It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley

Fakta Lagu (The Song Facts)
Album: Greatest Hit, Release in 1960
US Chart: 1 UK Chart: 1

This morning, when I listened to "O Sole Mio" from my favourite artists, "The Three Tenors", I realised that Elvis recorded the same song (or melody) but with different lyrics (it is not the English translation of the song at all).

The Italian song "O Sole Mio" was first recorded by Giuseppe Anselmi in 1907. Then I also realised that the song "There is No Tomorrow" which was written by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr actually was the first version of English Song based on O Sole Mio. U.S singer Tony Martin recorded the song in 1949 and it was a biggest hit on that year. His record reach the Billboard Magazine Charts on November 4, 1949 and lasted 27 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 2.

In about 10 years later, in 1960 while stationed in Germany with the US army, Elvis Presley heard the recording (I believe must be the English version by Tony Martin) and was inspired by it. When he was discharged, he asked his record company to write new lyrics especially for him, a task that went to songwriters Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold. The new version was titled "It's Now Or Never".

The rest is history..
The record was a number one hit in the U.S. and the U.K., where it spent nine weeks at the top and selling for more than 25 million copies worldwide to become his biggest international single ever!
In 2005, the song was re-released with the other Elvis Presley singles in the UK and again reached number one on the UK Single Chart.

Enjoy the song below..

Lyrics | Elvis Presley lyrics - It's Now Or Never lyrics