Elvis Presley (album)

Elvis Presley
Studio album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedMarch 23, 1956
RecordedJuly 5, 1954 – January 31, 1956
Studio
Genre
Length28:03
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerSam Phillips (Sun recordings)
Stephen H. Sholes (RCA recordings)
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis Presley
(1956) 		Elvis
(1956)
Singles from Elvis Presley
  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
    Released: August 31, 1956[1]
  2. "I Got a Woman"
    Released: August 31, 1956[2]
  3. "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"
    Released: August 31, 1956[3]
  4. "I Love You Because"
    Released: August 31, 1956[4]
  5. "Just Because"
    Released: August 31, 1956[5]
  6. "Money Honey"
    Released: August 31, 1956[6]

Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll[7]) is the debut studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Victor, on March 23, 1956[8] (catalog number LPM-1254). The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10, 1954, and on July 11, 1955.[9]

The album spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts,[10] and the first million-selling album of that genre.[11] In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[12][13] and at number 332 in a 2020 revised list.[14] Elvis Presley was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[15] It was certified gold on November 1, 1966, and platinum on August 8, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America.[16]

The original 1956 UK release called Rock n' Roll on HMV Catalog Number: CLP 1093 has five different tracks.

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  2. ^ "I Got A Woman - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ "I'll Never Let You Go | Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ "I Love You Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Just Because - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Money Honey - Elvis Presley Official Web Site Elvis The Music". elvisthemusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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  8. ^ "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ "Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley Pages". Keith Flynn. 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  10. ^ Billboard, v. 108, Nr. 21, p. 106, May 25, 1996, retrieved on September 13, 2012
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Victor136 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Music News – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone.
  13. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  15. ^ "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". RIAA. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013. Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis"
  16. ^ "Searchable datebase". RIAA. 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013. Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis" and go to pages 1 and 36