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Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1

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Compilation album by

Elvis Presley

Released

August 1970

Elvis Presley chronology

On Stage: February 1970
(1970)

Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1
(1970)

Almost in Love
(1970)

Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 is a compilation box set by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. The four-album set was released in August, 1970, as his 38th album. The set peaked at number 45 on the Billboard 200^[1] and at number 25 on the country chart.^[2]^[3] It was certified Gold on February 13, 1973, Platinum on March 27, 1992, and 2× Platinum on June 17, 1992, by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[4] Of the 51 tracks featured, four make their album debut in this collection: "Viva Las Vegas", "Suspicious Minds", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Kentucky Rain". Also included is an excerpt from the long out-of-print spoken-word EP, Elvis Sails.

All tracks in this box set are in mono.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley	January 10, 1956	2:01
2.	"I Was the One"	Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers	January 11, 1956	2:33
3.	"I Want You I Need You I Love You"	Maurice Mysels, Ira Kosloff	April 14, 1956	2:39
4.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	July 2, 1956	2:03
5.	"Hound Dog"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	July 2, 1956	2:15
6.	"Love Me Tender" (from Love Me Tender)	Vera Matson, Elvis Presley	August 24, 1956	2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Any Way You Want Me"	Aaron Schroeder, Cliff Owens	July 2, 1956	2:15
2.	"Too Much"	Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman	September 2, 1956	2:32
3.	"Playing for Keeps"	Stanley Kesler	September 1, 1956	2:48
4.	"All Shook Up"	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	January 12, 1957	1:58
5.	"That's When Your Heartaches Begin"	William Raskin, George Brown, Fred Fisher	January 13, 1957	3:25
6.	"Loving You" (from Loving You)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	February 24, 1957	2:15

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (from Loving You)	Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe	January 15–18, 1957	1:53
2.	"Jailhouse Rock" (from Jailhouse Rock)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	April 30, 1957	2:30
3.	"Treat Me Nice" (from Jailhouse Rock)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	September 5, 1957	2:12
4.	"I Beg of You"	Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens	February 23, 1957	1:53
5.	"Don't"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	September 6, 1957	2:48
6.	"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"	Bert Carroll, Russell Moody	February 1, 1958	2:15
7.	"Hard Headed Woman" (from King Creole)	Claude Demetrius	January 15, 1958	1:53

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"I Got Stung"	Aaron Schroeder, David Hill	June 10, 1958	1:50
2.	"A Fool Such As I"	Bill Trader, Bob Miller	June 10, 1958	2:36
3.	"A Big Hunk o' Love"	Aaron Schroeder, Sid Wyche	June 10, 1958	2:12
4.	"Stuck on You"	Aaron Schroeder, J. Leslie McFarland	March 20, 1960	2:16
5.	"A Mess of Blues"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	March 20, 1960	2:41
6.	"It's Now or Never"	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold	April 3, 1960	3:25

Side five
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"I Gotta Know"	Paul Evans, Matt Williams	April 3, 1960	2:14
2.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Roy Turk, Lou Handman	April 3, 1960	3:05
3.	"Surrender"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	October 30, 1960	1:51
4.	"I Feel So Bad"	Chuck Willis	March 12, 1961	2:54
5.	"Little Sister"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	June 25, 1961	2:29
6.	"Can't Help Falling in Love" (from Blue Hawaii)	Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss	March 23, 1961	3:01

Side six
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Rock-A-Hula Baby" (from Blue Hawaii)	Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller	March 23, 1961	2:24
2.	"Anything That's Part of You"	Don Robertson	October 15, 1961	1:57
3.	"Good Luck Charm"	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold	October 15, 1961	2:24
4.	"She's Not You"	Doc Pomus, Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber	March 19, 1962	2:03
5.	"Return to Sender" (from Girls! Girls! Girls!)	Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott	March 27, 1962	2:05
6.	"Where Do You Come from" (from Girls! Girls! Girls!)	Ruth Batchelor, Bob Roberts	March 27, 1962	2:08
7.	"One Broken Heart for Sale" (from It Happened at the World's Fair)	Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott	September 22, 1962	2:09

Side seven
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye	May 26, 1963	2:01
2.	"Bossa Nova Baby" (from Fun in Acapulco)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	January 22, 1963	1:35
3.	"Kissin' Cousins" (from Kissin' Cousins)	Fred Wise, Randy Starr	September 30-October 10, 1963	2:18
4.	"Viva Las Vegas" (from Viva Las Vegas)	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	July 9, 1963	2:11
5.	"Ain't That Loving You Baby"	Clyde Otis, Ivory Joe Hunter	June 10, 1958	2:22
6.	"Wooden Heart" (from G.I. Blues)	Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey	April 28, 1960	2:02

Side eight
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Crying in the Chapel"	Artie Glenn	October 30, 1960	2:23
2.	"If I Can Dream"	Walter Earl Brown	June 23, 1968	2:12
3.	"In the Ghetto"	Mac Davis	January 20, 1969	2:48
4.	"Suspicious Minds"	Mark James	January 22, 1969	4:27
5.	"Don't Cry Daddy"	Mac Davis	January 15, 1969	3:09
6.	"Kentucky Rain"	Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard	February 20, 1969	3:15
7.	"'Elvis Sails" (excerpts)	—	September 22, 1958	2:44