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Who sang Love Me Tender?

Release date: 28/9/1956

Duration: 02:42

Writer(s): George R. Poulton

Elvis Presley released the song Love Me Tender. Date of release: 28/9/1956.

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The meaning of the song 'Love Me Tender ', based on the lyrics

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🎶 Love Me Tender song analysis

This song is about never wanting to lose the person you love, and always being there for them.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Love Me Tender’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.

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Elvis Presley - Short Biography

- Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor.
- Elvis was dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll".
- Elvis is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
- Elvis' energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style led him to great success and initial controversy.
- Elvis had a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations.

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- "Love Me Tender" is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956.
- The song is credited to "Vera Matson" (although the real lyricist is her husband, Ken Darby) and to Elvis Presley himself.
- The melody is identical to that of the Civil War sentimental ballad "Aura Lea" and is therefore attributed to the composer of Aura Lea, the Englishman George R. Poulton.
- Elvis Presley's RCA Victor recording was number one on the Billboard and Cashbox charts in 1956.
- The song also appears in many other films and television shows, including FM, Touched By Love, This is Elvis, Porky's Revenge, Wild at Heart, Die Hard 2, Honeymoon in Vegas, Backbeat, Gaudi Afternoon, Machine Gun Molly, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, William Eggleston in the Real World, California Dreamin', Love in Space, Masters of Sex, Devil's Due, Just Before I Go, 90 Minutes in Heaven and Ready or Not.

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