埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 (1956)

Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American singer Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor on March 23, 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10, 1954, and on July 11, 1955.

The album spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts, and the first million-selling album of that genre. In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and at number 332 in a 2020 revised list. Elvis Presley was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was certified gold on November 1, 1966, and platinum on August 8, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The original 1956 UK album titled Rock n' Roll was issued by EMI on the His Master's Voice label, Catalog Number: CLP 1093, with different tracks.

Background

By the second half of 1955, singles on Sun Records by Presley began making the national country and western singles chart, "Baby Let's Play House" and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" going to number 5 and number 1 respectively. Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's new manager, had extensive dealings with RCA Victor and producer Steve Sholes, through his previous client, singer Eddy Arnold. On November 21, 1955, RCA Victor purchased Presley's contract from Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Records for the then-enormous sum of $40,000. Presley and rock and roll were still untested properties for the major records labels but this album, along with the number one single "Heartbreak Hotel", proved the selling power of both: it was the first RCA Victor pop album to earn more than $1,000,000, and in 1956 it had sold over one million units.