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 45-38 were featured on the show on Sunday 19th. March

(45) Rock A Hula Baby    
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Rock-A-Hula-Baby was requested by Valerie Thompson in Rathcoole, and of course was from the 1961 film Blue Hawaii, released in 1961 as a single it reached the number 23 in Billboards chart where it stayed for 9 weeks. 

(44) I Was The One

Recorded by Elvis in Nashville in 1956, I Was The One was the first release of a new song by Elvis as all his other releases under the label had been previously recorded at Sun Studios. Reached number 23 with a 16 week stay.  

(43) Do The Clam
 
Do The Clam was recorded by Elvis in 1964 and sung in his 1965 film Girl Happy written by Sid Wayne and Ben Wiseman for some extraordinary reason it toped the charts in Japan.  In Billboard�s top 100 it reached number 21 with an 8 week stay.
 
(Jt-42)  There Goes My Everything

Dallas Fraizer wrote There Goes My Everything in 1965, basing it on the broken marriage of two close friends. First recorded by Jack Green in 1967 when it reached number 1 in the C&W charts. Elvis recorded the song in 1970 and his single release reached number 21 with a 9 week stay.   

(Jt-42)  I Really Don�t Want To Know
 
Released on the B side of There Goes My Everything, I really Don�t Want to Know became a hit in it�s own right also reaching the number 21 spot. It was originally recorded by Eddie Arnold in 1954, Tammy Wynette also had a big hit with the song.

(Jt-41)  My Boy 

The lyrics of the song were co-written by Ireland�s Phil Coulter, Elvis recorded the song in 1973 and it peaked at number 20 in the USA. With an 11 week stay.

 
(Jt-41)  I Gotta Know 

Recorded in 1964, I Gotta Know reached number 20  in the USA staying in the charts for a total of 11 weeks. The song was written by Paul Evans and Matt Williams.

(40)  Separate Ways 

Well you heard Separate Ways which was somewhat biographical. When Elvis recorded the song in 1972 he had separated from his wife Priscilla, the song was co-written by Red West who went on to wrote the infamous book �Elvis What Happened� shortly before the death of Elvis, after being fired from the Graceland payroll. Reaching number 20 with a 12 week stay in the chart.

(39) Love Letters

 Love Letters was first recorded by Elvis in 1966, he re-recorded the song in 1970, the song was originally written for the 1945 movie Love Letters starring Joseph Cotton.  It was a big hit for Ketty Lester in 1962 reaching number 5 in the USA. Elvis� version reached number 19 with a 7 week stay. 

(38)  Way Down

Written by Layng Martine Jr, Way Down was recorded at Elvis� Graceland home on the night of October 29 1976, when released as a single it reached number one in the C&W chart staying there for just one week, in the pop charts it peaked at number 18 having a 17 week stay.