Elvis Presley
Album by Elvis Presley
Released	May 1956
Recorded	July 5, 1954-January 30, 1956
Genre	Rock
Length	28:03
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Sam Phillips/...
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Elvis Presley is the self-titled debut album from Elvis Presley. It was released in March 1956. On November 21, 1955, RCA bought Presley's contract from Sun Records for $35,000, thanks to RCA executive Steve Sholes. Presley and rock and roll were still untested properties in the music business, but this album proved the selling power of both. It was the first rock album to hit number one and RCA's first million selling pop album. It is ranked 55 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Image File history File links Template:Album-cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer and actor. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Sam Phillips, born Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 - July 30, 2003), was a record producer and the man responsible for the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer and actor. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer and actor. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related... Sun Records has been the name for four 20th century record labels. ... In 2002, Rolling Stone published an article describing what it considered to be the top 500 music albums of all time. ...

The cover is ranked number 40 on the List of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers. It was parodied by The Clash on the cover of their London Calling album, which is number 39 on the list. Rolling Stone magazines list of 100 greatest album covers: The Beatles, Sgt. ... The Clash in 1978. ... London Calling, a double album released by The Clash in December, 1979, marked the bands critical and commercial breakthrough. ...

Five songs were taken from the Elvis Presley's Sun recordings-tapes, which had moved with Elvis to RCA. Remarkable is that, while Elvis had his first nationwide hit with Heartbreak Hotel climbing the charts since January before, this song is not present on this album. In the summer of 1953 Elvis Presley recorded his first single in the Sun Records studio in Memphis. ... Heartbreak Hotel is a rock and roll song by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black (bass) and Scotty Moore (guitar) as the main supporting musicians. ...

Track listing:

1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
2. "I'm Counting on You"
3. "I Got a Woman"
4. "One-Sided Love Affair"
5. "I Love You Because" (Sun-recording)
6. "Just Because" (Sun-recording)
7. "Tutti Frutti"
8. "Trying to Get to You" (Sun-recording)
9. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
10. "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" (Sun recording)
11. "Blue Moon" (Sun-recording)
12. "Money Honey"