Mark Pentleton

On September 9th 1956 Elvis Presley performed a new song on the Ed Sullivan Show, just before it was due to be released and a month before the launch of the film. Love me tender was based on the melody of the 1861 Civil War ballad Aura Lee, and the following day over 1 million [...]

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As promised yesterday, this song is dedicated to my sister Clare and her husband Eamon who celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary yesterday. I am reliably informed by my wife that their first dance was to this song (I have no idea how she remembers these things…) so I hope I’ve got all the details right! [...]

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A new week here on 365songs, and I’m starting with a song which has apparently been covered over 300 times by different artists. It was first recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972 but since then has been famously performed by Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley and even the Pet Shop Boys! And now me – hope [...]

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