Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never - Based on 'O Sole Mio' 💕

[appalachiablue]

Elvis Presley was drafted into the U.S. Army for military service in 1958. After serving in West Germany he returned to the US on March 2, 1960. The train that carried him from New Jersey to Tenn. and his Graceland home was mobbed with fans all the way..
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💌 "It's Now or Never" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single in 1960. The song is Presley's biggest hit, with 20 million copies sold worldwide, it is one of the best-selling singles of all time.
- Background: "It's Now or Never" is one of 2 popular songs based on the Italian song of the Neapolitan language, "'O Sole mio" (music by Eduardo di Capua); the other is "There's No Tomorrow", recorded by singer Tony Martin in 1949, which inspired Presley's version.
In the late 1950s, while stationed in Germany, Presley heard Martin's recording. It is also likely that he was inspired to record this because of his fondness for Mario Lanza who had first popularized "'O Sole Mio" to American audiences and who had died the year before "It's Now or Never" was recorded...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song)
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- Elvis Presley, wiki..1958–1960: military service and mother's death. On March 24, 1958, Presley was drafted into the U. S. Army at Fort Chaffee, Ark. His arrival was a major media event...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley

[kentuck]

1. Rec!

[appalachiablue]

2. Thank you, a huge early rock n roll hit song!