Elvis recorded a strictly informal version of The Beatles' “Lady Madonna” during a May 1971 recording session for a new Christmas album. It's obvious that the recording was impromptu since Elvis did not know all the words to the song.
• Beatles Songs Covered by Elvis
Presley recorded about 665 different songs during sessions, and perhaps 50 additional titles in live performances during the '50, '60s, and '70s. As The Beatles had done for him, Elvis covered four Beatle songs, starting in 1969.
Recording material with producer Terry Henebery for the eighth edition of the Pop Go The Beatles radio show, the four lads from Liverpool would lay down a rendition of 'I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)', one of three Elvis songs they put to tape that day.
The meeting of two great musical acts of the 20th century took place on this day: The Beatles and Elvis Presley. This was The Beatles' fifth day off at 2850 Benedict Canyon, the Beverly Hills mansion they rented from Zsa Zsa Gabor during a break in their 1965 tour of North America.
As teenagers, The Beatles, especially John Lennon, were strongly influenced by Elvis Presley. They started wearing their hair slicked back like Elvis. They admired his rebelliousness and his appeal to women, not to mention his musical talent. “Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis,” John Lennon said.
Paul McCartney recalls meeting Elvis Presley in the summer of 1965 in a new interview with Wired Magazine. In the video, McCartney talks about what it was like to meet Elvis and how the king's television technology wowed the Fab Four.
Growing up in 1950s Liverpool, John Lennon – who would have been 82 this month – and Paul McCartney fell in love with rising star Elvis Presley's rock and roll music. When The Beatles reached the heights of his fame for themselves, the Fab Four famously met The King at his LA home in 1965.
John Lennon was once asked what he thought about Elvis Presley and replied, “He's one of my heroes. I saw him in '56 in Liverpool. I was just a kid then, but I've loved him ever since.” It was John Lennon who suggested that The Beatles' song 'She Loves You' could be inspired by an Elvis Presley song.
• Beatles lead Elvis in #1 records
As to be expected, due to his far greater number of total chart entries, Elvis has the advantage over The Beatles in most performance categories. Presley placed 102 titles in Billboard's top 40, while The Beatles had 50 entries that made it that far up the chart.
It was August 27, 1965, when Presley and the Beatles met for the first and only time. The famous foursome visited the American singer and actor at his Beverly Hills mansion on a night off from their tour in the States.
Without Elvis, there would be no Beatles", John Lennon famously said about the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Elvis loved the twang of country music. He had several records by his pal Johnny Cash, as well as records by Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline and Hank Williams.
And while Elvis wasn't a songwriter per se, he did co-write a few songs in his career including 'That's Someone You Never Forget' and the haunting 'You'll Be Gone'.
Turns out John Lennon led the pack, having sung lead on 109 Beatles tunes. Paul McCartney was a very close 2nd with 98. But while Lennon dominated the early Beatles albums (songs like “Please Please Me”), McCartney tended to sing more leads on the band's later recordings.
Tears: Ken Dodd record outsold everyone but the Beatles in the 1960s.
Combining all three attributes of reputation, fame and achievement, the Who's Bigger? list for Rock Hall inductees ranks Elvis Presley slightly above The Beatles, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney holding their own just a few slots below their own group.
Elvis Presley, recognised as the best-selling solo music artist of all time by Guinness World Records, sold over 400.
He says Elvis's favorite groups were the Harmonizing Four and Golden Gate Quartet and his favorite gospel singers included Jimmy Jones, Jake Hess (who sang with the Statesmen and later formed the Imperials) and Mahalia Jackson.
The group were huge Elvis admirers and three members (Plant, Page and Bonham) gladly accepted along with their infamous manager, Peter Grant. Although not a big fan of hard rock, Elvis knew who Zeppelin were and was amused that his young step-brother, Ricky, was so excited to hear that they'd be in the audience.
'When Elvis died, people were harassing me in Tokyo for a comment. Well I'll give it you now - he died when he went into the Army. That's when they killed him. That's when they castrated him.
Elvis Presley's talent as a musical artist was double barrelled and more; he was an exceptional vocalist and a unique stage performer with instinctive, natural ability in both areas. It appears from available recollections that Presley was born with a love of music.
“I never met Elvis either, because John Lennon once told me he was a real disappointment,” Jagger said.
We stood and talked for about 15 minutes, and then it was time to start the movie. Elvis invited him and his wife, Pattie, to stay and watch the film. Then he went out to the bathroom, and someone would always go with him. When we go out there, he said, 'Hey, you know that Eric is a pretty nice guy' (laughs).
Sadly, an Elvis Presley-Sylvester Stallone meeting never happened, but he did at least send a copy of the film to the singer. The actor has said in the past that though the two didn't see it together, Presley did get to watch Rocky with his friends sometime before his death.
Elvis' perfect pitch was just one of the many factors that contributed to his success. The singing range of Elvis Presley was quite extensive, ranging from three octaves to a full seven. He was able to identify pitches accurately, which helped him to create his own unique style of music.