On this day in music history: November 28, 1960 - Are You Lonesome Tonight by Elvis Presley hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks. Written by Lou Handman and Roy Turk, it is the fourteenth number one single The song is written in 1926 by Handman and Turk, and originally recorded by Al Jolson. Presleys version is recorded at RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, TN on April 4, 1960, and is one of several songs cut during a highly productive series of sessions that will also produce the smash hit Its Now Or Never. While recording his vocal (captured in just one take), Presley will ask that the lights be turned off in the studio. On the finished record, though barely audible, you can hear Elvis bump into the microphone stand at the songs conclusion. Released on November 1, 1960, it is an immediate smash. Entering the Hot 100 at #35 on November 14, 1960, it will leap to the top of the chart only two weeks later. Lonesome is Presleys third chart topper since being honorably discharged from the US Army earlier in the year Are You Lonesome Tonight will also hit number on the UK singles chart on January 23, 1961, spending four weeks at the top. Are You Lonesome Tonight is certified 2x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:00:42 +0000
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