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Elvis Presley
Solo artist Tupelo United States “The King of Rock and Roll”
Elvis Presley is an artist from Tupelo. Elvis Presley has 102 chart appearances on 36 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Jailhouse Rock”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #45. The station that charted Elvis Presley most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 27 appearances.
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935 and was 13 when the family relocated to Memphis. In 1954 he walked into Sun Records, where Sam Phillips was looking for someone to bring Black American music to a bigger audience, and with Scotty Moore on lead guitar and Bill Black on bass, the kid playing rhythm cooked up rockabilly: country and rhythm and blues slammed together over a backbeat, with a hiccup and a sneer. D.J. Fontana came in on drums in 1955, Colonel Tom Parker took over management, and RCA Victor bought his contract.
"Heartbreak Hotel" went to number one in January 1956, and the rest of the year was a stampede of TV appearances, chart-toppers and outraged parents who saw his moves and his color-blind borrowing as a threat to the nation's youth. He made his screen debut in Love Me Tender that November. The Army drafted him in 1958, and after he came home Parker steered him into a decade of Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them flimsy.
The 1968 comeback special on NBC blew the dust off, leading to a Las Vegas residency and big tours, and in 1973 Aloha from Hawaii became the first concert by a solo artist beamed around the world. He died at Graceland in August 1977, only 42. The Grammys had already given him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1971, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him in 1986.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Elvis Presley on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jailhouse Rock | 21 | #45 | – | – | |
| 2 | Suspicious Minds | 18 | #56 | – | – | |
| 3 | Hound Dog | 11 | #127 | – | – | |
| 4 | Can't Help Falling in Love | 8 | #69 | – | – | |
| 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | 6 | #122 | – | – | |
| 6 | That's Alright Mama | 3 | #56 | – | – | |
| 7 | That's All Right | 2 | #95 | – | – | |
| 8 | Burning Love | 4 | #478 | – | – | |
| 9 | Viva Las Vegas | 2 | #85 | – | – | |
| 10 | Don't Be Cruel | 2 | #426 | – | – | |
| 11 | Blue Suede Shoes | 3 | #393 | – | – | |
| 12 | Mystery Train | 4 | #352 | – | – | |
| 13 | Love Me | 1 | #309 | – | – | |
| 14 | Blue Moon Of Kentucky | 1 | #354 | – | – | |
| 15 | Love Me Tender | 2 | #162 | – | – | |
| 16 | One Night | 1 | #540 | – | – | |
| 17 | In The Ghetto | 2 | #1123 | – | – | |
| 18 | My Baby Left Me | 1 | #581 | – | – | |
| 19 | Such A Night | 1 | #328 | – | – | |
| 20 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | 1 | #1241 | – | – | |
| 21 | It's Now or Never | 1 | #1340 | – | – | |
| 22 | Kentucky Rain | 1 | #1433 | – | – | |
| 23 | Moody Blue | 1 | #1470 | – | – | |
| 24 | Return to Sender | 1 | #1478 | – | – | |
| 25 | If I Can Dream | 1 | #1644 | – | – | |
| 26 | A Little Less Conversation | 1 | #748 | – | – | |
| 27 | Blue Christmas | 1 | #1795 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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