For his 70th birthday: FAVORITE #1 HIT BY ELVIS? (Part 1 of 2)

[NightTrain]

[Wat_Tyler]

1. Accidents Will Happen, probably.

Closely followed by Oliver's Army, Veronica, Watching The Detectives and Let Them All Talk. I'm not familiar with the ones on your list - were they on Almost Blue or Goodbye Cruel World? I never bothered with those.

[saltpoint]

2. "Kentucky Rain"

Elvis' recording of the Eddie Rabbit tune.

[NightTrain]

3. It wasn't a #1 hit.

[saltpoint]

4. Oh. Well, damn.

[Calanus]

5. Are you lonesome tonight, if the stupid, speaking bit could be removed.

[hickman1937]

6. I voted Hound Dog because its the first one I ever heard.

But my real is Are You Lonesome Tonight.

[SarahB]

7. Tonight...

I'll go with the second one.

Just because.

[Rowdyboy]

8. You left my favorite off the list...

"I can't help falling in love with you"

Hit #1 in February 1962

[NightTrain]

12. "Can't Help Falling In Love" peaked at #2.

Actually, that might be a good idea for an Elvis poll.... :think:

[Rowdyboy]

13. Sorry, you're right, but it did hit #1 in the UK

http://www.menziesera.com/number_1_hits/1962.shtml

in Februrary and March 1962

[Skittles]

22. it should have been number one!

the way he sings "wise men say" - so beautiful, so classic Elvis

[acmavm]

9. Heartbreak Hotel was the best song Elvis ever made (I think). Even my

12-year old thinks it's cool. It wasn't rock and roll, and it wasn't pure blues (southern style). I don't know what it is, but it's been one of my favorite songs for decades.

[B Calm]

10. My favorite Elvis song is Paralyzed..

[B Calm]

11. Old Shep was a great song too

[snoochie]

14. Are You Lonesome Tonight

[pinniped]

15. Happy birthday King!

Ya, that's not a song.

From your list "Don't be Cruel" is my favorite but not my favorite Elvis song.

:party:

[pinniped]

16. The Elvis movie marathon on AMC is still on.

btt

[ForrestGump]

17. Happy birthday, Elvis

I can never choose a favorite Elvis song, not even when it's narrowed down to a list. Still, I managed to vote for "Jailhouse Rock," solely because it's a serious contender for the best rock 'n' roll ever recorded.

And, yeah, "Heartbreak Hotel" was emblematic of Elvis' musical character in its refusla to be easily pigeonholed -- what the heck is it? Blues? Country? Secular gospel? All of the above, and more, I think, and the thing about Elvis that many don't seem to get (especialy the hipper-than-thou f***wits who in decades past infested the pages of music magazines and are now currently being trendily obtuse on DU) is that Elvis embraced and embodied a variety of musical stylings that melded within him into something entirely different than what anyone else was doing, or even thinking of doing. Debate all you want about who really 'started' rock 'n' roll, or what the first rock 'n' roll song was, but Elvis' natural ability and his eclectic and catholic (not always for the best, I admit) taste in music earned him a place that can never be usurped by any revisionist view of the '50s. That talent never faded, either, because it was an essential part of who Elvis Presley was -- it was the only thing that he could ever really count on. And his latter-day recordings were as difficult to categorize as were "Heartbreak Hotel" and the first Sun tracks.

I remember as a child I used to hear
Music that they played, Lord, with a feel
Some called it folk
Some called it soul
But, people, let me tell you
It was rock 'n' roll

[MissBrooks]

18. Love me TENDER!!

I love that song!

[auntAgonist]

19. "You were always on my mind"

I liked it.

[NightTrain]

20. *sigh* Once more for the broken-hearted....

Not a #1 hit.

[auntAgonist]

21. yeah I know, but it's #1 with me

I also liked Willy Nelson's version.

"Maybe I didn't tell you.....