2006-12-10 19:07:07 · 3 answers · asked by David 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It was in 1960 and became #1 in January 1961
2006-12-10 19:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sunshyneee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you lonesome tonight was first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1960.
2006-12-11 03:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by skye_pollard2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best known recording was by Elvis Presley, released on April 4, 1960 and engineered by Nashville sound pioneer Bill Porter. Colonel Parker (it was one of his wife's favourite songs) persuaded Elvis to record his own rendition of this song. Elvis' version was based on the Blue Barron Orchestra in 1950 and the spoken part of the song was loosely based on Shakespeare's As You Like it using Jaques' speech on Act II Scene VII: "All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts." It went on to be one of the biggest-selling singles of 1960. (copied from another web-site)
2006-12-11 03:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tim E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋