29. Can you guess this early Elvis Presley standard?
'I know there's more than one side to you but they're all the same to me. You're all right from any angle.' (1957)
From Quiz 'Let it Slide, Papa's Bride!' Elvis in other words
Answer:
(You're so square) Baby I Don't Care
Also from the 'Jailhouse Rock' EP, reportedly Elvis himself provided the bouncy upright bass backing on this catchy, sparsely arranged number. I don't recall any concert footage of it by the man himself, but it's been covered by many artists over the years, including Led Zeppelin, Queen, Joni Mitchell, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly and Bryan Ferry.
In his movies Elvis always seemed to end up with the clean-living, 'square' girl-next-door type, managing to shrug off the vampy rival leading ladies trying to get their hooks in. I'm sure his private life was a somewhat different story, but I was no fly on his bedroom wall (nor would I want to be) so who am I to say?
'Love is a Many-Splendored Thing' was a 1955 Oscar-winning movie theme sung by the Four Aces (Billboard and Cashbox number one, UK Singles Chart number two). The movie, loosely based on a controversial interracial romance between Chinese writer and political commentator Dr Han Suyin and an American press correspondent in Hong Kong, starred William Holden and Jennifer Jones. The other two choices are also Presley recordings.