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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Hits List: Elvis Presley

Throughout my life, and no matter what I thought of Elvis Presley's music (I've become more of a fan the more the years go by...), I have always been struck by the shear volume, the incredible number of hits that the man had.  No one has come close to the number of hits--he still holds that Rock Era record and likely will for decades at least.  Here is the complete Hits List* for the King--




1956:  "Heartbreak Hotel" (#1 for eight weeks)
           "I Was the One" (#19)
           "Blue Suede Shoes" (#20)
           "Money Honey" (#76)
           "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (#1 for 1 week)
           "My Baby Left Me" (#31)
           "Don't Be Cruel" (#1 for 11 weeks)




           "Hound Dog" (#1 for 11 weeks)
           "Blue Moon" (#55)
           "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" (#55)
           "Love Me Tender" (#1 for 5 weeks)
           "Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)" (#20)
           "Love Me" (#2 for 2 weeks)
           "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" (#19)
           "Paralyzed" (#59)
           "Old Shep" (#47)
           "Poor Boy" (#24)
1957:  "Too Much" (#1 for 3 weeks)
           "Playing for Keeps" (#21)




           "All Shook Up" (#1 for 9 weeks)
           "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" (#58)
           "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) (#25)
           "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (#1 for 7 weeks)
           "Loving You" (#20)
           "Jailhouse Rock" (#1 for 7 weeks)
           "Treat Me Nice" (#18)
1958:  "Don't" (#1 for 5 weeks)
           "I Beg of You" (#8)
           "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (#2 for 1 week)
           "Doncha' Think It's Time" (#15)
           "Hard Headed Woman" (#1 for 2 weeks)
           "Don't Ask Me Why" (#25)
           "One Night" (#4)


           "I Need Your Love Tonight" (#4)
           "A Big Hunk O' Love" (#1 for 2 weeks)

1960:  "Stuck On You" (#1 for 4 weeks)
           "Fame and Fortune" (#17)
           "It's Now or Never" (#1 for 5 weeks)
           "A Mess of Blues" (#32)





           "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (#1 for 6 weeks)
           "I Gotta' Know" (#20)
1961:  "Surrender" (#1 for 2 weeks)
           "Lonely Man" (#32)
           "Flaming Star" (#14)
           "I Feel So Bad" (#5)
           "Wild in the Country" (#26)
           "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (#4, #2 for 2 weeks on the Easy Listening chart)
           "Little Sister" (#5)




1962:  "Can't Help Fallin' in Love" (#2 for 1 week, #1 for 6 weeks on Easy Listening chart)
           "Rock-A-Hula Baby" (#23)
           "Good Luck Charm" (#1 for 2 weeks)
           "Anything That's Part of You" (#6 Easy Listening)
           "Follow That Dream" (#15, #5 Easy Listening)
           "She's Not You" (#5, #2 for 2 weeks Easy Listening)
           "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" (#55)
           "King of the Whole Wide World" (#30)




           "Return to Sender" (#2 for 5 weeks)
           "Where Do You Come From" (#99)
1963:  "One Broken Heart for Sale" (#11)
           "They Remind Me Too Much of You" (#53)
           "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" (#3)
           "Bossa Nova Baby" (#8)
           "Witchcraft" (#32)
1964:  "Kissin' Cousins" (#12)
           "It Hurts Me" (#29)
           "Kiss Me Quick" (#34)
           "What'd I Say" (#21)
           "Viva Las Vegas" (#29)
           "Viva Las Vegas", from EP (#92)
           "Such a Night" (#16)
           "Ask Me" (#12)
           "Ain't That Loving You Baby" (#16)
           "Blue Christmas"
1965:  "Do the Clam" (#21)


Crying In The Chapel 45 RPM 7" Vinyl Single

           "Crying in the Chapel" (#3, #1 for 7 weeks Easy Listening)
           "(Such An) Easy Question" (#11, #1 for 2 weeks Easy Listening)
           "It Feels So Right" (#55)
           "Tickle Me", from EP (#70)
           "I'm Yours" (#11, #1 for 3 weeks Easy Listening)
           "Puppet On a String" (#14, #3 Easy Listening)
1966:  "Tell Me Why" (#33)
           "Blue River" #95)
           "Frankie and Johnny" (#25, #3 Easy Listening)
           "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" (#45)
           "Love Letters" (#19, #38 Easy Listening)
           "Spinout" (#40)
           "All That I Am" (#41, #9 Easy Listening)
           "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967:  "Indescribably Blue" (#33)
           "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" (#63)
           "That's Someone You Never Forget" (#92)
           "There's Always Me" (#56)
           "Judy" (#78)
           "Big Boss Man" (#38)
           "You Don't Know Me" (#44, #34 Easy Listening)
1968:  "Guitar Man" (#43)
           "Stay Away" (#67)
           "You'll Never Walk Alone" (#90)
            "Let Yourself Go" (#71)
            "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" (#72)
            "A Little Less Conversation" (#69)
            "Almost in Love" (#95)
1969:  "If I Can Dream" (#12)
           "Memories" (#35, #7 Easy Listening)




           "In the Ghetto" (#3, #8 Easy Listening)
           "Clean Up Your Own Back Yard" (#35, #7 Easy Listening)
           "Suspicious Minds" (#1 for 1 week, #4 Easy Listening)
1970:  "Don't Cry Daddy" (#6, #3 Easy Listening)
           "Rubberneckin'"
           "Kentucky Rain" (#16, #3 Easy Listening)
           "The Wonder of You" (#9, #1 for 1 week Easy Listening)
           "Mama Liked the Roses"
           "I've Lost You" (#32, #5 Easy Listening)
           "The Next Step is Love"
           "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (#11, #1 for 1 week Easy Listening)
           "Patch It Up"
1971:  "I Really Don't Want To Know" (#21, #2 for 2 weeks Easy Listening)
           "There Goes My Everything"
           "Where Did They Go, Lord" (#33, #18 Easy Listening)
           "Rags To Riches" 
           "Life" (#73, #8 Easy Listening)
           "Only Believe"
           "I'm Leavin'" (#36, #2 Easy Listening)
           "It's Only Love" (#51, #19 Easy Listening)
1972:  "Until It's Time for You to Go" (#40, #9 Easy Listening)
           "An American Trilogy" (#66, #31 Easy Listening)




           "Burning Love" (#2 for 1 week, #9 Easy Listening)
           "It's a Matter of Time" (#9 Easy Listening)
1973:  "Separate Ways" (#20, #3 Easy Listening)
           "Steamroller Blues" (#17)
           "Fool" (#12 Easy Listening)
           "Raised on Rock" (#41, #27 Easy Listening)
           "For Ol' Times Sake
1974:  "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" (#39)
           "Take Good Care of Her" (#27 Easy Listening)
           "If You Talk in Your Sleep" (#17, #6 Easy Listening)
           "It's Midnight" (#8 Easy Listening)
           "Promised Land" (#14)
1975:  "My Boy" (#20, #1 for a weekEasy Listening)
           "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (#35, #42 Easy Listening)
           "Bringing It Back" (#65)
1976:  "Hurt" (#28, #7 Easy Listening)
           "For the Heart" 
1977:  "Moody Blue" (#31, #2 for 2 weeks Adult Contemporary)
           "She Thinks I Still Care"
           "Way Down" (#18, #14 Adult Contemporary)




1978:  "My Way" (#22, #6 Adult Contemporary)
1981:  "Guitar Man" (#28, #16 Adult Contemporary)
1982:  "The
 Elvis Medley" (#71, #31 AC)

All told, Elvis had 151 hits, with 38 reaching the Top 10 and 18 #1's.

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