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" (#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.
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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