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"Love Me" is sentimental song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and popularized by Elvis Presley in 1956. Conceived as a parody of a country western music, it was initially interpreted by R&B duo Willy and Ruth in 1954 (Spark 105), then by Georgia Gibbs the same year. At the time the authors affirmed that this song was one their worst compositions.^{[citation needed]}

Elvis Presley recorded the song on September 1 1956 for his second album, Elvis (RCA Victor, LPM-1382) who leaves next October 19. One also finds the song on the maximum-45 lathes Elvis, vol. 1 (RCA Victor, EPA-992) and it climbed to the #2 position on the Billboard HOT 100 in the United States, a first for a title not coming from single. "Love Me" also peaked at number seven on the R&B chart ^[1]. RCA had considered one moment to make appear Love Me was not released as a single to avoid confusion with Presley’s "Love Me Tender". Presley sang “Love Me” on the October 28, 1956 Ed Sullivan Show. Elvis included this song in the 1968 Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special with the NBC network, and often performed it in concerts in the Seventies, including his last tour in June 1977.^[2]

Johnny Burnette recorded “Love Me” in 1960, in a style similar to that of Presley, on his album “Dreamin'” (Liberty LST 7179) and on the maximum-45 lathes “Dreamin'” (Liberty LSX 1004). ^[3]

A version was recorded by country music artist Davis Daniel on his 1991 debut album Fighting Fire with Fire.

A live version of the song was releaseb by country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock on 2009's Live -N- Kickin'.

[edit] References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 467.
^ Elvis Presley - Love Me - Video mix showing live performances
^ Johnny Burnette: Liberty 1004

v • d • e Elvis Presley singles discography

1950s	1954: "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" · "Good Rocking Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" · "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker" 1955: "Baby Let's Play House" / "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" · "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train" · "That's All Right" (re-release) / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (re-release) · "Good Rockin' Tonight" (re-release) / "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" (re-release) · "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" (re-release) / "You're a Heartbreaker" (re-release) 1956: "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" · "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" · "Money Honey" / "One-Sided Love Affair" · "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me" · "Don't Be Cruel" (double A-side with "Hound Dog") · "Hound Dog" (double A-side with "Don't Be Cruel") · "Blue Moon" / "Just Because" · "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" · "I Got a Woman" / "I'm Counting on You" · "I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" · "I Love You Because" / "Trying to Get To You" · "Just Because" / "Blue Moon" · "Money Honey" / "One-Sided Love Affair" · "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" · "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)" · "Love Me" / "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" / "Paralyzed" / "Rip it Up" (EP) · "Old Shep" / "So Glad You're Mine" / "Ready Teddy" / "Any Place is Paradise" (EP) · "Poor Boy" / "We're Gonna Move" / "Love Me Tender" / "Let Me" (EP) 1957: "Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" · "All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" · "Peace in the Valley" / "It Is No Secret" / "I Believe" / "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (EP) · "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" · "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do" · "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You" · "Mean Woman Blues" · "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" · "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" · "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" 1958: "Don't" / "I Beg of You" · "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" · "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" · "King Creole" / "Dixieland Rock" · "One Night" / "I Got Stung" 1959: "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight" · "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"

1960s	1960: "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" · "A Mess of Blues" / "The Girl of My Best Friend" · "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" · "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know" 1961: ""Wooden Heart" / "Tonight Is So Right for Love" · "Surrender" / "Lonely Man" · "Flaming Star" / "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" / "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "It's Now or Never" (EP) · "I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country" · "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" · "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby" 1962: "Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" · "No More" / "Sentimental Me" · "Follow That Dream" / "Angel" / "What a Wonderful Life" / "I'm Not the Marrying Kind" (EP) · "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" · "King of the Whole Wide World" / "I Got Lucky" · "King of the Whole Wide World" / "This is Living" / "Riding the Rainbow" / "Home Is Where the Heart Is" / "I Got Lucky" / "A Whistling Tune" (EP) · "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From" 1963: "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" · "Night Rider" / "Girls, Girls, Girls" · "(You're The) Devil in Disguise" / "Please Don't Drag That String Around" · "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft" 1964: "Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" · "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" · "Fun in Acapulco" / "Mexico" · What'd I Say" / "Viva Las Vegas" · "If You Don't Think I Need You" / C'mon Everybody" / Today, Tomorrow and Forever" · "C'mon Everybody" / "Today, Tomorrow and Forever" / "If You Think I Don't Need You" / "I Need Somebody to Lean On" (EP) · "Such a Night" / "Never Ending" · "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" · "Blue Christmas" / "Wooden Heart" 1965: "Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" · "Crying in the Chapel" / "I Believe in the Man in the Sky" · "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right" · "I Feel that I've Known You Forever" / "Slowly but Surely" / "Night Rider" / "Put the Blame on Me" / "Dirty Feeling" (EP) · "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" · "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart" · "Puppet on a String" / "Tell Me Why" · "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" · "Blue Christmas" (re-release) 1966: "Blue River" / Do Not Disturb" · "Tell Me Why" / "Blue River" · "Joshua Fit the Battle" / "Known Only to Him" · "Milky White Way" / "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" · "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" · "Love Letters" / "Come What May" · "Spinout" / "All That I Am" · "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" / "How Would You Like to Be" 1967: "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love" · "Easy Come Easy Go" / "Suppose" · "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" · "You Gotta Stop" / "Love Machine" · "There's Always Me" / "Judy" · "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me" 1968: "Guitar Man" / "Hi-Heel Sneakers" · "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" · "You'll Never Walk Alone" / "We Call on Him" · "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" · "A Little Less Conversation" / "Almost in Love" · "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality" · "If I Can Dream" / "Memories" 1969: "Memories" / "Charro" · "His Hand in Mine" / "How Great Thou Art" · "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" · "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" / "The Fair Is Moving On" · "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" · "Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'"

1970s	1970: "Kentucky Rain" / "My Little Friend" · "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" · "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" · "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" · "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything" 1971: "Where Did They Go, Lord" / "Rags to Riches" · "Life" / "Only Believe" · "I'm Leavin'" / "Heart of Rome" · "I Just Can't Help Believing" / "How the Web was Woven" · "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry" · "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful" 1972: "Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning" · "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham" · "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" · "Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time" · "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind" 1973: "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" · "Polk Salad Annie" / "See See Rider" · "Raised on Rock" /"For Ol' Times Sake" 1974: "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" / "Take Good Care of Her" · "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" · "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight" 1975: "My Boy" / "Thinking About You" · "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" / "Mr. Songman" · "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life" · "Green Green Grass of Home" / "Make the World Go Away" 1976: "Hurt" / "For the Heart" · "Suspicion" / "The Girl of My Best Friend" · "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care" 1977: "Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" · "My Way" / "America the Beautiful" 1978: "Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You" · "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (re-release) / "Puppet on a String" <re-release) 1979: "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire" · "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)" / "I've Got a Feelin' in My Body"

1980s	1980: It's Only Love" / "Beyond the Reef" 1981: "Guitar Man" / "Faded Love" · "Lovin' Arms" / "You Asked Me To" 1982: "You'll Never Walk Alone" / "There Goes My Everything" (re-release) · "The Elvis Medley" / "Always on My Mind" · "Are You Lonesome Tonight" / "From a Jack to a King" 1983: "I Can Help" (short version) / "I Can Help" (long version) · "I Was the One" (re-release) / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (re-release) 1985: "Always on My Mind" / "My Boy" 1987: "Ain't That Loving You Baby" / "Bossa Nova Baby" · "Love Me Tender" / "If I Can Dream"

1990s	1992: "Don't Be Cruel" / "Ain't That Loving You, Baby" · "Don't Be Cruel" / "Fame and Fortune" 1995: "The Twelfth of Never" / "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" 1996: "Heartbreak Hotel" (re-release) / "I Was the One" 1998: "Blue Christmas" (re-release) / "(same)"

2000s	2001: "America the Beautiful" / "If I Can Dream" · "Blue Christmas" / "(same)" 2002: "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix) / "(same)" 2003: "Rubberneckin'" (remix) / "(same)" 2004: "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" · "Who Am I" / "(same)" 2005: "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" · "Rock-A-Hula Baby" / "I Can't Help Falling in Love" 2006: "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" 2007: "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" · "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" · "In The Ghetto" / "(same)" 2008: "Baby Let's Play House" / "(same)" · "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) / "(same)" · "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) / "(same)"

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