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 96-87 were featured on the show on Sunday
12th. February
(96)
They Remind Me Too Much Of You
Taken from the soundtrack of
It
Happened At The World�s Fair It was Elvis� twelfth film and
premiered in Los Angeles on the 3rd April 1963,
it peaked at number 53 and had an 8 week stay in the charts.
(95) Life
Life also reached number 53 in
the US charts but only had a 4 week stay. It was written by
Shirl Milete, and was also a hit for Marty Robbins.
(94) It�s Only Love
It�s Only Love was originally
recorded by B J Thomas in 1969 with moderate success peaking
at number 45 in the US charts, Elvis recorded the song two
years later in 1971 in Nashville and it reached number 51.
(93) A Little Less
Conversation (JXL)
A Little Less Conversation
originally recorded 1968 for the film
Live A Little, Love A
Little, and remixed in 2002 by JXL, this little known song
taken from the 1968 movie Live A Little, Love A Little was
used by Adios in the famous world cup add. It reached number
50 in the Billboards top 100, This is one of the few songs
that features in our chart twice, as the original film
version reached number 106 in our chart.
(92) Old Shep
Old Shep is at number 92 in our
chart, this Red Foley classic song was written after his
German Shepherd was poisoned. Elvis recorded the song in
1956 featuring him on the piano, reaching only a high of 47
in Billboards chart which came as a surprise.
(91)
Please Don�t Stop Loving Me
Elvis sang Please Don�t Stop
Loving me in his 1966 film
Frankie and Johnny, it had an 8
week stay in Billboards chart peaking at number 45.
(90) You Don�t Know
Me
You Don�t Know Me, written by
C&W star Eddy Arnold who incidentally was managed by Col.
Tom Parker before he took over Elvis was a big hit for Ray
Charles reaching number 2 in the US charts, it was recorded
by Elvis in 1967 and was included in the film
Clambake,
released as a single in the US it reached number 44.
(89) Guitar Man
Guitar Man was a Jerry Reed
number which Elvis recorded in 1968 and was featured
prominently in the 1968 TV special, the song was originally
recorded by Reed himself in 1967. Reed also wrote US Male,
it peaked at number 43.
(88) For Ol Times Sake
Recorded by Elvis in July of
1972 at Stax Studios it spent 9 weeks on the hot 100 chart
reaching number 42, it was written by Tony Joe White who
also wrote Polk Salad Annie, and the classic Rainy Night In
Georgia.
(87)
All That I Am
This Sid Pepper Roy C Bennett
composition sold over one million copies, sung by Elvis in
his 1966 movie Spinout, it reached the number 41 spot in the
charts, but fared better in the easy listening chart peaking
at number 9.
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