Elvis' Golden Records
by Elvis Presley
- Type: Album
- Released: March 21, 1958
- Label: RCA Victor
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:33
- Community rating: 4.9/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Bill Black, Dudley Brooks, The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore, Mike Stoller, Gordon Stoker
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Widely considered rock and roll's first greatest hits album, 'Elvis' Golden Records' compiles the artist's dominant and culture-shifting singles from 1956 and 1957. The collection codifies Presley's raw vocal energy and genre-blending sound across foundational tracks like "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Jailhouse Rock." With Presley often acting as the de facto producer for the sessions, the album captures the definitive arrangements that established a new commercial format and cemented rock and roll's place in popular music.
Genres
Descriptors: classic, vintage, ballad, crooning, infectious
Tracklist
- Hound Dog (2:15)
- Loving You (2:15)
- All Shook Up (1:58)
- Heartbreak Hotel (2:08)
- Jailhouse Rock (2:30)
- Love Me (2:43)
- Too Much (2:32)
- Don't Be Cruel (2:03)
- That's When Your Heartaches Begin (3:25)
- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1:53)
- Love Me Tender (2:45)
- Treat Me Nice (2:12)
- Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) (2:15)
- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (2:39)
Credits
- Elvis Presley - lead vocals, vocals, guitar, producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals Vocal, Vocal, Piano
- Scotty Moore - guitar, electric guitar, Guitar, Electric Guitar
- Bill Black - bass, double bass, Bass, Electric Bass Guitar
- D.J. Fontana - drums, Drums (drum Set)
- The Jordanaires - backing vocals, vocals, Additional Performer, Vocal, Additional Vocal
- Floyd Cramer - piano, Piano
- Shorty Long - piano, Piano
- Gordon Stoker - piano, organ, backing vocals, Piano, Vocal
- Tiny Timbrell - guitar, Guitar
- Dudley Brooks - piano, Piano
- Hoyt Hawkins - piano, organ
- George Fields - harmonica
- Chet Atkins - guitar, Guitar
- Marvin Hughes - piano, Piano
- Vito Mumolo - guitar, Guitar
- Michael “Myer” Rubin - bass
- The Ken Darby Trio - backing vocals
- Millie Kirkham - backing vocals
- Steve Sholes - producer
- Jerry Leiber - composer, lyricist
- Mike Stoller - composer, lyricist, piano
- Dennis Ferrante - Remixer
- Bob Ferris - Engineer
- Ben Speer - Vocal
- Lena Brock "Mom" Speer - Vocal
- Thorne Nogar - Engineer
- Richard Cornell - Drums (drum Set)
- Carl Fortina - Accordion
- Dominic Frontiere - Accordion
- Red Roundtree - Banjo
- Meyer "Mike" Rubin - Bass
- Jon Dodson - Vocal
- Charles Prescott - Vocal
- Rad Robinson - Vocal
- Brock Speer - Vocal