More videos on YouTube The track landed the number one slot on November 21, 1960, only to be brutally dislodged by Elvis Presley’s Are You Lonesome Tonight a week later. While erroneously catalogued at 1:50, its actual runtime of 1:37 secures the place as the shortest number one of all time.

You Suffer

The longest unbroken run in the Top 100 is 100 weeks for “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi, it also holds the longest consecutive run in the top 75 (99 weeks).

“I’m going to the bathroom to read.” Those were the words Elvis Presley said to his fiancee, Ginger Alden, early in the morning of August 16, 1977, at his Memphis mansion, Graceland.

“Don’t Be Cruel” was Elvis Presley’s biggest hit in the US. “Hound Dog” was Elvis Presley’s biggest hit in the rest of the world.

That’s All Right

The Guinness World Records named the holiday single “White Christmas” (1942) by Bing Crosby as the best-selling single worldwide. According to Guinness, “White Christmas” sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the “best-selling single of all time”. It was released before music charts were created.

Elvis

Way Down

Elvis Never Wrote a Single Song Elvis recorded more than 600 songs in his music career but did not write a single song (impossible to confirm, but he was given co-writing credit on many songs because his label demanded songwriters give up 50% of the credit before Presley would record it).

Mr. Elvis Presley. Elvis’ Top 40 resume is impressive. He had over 100 Top 40 songs; including 18 number one songs and almost 40 Top 10 songs.

The Beatles