Elvis: 30 #1 Hits

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Album: Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Heartbreak Hotel
2)	Don't Be Cruel
3)	Hound Dog
4)	Love Me Tender
5)	Too Much
6)	All Shook Up
7)	Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your)
8)	Jailhouse Rock
9)	Don't
10)	Hard Headed Woman
11)	One Night
12)	Fool Such As I, (Now and Then There's) a
13)	Big Hunk O' Love, A
14)	Stuck On You
15)	It's Now or Never
16)	Are You Lonesome Tonight?
17)	Wooden Heart
18)	Surrender
19)	His Latest Flame (Marie's the Name)
20)	Can't Help Falling In Love
21)	Good Luck Charm
22)	She's Not You
23)	Return To Sender
24)	Devil In Disguise, (You're the)
25)	Crying In the Chapel
26)	In the Ghetto
27)	Suspicious Minds
28)	Wonder of You, The
29)	Burning Love
30)	Way Down
31)	Little Less Conversation, A

Album: Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Heartbreak Hotel
2)	Don't Be Cruel
3)	Hound Dog
4)	Love Me Tender
5)	Too Much
6)	All Shook Up
7)	Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your)
8)	Jailhouse Rock
9)	Don't
10)	Hard Headed Woman
11)	One Night
12)	Fool Such As I, (Now and Then There's) a
13)	Big Hunk O' Love, A
14)	Stuck On You
15)	It's Now or Never
16)	Are You Lonesome Tonight?
17)	Wooden Heart
18)	Surrender
19)	His Latest Flame (Marie's the Name)
20)	Can't Help Falling In Love
21)	Good Luck Charm
22)	She's Not You
23)	Return To Sender
24)	Devil In Disguise, (You're the)
25)	Crying In the Chapel
26)	In the Ghetto
27)	Suspicious Minds
28)	Wonder of You, The
29)	Burning Love
30)	Way Down
31)	Little Less Conversation, A

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals); Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer, Brock Speer, Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott, Millie Kirham, Sherrill Nelson, Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith; The Jordanaires; The Surfers; The Sweet Inspirations; The Imperials; J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.
Producers include: Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis, Elvis Presley.
Compilation producer: David Bendeth.
Includes liner notes Peter Guralnick and Ernst Mikael Jorgensen.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, 30 #1 HITS presents a career-spanning serving of the King's chart-toppers.
Dating back to "Heartbreak Hotel" (which was inspired by a suicide note printed in the Miami Herald), most of these cuts have become indelibly etched into the fabric of pop culture and each has a unique story behind it. "Love Me Tender" has its origins in the Civil War ballad "Aura Lee," "It's Now Or Never" found Elvis Americanizing the Neapolitan ballad "O Sole Mio," and "Wooden Heart" likewise was converted from a German children's song.
This Memphis native's choice of artists to cover was equally intriguing and includes Hollywood legend Al Jolson ("Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), New Orleans soul shouter Smiley Lewis ("One Night"), blues great Big Mama Thornton ("Hound Dog"), and country titan Hank Snow ("[Now And Then There's] A Fool Such As I"). Further testimony of Presley's long-lasting appeal is the inclusion of the JXL Radio Edit Remix of "A Little Less Conversation," a UK #1 that not only enabled Elvis to have more chart-toppers than The Beatles, but also became a hit in a number of other countries including the United States.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (10/02, p.75) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The proverbial offer no one can refuse..."

Entertainment Weekly (9/27/02, pp.86-7) - "...It does the job as intended: a one-stop-shopping intro to Elvis..." - Rating: A-

Q (12/02, p.69) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002."

Q (10/02, p.124) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...For a single-disc summation of his life, this one is a treat..."

Uncut (12/02, p.160) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...An evocation of his career and an impressively astute assemblage....A canny introduction to the King's output..."