
Best Elvis Presley Songs Top 10 All-Time
Elvis Presley is an American (Mississippi) Rock and Roll, country, rockabilly, R&B musician and actor. He moved to Memphis, TN at the age of thirteen and also died there. Elvis’ is proclaimed as the “King of Rock and Roll”. Elvis is inducted into four halls of fame: Rock and Roll, Gospel, Country and Rockabilly.
Elvis Presley music career started in 1953 when his first “acetate disc” with singles My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches Begin was released. Elvis had hist first number on hit in 1956 and his last in the U.S.A. in 1969 with Suspicious Minds.
Best Elvis Presley Songs
10. Memories
Released in 1968
The song was shown on the TV Show Elvis
9. All Shook Up
Released in 1957
The song was released as a single hit song.
The song stayed atop the Billboard Top 100 for eight weeks.
8. Heartbreak Hotel
Released in 1956
The song was released as a single hit song.
The song is based upon a newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window.
7. A Little Less Conversation
Released in 1968
The song was released as a single but was featured in the film Live a Little, Love a Little. A remix of the song was released in 2002 by Junkie XL to become a super dance hit.
6. Blue Suede Shoes
Released in 1956
On Album Elvis Presley
Did you know the song was first released by Carl Perkins? The lyrics stemmed from Johnny Cash’s story of a military regulation airmen’s blue suede shoes.
5. Suspicious Minds
Released in 1969
On Album Elvis Presley
Did you know the song was first released by Mark James?
The song’s story is is a bad relationship and the need to get passed their issues in order to keep their relationship.
4. Hound Dog
Released in 1956
On Album Elvis Presley
Did you know the song was first released by Big Mama Thornton?
The song is based upon a womon getting rid go her philandering man and kicking him out to the street.
3. Jailhouse Rock
Released in 1957
On Album Jailhouse Rock
Jailhouse Rock was featured in the film of the same name. It also is considered one of the Rock and Roll songs that shaped American music.
2. Burning Love
Released in 1972
On Album Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
Burning Love was Elvis’ last Top 10 hit.
1. Can’t Help Falling In Love
Released in 1961
On Album Blue Hawaii
The song was featured in the film Blue Hawaii. A remake of the song by the group UB40 also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993.
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