Too Much (Elvis Presley song)

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"Too Much"
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side "Playing for Keeps"
Released January 4, 1957
Format 45", 78"
Recorded September 2, 1956
Genre Rock and Roll
Length 2:33
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Love Me Tender"
(1956)
"Too Much"
(1957)
"All Shook Up"
(1957)

"Too Much" is a #1 song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1956. It was written by Bernard Weinman and Lee Rosenberg. It was first recorded in 1954 by Bernard Hardison on Republic Records. Elvis Presley recorded the song in September 1956 and first performed it on January 6, 1957 on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Released as a single, Presley's "Too Much" reached number one on both the Cashbox and Billboard sales charts and went to number three on the R&B chart [1].

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1957) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 3

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 467. 
Preceded by
"Young Love" by Tab Hunter
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart
#1 record

February 16, 1957–March 2, 1957
Succeeded by
"Young Love" by Tab Hunter


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