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Love Me Tender Elvis Presley sang songs, adapted to the tune “Aura Lee” (or “Aura Lea”), a sentimental Civil War ballad with music by George R. Poulton and words, WW Fosdick. “Aura Lee” was published in 1861, this Civil War song later became popular with college clubs and joy barbershop quartets. It was also sung at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.Elvis Presley received co-songwriting credit, because of its Hill & Range publishing business which required the composers that they recognize the 50 percent credit to their songs if they want to Presley’s record her; Presley never wrote any of his own songs. [Presley made a joint writing two songs, but although he was not a major composer: “Here is someone you will never forget” the red West in 1961 and “You Be Gone MR” red-West and Charlie Hodge in 1962 although his contribution was in the form of song ideas and coming up with a theme or a theme song and title. As with almost all the records of Elvis RCA, Elvis took control in the studio, although not credited as a producer. Elvis would regularly change the arrangements and songs to the point that original songs barely recognizable. This is, perhaps, justifies collaboration song credit in this song. The song hit number 1 in the Billboard Charts week ending November 3, 1956, while in office for 5 weeks, and not achieved. 11 in the charts in the UK. Furthermore, it was the achievement as Love Me Tender tickets has another Presley’s single, “Hound Dog / Do not Be Cruel” to # 1. This case is marked by two important events in the history of Billboard. During this time, Elvis made a new record at that time, the longest consecutive stay at number one on one artist, sixteen weeks, although it was related to Boyz II Men in 1994 and served for forty-eight weeks prior to the time superior to R & B singer Usher in 2004, who spent 19 weeks at the top of the charts. This version was ranked 437 in the list of Rolling Stone “500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1968, Presley recorded a 52-second track, entitled “Violet (flower of NYU)” for the soundtrack to the film “The problem with girls. Unreleased until after Presley’s death, the songs used the same melody as” Aura Lee “, the source of the song” Love Me Tender event “.