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Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
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One of the most well-known “train blues” songs of all time, it was originally recorded by Junior Parker in 1953.
Presley covers Parker’s version, playing rhythm guitar and singing
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Elvis Presley – Mystery Train - Tiger Man
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I am the king of the jungle / They call me the tiger man / I am the king of the jungle / They call me tiger man / If you cross my path / You take your own life in your hands / Yeah
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Little Junior's Blue Flames – Mystery Train
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Junior Parker’s blues standard was the follow up to his previous track “Feelin' Good.” Elvis Presley would popularly cover this song in 1955.
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Danny Gatton – Sun Medley
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[Part 1: Mystery Train] / Train I ride, 16 coaches long / Train I ride, 16 coaches long / Well, that long black train got my baby and gone / Train, train, comin' 'round, 'round the
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The Tractors – The Elvis Thing
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In nineteen fifty-six... The United States of America / Dropped a hi-fi needle on rock and roll / And coast to coast, we started shakin' all over / One nation, under God, out of
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Corey Taylor – Folsom Prison Blues / Mystery Train / American Nightmare
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I hear the train a comin', it's rolling 'round the bend / And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when / I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on / When I
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Junior Parker – Mystery Train
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[Intro] / All aboard / [Verse 1] / Train I ride, sixteen coaches long / Train I ride, sixteen coaches long / Well, that long black train carries my baby from home / [Verse 2
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Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
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This was Presley’s first commercial recording for Sun Records. Sam Phillips matched Presley with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, and Phillips had the three rehearse several songs
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Elvis Presley – I'll Never Stand In Your Way
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If you found someone new who means more than me to you / I'd never stand in your way / If you feel we must part, don't let pity rule your heart / I'll never stand in your way / I
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Janis Martin – My Boy Elvis
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Among the many tributes to Elvis Presley by other musicians, one of the earliest was this brassy country song by the singer who was nicknamed “Female Elvis” in her time for her
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Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
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Written and originally recorded by Mark James in 1968, “Suspicious Minds” is a cover by Elvis Presley, released as a single in 1969.
Not only did it reach the number one spot on
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Elvis Presley – One Night of Sin
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One night of sin, yeah / Is what I'm now paying for / The things I did and I saw / Would make the earth stand still / Don't call my name / It makes me feel so ashamed / I lost my
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
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Elvis Presley – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
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[Intro] / Well, Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy miss Clawdy / Girl, you sure look good to me / But please don't excite me baby / I know it can't be me / [Verse 1] / 'Cause I give you all of my
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Elvis Presley – Without Love (There is Nothing)
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I awakened this morning, I was filled with despair / All my dreams turned to ashes and gone, oh yeah / As I looked at my life it was barren and bare / Without love I've had nothing
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Elvis Presley – Stranger In My Own Home Town
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[Intro] / I'm like a stranger / Like a stranger in my own home town / I'm like a stranger / Like a stranger in my own home town / My so called friends stopped being friendly / Oh
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Elvis Presley – From A Jack To A King
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[Verse] / From a jack to a king of loneliness to a wedding ring / I've played an ace and I won the queen / I walked away with your heart / From a jack to a king / With no regrets I
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Elvis Presley – I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
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[Verse 1] / Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone / You're right, and I'm left all alone / Well, you tried to tell me so / But how was I to know / That she was not the one for
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Elvis Presley – Poor Boy
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[Chorus] / They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy / But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue / 'Cause I could never be a poor boy / As long as I've got a dolly like you / [Verse 1
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Misfits – American Nightmare
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[Verse 1] / Hot Chevy on a Friday night / And the sweat drips down my spine / I put an axe in my baby’s head / I'm gonna end up doin' time / [Chorus] / She looked so good in red
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Elvis Presley – Shake, Rattle And Roll
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This song was written by Charles Calhoun (the pen name for Jesse Stone) and originally recorded by Big Joe Turner.
Bill Haley and Milt Gabler took out most of the sexual innuendo
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Elvis Presley – In the Ghetto
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This song is about the cycle of poverty and violence, using bookends to imply that the baby being born at the end of the song is going to meet the same fate as the young man who
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Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (Live, Milton Berle Show)
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[Chorus] / You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time / You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time / Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit / And you ain't
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Elvis Presley – Don't Cry Daddy
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[Verse 1] / Today I stumbled from my bed / With thunder crashing in my head / My pillow still wet / From last night tears / And as I think of giving up / A voice inside my coffee-
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Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
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[Verse 1] / Uh, well, a-bless my soul, what's wrong with me? / I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree / My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug / I'm in love, I'm all shook up / Mm
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