Love Me Tender Music Box

Music box Love Me Tender Elvis Presley

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Love me tender, love me sweet,
Never let me go.

Love me tender, love me true,
All my dreams fulfilled,
For my darling I love you,
And I always will.

"Love me tenderly" (English. Love Me Tender is a 1956 American song based on the sentimental Civil war ballad "Aura Lee". Aura Lee or Aura Lea). The ballad was written by a poet-songwriter In. In. Fosdick and the composer George R. Published in 1861. The version recorded by Elvis Presley and included in the film of the same name is included in the list of "«500 greatest songs according to rolling stone magazine“».

Elvis Presley recorded "Love me tenderly" on August 24, 1956 for his debut motion picture. The film's producer, Hal Wallis, was opposed to working on the soundtrack album for Elvis ' permanent band, consisting of guitarist Scotty Moore, double bassist bill black, and drummer Dominic Fontana. This trio was temporarily replaced by a group of session musicians: Jon Dodson (backing vocals), Vita Mumolo (guitar), Charles Prescott (bass guitar) and Red Robinson (drums).

About a month before the film was released, on September 9, 1956, Elvis Presley and his trio performed "Love me tender" on the ed Sullivan show. The next day, September 10, the singer's publishing company, "Ar-C-a", received about a million pre-orders for a record with this song. Due to this popularity, the «20th Century Fox film company, which originally planned to name the film "the Reno Brothers", decided to call it " Love me tenderly».

For some reason, the song's authors are listed as Elvis Presley and Vera Matson, although the original lyrics were written by Ken Darby, Vera Matson's husband. Ken Darby also arranged the tune "Aura Lee", which is now in the public domain. According to biographer Peter Guralnik, Elvis Presley did not write his own songs, performing only songs by other authors.

In memory of the legendary singer we present you one of the ageless hits of his repertoire: Love Me Tender.