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Elvis Presley · 1960

Elvis Presley

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

August 15, 1960Chart⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

With the song “It's Now or Never”, he began a five-week run at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also reached No. 1 in the UK. The song was based on the Italian song “O Sole Mio” and was his first postwar number-one hit. More than 20 million copies were sold worldwide.

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