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1
 
Title:
MacArthur Park
  
Writer:
Jimmy Webb
1st Recorded:
??
Recorded @:
??
1st Released:
??
Versions Appear on:
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Notes:
Elvis did a parody of the Richard Harris hit of 1968 on the NBC-TV Special in November 1968, but to my knowledge it has never appeared on record.
 
2
 
Title:
Make Me Know It
  
Writer:
Otis Blackwell
1st Recorded:
20th March 1960
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
April 1960
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
This was the first song Elvis recorded out of the Army. A passable though gimmicky R&B number.
 
3
 
Title:
Make The World Go Away
  
Writer:
Hank Cochran
1st Recorded:
7th June 1970
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
January 1971
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A Country & Western tune recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1965, rendered by Elvis with flair, embellished by James Burton's guitar and made top heavy by the addition of strings.
 
4
 
Title:
Mama
  
Writers:
Charles O'Curran & Dudley Brooks
1st Recorded:
March 1962
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
April 1970
Versions Appear on:
Let's Be Friends (1971)
Double Dynamite (1976)
Notes:
Recorded for the film Girls! Girls! Girls! but only the Amigos ended up singing it in the film.Latin American touch with insignificant lyrics, grossly over-produced.
 
5
 
Title:
Mama, Don't Dance
  
Writers:
Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
1st Recorded:
20th March 1974
Recorded @:
Mid-South Colesium, Memphis, Tennessee.
1st Released:
June 1974
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
Elvis included this hit as aprt of a rocking medley with five other songs, as segued from "Whole Lotta Shakin'", before going to "Flip Flop Fly".
 
6
 
Title:
Mansion Over The Hilltop
  
Writers:
Ira Stamhill
1st Recorded:
30th October 1960
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
December 1960
Versions Appear on:
His Hand In Mine (1960)
Notes:
A western flavoured hymn, backed by Floyd Cramer's ivory keys.
 
7
 
Title:
Marguerita
  
Writer:
Don Robertson
1st Recorded:
22nd January 1963
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
November 1963
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
From the film Fun In Acapulco, the song for Ursula Andress, with trumpets, castenets and the whole deal.
 
8
 
Title:
Mary In The Morning
  
Writers:
Johnny Cymbal & Michael Rashkow
1st Recorded:
5th June 1970
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
December 1970
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A gentle love song, with harmonica and acoustic guitar, seen in the rehearsal scenes of the film TTWII.
 
9
 
Title:
Mean Woman Blues
  
Writer:
Claude DeMetrius
1st Recorded:
13th January 1957
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
July 1957
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A fast, straight rocker from the film Loving You.
The film version has a hand-clapping introduction.
 
10
 
Title:
Memphis, Tennessee
  
Writer:
Chuck Berry
1st Recorded:
12th January 1964
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
July 1965
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
Of course, everybody always knew it was only a matter of time before Elvis covered this Chuck Berry's 1959 classic, indeed how could he resist a song about his own hometown?
But when Elvis' buddy Johnny Rivers had a giant hit with it in 1964, he quickly followed suit, with a straight on, rollicking version.
 
12
 
Title:
Mexico
  
Writers:
Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
1st Recorded:
22nd January 1963
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
November 1963
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A lively Latin American number from the film Fun In Acapulco, with Elvis singing about living it up with all the "adorable creatures".
 
14
 
Title:
Mine
  
Writers:
Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
1st Recorded:
11th September 1967
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
June 1968
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A nicely rendered ballad that was recorded for the film Speedway but was cut from the film. With backing from the Jordanaires and Floyd Cramer on piano.
 
15
 
Title:
Miracle Of The Rosary
  
Writer:
Lee Denson
1st Recorded:
15th May 1971
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
January 1972
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A prayer converted into a hymn, with interplay of voices between Elvis and the Imperials.
 
16
 
Title:
Mirage
  
Writers:
Bill Grant & Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
1st Recorded:
24th February 1965
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
October 1965
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A crooning ballad from the film Harum Scarum, given a wobbling, throbbing treatment.
 
17
 
Title:
Moonlight Swim
  
Writers:
Sylvia Dee & Ben Weisman
1st Recorded:
23rd March 1961
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
October 1961
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A sulky ballad, with hawaiian guitars,from the film Blue Hawaii.
 
18
 
Title:
My Babe
  
Writer:
Wille Dixon
1st Recorded:
24th August 1969
Recorded @:
The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1st Released:
November 1969
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
An adaptation of the gospel "This Train" done in Las Vegas high style.
 
19
 
Title:
My Desert Serenade
  
Writers:
Stanley J. Gelber
1st Recorded:
24th February 1965
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
October 1965
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
Elvis working his voice on a mediorce melody from the film Harum Scarum.
 
20
 
Title:
My Happiness
 
Writers:
Betty Peterson & Bornex Bergantine
1st Recorded:
"Summer" 1953
Recorded @:
Memphis Recording Service.
1st Released:
??
Versions Appear on:
??
Notes:
The song that was a hit for the Ink Spots in 1953, which Elvis recorded for Gladys at the Memphis Recording Service.
 
29
 
Title:
My Little Girl
  
Writers:
??
1st Recorded:
??
Recorded @:
??
1st Released:
??
Versions Appear on:
??
Notes:
??
 
21
 
Title:
Never Again
  
Writers:
Billy Edd Wheeler & Jerry Chesnut
1st Recorded:
6th & 7th February 1976
Recorded @:
Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee.
1st Released:
May 1976
Versions Appear on:
From Elvis Presley Boulevard (1976)
Our Memories Of Elvis (1979)
Notes:
A mournful ballad, from the Memphis sessions, which was remixed in 1979 to showcase Elvis' voice on the album Our memories Of Elvis.
 
22
 
Title:
Never Been To Spain
  
Writer:
Hoyt Axton
1st Recorded:
10th June 1972
Recorded @:
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
1st Released:
June 1972
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
Elvis took this 1971 hit by Three Dog Night and made it seem like he was born to sing it.Performed with sexy soulfulness in the film Elvis On Tour in 1972.
 
13
 
Title:
Never Say Yes
  
Writers:
Doc Pomus & Mort Schuman
1st Recorded:
21st february 1966
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
November 1966
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A beater without much direction, from the film Spinout in 1966.
 
23
 
Title:
New Orleans
 
Writers:
Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
1st Recorded:
January 1958
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
August 1958
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A flashy blues number with dixieland backing from the film King Creole, performed with plenty of pizzaz.
 
24
 
Title:
Night Life
  
Writers:
Bill Grant & Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
1st Recorded:
9th July 1963
Recorded @:
MGM Sound Studios, Culver City.
1st Released:
July 1963
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
From Viva Las Vegas in 1964, one of the lesser numbers from a solid film and cut from the final print.
 
25
 
Title:
Night Rider
  
Writers:
Doc Pomus & Mort Schuman
1st Recorded:
18th March 1962
Recorded @:
RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
1st Released:
June 1962
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
An uptempo swinger from the early 1960's, a brisk cut at a time when Elvis was falling into the hackneyed soundtrack format of filmdom.
 
26
 
Title:
No More
 
Writers:
Don Robertson & Hal Blair
1st Recorded:
21st March 1961
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
October 1961
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
One of the better tunes from the film Blue Hawaii.The song was recorded for the U.S. broadcast of "Aloha From Hawaii" but did not appear in the broadcast or on the soundtrack album.
 
27
 
Title:
(There's) No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car
  
Writers:
Fred Wise & Dick Manning
1st Recorded:
23rd January 1963
Recorded @:
Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
1st Released:
November 1963
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A light-hearted, inane bit of stuff from the film Fun In Acapulco.
 
28
 
Title:
Nothingville
  
Writers:
Scott Davis & Billy Strange
1st Recorded:
27th June 1968
Recorded @:
NBC Studios, Burbank.
1st Released:
December 1968
Versions Appear on:
Notes:
A short production segment from the 1968 NBC-TV Special, a bluesy workout with harmonica and guitar.
 
Home Films Singles EP's LP's