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“A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.”

One of the singles that revived Presley's chart success in the U.S., following his '68 Comeback Special.
Elvis was just two years into his marriage with Priscilla when he recorded the song.
The song is about a dysfunctional relationship, and various feelings of mistrust within it, and how the couple needs to move on in order to survive.
Written by Mark James, it became his first Number One hit in seven years and was a regular highlight of his live show.

This song marked the rebirth of Elvis' career after he had spent most of the 1960s recording mainly soundtracks to the movies he was appearing in.
The song written by Walter Earl Brown and published by Presley's company Gladys Music, Inc.
The song has appeared in many Presley compilations since its release, a number of which are related to the '68 Comeback Special or Inspirational meshes

A 1969 song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Mac Davis. It was a major hit released as a part of Presley's comeback album with "Any Day Now" as the flip side.
His brilliant 1968 comeback special shot him back to the forefront, and he took his newfound energy into the studio to cut "In the Ghetto."
It's a song about the vicious cycle of poverty and despair in America's inner-cities.

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Jailhouse Rock" specifically for Elvis Presley's 1957 movie of the same name.
Presley involving himself dancing routine with a large group of male prisoners.
It was featured among other classic musical in the 1994 documentary.
Jailhouse Rock" was performed regularly in a medley along with many old rock and roll hits by Queen as early as 1970.

The dreamy song, which was written for his 1961 movie Blue Hawaii, ended every single one of his post-comeback shows.
The song was initially written for a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you"
During the following four decades, it has been recorded by numerous other artists.

Few entertainers have ever had a year like Elvis Presley's 1956.
His final Number One of the year was "Love Me Tender," a ballad written by Ken Darby. It later became popular with college glee clubs and barbershop quartets.
Love Me Tender tells the remarkable stories behind 40 popular and traditional songs. Some evolved from folk songs; some are from musical theatre, while others hit the mark because a particular recording appeared at just the right time.

The song released as a single on January 27, 1956. First on his new record label and it was written by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton.
The lyrics inspired by a newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window, leaving a suicide note.
The single topped Billboard's Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox's pop singles chart for six weeks, was No. 1 on the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks.

The Civil War was over 100 years in the past when Elvis began singing "An American Trilogy" in 1972.
The song was the work of Nashville pro Mickey Newbury, who tried to unite the two sides of the country together by combining "Dixie," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "All My Trials" into a grand patriotic medley.
The studio recording reached No. 26 on the charts in 1972, and No. 9 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.

The song released on 1970 written by Eddie Rabbit and Dick Head was one of the decade’s first hits for Presley.
The song hit Number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than a million copies, though it only stayed in his live show for a few weeks.
The lyrics tell the story of an anxious lover as he walks and drives through the "cold Kentucky rain" in search of his missing love.

The song written and recorded by American Blues musician Junior Parker in 1953.
Elvis went back into Sun Studios and cut this cover of a 1953 Junior Parker song. Backed by guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black and drummer Johnny Bernero, Presley quickened Park's original bluesy version.
Elvis Presley's version of "Mystery Train” was first released on August 20, 1955, as the B-side of "I Forgot to Remember to Forget"
The Train Mystery is THE TRAIN OF THE DEATH. That train came passed for the station and it took the narrator's girl forever. It is the death treated lyrically.