Artist	Song
Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog
from Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings (1992)
Mac Davis	In the Ghetto
from The Best of Mac Davis (2007)
Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger, And His Rainbow Ranch Boys	(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such As I (Single Version)
from The Essential Hank Snow (1995)
Little Junior's Blue Flames	Mystery Train
from Sun Records: The Blues Years, 1950-1958 (Disc 6) (2006)
Del Shannon	His Latest Flame
from Runaway With del Shannon (1961)
Eddie Rabbitt	Kentucky Rain
from Rhino Hi-Five: Eddie Rabbit - EP (2005)
Mario Lanza	O Sole Mio
from The Very Best Of (2009)
The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel
from Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 2 (2003)
Red Foley & Sunshine Boys Quartet	Peace in the Valley
from Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Red Foley (1991)
Jaye P. Morgan	Are You Lonesome Tonight
from The Very Best Of (2009)
Jerry Reed	Guitar Man
from The Essential Jerry Reed (1994)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	That's All Right
from Rock Me Mama - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)
Bill Monroe	Blue Moon Of Kentucky
from The Early Years (2006)
Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes
from The Dance Album (1957)
Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin’ Tonight
from More Greatest Hits - Good Rockin' Tonight (2004)
Arthur Gunter	Baby, Let's Play House
from Elvis - the Songs That Inspired Elvis, Vol. 2 (2008)
Chuck Berry	Promised Land
from Chuck Berry: The Anthology (2000)
Paul Anka	My Way
from Classic Hits (1992)
Brenda Lee	Always on My Mind
from In the Mood for Love: Classic Ballads (1998)
The Drifters	Money Honey
from Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters (2005)
Little Richard	Ready Teddy
from The Georgia Peach (2006)
Ray Charles	I Got a Woman
from Ray Charles (2005)
Willy & Ruth	Love Me
from Elvis - the Songs That Inspired Elvis, Vol. 2 (2008)
Dusty Springfield	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dusty Springfield (1999)
Bob Dylan	Tomorrow Is a Long Time
from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1995)
The Clovers	Fool Fool Fool
from Dance Party (2005)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	My Baby Left Me
from Rock Me Mama - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)
Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man
from The Very Best of Jimmy Reed (2005)
Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll
from Greatest Hits (2005)
Dean Martin	I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
from Deluxe Classics, Vol. 15 (Rare Recordings) (2011)
Kokomo Arnold	Milk Cow Blues
from Blues Classics (1996)
Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy
from Specialty Profiles: Lloyd Price (2006)
Roy Hamilton	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry
from You'll Never Walk Alone (2008)
Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me to Do
from The Very Best of Jimmy Reed (2005)
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
from The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (1999)
The Ink Spots	That's When Your Heartaches Begin
from The Anthology (2011)
James Taylor	Steamroller
from Sweet Baby James (2007)
Ketty Lester	Love Letters
from Love Letters / But Not for Me - Single (2008)
Little Willie John	Fever
from Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 (2005)
Lonnie Johnson	Tomorrow Night
from Rhythm & Blues 1945-1951 - Music Sampler Vol. 1 (2006)
Lowell Fulson	Reconsider Baby
from Blues Classics (1996)
Tommy Tucker	High Heel Sneakers
from The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook (1997)
Thomas Wayne	Girl Next Door (Went a'Walkin')
from Fernwood Rock 'n' Roll (1999)
Tony Joe White	For Ol' Times Sake
from The Best of Tony Joe White (2007)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Brain Cloudy Blues
from Legends of Country Music: The Best of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (2006)
The Eagles	Trying to Get to You
from Elvis - the Songs That Inspired Elvis, Vol. 2 (2008)
Charles Brown & Friends	Merry Christmas Baby
from Merry Christmas Baby (2006)
LaVern Baker	Tweedle Dee
from Soul On Fire: The Best of LaVerne Baker (2005)
Gotham Male Quartet	Aura Lee
from The Treasury of Barbershop Quartets (2006)
The Shelton Brothers	Just Because
from Elvis - the Songs That Inspired Elvis, Vol. 2 (2008)

Comment:

Elvis (and his producers) sifted through masses of pop music the way old-time prospectors panned for gold — but with dramatically superior results. Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips suggested Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “That’s All Right” for Presley’s debut, and while bassist Bill Black slapped the [i]clickety-clack[/i] rhythm, Elvis’ vocal oozed a honeysuckle sexuality, melding blues with a country twang, totally rewriting pop music’s rule book in two magic minutes. Presley sanded off the jagged edges of “Hound Dog,” Big Mama Thornton’s bluesy saga of a wronged woman who reams and screams at her no-count, two-timing man, reworking it as a snarling rockabilly rave-up. And Elvis’ cover of Bob Dylan’s “Tomorrow Is a Long Time” floats the tune downriver from Minnesota’s heartlands to the Mississippi Delta by swapping the original’s folky fingerpicking with a slide guitar’s lazy twang. Elvis tore down some walls and remodeled these originals — and others that we’ve put right here, at your fingertips — like a craftsman renovating a home from the foundation up.

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