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On Elvis Extra which is broadcast every Sunday from 7pm-8pm
on
Dublin's Country Mix 106.8fm
we are playing every Elvis single that featured in the
American charts, we are basing it on Billboard’s Hot 100
chart which is the definitive chart for popular music in the
US, and what we propose doing is to play every single
that Elvis released that featured on this chart, now when I
tell you that Elvis had a record one hundred and twenty
eight songs that featured you will appreciate what a massive
undertaking this is, now to make it even more interesting we
are doing it in reverse order basing our chart on the
highest position that a particular recording reached, and
the amount of weeks it spent in the charts, In the
countdown we are going to feature 10 tracks every week
starting with number 115.
The next ten songs on the chart 76-67 were featured on
the show on Sunday 26th. February
(76) T-R-O-U-B-L-E
The Jerry
Chestnut song T-R-O-U-B-L-E was recorded by Elvis in March
of 1975, it was released as a single but only made it to
number 35 in the American charts staying there for 9 weeks.
(75) Poor Boy
Elvis sang Poor
Boy in his 1957 film Loving You, the song was written by Ken
Darby who was Musical Director for the film, it actually was
the EP version that got into the American charts, also
reaching number 35 with a 11 week stay
(74) Kiss Me Quick
Kiss Me
Quick was a Doc Pomus Mort Shuman tune especially written
for Elvis who recorded it at RCAs Nashville studios in 1961
it reached number 34 with a 6 week stay, our own Brendan
Boyer had a big hit with the song in the Irish Charts.
(73) Playing For Keeps
Playing for Keeps, the song was
written for Elvis in 1957 by Stanley A Kesler, although the
song sold a million over a year the highest it reached in
the US charts was 34 with a 9 week stay.
(72) Rags To Riches
Written
by Richard Adler and Jerry
Ross was a number 1 hit for Tony Bennett in the USA way back
in 1953 and of course can be heard on the soundtrack of that
brilliant film Goodfellows which starred RayLolitta and Joe
Pesci. Elvis recorded the song at RCAs Hollywood Studios in
1970. Reached number 33 Total weeks stay 5
(71) Where Did They Go Lord
Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts wrote Where Did They Go Lord
in 1971, Elvis recorded the song the same year in Hollywood,
it had a 7 week stay in the charts also reaching the number
33 spot. Total number of weeks in chart 7
(70) Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why was
recorded by Elvis in 1957 but was not released as a single
until nine years later when it sold over one million copies,
the song was also recorded by Gale Storm, and also reached
the number 33 spot.
(69)
Indescribably Blue
This ballad was recorded by
Elvis in 1966 in Nashville, written by Darrell Glenn it had
an 8 week stay in the charts reaching the number 33 spot.
(68) Lonely Man
Recorded for the film
Wild In The Country, Lonely
Man was actually cut from the final proofs of the film
which co-starred John Ireland, Tuesday Weld and Hope Lange.
The songs were recorded in 1960 but the movie was not
released until a year later. Lonely Man reached the number
32 spot with a 5 week stay in the charts.
(67) The Next Step Is Love
The Next Step
Is Love, was recorded by Elvis in 1970 at RCAs Nashville
studios. The song of course also featured in the 1970
documentary Elvis-That’s The Way It Is. Written by Paul
Evans and Paul Parnes it had an 6 week stay reaching the
number 32 spot.
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