WILLY AND RUTH Lieber & Stoller ORIGINAL 78 LOVE ME / CORDELIA US SPARK 105 E-
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ORIGINAL US RELEASE OF LIEBER AND STOLLER'S "LOVE ME" LATER COVERED BY ELVIS ON THE US SPARK RECORD LABEL
WILLY AND RUTH
LOVE ME
b/w CORDELIA
Conceived as a parody of country and western music, Love Me was initially recorded by R&B duo Willy and Ruth in 1954 (Spark 105), garnering a review spotlight in Billboard on August 14. Willie Headen was the lead singer of a vocal group, the Honey Bears and Ruth was the wife of another group member.
That record was quickly followed the same year with cover versions by Georgia Gibbs, Connie Russell, Billy Eckstine, Kay Brown, the Four Escorts, the Billy Williams Quartet, the Woodside Sisters and the DeMarco Sisters, and in January 1955 by Jimmie Rodgers Snow. Most of these records were well reviewed in the trades, but none was a hit.
Elvis Presley recorded the song on September 1, 1956, for his second album, Elvis (RCA Victor, LPM-1382), issued on October 19. It was also released on the EP, Elvis Vol. 1 (RCA Victor, EPA-992). It climbed to the #2 position on the Billboard Top 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.
US SPARK 105 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION E- NICE!
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