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Elvis - Gone, But Not Forgotten

In honor of Elvis Presley's 70th birthday, I am posting The Top 25 Jukebox Songs Of All Time. Elvis has the number one song on the list - Can't Help Falling In Love, 4 songs in the top 25 and many more on the complete list of The Top 500 Jukebox Songs Of All Time.

  1. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - ELVIS PRESLEY
  2. EARTH ANGEL - PENGUINS
  3. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - BEATLES
  4. MY PRAYER - PLATTERS
  5. DON'T BE CRUEL - ELVIS PRESLEY
  6. RUNAROUND SUE - DION
  7. DUKE OF EARL - GENE CHANDLER
  8. SIXTEEN CANDLES - CRESTS
  9. UNCHAINED MELODY - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
10. PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON
11. MY GIRL - TEMPTATIONS
12. SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU - SKYLINERS
13. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS
14. AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS
15. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
16. YESTERDAY - BEATLES
17. THE WANDERER - DION
18. SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES
19. IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT - FIVE SATINS
20. JAILHOUSE ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY
21. WHISPERING BELLS - DEL-VIKINGS
22. LOVE ME TENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY
23. WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW - SHIRELLES
24. SHERRY - FOUR SEASONS
25. SHE LOVES YOU - BEATLES

I gathered a number of surveys from radio DJ's and jukebox operators and compiled The Top 500 Jukebox Songs Of All Time which a friend of mine has posted for me on his blog, pj bottoms.

Do you remember where you were when you heard Elvis had died? I do...
Gone, but not forgotten.

Posted by Rick | January 8, 2005 06:15 PM