Untold Gold The Stories Behind Elvis's #1 Hits" by Ace Collins was released by Chicago Review Press without a large amount of fanfare. It is one of those nice gems one stumbles across from time to time. The book examines the inside stories of some of Elvis' best-known songs. In the chapter on "Too Much" the author offers:

"Too Much" was not penned with Elvis in mind. In fact, in the early 1950's, when Lee Rosenberg and Bernard Weinman wrote the musical ode to a decidedly one-sided love affair, mainstream audiences were simply not ready for it.......This was a number that oozed a blatant kind of sexuality that mainstream white audiences - the people who watched The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - would not accept on their radios, record players, televisions, or in their homes. Remember, this was an era when even married couples still slept in separate twin beds in almost all Hollywood films and television series. Before Elvis came into the picture, "Too Much" was just that: too much!

How songwriter Lee Rosenberg managed to get Elvis to notice the little known song, which had been unsuccessfully released by two other singers since 1954, makes for fascinating reading, as do the stories behind another 33 Elvis hits.

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Source: Untold Gold, Ace

Posted: 26th. June. 2007