Your top ten 70s studio songs

[jurasic1968]

1. Burning Love
2. Promised Land
3. T.R.O.U.B L.E
4. Always on My Mind
5. Way Down
6. For the Heart
7. Moody Blue
8. Hurt
9. Pledging My Love
10. Bridge over Troubled Water

[ElvisNZ]

Burning Love
Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (unedited)
Fairytale
Promised Land
Way Down
TROUBLE
Always On My Mind

[ElvisNZ]

Next 5
I'm Leavin
My Boy
I Just Cant Help Believin
Just Pretend
Merry Christmas Baby unedited

[r&b]

Elvis was no longer really the king of rock and roll in the 70's as the decade was dominated by ballads. However he did turn in some good ones, although far too infrequently. My all around top 5 songs are

Burning Love
Promised Land
Way Down
TROUBLE
Always On My Mind - to me his best ballad on of the 70's why oh why wasnt this the A side!

OK so adding 5 more for the 10, I choose to add:

Its Your Baby You Rock it
If You Talk In Your Sleep
Loving Arms
For The Heart
Stranger In The Crowd

[pmp]

Full list:

Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On (unedited version)
I'm Leavin'
T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
I Miss You
I Got a Feelin' in My Body
Danny Boy
I Really Don't Want to Know
Merry Christmas Baby
Faded Love
Pledging My Love (unedited)

[Dan_T]

Burnin' Love.
Way Down.
T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
Polk Salad Annie.
American Trilogy.

Stranger In The Crowd.
Always On My Mind.
Moody Blue.
Promised Land.
If You Talk In Your Sleep.

Like everyone else this can change !

[elvinda58]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Undubbed
I Really Don't Want To Know
Faded Love
Always On My Mind
Burning Love
For Ol' Times Sake
Good Time Charlies Got The Blues
Promised Land
Just Pretend
Pieces Of My Life

[TCK_KING]

Burning Love
Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (unedited)
Fairytale
Promised Land
Way Down
TROUBLE
Always On My Mind

[Ciscoking]

So many great choices...some songs I almost forgot...thanks for all the input...Just great.

[henryneill]

Make The World Go Away
Funny How Time Slips Away
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Merry Christmas Baby
I'm Leavin'
Always On My Mind
I've Got A Thing About You Baby
If You Talk In Your Sleep
Promised Land
Moody Blue

On another day, these two might be in my Top10:
Thinking About You
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (unedited)

On these two I prefer the live versions from TTWII:
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Just Pretend

[colonel snow]

Ten favourites of mine in no special order and changing from time to time:

Faded love
I just can’t help believin’
Twenty days and twenty nights
Just pretend
Tomorrow never comes
Heart of Rome
Help me make it through the night
Blue eyes crying in the rain
I’ll never fall in love again
I really don’t want to know


colonel snow

[Gary Crawford]

Padre
Miracle of Rosary
Life
Mr Songman
Sylvia
Three Corn Patches
Solitaire
Never Again
Bitter They Are Harder They Fall
It's Different Now.

[Tygrrius]

I hope Cisco doesn't mind, but I thought it'd be fun after a week's worth of posts to take a look at the results.

Thirty-three FECC members selected songs. For each one, I captured the first ten studio songs mentioned. As most people didn't rank them, I didn't apply any weighting to the selections. According to FECC, here are the most popular Elvis 70s studio songs:

#1
Promised Land (19)

#2
Always On My Mind (16)

#3
Burning Love (14)

#4 (Tie)
I'm Leavin' (10)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (10)
Way Down (10)

#7 (Tie)
Just Pretend (8)
Moody Blue (8)

#9 (Tie)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (7)
I Really Don't Want To Know (7)
Stranger In The Crowd (7)

#12 (Tie)
I've Lost You (6)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (6)

#14 (Tie)
Funny How Time Slips Away (5)
My Boy (5)

#16 (Tie)
For Ol' Times Sake (4)
How The Web Was Woven (4)
I Got A Feelin' In My Body (4)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (4)
It's Your Baby, You Rock It (4)
Make The World Go Away (4)
Mary In The Morning (4)
Merry Christmas Baby (4)
Talk About The Good Times (4)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4)

#26 (Tie)
Faded Love (3)
For The Heart (3)
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (3)
Hurt (3)
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3)
I've Got A Thing About You, Baby (3)
Pieces Of My Life (3)
Tomorrow Never Comes (3)

If we were to assemble an album of the most popular cuts, it might look something like this:

Elvis: 70s In Demand

SIDE ONE
1. Burning Love
2. I've Lost You
3. Stranger In The Crowd
4. Just Pretend
5. Way Down
6. Always On My Mind

SIDE TWO
1. I Really Don't Want To Know
2. Promised Land
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Moody Blue
5. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
6. I'm Leavin'

[colonel snow]

See previous post with a suggested release:

Why should I buy a CD / LP with tracks already released on all kind of LP’s / CD’s?.
I don’t care if the sound is a little up-graded.


colonel snow

[Ciscoking]

I hope Cisco doesn't mind, but I thought it'd be fun after a week's worth of posts to take a look at the results.

Thirty-three FECC members selected songs. For each one, I captured the first ten studio songs mentioned. As most people didn't rank them, I didn't apply any weighting to the selections. According to FECC, here are the most popular Elvis 70s studio songs:

#1
Promised Land (19)

#2
Always On My Mind (16)

#3
Burning Love (14)

#4 (Tie)
I'm Leavin' (10)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (10)
Way Down (10)

#7 (Tie)
Just Pretend (8)
Moody Blue (8)

#9 (Tie)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (7)
I Really Don't Want To Know (7)
Stranger In The Crowd (7)

#12 (Tie)
I've Lost You (6)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (6)

#14 (Tie)
Funny How Time Slips Away (5)
My Boy (5)

#16 (Tie)
For Ol' Times Sake (4)
How The Web Was Woven (4)
I Got A Feelin' In My Body (4)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (4)
It's Your Baby, You Rock It (4)
Make The World Go Away (4)
Mary In The Morning (4)
Merry Christmas Baby (4)
Talk About The Good Times (4)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4)

#26 (Tie)
Faded Love (3)
For The Heart (3)
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (3)
Hurt (3)
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3)
I've Got A Thing About You, Baby (3)
Pieces Of My Life (3)
Tomorrow Never Comes (3)

If we were to assemble an album of the most popular cuts, it might look something like this:

Elvis: 70s In Demand

SIDE ONE
1. Burning Love
2. I've Lost You
3. Stranger In The Crowd
4. Just Pretend
5. Way Down
6. Always On My Mind

SIDE TWO
1. I Really Don't Want To Know
2. Promised Land
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Moody Blue
5. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
6. I'm Leavin'

Thanks,..abolutely very well done, mate..

[drjohncarpenter]

Looks like you did not consider ALL the posts in your analysis.

That's not very fun.

I hope Cisco doesn't mind, but I thought it'd be fun after a week's worth of posts to take a look at the results.

Thirty-three FECC members selected songs. For each one, I captured the first ten studio songs mentioned. As most people didn't rank them, I didn't apply any weighting to the selections. According to FECC, here are the most popular Elvis 70s studio songs:

#1
Promised Land (19)

#2
Always On My Mind (16)

#3
Burning Love (14)

#4 (Tie)
I'm Leavin' (10)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (10)
Way Down (10)

#7 (Tie)
Just Pretend (8)
Moody Blue (8)

#9 (Tie)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (7)
I Really Don't Want To Know (7)
Stranger In The Crowd (7)

#12 (Tie)
I've Lost You (6)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (6)

#14 (Tie)
Funny How Time Slips Away (5)
My Boy (5)

#16 (Tie)
For Ol' Times Sake (4)
How The Web Was Woven (4)
I Got A Feelin' In My Body (4)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (4)
It's Your Baby, You Rock It (4)
Make The World Go Away (4)
Mary In The Morning (4)
Merry Christmas Baby (4)
Talk About The Good Times (4)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4)

#26 (Tie)
Faded Love (3)
For The Heart (3)
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (3)
Hurt (3)
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3)
I've Got A Thing About You, Baby (3)
Pieces Of My Life (3)
Tomorrow Never Comes (3)

If we were to assemble an album of the most popular cuts, it might look something like this:

Elvis: 70s In Demand

SIDE ONE
1. Burning Love
2. I've Lost You
3. Stranger In The Crowd
4. Just Pretend
5. Way Down
6. Always On My Mind

SIDE TWO
1. I Really Don't Want To Know
2. Promised Land
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Moody Blue
5. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
6. I'm Leavin'

[Tygrrius]

Why should I buy a CD / LP with tracks already released on all kind of LP’s / CD’s?.
I don’t care if the sound is a little up-graded.

You shouldn't buy it. If the above album ever comes out as an official release on vinyl exactly as described, however, I will personally buy copies of it for you and all of the other contributors.

Thanks,..abolutely very well done, mate..

Thank you for the inspiring topic! It was neat to see the variety of 70s studio songs Elvis fans prefer.

Looks like you did not consider ALL the posts in your analysis.

That's not very fun.

I can see why you might think that, since I only displayed results for songs mentioned at least three times. However, my fun included carefully considering the first ten studio songs referenced by every commenter on the topic to that point - even a post or two that were tongue-in-cheek. Tallies for the remaining songs not shown in my previous post are attached for your reading pleasure.

[drjohncarpenter]

I can see why you might think that, since I only displayed results for songs mentioned at least three times.

It would've been helpful if that display choice had been noted in the previous post . . .

Thanks for the addendum. It appears two votes was the breaking point, very clever to draw the line at three.



Also, did you include song tallies from those who posted a second or third list?

.

[Tygrrius]

It would've been helpful if that display choice had been noted in the previous post . . .

Quite true.

Thanks for the addendum. It appears two votes was the breaking point, very clever to draw the line at three.

You're welcome - happy to share with someone who enjoys details. And thank you, yes - I was trying to save some space as well.

Also, did you include song tallies from those who posted a second or third list?

No matter the number of lists posted, I tallied the first ten studio songs that each individual person mentioned. I ignored all live songs and any studio songs over the first ten referenced. If Person A listed 8 studio songs in their first list and 3 studio songs in their second list, I counted only the first 10 mentioned. This was in the spirit of keeping with the instructions given at https://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1975194#p1975194 and amended at https://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1975295#p1975295. Unfortunately, I was not able to hire an independent third-party to monitor as I tallied the results or to provide a recount, so there is a margin of error.

• Using this criteria, 33 different posters made a total of 268 references.
• In all, the 268 references were split across 80 different songs.
• Of 70s studio masters released during Elvis' lifetime, 63 of them failed to receive a reference at all (see attached).

[LSP-4445]

Padre
Miracle of Rosary
Life
Mr Songman
Sylvia
Three Corn Patches
Solitaire
Never Again
Bitter They Are Harder They Fall
It's Different Now.

Holy crap,thats really your top 10 favorites?
Many of these is in my worst top 10 list…..how different we are,and thats ok

[Gary Crawford]

Padre
Miracle of Rosary
Life
Mr Songman
Sylvia
Three Corn Patches
Solitaire
Never Again
Bitter They Are Harder They Fall
It's Different Now.

Holy crap,thats really your top 10 favorites?
Many of these is in my worst top 10 list…..how different we are,and thats ok

What can I say, other than being in a silly mood and a few glasses of wine can do a strange thing to a person's musical taste buds. I'd tend to agree with most of folks picks, Burning Love, Promised Land, Always on my Mind etc, the usual culprits. Not sure if anyone mentioned it but I do have a real soft spot for Early Morning Rain.

[Walter Hale 4]

has anyone listed Early Morning Rain 1971 ?

[Walter Hale 4]

I hope Cisco doesn't mind, but I thought it'd be fun after a week's worth of posts to take a look at the results.

Thirty-three FECC members selected songs. For each one, I captured the first ten studio songs mentioned. As most people didn't rank them, I didn't apply any weighting to the selections. According to FECC, here are the most popular Elvis 70s studio songs:

#1
Promised Land (19)

#2
Always On My Mind (16)

#3
Burning Love (14)

#4 (Tie)
I'm Leavin' (10)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (10)
Way Down (10)

#7 (Tie)
Just Pretend (8)
Moody Blue (8)

#9 (Tie)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (7)
I Really Don't Want To Know (7)
Stranger In The Crowd (7)

#12 (Tie)
I've Lost You (6)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (6)

#14 (Tie)
Funny How Time Slips Away (5)
My Boy (5)

#16 (Tie)
For Ol' Times Sake (4)
How The Web Was Woven (4)
I Got A Feelin' In My Body (4)
If You Talk In Your Sleep (4)
It's Your Baby, You Rock It (4)
Make The World Go Away (4)
Mary In The Morning (4)
Merry Christmas Baby (4)
Talk About The Good Times (4)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4)

#26 (Tie)
Faded Love (3)
For The Heart (3)
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (3)
Hurt (3)
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3)
I've Got A Thing About You, Baby (3)
Pieces Of My Life (3)
Tomorrow Never Comes (3)

If we were to assemble an album of the most popular cuts, it might look something like this:

Elvis: 70s In Demand

SIDE ONE
1. Burning Love
2. I've Lost You
3. Stranger In The Crowd
4. Just Pretend
5. Way Down
6. Always On My Mind

SIDE TWO
1. I Really Don't Want To Know
2. Promised Land
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Moody Blue
5. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
6. I'm Leavin'

Really interesting analysis on the one level, but it would have been better to wait until a topic has ran out of gas. Basing it on just 33 votes and one week's length, is hardly relevant.

[Walter Hale 4]

As for me,

Bridge Over Troubled Water
Early Morning Rain
Tomorrow Never Comes
I'm Leavin'
Merry Christmas Baby (as in the long eight-minute version)
Burning Love
Promised Land
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
I Can Help
Moody Blue

[jurasic1968]

Today:
Burning Love
Promised Land
Always on My Mind
Patch it Up
Separate Ways
Moody Blue
Way Down
T.R.O.U.B.L.E
Bridge Over Troubled Water
I'm Leavin.