"Treat me like a fool. Treat me mean and cruel. But love me", pleads Elvis (to the Colonel, perhaps?)
Elvis's UK singles output hits double figures and his first British chart-topper. No.1 everywhere!
Elvis' first UK single on RCA (after 12 hits on HMV). From his movie 'Loving You'. (Funny old thing, eBay. This cost me £1.99 ($3). A similar one last week sold for £53! ($79)
Elvis' 12th 78 release in the UK. Double-a-sided with Lawdy Miss Clawdy.
Surprisingly Elvis' lowest charting fifties RCA release in the UK - #17
One of Elvis's less well-known rock-era songs - but it still got him over a million sales and a #1 in the US. UK chart #6. Note mis-spelling of Jordanaires. PS: This disc has gruesome edge warp, hence a great dollop of blutac under the head. The flip 'Playing For Keeps' is sadly too bad to play
Flipside of Paul's second single 'I Love You Baby'. In the UK this was a double-A release, and both charted
Famed b-side of 'Long Tall Sally', his second UK release
Mr. Charles Edward Berry's fifth classic UK 78
More great frantic rock from Mr. P. My dad had this record framed above my sister Jenny's cot years ago!
The ex-boxer from Detroit's biggie from '57 (even bigger in '86!). Co-written by future Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr.
Written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe and published in 1957. The song was a US number-one hit for Elvis Presley during the summer of 1957 (released June 11), and his third of the four that he would have that year. "(Let Me be Your) Teddy Bear" would also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers List,...
althazarrFrom the 1957 movie starring Elvis Presley as Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers), Lizabeth Scott as Glenda Markle, Wendell Coreyas Walter (Tex) Warner, Dolores Hart as Susan Jessup, James Gleason as Carl Meade, Ralph Dumke as Jim Tallman, Paul Smith as Skeeter, Kenneth Becker as Wayne,Jana Lund as Dais...
althazarrThe Diamonds: en.wikipedia.org
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com 5 March 1938, Booneville, Mississippi, USA. Rockabilly and country performer Thompson was brought up on...
John1948SixAGorgeous title theme from Elvis's second movie


