a blog about elvis presley's music and the records it can be found on
ELVIS IN THE ’60s collects articles and essays that focus on Presley’s activities in that decade or music recorded between 1960 and 1969. Most of the articles will be the latter, but pieces on his concerts, his appearances on television, or his movies may also be found here.
Articles that cover a longer expanse of time—like a piece on all his #1 hits from around the world from 1956 into the 21st century—will be placed in the more general Elvis on Record category.
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DURING 1961-1962, RCA Victor issued five of Elvis Presley’s new singles as monaural Compact 33 Singles in the US. These are all really rather rare records and their picture sleeves are even rarer! This something that cannot be said about almost any other commercially released Elvis titles. They READ MORE
GOOD LUCK CHARM was Elvis’ eighth single of the new decade, and was a worldwide smash. At this time (1961–1962), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45s and as 33⅓ rpm records. The latter was a new format that the company dubbed Compact 33 Singles. Good READ MORE
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was Elvis’ seventh single of the new decade, and was a worldwide smash—or at least one side of this record was a hit somewhere. At this time (1961–1962), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45s and as 33⅓ rpm records. READ MORE
LITTLE SISTER was Elvis’ sixth single of the new decade, and was a worldwide smash—or at least one of the two sides of this record was hit somewhere. At this time (1961–1962), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45s and as 33⅓ rpm records. READ MORE
I FEEL SO BAD was Elvis’ fifth single of the new decade, and was a worldwide smash—or at least it or the flip-side was a smash somewhere. At this time (1961–62), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45 rpm records and also as 33⅓ rpm records. READ MORE
SURRENDER was Elvis’ fourth single of the new decade, and was a worldwide smash. At this time (1961–1962), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45s and as 33⅓ rpm records. The latter was a new format that the company dubbed Compact 33 Singles. Surrender READ MORE
SURRENDER was Elvis’ fourth single of the new decade and was a worldwide smash. At this time (1961–1962), RCA Victor was issuing Presley’s new singles in the US as both standard 45s and as 33⅓ rpm records. The latter was a new format that the company dubbed Compact 33 Singles. READ MORE
THE FIRST RECORDS to reach a large audience and keep that audience for several generations were 10-inch records that played at approximately 78 revolutions per minute. The original format featured only one song on one side, hence it was known as a single. The name stuck to the format when it was made into a two-sided medium with one song per side. READ MORE