Elvis Presley, Elvis 56 - 50m 50s

Tracks & Durations

1. Heartbreak Hotel	2:11
2. My Baby Left Me	2:14
3. Blue Suede Shoes	2:01
4. So Glad You're Mine	2:22
5. Tutti Frutti	1:59
6. One-Sided Love Affair	2:11
7. Love Me	2:45
8. Anyplace Is Paradise	2:26
9. Paralyzed	2:25
10. Ready Teddy	1:57
11. Too Much	2:32
12. Hound Dog	2:16
13. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)	2:15
14. Don't Be Cruel	2:03
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy	2:09
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Alternate Take 8)	2:27
17. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	2:41
18. Rip It Up	1:55
19. Heartbreak Hotel (Alternate Take 5)	2:14
20. I Got A Woman	2:25
21. I Was The One	2:34
22. Money Honey	2:34

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Review

The organizing principle of Elvis 56 is simple: that's the year Presley recorded these 22 tracks (including an alternate take of "Heartbreak Hotel," the opening track, recorded on January 10, 1956). It's also the year that Presley would become the biggest pop phenomenon since Frank Sinatra by kicking up a fuss as a red-hot regular on TV variety shows. In the studio, Presley's first recordings for RCA drew from the same pool of rhythm & blues tunes that he'd been interpreting at Sun Records. 1956 was the year Presley sang great songs by Otis Blackwell ("Don't Be Cruel," "Paralyzed," "Ready Teddy") and the Leiber-Stoller team ("Hound Dog," "Love Me"). He also essentially swiped Carl Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes," and tried to do the same with such other contemporary hits as "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." Note that on the same day he recorded the galvanizing "Heartbreak Hotel," Presley also cut a most Sun-like (and wholly appropriate) "Money Honey." The compilation chronicles a remarkable year in which every song rang true; the booklet includes exquisite period photos of Presley taken by Alfred Wertheimer. A video of the same title that chronicles the year in pictures is highly recommended. --John Milward

Other Versions

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Elvis 56

Tracks: 22, Disk length: 50m 50s

Elvis 56

Tracks: 22, Disk length: 50m 49s (-1m 59s)

Elvis 56

Tracks: 22, Disk length: 50m 51s (+0m 1s)

Elvis 56

Tracks: 22, Disk length: 51m 36s (+0m 46s)

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