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2000 greatest hits album by Elvis Presley

The 50 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Elvis Presley
Released November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)[1]
Recorded July 5, 1954 – October 29, 1976
Genre Rock and roll
Length 128:27
Label BMG, RCA
Elvis Presley chronology
The Elvis Presley Collection – Country(2000) The 50 Greatest Hits(2000) White Christmas(2000)

The 50 Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley, originally released on November 18, 2000. It features 50 of Presley's best known songs and was re-released on 11 August 2017 to mark 40 years since his death.[2]

The 50 Greatest Hits – disc 1

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "That's All Right" Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 1:58
2. "Mystery Train" Junior Parker, Sam Phillips 2:27
3. "Heartbreak Hotel" Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley 2:10
4. "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins 2:02
5. "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" Lloyd Price 2:10
6. "Hound Dog" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:18
7. "Don't Be Cruel" Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley 2:05
8. "Love Me Tender" Vera Matson, Elvis Presley 2:44
9. "Too Much" Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman 2:35
10. "All Shook Up" Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley 1:59
11. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann 1:49
12. "Party" Jessie Mae Robinson 1:32
13. "Loving You" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:16
14. "Jailhouse Rock" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:29
15. "Don't" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:51
16. "Trouble" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:19
17. "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" Bert Carroll, Moody Russell 2:16
18. "King Creole" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:10
19. "Hard Headed Woman" Claude Demetrius 1:56
20. "One Night" Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman 2:34
21. "A Fool Such as I" Bill Trader 2:40
22. "A Big Hunk o' Love" Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche 2:15
23. "Stuck on You" J. Leslie McFarland, Aaron Schroeder 2:22
24. "The Girl of My Best Friend" Sam Bobrick, Ross Butler 2:25
25. "It's Now or Never" Eduardo DeCapua, Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder 3:15
Total length: 57:03

The 50 Greatest Hits – disc 2

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Are You Lonesome Tonight" Lou Handman, Roy Turk 3:09
2. "Wooden Heart" Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman, Fred Wise 2:06
3. "Surrender" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 1:56
4. "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:10
5. "Can't Help Falling in Love" Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss 3:05
6. "Good Luck Charm" Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder 2:27
7. "She's Not You" Jerry Leiber, Doc Pomus, Mike Stoller 2:11
8. "Return to Sender" Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott 2:09
9. "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" Bernie Baum, Buddy Kaye 2:23
10. "Viva Las Vegas" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:27
11. "Crying in the Chapel" Artie Glenn 2:28
12. "Love Letters" Edward Heyman, Victor Young 2:53
13. "Guitar Man" Jerry Reed 2:22
14. "If I Can Dream" W. Earl Brown 3:12
15. "In the Ghetto" Mac Davis 2:49
16. "Suspicious Minds" Mark James 4:23
17. "Don't Cry Daddy" Scott Davis 2:50
18. "The Wonder of You" Baker Knight 2:37
19. "I Just Can't Help Believin'" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 4:38
20. "An American Trilogy" Mickey Newbury 4:30
21. "Burning Love" Dennis Linde 2:52
22. "Always on My Mind" Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson 3:40
23. "Suspicion" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:38
24. "Moody Blue" Mark James 2:52
25. "Way Down" Layng Martine, Jr. 2:37
Total length: 71:24
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