Love Me Tender ranked #78 on list of Top 100 Country Love Songs: Since its release in 1956, ‘Love Me Tender’ has been one of Elvis Presley‘s most popular songs — and one of the most recognizable love songs of all time. Lyrics like, “Love me tender/Love me sweet/Never let me go” are so simple, yet poignant, that they have made this addition to the Top 100 Country Love Songs countdown a ballad for lovers and for parents and their children, too.Presley performed ‘Love Me Tender’ on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ one week before releasing the song. The next day, RCA received one million pre-orders for the tune. It went gold before it was even released, and it continues to be one of the King’s most popular.
The Friday Music label announced the release of "Aloha From Hawaii" on vinyl. The set is due October 30, 2012.
Christmas Vinyl
The Vinyl Passion (Cargo Records) budgetlabel will release the "Songs for Christmas" compilation on vinyl on October 12, 2012.
Elvis Presley - In The Movies
Due for re-release on November 20, 2012 is the DVD "Elvis At The Movies".
Charts
The French fan compilation "La Collection RTL" climbed on the Wallonian part of Belgium from #15 to #11 on the Album Chart.
The Sony compilation "The Real ... Elvis" dropped from #17 to #32 on the Irisch Album chart.
In Italy the "ELV1S 30 #1 Hits" compilation dropped from #68 to #89.
The 20-CD-Box "20 Original Albums" fell from the Dutch and Swedish album chart.
#1 Music Legend
Readers of the Belgian Stentor newspaper and website could vote for their #1 Musical Legend. Elvis Presley was voted #1 with 43 percent of the votes. #2 was Michael Jackson, #3 Paul McCartney, #4 Bob Dylan and Bob Marley is listed at #5.
Suspicious Minds
The song "Suspicious Minds" was voted the #2 most explosive song on the Belgian Top 1000 Most Explosive Songs list from the Radio 2 station. Hits by Queen, Bryan Adams, Abba en Bruce Springsteen were listed in the first four spots.
(Source: Taste Of Country / Elvis Infonet / Amazon / ElvisMatters / The King's World)