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Elvis Elvis Elvis - 100 Greatest Hits

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The best is that it has lots of songs ang most of them were never published in sheet music before. A Must

This is a great little song book with all of the traditional Elvis tunes such as Don't Be Cruel, Heatbreak Hotel, and (Just want to be your---)Teddy Bear. Then there are some tunes you may not have heard such as Wooden Heart and Rock-a-Hula Baby. And there are also some tunes with riotous lyrics such as Party and Shake That Tambourine. The music is an easy read but not over simplistic. This is a worthwhile purchase for $20 of a great compilation of Elvis tunes.

This book did not have all the popular Elvis songs, but the songs that are there are cool.

Billy, sure, Sinatra had a better voice. But he worked in a narrow

range of songs (pop and jazz standards). Elvis forged his style

from a wider range of genres: R&B, blues, country, and gospel. His

recordings of R&B (back then called "race music") changed America.

This book includes too many songs from his mediocre movie

career, but it still covers the crucial early years, when Elvis

was young and fearless.

Steve Wiggins, author of "Streets of Warsaw"

Streets of Warsaw: A Novel of the Polish Resistance in World War II

I really can't for the life of me understand the fame and popularity of this singer. Sure, he was handsome and had a decent voice, but is that really enough to justify the phenomenal success he achieved? Elvis never wrote any of his own songs; and unlike other musicians of the period, he had no originality or apparent creative talent. True, he created something of a stir back in the day because his movement's were billed as ''sexually suggestive'' (gyrating his hips? Puh-lease! a single Paris Hilton burger king ad could show this guy a thing or two about ''sexual suggestiveness''!), but that's a part of the past no longer relevant, and his songs, though pleasant enough to listen to, are all such inconsequential bits of toothless fluff that it makes one wonder where the appeal lay. They call him ''the king'' of Rock n' Roll, but he seems about as detached from the lyrical edginess of later groups like Led Zeppelin and The Doors as could be.

So will someone please tell me what all the fuss is about?