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Sep 7, 2023 · One of the most common misconceptions about Elvis Presley is that he wrote his own songs. This belief likely stems from the fact that many popular musicians today write or co-write their own music, so people assume the same was true for Elvis.
Jul 3, 2022 · Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber wrote hit songs for Elvis, along with a whos-who of other artists including Big Mama Thornton, Ben E. King, and more.
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett wrote over 40 songs for Elvis, most of which were used in his movies. But they didn’t make this Top 10 list because only one Bennett-Tepper tune reached the top 25 on the pop charts, that being “Puppet on a String” (#14) in 1965.
Aug 18, 2022 · Top songwriter Aaron Schroeder helped compose 16 songs recorded by Elvis. Six of those reached the top 25, starting with I Was the One in 1956. Aaron also helped pen four of Elvis’s No. 1...
Elvis Presley originally did Mirage, I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling, Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong, I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye and other songs. Elvis Presley wrote Don't Be Cruel, Heartbreak Hotel and Love Me Tender.
Jun 28, 2007 · Elvis recorded ten Blackwell compositions including 'Fever' (written with Eddie Cooley), 'All Shook Up', 'Paralyzed', and 'Return to Sender' (rewritten with Winfield Scott). Among Blackwell's other rock 'n' roll classics are Jerry Lee Lewis' 'Great Balls of Fire' and 'Breathless'.
Jul 1, 2007 · Mac Davis’s first big break came with songs he wrote that were recorded by Elvis, namely the hits “In the Ghetto,” “Don’t Cry Daddy” and “Memories.”
