The Essential Elvis Presley

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  That’s All Right, Mama
  1:57
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Baby, Let’s Play House
  2:17
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Mystery Train
  2:29
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Heartbreak Hotel
  2:09
  3.7 ★
• 5
  I Was the One
  2:33
• 6
  Blue Suede Shoes
  2:00
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Hound Dog
  2:17
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Don’t Be Cruel
  2:03
  3.8 ★
• 9
  Love Me Tender
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• 10
  All Shook Up
  1:59
  3.6 ★
• 11
  (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me)
  3:22
  3.6 ★
• 12
  Jailhouse Rock
  2:36
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Trouble
  2:18
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Fever
  3:33
  5.0 ★
• 15
  It’s Now or Never
  3:16
  3.7 ★
• 16
  Reconsider Baby
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Are You Lonesome Tonight?
  3:08
  3.1 ★
• 18
  Little Sister
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Follow That Dream
  1:38
• 20
  Can’t Help Falling in Love
  2:57
  4.1 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Return to Sender
  2:09
  4.0 ★
• 2
  (You’re the) Devil in Disguise
  2:20
  2.6 ★
• 3
  Bossa Nova, Baby
  2:07
• 4
  Viva Las Vegas
  2:25
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Big Boss Man
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 6
  A Little Less Conversation
  2:13
• 7
  If I Can Dream
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Memories
  3:07
• 9
  In the Ghetto
  2:57
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Suspicious Minds
  4:32
  4.1 ★
• 11
  Don’t Cry Daddy
  2:47
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Kentucky Rain
  3:19
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Polk Salad Annie
  4:49
• 14
  The Wonder of You
  2:35
  2.5 ★
• 15
  I Just Can’t Help Believin’
  4:39
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Burning Love
  2:58
  3.4 ★
• 17
  Always on My Mind
  3:39
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Steamroller Blues
  3:08
• 19
  Hurt
  2:08
• 20
  Moody Blue
  2:48
  4.3 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Good Rockin’ Tonight
  2:15
  5.0 ★
• 2
  (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
  1:49
  3.1 ★
• 3
  King Creole
  2:09
  4.7 ★
• 4
  Such a Night
  3:00
  3.0 ★
• 5
  I Feel So Bad
  2:55
• 6
  Guitar Man
  2:21
• 7
  Only the Strong Survive
  2:43
• 8
  You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
  2:31

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [6]
• Al Pachucki
  engineer [9-10]
• Alvino Rey
  steel guitar [20]
• B.J. Baker
  vocal [6]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [1]
• Ben Speer
  vocal [4]
• Bergen White
  horn [20], strings [20]
• Bernie Kaai
  ukulele [20]
• Bernie Mattinson
  drums (drum set) [3.3, 2.1, 1.20]
• Bill Black
  bass [1.2-4, 1.7-8, 1.10, 3.1, 3.1-3], double bass [6, 11], electric bass guitar [12]
• Bill Porter
  recording [1.16, 3.4]
• Billy Strange
  guitar [4]
• Bob Ferris
  engineer [4]
• Bob Moore
  bass [3.4, 2.2, 2.4-5, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20]
• Bob Tebow
  vocal [6]
• Bobby Emmons
  electric piano [20], organ [10]
• Bobby Wood
  piano [10]
• Boots Randolph
  clarinet [1], saxophone [1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.4], shakers [2], vibraphone [2]
• Brian Christian
  engineer [20]
• Buddy Harman
  drums (drum set) [1.15, 1.17, 3.4, 2.2, 2.4-5]
• Calvin Jackson
  organ [4]
• Carl Fortina
  accordion [9]
• Charles Prescott
  vocal [9]
• Charlie Hodge
  guitar [16-17, 20]
• Charlie McCoy
  guitar [5], harmonica [5], organ [5]
• Chet Atkins
  guitar [4], producer [1.16, 3.4]
• Chip Young
  guitar [5, 20]
• Chips Moman
  producer [9-10]
• Chuck Berghofer
  bass [6]
• Chuck Britz
  guitar [6]
• Claudius Mittendorfer
  assistant [9]
• D.J. Fontana
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.6-8, 1.10-12, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 3.2-4, 2.1-2, 2.4-5]
• Dan Milazzo
  assistant [9]
• David Bendeth
  mix [9]
• David Briggs
  electric piano [20], piano [20]
• David Weichman
  engineer [4]
• Dayton “Bones” Howe
  engineer [7], producer [7]
• Dennis Ferrante
  remixer [10]
• Dennis Linde
  bass [20], guitar [16-17]
• Dolores Edgin
  vocal [20]
• Dominic Frontiere
  accordion [9]
• Don Randi
  piano [6]
• Dror Mohar
  assistant [2.9, 1.6]
• Dudley Brooks
  celesta [20], piano [3.2-3, 1.20, 2.1, 2.4]
• Elvis Presley
  executive [20], guitar [1.2-4, 1.6-8, 1.10, 1.15, 1.17, 3.1, 3.3-4, 2.10], lead vocals [2.1-4, 2.7-12, 2.14, 2.16-17, 2.20, 1.4, 1.6-13, 1.15, 1.17-18, 1.20, 3.2-3], other vocals [8], vocal [3.1-2, 1.2-4, 1.10, 1.12, 1.15]
• Emory Gordy
  bass [16-17]
• Farrell Morris
  congas [20], timpani [20]
• Felton Jarvis
  producer [5, 9-10, 16]
• Floyd Cramer
  piano [2.2, 2.4-5, 1.4, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 3.4]
• Frankie Carlson
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Freddie Tavares
  ukulele [20]
• Gary Coleman
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [10]
• George Fields
  harmonica [20]
• Glen D. Hardin
  horn [17], piano [16-17, 20], strings [17]
• Glen Spreen
  arranger [10], brass [9], strings [9]
• Gordon Stoker
  bongos [3], piano [10-11], vocal [4]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [2]
• Hal Blaine
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.6, 1.20]
• Hank Garland
  guitar [1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 3.4]
• Harold Bradley
  guitar [2, 5]
• Hoyt Hawkins
  cymbal [3], organ [5]
• Hugo & Luigi
  producer [1]
• Hurshel Wiginton
  vocal [20]
• J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
  background vocals [17, 20], vocal [10, 12, 16-17, 20]
• James Burton
  guitar [16-17, 20]
• Jerry Carrigan
  percussion [16-17]
• Jerry Kennedy
  guitar [2]
• Jerry Reed
  guitar [5]
• Jerry Scheff
  bass [20]
• John Bahler
  vocal [6]
• John Ed Buckner
  trumpet [3]
• John Hughey
  steel guitar [10]
• John Wilkinson
  guitar [16-17, 20]
• Jon Dodson
  vocal [9]
• Joseph Gibbons
  guitar [6]
• Justin Gordon
  saxophone [3]
• Kathy Westmoreland
  vocal [10, 12, 20]
• Larry Knechtel
  bass [6]
• Lena Brock "Mom" Speer
  vocal [4]
• Mahlon Clark
  clarinet [3]
• Meyer "Mike" Rubin
  bass [9]
• Mike Leech
  arranger [10], bass [10], brass [9], strings [9]
• Millie Kirkham
  vocal [2.2, 2.5, 2.14, 1.18]
• Moe Schneider
  trombone [3]
• Myrna Smith
  background vocals [20], vocal [12, 20]
• Neal Matthews
  bass [3], guitar [3]
• Neil LeVang
  guitar [6]
• Pete Drake
  steel guitar [5]
• Phil Wisdom
  engineer [3]
• Rad Robinson
  vocal [9]
• Ray Bardani
  mix [2.9, 1.6]
• Ray Siegel
  bass [2.1, 3.3], tuba [3]
• Red Roundtree
  banjo [9]
• Reggie Young
  guitar [10]
• Richard Cornell
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Ron Tutt
  drums (drum set) [16-17, 20]
• Sally Stevens
  vocal [6]
• Sam Phillips
  engineer [1.2-3, 3.1], producer [3.1, 1.2-3]
• Scotty Moore
  electric guitar [1.2-3, 1.11-12, 3.1], guitar [3.1-4, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 1.4, 1.6-8, 1.10, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20]
• Shane Keister
  Moog [20]
• Sherrill Nielsen
  vocal [12]
• Shorty Long
  piano [7-8]
• Stephen H. Sholes
  producer [1.11, 1.16, 3.4]
• The Blossoms
  background vocals [7]
• The Four Amigos
  additional [3], background vocals [3]
• The Imperials
  vocal [14]
• The Jordanaires
  additional [3.2-3, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12-13, 1.15, 1.17-18, 1.20, 2.1, 2.3-4], background vocals [1.11, 2.3], vocal [1.7-8, 1.10-11, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 3.2-4]
• The Surfers
  vocal [20]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  vocal [10, 14]
• Thorne Nogar
  engineer [1.11, 1.13, 3.3]
• Tiny Timbrell
  guitar [1.20, 3.2, 2.1, 2.4]
• Tommy Cogbill
  bass [10]
• Vito Mumolo
  guitar [9]
• Warren Smith
  trombone [3]
• Wendy Suits-Johnson
  vocal [20]
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  2x CD
  2 January 2007
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  2x Digital Media
  2 January 2007
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  3x CD
  2007
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  2x CD
  2007
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  3x CD
  2008
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  2x CD
  28 September 2009
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  The Essential Elvis Presley

  2x CD
  2010