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Elvis Sings Leiber & Stoller by Elvis Presley released in 1980. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Notes. 1980 UK 20-track vinyl LP on the green RCA International label, picture sleeve featuring Elvis with Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber in 1957 with extensive sleeve notes by the duo printed on the back. Labels: Marketed by RCA Limited, England from Master Recordings of RCA Records.
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Released. 1977 — UK. Vinyl —. LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller by Elvis Presley. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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- “Jailhouse Rock” 1957. Elvis’ cover of “Hound Dog” has gotten slightly more attention through the years, but his recording of “Jailhouse Rock” is clearly Presley’s best effort on a Leiber-Stoller song.
- “Trouble” 1958. Although “Trouble” was passed over in the King Creole soundtrack for Presley’s new single, it was the perfect anthem for the fifties image of the angry, young man that Elvis so effectively portrayed in that movie and Jailhouse Rock preceding it.
- “Hound Dog” 1956. Reportedly, Leiber and Stoller were never really happy with Elvis’ signature recording of “Hound Dog.” He changed some of their lyrics and transformed their R&B song into a rock ’n’ roll landmark.
- “Don’t” 1958. “It was really one of the most beautiful interpretations Elvis did on any or our songs,” Jerry Leiber proclaimed in the 1971 radio documentary.
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The British arm of RCA made a habit of outdoing the home office in compiling Elvis Presley recordings, and this one was no exception. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the stand-out rock & roll songwriting team of the late '50s and early '60s, began working with Presley after his cover of their "Hound Dog," originally written for Big Mama Thornton ...
