Elvis (1973 mail-order album)

Elvis
Greatest hits album by Elvis Presley
Released	August 2, 1973 (1973-08-02)
Recorded	April 1956 – March 1962
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	36:52
Label	RCA Special Products
Producer	Steve Sholes, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis (1973) Elvis (1973) Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake (1973)

Elvis is a double-record greatest-hits album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. Issued by RCA Special Products and (for a month) Brookville Records in August 1973, it compiled many of his best-selling singles released from 1956 to 1962. It is the first mail-order album released during his lifetime and his most popular. Despite never making the charts, it was certified 5× platinum on December 1, 2010, by the Recording Industry Association of America and is tied for the honor of Presley's most successful non-holiday album released in the '70s.

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Hound Dog"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	July 2, 1956	2:15
2.	"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"	Mysels, Kosloff	April 14, 1956	2:40
3.	"All Shook Up"	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	January 12, 1957	1:57
4.	"Don't"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	September 6, 1957	2:48
5.	"I Beg of You"	Rose Marie McCoy and Cliff Owens	February 23, 1957	1:50

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
6.	"A Big Hunk o' Love"	Aaron Schroeder and Sidney Wyche	June 10, 1958	2:12
7.	"Love Me"	Leiber, Stoller	September 1, 1956	2:43
8.	"Stuck on You"	Aaron Schroeder, J. Leslie McFarland	March 20, 1960	2:18
9.	"Good Luck Charm"	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold	October 15, 1961	2:24
10.	"Return to Sender"	Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott	March 27, 1962	2:09

Side 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
11.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Blackwell, Presley	July 2, 1956	2:02
12.	"Loving You"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	February 24, 1957	2:12
13.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Leiber, Stoller	April 30, 1957	2:27
14.	"Can't Help Falling In Love"	George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore	March 23, 1961	2:59
15.	"I Got Stung"	David Hill and Aaron Schroeder	June 11, 1958	1:49

Side 4

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
16.	"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"	Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe	January 24, 1957	1:45
17.	"Love Me Tender"	Presley, Vera Matson	August 24, 1956	2:41
18.	"Hard Headed Woman"	Claude Demetrius	January 15, 1958	1:53
19.	"It's Now or Never"	Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold	April 3, 1960	3:15
20.	"Surrender"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	October 30, 1960	1:52

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	5× Platinum	5,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

External links

• Elvis at Discogs (list of releases)