel quartet singing.” AMG “Several years after his first rock success, during a single late-night-and-early-morning session in October, 1960, Presley recorded the material for his first full gospel LP, His Hand in Mine. Combining the spiritual force and the physical release he’d experienced from the best gospel singing, Elvis revealed himself as an all-time-great gospel singer, someone who had energy to spare (hardly a surprise) but also immense reserves of control and precision (a rarer commodity among rock & roll singers). Most of the songs were standards from the Statesmen, Blackwood Brothers, and other classic quartets Elvis loved, and represents some of the best ballad singing of his career – after all, it was recorded at the peak of his balladic powers, a time when ‘It’s Now or Never’ and ‘Fame and Fortune’ had not yet given way to ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love.’ He’s fantastic serving as the lead voice in a group vocal – years of advice from the best had paid off – and he shows off his excellent high-tenor singing in a range of situations (tender on Known Only to Him, playful on I Believe in the Man in the Sky). His Hand in Mine isn’t just one of Elvis’ best LPs, it’s one of the best (and best-recorded) gospel sessions of all time.” AMG Review Sources: AMG All Music Guide review by John Bush

Something for Everybody Elvis Presley

Released: June 17, 1961 Peak: 13 US, 2 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Genre: -- Rating: 3.248 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: Surrender (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) [1:52] (recorded 10/30/60, released 2/7/61, 1 US, 2 UK, sales: 6 million) * G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 There’s Always Me [2:18] NM Give Me the Right [2:34] NM It's a Sin [2:41] NM Sentimental Me [2:32] NM Starting Today [2:06] NM Gently [2:17] NM I’m Coming Home [2:22] NM In Your Arms [1:52] NM Put the Blame on Me [1:58] NM Judy [2:13] NM I Want You with Me [2:14] NM I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis) [2:54] (recorded 3/12/61, released 5/2/61, 5 US, 15 RB, 4 UK) * G3, NM, TT, 2N Marie’s the Name of His Latest Flame (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) [2:08] (recorded 6/25/61, released 8/8/61, 4 US, 3 UK, 2 AC, sales: 1 million) * G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 Little Sister (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) [2:31] (recorded 6/25/61, released 8/8/61, 5 US, 1 UK) * G3, NM, TT, AC, 2N Good Luck Charm (Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold) [2:24] (recorded 10/15/61, released 2/27/62, 1 US, 2 UK, sales: 5 million) * G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 Anything That’s Part of You (Don Robertson) [2:05] (recorded 10/15/61, released 2/27/62, 31 US, 6 AC) * G3, NM, AC I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell [1:33] * bonus tracks added to CD reissue About the Album: “Elvis Presley’s third non-soundtrack, post-Army album is, in many ways, his most interesting from those years, though nowhere near his best. Something for Everybody offers a tamer body of songs than Elvis Is Back!, but also shows the effect of Presley’s maturation – his voice is better than ever, and this is reflected in the arrangements, most of which are closer in spirit to the finely crafted pop symphonies of Roy Orbison than they are to any of Presley’s earlier work. His ballad performances are impeccable, displaying a richness of intonation and delicacy of nuance that is downright seductive.” AMG “Rather less successful are the rockers, including I’m Coming Home, Judy, and Put the Blame on Me, which show a cooling of some of the white heat that Presley used to generate on the rhythm numbers. The one moment where the old Elvis Presley manifests himself is I Want You with Me, a shouter that’s only missing maybe a Gene Vincent-style scream or two from the backing band on the choruses.” AMG “The 1999 remastered edition of the album is augmented with six extra tracks that turn that version of Something for Everybody into a much harder rocking record, with rhythm numbers like I Feel So Bad, (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame, and Little Sister that generally are far more successful than those on the original LP. Even at 18 songs, the remastered version only runs 40 minutes, but the skimpy running time is dominated by a brace of beautifully sung ballads and the sound of Elvis as a maturing but still exciting rocker.” AMG Review Sources: AMG All Music Guide review by Bruce Eder

Blue Hawaii (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: October 1, 1961 Peak: 120 US, 118 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 3.0 US Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.578 out of 5.00 (average of 20 ratings)

Tracks: Blue Hawaii [2:36] Almost Always True [2:25] Aloha Oe [1:53] No More [2:22] Can’t Help Falling in Love (George Weiss, Hugo Perett, Luigi Creatore) [2:59] (recorded 3/23/61, released 11/22/61, 2 US, 1 AC, sales: 2 million) G3x, TT, AC, 30 Rock-A-Hula Baby (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller) [1:57] (recorded 3/23/61, released 10/1/61, 23 US, 1 UK, sales: 0.8 million G4x, 2N Moonlight Swim [2:20] Ku-U-I-Po [2:22] It Eats [1:23] Slicin' Sand [1:36] Hawaiian Sunset [2:32] Beach Boy Blues [2:03] Island of Love [2:41] Hawaiian Wedding Song [2:48] About the Album: Read more on the DMDB page for this album.

Flaming Star/Wild in the Country/Follow That Dream (soundtrack EPs) Elvis Presley

Released: 1995 Covers:April 1961 to May 1962 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.287 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)

Tracks: Flaming Star Summer Kisses, Winter Tears Britches A Cane and a High Starched Collar Black Star Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (movie version, previously unreleased) Flaming Star (previously unreleased, end title version) Wild in the Country (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore) [1:52] (recorded 11/7/60, released 5/2/61, 26 US, 4 UK, sales: 1 million) G3x I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell Lonely Man (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) [2:43] (recorded 11/7/60, released 2/7/61, 32 US) G4 In My Way Forget Me Never Lonely Man (solo) I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell (previously unreleased, alternate master) Follow That Dream (George Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:37] (recorded 7/2/61, released 4/1/62, 15 US, 5 AC, sales: 2 million) G3x Angel What a Wonderful Life (mono) I’m Not the Marrying Kind (mono) A Whistling Tune Sound Advice (mono) About the Album: The soundtracks for Flaming Star (4/61), Wild in the Country (1961), and Follow That Dream (1962) were combined on this CD reissue. None of the three films originally warranted enough new music for a soundtrack, so this collection gathers the material for all three.

Pot Luck Elvis Presley

Released: June 1962 Peak: 4 US, 16 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.243 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Kiss Me Quick [2:49] NM Just for Old Time Sake [2:10] NM Gonna Get Back Home Somehow [2:30] NM I Met Her Today [2:44] * NM Such an Easy Question [2:21] NM She’s Not You (Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:08] (recorded 3/19/62, released 7/17/62, 5 US, 3 UK, 2 AC, 13 RB, sales: 1 million) G3, NM, TT, AC, 30 I'm Yours [2:22] NM You'll Be Gone [2:26] * NM Something Blue [3:00] NM Suspicion [2:35] NM I Feel That I've Known You Forever [1:41] NM Night Rider [2:10] NM For the Millionth Time and the Last Time [2:08] * NM Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:52] (recorded 3/19/62, released 7/17/62, 55 US, 14 AC) G4, NM Fountain of Love [2:15] NM That's Someone You Never Forget (Presley/West) [2:50] NM, AC Steppin' Out of Line [1:52] About the Album: * Bonus tracks from CD reissue. The tracks listed above are also available on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters, except for “Steppin’ Out of Line,” which is on the Blue Hawaii soundtrack.

Girls! Girls! Girls! (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: November 1962 Peak: 3 US, 2 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.985 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks (Kid Galahad): King of the Whole Wide World (Ruth Batchelor, Bob Roberts) [2:06] (recorded 10/27/61, released 9/22/62, 30 US) * G3x This Is Living Riding the Rainbow Home Is Where the Heart Is I Got Lucky A Whistling Tune Tracks (Girls! Girls! Girls!): Girls, Girls, Girls! [2:30] I Don´t Wanna Be Tied [2:05] Where Do You Come From [2:05] I Don´t Want To [2:39] We´ll Be Together [2:14] A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You [2:17] Earth Boy [2:20] Return to Sender (Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott) [2:06] (recorded 3/27/62, released 10/2/62, 2 US, 5 UK, 5 RB, sales: 5 million) G4x, TT, AC, 30 Because of Love [2:30] Thanks to the Rolling Sea [1:28] Song of the Shrimp [2:18] The Walls Have Ears [2:29] We´re Coming in Loaded [1:20] Tracks (bonus tracks on reissue>): Mama Plantation Rock Dainty Little Moonbeams Girls! Girls! Girls! (end title version) About the Album: The CD reissue combined the EP soundtrack for Kid Galahad with the soundtrack for Girls! Girls! Girls!. There are also other bonus tracks.

Golden Records Vol. 3 (compilation) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1960-1962 Released: August 11, 1963 Peak: 3 US, 6 UK, 79 CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll Rating: 4.166 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Tracks: (1) It’s Now or Never (2) Stuck on You (3) Fame and Fortune (4) I Gotta Know (5) Surrender (6) I Feel So Bad (7) Are You Lonesome Tonight? (8) Marie’s the Name His Latest Flame (9) Little Sister (10) Good Luck Charm (11) Anything That’s Part of You (12) She’s Not You About the Album: Elvis’ third Golden Records collection compiled singles from 1960 to 1962 – eight A-sides and four B-sides. Five of the singles went to #1: Stuck on You, It’s Now or Never, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Surrender, and Good Luck Charm. WK3 “It’s Now or Never” was adapted from “the 1898 Neapolitan song ‘O Sole Mio,’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight,’ a ballad from 1926, had been a rare request from [Elvis’ manager, Tom] Parker to Presley for Parker’s wife.” WK

It Happened at the World’s Fair (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: April 1963 Peak: 4 US, 4 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.782 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: Beyond the Bend [1:50] Relax [2:18] Take Me to the Fair [1:34] They Remind Me Too Much of You [2:30] One Broken Heart for Sale (film version) [2:24] * I'm Falling in Love Tonight [1:40] Cotton Candy Land [1:33] A World of Our Own [2:14] How Would You Like to Be? [3:26] Happy Ending [2:08] One Broken Heart for Sale [1:50] About the Album: It Happened at the World’s Fair was paired with the soundtrack for Fun in Acapulco on this CD reissue.

Fun in Acapulco (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: November 1963 Peak: 3 US, 9 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.100 out of 5.00 (average of 8 ratings)

Tracks: Fun in Acapulco [2:30] Vino, Dinero Y Amor [1:54] Mexico [1:59] El Toro [2:41] Marguerita [2:40] The Bullfighter Was a Lady [2:02] There's No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car [1:50] I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here [2:51] Bossa Nova Baby (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:02] (recorded 1/22/63, released 10/1/63, 8 US, 20 RB, 13 UK, sales: 1 million) G4x, TT, 2N You Can't Say No in Acapulco [1:53] Guadalajara [2:42] About the Album: It Happened at the World’s Fair was paired with the soundtrack for Fun in Acapulco on this CD reissue.

Kissin’ Cousins (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: April 1964 Peak: 6 US, 5 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.899 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Kissin’ Cousins (Fred Wise, Randy Starr) [2:12] (recorded 9/30/63, released 2/10/64, 12 US, 10 UK) G4x Smokey Mountain Boy [2:52] There's Gold in the Mountains [1:53] One Boy, Two Little Girls [2:30] Catchin' on Fast[ 2:32] Tender Feeling Anyone Could Fall in Love with You [2:25] Barefoot Ballad [3:08] Once is Enough [2:15] Echoes of Love [2:37] *NM (It's a) Long Lonely Highway [2:18] *NM About the Album: * These songs were on the original soundtrack, but moved to the From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters box for CD reissues. Kissin’ Cousins was combined with the soundtrack of Clambake and the EP soundtrack for Stay Away, Joe (see Clambake for that listing) on this CD reissue as part of RCA’s Double Features series.

Roustabout (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: November 1964 Peak: 11 US, 12 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.529 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Viva Las Vegas (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) [2:21] (recorded 7/10/63, released 3/12/64, 29 US, 15 UK, sales: 1 million) * G4x, 2N If You Think I Don’t Need You * I Need Somebody to Lean On * You’re the Boss * What’d I Say (Ray Charles) [3:02] (recorded 8/30/63, released 4/28/64, 21 US) * G4 Do the Vega * C’mon Everybody * The Lady Loves Me * Night Life * Today, Tomorrow, and Forever * Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas * Santa Lucia * Roustabout [1:57] Little Egypt [2:17] Poison Ivy League [2:01] Hard Knocks [1:42] It's a Wonderful World [1:48] Big Love, Big Heartache [1:58] One Track Heart [2:15] It's Carnival Time [1:30] Carny Town [1:09] There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon [2:00] Wheels on My Heels [1:19] About the Album: * These are bonus tracks from the Viva Las Vegas single and EP as well as other bonus tracks recorded around the same time (7/63). They were added to the soundtrack for Roustabout on the CD reissue.

Girl Happy (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: April 1965 Peak: 8 US, 8 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.835 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Girl Happy Spring Fever Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Startin' Tonight Wolf Call Do Not Disturb Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Meanest Girl in Town Do the Clam Puppet on a String I've Got to Find My Baby About the Album: As part of RCA’s Double Features series, the soundtrack for Girl Happy was paired with the soundtrack for Harum Scarum on the CD reissue.

Harum Scarum (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: October 1965 Peak: 8 US, 11 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.094 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Tracks: Harem Holiday [2:16] My Desert Serenade [1:45] Go-East Young Man [2:25] Mirage [2:24] Kismet [2:11] Shake That Tambourine [2:00] Hey Little Girl [2:18] Golden Coins [1:55] So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) [2:54] Animal Instinct [2:10] Wisdom of the Ages [1:58] About the Album: As part of RCA’s Double Features series, the soundtrack for Girl Happy was paired with the soundtrack for Harum Scarum on the CD reissue.

Frankie and Johnny (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: April 1966 Peak: 20 US, 11 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.659 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Frankie and Johnny [2:33] Come Along [1:50] Petunia the Gardener's Daughter [2:59] Chesay [1:39] What Every Woman Lives For [2:26] Look Out, Broadway [1:38] Beginner's Luck [2:33] Down by the Riverside/When the Saints Go Marching In [1:55] Shout it Out [2:17] Hard Luck [2:51] Please Don't Stop Loving Me [2:02] Everybody Come Aboard [1:50] About the Album: As part of RCA’s Double Features series, the soundtracks for Frankie and Johnny and Paradise, Hawaiian Style were paired on a CD reissue.

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: June 1966 Peak: 15 US, 7 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.232 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Paradise, Hawaiian Style [2:35] Queenie Wahine's Papaya [1:33] Scratch My Back [2:13] Drums of the Islands [2:32] Datin'[1:22] A Dog's Life [1:57] House of Sand [2:02] Stop Where You Are [2:03] This Is My Heavan [2:34] Sand Castles [2:55] About the Album: As part of RCA’s Double Features series, the soundtracks for Frankie and Johnny and Paradise, Hawaiian Style were paired on a CD reissue.

Spinout (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: November 1966 Peak: 18 US, 17 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.999 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Stop, Look and Listen Adam and Evil All That I Am Never Say Yes Am I Ready Beach Shack Spinout Smorgasbord I’ll Be Back Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Dylan) [5:22] * NM, AC Down in the Alley (Clovers/Stone) [2:50] * NM, AC I’ll Remember You * NM About the Album: * These three songs are omitted from the CD reissue (in which the Spinout and Double Trouble soundtracks were paired together), but are on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters.

How Great Thou Art (gospel) Elvis Presley

Released: February 20, 1967 Peak: 18 US, 11 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: gospel Rating: 3.664 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings)

Tracks: How Great Thou Art In the Garden Somebody Bigger Than You and I Farther Along Stand by Me Without Him So High Where Could I Go but to the Lord By and By If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side Run On (Presley/Traditional) [2:22] Where No One Stands Alone Crying in the Chapel (Artie Glenn) [2:24] (recorded 10/31/60, released 4/6/65, 3 US, 2 UK, 1 AC, sales: 2 million, airplay: 2 million) G4x, TT, 30 Peace in the Valley * About the Album: * Bonus track. The 1994 Amazing Grace collection features Elvis’ gospel albums His Hand in Mine, How Great Thou Art, and He Touched Me.

Double Trouble (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: July 1967 Peak: 47 US, 34 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.257 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Double Trouble [1:37] Baby, If You'll Give Me All Your Love [1:47] Could I Fall in Love [1:42] Long-legged Girl (With the Short Dress On) [1:27] City by Night [3:03] Old MacDonald [2:04] I Love Only One Girl [1:52] There Is So Much World to See [1:55] It Won't Be Long [1:45] Never Ending * NM Blue River * NM What Now, What Next, Where To * NM About the Album: * These three songs are omitted from the CD reissue (in which the Spinout and Double Trouble soundtracks were paired together), but are on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters.

Clambake (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: November 1967 Peak: 40 US, 19 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.884 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Guitar Man (Jerry Reed) [2:12] (recorded 9/10/67, released 1/9/68, 28 US, 19 UK, 16 AC, 1 CW, airplay: 1 million) * G5*, AC Clambake [2:38] Who Needs Money? [3:16] A House That Has Everything [2:13] Confidence [2:31] Hey, Hey, Hey [2:30] You Don't Know Me [2:31] * The Girl I Never Loved [1:53] How Can You Lose What You Never Had [2:28] Big Boss Man (Dixon/Smith) [2:53] * Singing Tree [2:20] * Just Call Me Lonesome [2:08] * Stay Away, Joe ** Dominic ** All I Needed Was the Rain ** Going Home ** Stay Away ** About the Album: * These songs were on the original soundtrack, but moved to the From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters box for CD reissues. The soundtracks for Kissin’ Cousins, Clambake, and the Stay Away, Joe EP (marked by **) were combined on this CD reissue as part of RCA’s Double Features series.

Golden Records Vol. 4 (compilation) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1960-1967 Released: January 2, 1968 Peak: 33 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, 0.5 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll Rating: 3.859 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Tracks: (1) Love Letters (2) Witchcraft (3) It Hurts Me (4) What’d I Say (5) Please Don’t Drag That String Around (6) Indescribably Blue (7) You’re the Devil in Disguise (8) Lonely Man (9) A Mess of Blues (10) Ask Me (11) Ain’t That Loving You Baby (12) Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: You’re the Devil in Disguise (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) [2:20] (recorded 5/26/63, released 6/18/63, 3 US, 2 UK, 9 RB, sales: 1 million) G4, TT, AC, 30 Please Don’t Drag That String Around (Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott) [1:54] (recorded 5/26/63, released 6/18/63, --) G4 Witchcraft (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) [2:19] (recorded 5/26/63, released 10/1/63, 32 US) G4 It Hurts Me (Joy Byers, Charlie Daniels) [2:27] (recorded 1/12/64, released 2/10/64, 29 US) G4, AC Ask Me (Domenico Modugno, Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) [2:07] (recorded 1/12/64, released 9/22/64, 12 US) G4 Love Letters (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [2:30] (recorded 5/26/66, released 6/8/66, 19 US, 6 UK, 38 AC) G4 Indescribably Blue (Darrell Glenn) [2:48] (recorded 6/10/66, released 1/10/67, 33 US) G4 About the Album: The fourth album in the Golden Records series came five years after its predecessor. Sales has cooled for Elvis and his singles were no longer automatic top 40 hits. Ten of the twelve cuts on this collection did go top 40, but only one song (You’re the Devil in Disguise) reached the top ten. Three of the B-sides (Lonely Man, A Mess of Blues, Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello) were old enough that they could have been on the previous Golden Records album and Ain’t That Loving You Baby, another B-side, was recorded back in 1958. WK4 The 1997 reissue added “Return to Sender,” “Rock-A-Hula Baby,” “Bossa Nova Baby,” “Kissin’ Cousins,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Crying in the Chapel.”

Speedway (soundtrack) Elvis Presley

Released: June 1968 Peak: -- US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 82 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 1.665 out of 5.00 (average of 7 ratings)

Tracks (Easy Come Easy Go EP): Easy Come, Easy Go The Love Machine Yoga Is As Yoga Does You Gotta Stop Sing You Children I’ll Take Love Tracks (Speedway): She’s a Machine * The Love Machine (alternate take 11) * Sing You Children (alternate take 1) * She’s a Machine (alternate take 13) * Suppose (alternate master) * Speedway [2:10] There Ain’t Nothing Like a Song [2:06] Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby [1:49] Who Are You? [2:32] He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad [2:25] Let Yourself Go [2:56] Your Groovy Self [2:54] Five Sleepy Heads [1:29] Western Union [2:10] ** NM Mine [2:36] ** NM Going Home [2:23] ** Suppose [2:01] ** NM About the Album: The soundtracks for the Easy Come, Easy Go EP and full-length Speedway are paired on this reissue. Bonus tracks are marked by *. Songs marked with ** were removed from the CD reissue and put on the ‘60s Masters box set, except for “Going Home,” which was added to the Clambake CD.

From Elvis in Memphis Elvis Presley

Released: May 1969 Peak: 13 US, 11 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 4.152 out of 5.00 (average of 17 ratings)

Tracks: Wearin’ That Loved on Look [2:41] NM Only the Strong Survive (Butler/Gamble/Huff) [2:45] NM I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) (Arnold/Dilbeck/Horton) [4:32] NM Long Black Limousine [3:41] NM It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’ [2:35] NM I'm Movin’ On [2:50] NM Power of My Love [2:35] NM Gentle on My Mind [3:20] NM After Loving You (Lantz/Miller) [3:05] NM True Love Travels on a Gravel Road [2:37] NM Any Day Now [2:55] NM In the Ghetto (Mac Davis) [2:45] (recorded 1/20/69, released 4/14/69, 3 US, 2 UK, 8 AC, 60 CW, sales: 2 million, airplay: 2 million) NM, G5, TT, AC, 30 Bonus tracks on reissue: Suspicious Minds (Mark James) [3:28] (recorded 1/22/69, released 8/26/69, 1 US, 2 UK, 4 AC, sales: 7 million, airplay: 5 million) NM, G5, TT, AC, 30 The Fair’s Moving On NM Don’t Cry Daddy (11/5/69, 6 US, 8 UK, 3 AC, 13 CW, sales: 2 million) NM, TT, AC, 2N You’ll Think of Me NM Kentucky Rain (Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard) [3:14] (recorded 2/19/69, released 1/29/70, 16 US, 21 UK, 3 AC, 31 CW, sales: 1 million, airplay: 2 million) NM, G5, 2N Mama Liked the Roses NM About the Album: * Bonus tracks from CD reissue. All of these tracks are also on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters. “After a 14-year absence from Memphis, Elvis Presley returned to cut what was certainly his greatest album (or, at least, a tie effort with his RCA debut LP from early 1956). The fact that From Elvis in Memphis came out as well as it did is something of a surprise, in retrospect – Presley had a backlog of songs he genuinely liked that he wanted to record and had heard some newer soul material that also attracted him, and none of it resembled the material that he’d been cutting since his last non-soundtrack album, six years earlier. And he’d just come off of the NBC television special which, although a lot of work, had led him to the realization that he could be as exciting and vital a performer in 1969 as he’d been a dozen years before. And for what was practically the last time, the singer cut his manager, Tom Parker, out of the equation, turning himself over to producer Chips Moman. The result was one of the greatest white soul albums (and one of the greatest soul albums) ever cut, with brief but considerable forays into country, pop, and blues as well. Presley sounds rejuvenated artistically throughout the dozen cuts off the original album, and he's supported by the best playing and backup singing of his entire recording history.” AMG “This disc proves that he not only came back – he was better than he’d ever been as a singer or stylist — and is an essential part of any music collection.” AMG Review Sources: AMG All Music Guide review by Bruce Eder

Back in Memphis Elvis Presley

Released: November 1969 Peak: 12 US, 3 UK, -- CN, -- AU * Sales (in millions): 0.5 US * Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.328 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Tracks: Inherit the Wind [2:50] NM This is the Story [2:28] NM Stranger in My Own Home Town (Mayfield) [4:24] NM A Little Bit of Green [3:20] NM And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind [3:09] NM Do You Know Who I Am [2:45] NM From a Jack to a King [2:24] NM The Fair’s Moving On [3:05] NM You'll Think of Me [4:01] NM Without Love (There is Nothing) [2:52] NM About the Album: * The sales/peak information are actually for From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis, the double album in which the live In Person… and the studio album Back in Memphis were paired together. The songs “The Fair’s Moving On” and “You’ll Think of Me” were also bonus tracks on From Elvis in Memphis. All of the Back in Memphis tracks are also on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters.

Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) / Charro! (1969) / The Trouble with Girls (1969) / Change of Habit (1969) (soundtrack EPs) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1968-1969 Released: March 28, 1995 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.544 out of 5.00 (average of 8 ratings)

Tracks: Almost in Love A Little Less Conversation Wonderful World Edge of Reality A Little Less Conversation (album version) Charro! Let’s Forget about the Stars Clean Up Your Own Backyard Swing Down Sweet Chariot Signs of the Zodiac Almost The Whiffenpoof Song Violet Clean Up Your Own Backyard (undubbed version) Almost (undubbed version) Have a Happy Let’s Be Friends Change of Habit Let Us Pray Rubberneckin’ NM About the Album: None of Elvis’ last four films from 1968-69 had enough music to warrant a soundtrack, but those songs were gathered together for this CD reissue in the RCA Double Features series. “Rubberneckin’” is also on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters.

From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential ’60s Masters (box) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1960-1969 Released: September 28, 1993 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: early rock and roll Rating: 4.339 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

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Tracks, Disc 1: 1. Make Me Know It 2. Soldier Boy 3. Stuck on You 4. Fame and Fortune 5. A Mess of Blues 6. It Feels So Right 7. Fever 8. Like A Baby 9. It’s Now Or Never 10. The Girl of My Best Friend 11. Dirty Dirty Feeling 12. The Thrill of Your Love 13. I Gotta Know 14. Such a Night 15. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 16. Girl Next Door Went A’Walking 17. I Will Be Home Again 18. Reconsider Baby 19. Surrender 20. I’m Comin’ Home 21. Gently 22. In Your Arms 23. Give Me The Right 24. I Feel So Bad 25. It’s a Sin 26. I Want You with Me 27. There’s Always Me Tracks, Disc 2: 1. Starting Today 2. Sentimental Me 3. Judy 4. Put The Blame on Me 5. Kiss Me Quick 6. That’s Someone You Never Forget 7. I’m Yours 8. Marie’s the Name, His Latest Flame 9. Little Sister 10. For The Millionth And The Last Time 11. Good Luck Charm 12. Anything That’s Part of You 13. I Met Her Today 14. Night Rider 15. Something Blue 16. Gonna Get Back Home Somehow 17. Such an Easy Question 18. Fountain of Love 19. Just For Old Time Sake 20. You’ll Be Gone 21. I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever 22. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello 23. Suspicion 24. She’s Not You 25. Echoes of Love 26. Please Don’t Drag That String Around 27. You’re the Devil in Disguise 28. Never Ending 29. What Now, What Next, Where To 30. Witchcraft 31. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers 32. Love Me Tonight Tracks, Disc 3: 1. Long Lonely Highway 2. Western Union 3. Slowly, But Surely 4. Blue River 5. Memphis Tennessee 6. Ask Me 7. It Hurts Me 8. Down in the Alley 9. Tomorrow Is A Long Time 10. Love Letters 11. Beyond The Reef (Undubbed Master) 12. Come What May (Alternate Take 7) 13. Fools Fall In Love 14. Indescribably Blue 15. I’ll Remember You (Unedited Master) 16. If Every Day Was Like Christmas 17. Suppose 18. Guitar Man / What’d I Say (Unedited Master) 19. Big Boss Man 20. Mine 21. Just Call Me Lonesome 22. Hi.Heel Sneakers (Unedited Master) 23. You Don’t Know Me 24. Singing Tree 25. Too Much Monkey Business 26. U.S. Male Tracks, Disc 4: 1. Long Black Limousine 2. This Is The Story 3. Wearin’ That Loved on Look 4. You’ll Think of Me 5. A Little Bit of Green 6. Gentle on My Mind 6. I’m Movin’ On 7. Don’t Cry Daddy 8. Inherit The Wind 9. Mama Liked the Roses 10. My Little Friend 11. In the Ghetto 12. Rubberneckin’ 13. From A Jack To A King 14. Hey Jude 15. Without Love There is Nothing 16. I’ll Hold You In My Heart 17. I’ll Be There 18. Suspicious Minds 19. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road 20. Stranger in My Own Home Town 21. And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind 22. Power of My Love Tracks, Disc 5: 1. After Loving You 2. Do You Know Who I Am 3. Kentucky Rain 4. Only the Strong Survive 5. It Keeps Right on-A-Hurtin’ 6. Any Day Now 7. If I’m A Fool 8. The Fair’s Moving On 9. Who Am I? 10. This Time / I Can’t Stop Loving You (Informal Recording) 11. In The Ghetto (Alternate Take 4) 12. Suspicious Minds (Alternate Take 6) 13. Kentucky Rain (Alternate Take 9) 14. Big Boss Man (Alternate Take 2) 15. Down In The Alley (Alternate Take 1) 16. Memphis Tennessee (Alternate Take 1) 17. I’m Yours (Alternate Take 1) 18. His Latest Flame (Alternate Take 4) 19. That’s Someone You Never Forget (Alternate Take 1) 20. Surrender (Alternate Take 1) 21. It’s Now Or Never (Undubbed Master) 22. Love Me Tender / Witchcraft Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: Memphis, Tennessee (1965) NM, AC About the Album: This box collects all of Elvis’ non-soundtrack ‘60s output. With a few exceptions (check the individual Notes sections for albums listed below), this set covers: Elvis Is Back! (1960) Something for Everybody (1961) Pot Luck (1962) Golden Records Vol. 3 (greatest hits: 1960-62) From Elvis in Memphis (1969) Back in Memphis (1969) Other cuts on the box include songs originally featured on soundtracks, but pulled from the CD reissues: Spinout: “Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” “Down in the Alley,” and “I’ll Remember You” Kissin’ Cousins: “Echoes of Love” and “(It’s a) Long Lonely Highway” Double Trouble: “Never Ending,” “What Now, What Next, Where To?” and “Blue River” Speedway: “Western Union,” “Mine,” and “Suppose” Clambake: “Guitar Man,” “Big Boss Man,” “Just Call Me Lonesome,” “You Don’t Know Me,” and “Singing Tree” Other songs featured elsewhere include “Rubberneckin’” from the Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble with Girls/Change of Habit soundtrack collection, “Hey Jude” from Elvis Now, and “Who Am I?” from His Hand in Mine. The box set also included the following songs not featured on any other albums in this discography: “Finders Keepers, Loser Weepers” and “Memphis, Tennessee” were from the 1965 archive collection Elvis for Everyone. Read All Music Guide review.

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Elvis Presley Dave’s Music Database: Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists AMG All Music Guide by Richie Unterberger Last updated 11/26/2023.