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Pat Boone Sings Guess Who
''Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?'' is the seventeenth studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1963 on Dot Records. On this album, Boone covers Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the .... Track listing References {{Authority control 1963 albums Pat Boone albums Dot Records albums Elvis Presley tribute albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Boone
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. He sold nearly 50 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and has acted in many films. Boone rivalled Elvis Presley's popularity in the 1950s and is ranked by ''Billboard'' as one of the biggest charting artists in the period 1955–1995. Boone spent 220 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts with one or more songs each week. Through the 1960s, Boone was one of the most popular entertainers in the United States, becoming a teen idol as an alternative to the perceived hedonism of rock and roll, due to his activities as singer, writer, actor and religious motivational speaker. In 1957, at the age of 23, Boone commenced a half-hour American Broadcasting Company, ABC variety television series, ''The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom'', which aired 115 episodes (1957–1960). Stars including Cliff Richard, Nat King Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" is a song written by Bert Carroll and Russell Moody, performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. It was particularly notable for breaking a string of ten consecutive number 1 hits for Presley achieved in just two years. Although it was Presley's 6th number-one hit in the American R&B Charts, it only peaked at number 2 on the American Pop Charts. Personnel * Elvis Presley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar percussion, piano * Scotty Moore – lead guitar * Bill Black — bass guitar * D. J. Fontana – drums * Dudley Brooks – piano * The Jordanaires – backing vocals Chart performance Ricky Van Shelton version American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1992 movie ''Honeymoon in Vegas''. Shelton's version, also included on his album '' Greatest Hits Plus'', where it was released as the album's first single and it peaked at number 26 on the ''Billboard A billboard (also calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Boone Albums
Pat or PAT may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Pat (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a gardener * Pat (''Saturday Night Live''), an androgynous character * Postman Pat, a British children's TV character * Pat, from the Czech series ''Pat & Mat'' * Pat the Dog, a character from the TV show of the same name * Pat, or Lucky's Dad, a ''Bluey'' character * Pat, daughter-in-law of Jake the Dog in ''Adventure Time'' Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * ''"Pat"'' (album), by Pat Boone, 1957 * , in Bolivia Businesses and organisations * Pakistan Awami Tehreek, a political party * Polish Telegraphic Agency, the official news agency of Poland 1918–1991 * Port Authority of Thailand * Professional Association of Teachers, later Voice, a former British trade union * PAT (), a type of Ukrainian legal entity, equivalent to plc People * Patrick (given name), including a list of people with the name, sometimes known as Pat * Patricia, a feminine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Albums
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Now Or Never (song)
"It's Now or Never" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single in 1960. The song is Presley's biggest hit, with 20 million copies sold worldwide, it is one of the List of best-selling singles, best-selling singles of all time. It was recorded by Bill Porter (sound engineer), Bill Porter at RCA Studio B in Nashville. It is written in E major and has a tempo of 80 BPM. In 1960, "It's Now or Never" was a number-one record in the U.S. for Elvis Presley, spending five weeks at number one and the UK, where it spent eight weeks at the top in 1960 and an additional week at number one in 2005 as a re-issue, and numerous other countries, selling in excess of 20 million physical copies worldwide, Elvis Presley's biggest international Single (music), single ever. Its British release was delayed for some time because of rights issues, allowing the song to build up massive advance orders and to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one, a very rare occurrence at the time. "It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak Hotel
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956, Presley's first on his new record label RCA Victor. It was written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, with credit being given also to Presley. A newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window inspired the song. Axton presented the song to Presley in November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville. Presley recorded it on January 10, 1956, in a session with his band, the Blue Moon Boys, the guitarist Chet Atkins and the pianist Floyd Cramer. "Heartbreak Hotel" comprises an eight-bar blues progression, with heavy Reverb effect, reverberation throughout the track, to imitate the character of Elvis Presley's Sun recordings, Presley's Sun recordings. The single topped the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Top 100 for seven weeks, ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox''s Pop singles chart for six weeks, and the Hot Country Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Baby Left Me
"My Baby Left Me" is a rhythm and blues song written by blues singer Arthur Crudup. Original recording The song was first recorded by Crudup in Chicago on November 8, 1950, with Ransom Knowling on bass and Judge Riley on drums, and was released as a single on RCA Victor 22–0109. Later versions It gained further exposure in covers by Elvis Presley, who put his version on the B-side to his 1956 single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"; by Wanda Jackson who often shared the same bill as Presley; by Creedence Clearwater Revival, who recorded it as a track on their 1970 album, ''Cosmo's Factory''; by Buffy Sainte-Marie on her 1972 album '' Moonshot''; and by John Lennon (incorrectly titled "Since My Baby Left Me"), recorded during the ''Rock 'n' Roll'' sessions in 1973, but first released posthumously on '' Menlove Ave.'' in 1986. It was included as a bonus track (still incorrectly titled) on the 2004 CD version of ''Rock 'n' Roll''. It was also a No. 37 UK Singles Chart hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Suede Shoes
"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard (music), standard written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues, country music, country and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song appeared on the ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox'' Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks at the number two position. Elvis Presley recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" in 1956 and it appears as the opening track of his eponymous debut album ''Elvis Presley (album), Elvis Presley''. Presley performed his version of the song three different times on national television. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, among many others. Background There are differing accounts about the origin of the song. In his second autobiography ''Cash: The Autobiography'', Johnny Cash recalled planting the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Be Cruel
"Don't Be Cruel" is a song that was recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956.Victor (2008), ''The Elvis Encyclopedia'', p.115-116 It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was ranked No. 197 in '' Rolling Stone's'' list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Elvis Presley Recording "Don't Be Cruel" was the first song that Elvis Presley's song publishers, Hill & Range, brought to him to record. Otis Blackwell was more than happy to give up 50% of the royalties and a co-writing credit to Presley to ensure that the "hottest new singer around covered it". But unfortunately he had already sold the song for only $25 ($289 in 2024), as he stated in an interview of ''American Songwriter''. Freddy Bienstock, Presley's music publisher, gave the following explanation for why Presley received co-writing credit for songs like "Don't Be Cruel". "In the early days Elvis would show dissatisfaction with some lines and he would make alterations, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Tender (song)
"Love Me Tender" is a 1956 ballad song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by "Elvis Presley Music" from Love Me Tender (1956 film), the 20th Century Fox film of the same name. Lyrics are credited to "Vera Matson" (though the actual lyricist was her husband, Ken Darby). The melody is identical to the sentimental American Civil War, Civil War ballad "Aura Lea" (sometimes spelled "Aura Lee") and therefore credited to Aura Lea's composer, the Englishman George R. Poulton. The RCA Victor recording by Elvis Presley was No. 1 on both the ''Billboard'' and ''Cashbox'' charts in 1956. The song is also featured in many other films and television shows, including ''The Outlaw's Daughter'', ''FM (film), FM'', ''Touched by Love, Touched By Love'', ''This Is Elvis, This is Elvis'', ''Porky's Revenge!, Porky's Revenge'', ''Wild at Heart (film), Wild at Heart'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', ''Backbeat (film), Backbeat'', ''Gaudi Afternoon'', ''Machine Gun Molly (film), Machine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Night (Elvis Presley Song)
"One Night" is a song written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King. It was originally recorded by Smiley Lewis for Imperial Records in 1956. On some releases, the song is titled "One Night of Sin", in line with the original lyrics. The single reached No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart in early 1956. The song gained greater commercial success in a version released by Elvis Presley in 1958, with the addition of co-writer Anita Steiman (or Steinman), due to some rewritten lyrics. Elvis Presley version Elvis Presley recorded a version of the song with its original lyrics on January 18, 1957, but this version would not be released until 1983 on the album ''Elvis: A Legendary Performer, Volume 4''. Both Elvis' manager and record company had reservations about the suggestive lyrics. Elvis did not give up on the song. He continued to play with it during his spare time on the set of '' Loving You'', finally rewriting the lyrics that he felt were holding the song captive, changing "One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
