普雷斯利最早的影片：Love me Tender（1956）、Loving You（1957）、Jailhouse Rock（1958）中所採用的歌曲以及詞曲作者的標準同當時他的單曲唱片是相同的，但是此後專門為普雷斯利拍攝的電影，如Flaming Star（1960）和 1961則都沒有給人們留下什麼印象，這些影片前後有20多部。

從他的電視節目中選出的單曲 If I Can Dream 非常的有力，好像試圖一下子擺脫他60年代的柔弱性，隨後他於1969年初回到孟菲斯去錄製專輯 Elvis in Memphis，他使用了奇普斯•莫曼 Chips Moman 的“美國錄音棚”，並由當地的一些傑出音樂家組成他的伴奏團體，這張專輯在一段時期內成為他最激動人心的作品。



具有諷刺意味的是從普雷斯利自1960年開始的下降趨勢中可以看出他在作品選擇中傾向於商業化程度較低的音樂，而不是他以前的歌曲。他早期錄製黑人音樂的做法一直持續到70年代。他分別於1958年和1973年錄製了艾弗裏•喬•亨特（Ivory Joe Hunter）的歌曲，而他服役之後的唱片中包括了選自諸如查克•傑克遜（Chuck Jackson）、利特爾•沃爾特（Little Walter）、O•C•史密斯（O•C• Smith）、“航海者”（Coasters）、傑裏•巴特勒（Jerry Butler）、凱蒂•萊斯特（Ketty Lester）、查克•貝裏（Chuck Berry）、“車軸草”（Clovers）、“流浪者”（Drifters）、魯弗斯•湯瑪斯（Rufus Thomas）、威利•狄克遜（Willie Dixon）等音樂家的作品，此外，普雷斯利還演唱了新一代南部作家的作品，例如傑裏•裏德（Jerry Reed）的“吉他手”（Guitar Man）、麥克•大衛斯（Mac Davis）的“在貧民區”（In the Ghetto）、托尼•喬•懷特（Tony Joe White）的“Polk Salad Annie”和鄧尼斯•林德（Dennis Linde）的“熾烈的愛”（Burning Love）。



在挑選歌曲上所作出的這一系列努力和冒險使得普雷斯利所推出的唱片效果一直不好這一現象越發無法解釋。自1960年以來他突出的作品非常少。1960年的宗教風格專輯 His Hand in Mine 在嗓音處理上十分精緻和純正，而唱片 Kissin' Cousins 的B面 It Hurts Me（1965）中，人們又突然看到了普雷斯利50年代的激動人心和冒險精神的火花。另外值得一提的是專輯 From Elvis in Memphis 和 Elvis Country（1971）以及現場錄音的“美國三部曲”專輯《Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite》（1973）。 普雷斯利在搖滾史上的地位是無可替代的。他是造物主眷顧的幸運者，他借助自身的魅力站到了開創者的神壇上，以白人身份把帶有種族色彩的黑人節奏布魯斯音樂介紹給了白人，所承受的壓力和獲得的成功都是非凡的。以現在衡量搖滾樂手的標準來評價普雷斯利，他顯然不配稱作“搖滾之王”， 他的歌曲太簡單膚淺，缺少力度和社會責任感，但這些久遠傳唱的曲目卻真實地反映了第一代受搖滾思想影響的青少年的群體形象，他不僅擁有漂亮的容貌、標誌性的扭胯動作和出色的舞臺表演，更已經異化為這個時代、這代人的代表，使蘊含了巨大潛力的整個年輕一代在他身上找到了反抗精神的共同性。從此，搖滾樂以其鮮明的思想性和強烈的現實批判性迅速流傳，普雷斯利也因此推開了沉重的搖滾之門。

Billboard TOP 40
Year Title
1956 Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) - (#20)
1956 Don't Be Cruel - (#1)
1956 Heartbreak Hotel - (#1)
1956 Hound Dog - (#1)
1956 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - (#1)
1956 I Was the One - (#19)
1956 Love Me - (#2)
1956 Love Me Tender - (#1)
1956 My Baby Left Me - (#31)
1956 Poor Boy - (#24)
1956 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again - (#19)
1957 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - (#1)
1957 (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me) - (#25)
1957 All Shook Up - (#1)
1957 Hound Dog - (#1)
1957 Jailhouse Rock - (#1)
1957 Loving You - (#20)
1957 Playing for Keeps - (#21)
1957 Too Much - (#1)
1957 Treat Me Nice - (#18)
1958 Doncha' Think It's Time - (#15)
1958 Don't - (#1)
1958 Don't Ask Me Why - (#25)
1958 Hard Headed Woman - (#1)
1958 I Beg of You - (#8)
1958 I Got Stung - (#8)
1958 One Night - (#4)
1958 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - (#2)
1959 (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I - (#2)
1959 A Big Hunk O' Love - (#1)
1959 I Need Your Love Tonight - (#4)
1959 My Wish Came True - (#12)
1960 A Mess of Blues - (#32)
1960 Are You Lonesome Tonight? - (#1)
1960 Fame and Fortune - (#17)
1960 I Gotta Know - (#20)
1960 It's Now Or Never - (#1)
1960 Stuck on You - (#1)
1961 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - (#4)
1961 Flaming Star - (#14)
1961 I Feel So Bad - (#5)
1961 Little Sister - (#5)
1961 Lonely Man - (#32)
1961 Rock-a-Hula Baby ("Twist" Special) - (#23)
1961 Surrender - (#1)
1961 Wild in the Country - (#26)
1962 Anything That's Part of You - (#31)
1962 Can't Help Falling in Love - (#2)
1962 Follow That Dream - (#15)
1962 Good Luck Charm - (#1)
1962 King of the Whole Wide World - (#30)
1962 Return to Sender - (#2)
1962 She's Not You - (#5)
1963 (You're the) Devil in Disguise - (#3)
1963 Bossa Nova Baby - (#8)
1963 One Broken Heart for Sale - (#11)
1963 Witchcraft - (#32)
1964 Ain't That Loving You Baby - (#16)
1964 Ask Me - (#12)
1964 It Hurts Me - (#29)
1964 Kiss Me Quick - (#34)
1964 Kissin' Cousins - (#12)
1964 Such a Night - (#16)
1964 Viva Las Vegas - (#29)
1964 What'd I Say - (#21)
1965 (Such an) Easy Question - (#11)
1965 Crying In the Chapel - (#3)
1965 Do the Clam - (#21)
1965 I'm Yours - (#11)
1965 Puppet on a String - (#14)
1966 Frankie and Johnny - (#25)
1966 Love Letters - (#19)
1966 Spinout - (#40)
1966 Tell Me Why - (#33)
1967 Big Boss Man - (#38)
1967 Indescribably Blue - (#33)
1968 If I Can Dream - (#12)
1968 U.S. Male - (#28)
1969 Clean Up Your Own Backyard - (#35)
1969 Don't Cry Daddy - (#6)
1969 In the Ghetto - (#3)
1969 Memories - (#35)
1969 Suspicious Minds - (#1)
1970 I Really Don't Want to Know - (#21)
1970 I've Lost You - (#32)
1970 Kentucky Rain - (#16)
1970 The Wonder of You - (#9)
1970 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - (#11)
1971 I'm Leavin' - (#36)
1971 Rags to Riches - (#33)
1971 Where Did They Go, Lord? - (#33)
1972 Burning Love - (#2)
1972 Separate Ways - (#20)
1972 Until It's Time for You to Go - (#40)
1973 Steamroller Blues - (#17)
1974 If You Talk in Your Sleep - (#17)
1974 I've Got a Thing About You Baby - (#39)
1974 Promised Land - (#14)
1975 My Boy - (#20)
1975 T-R-O-U-B-L-E - (#35)
1976 Hurt - (#28)
1976 Moody Blue - (#31)
1977 My Way - (#22)
1977 Way Down - (#18)
1981 Guitar Man - (#28)













Lyrics :
Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It's down at the end of lonely street
At heartbreak hotel.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.

And although its always crowded,
You still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.

Well, the bell hops tears keep flowin,
And the desk clerks dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
They ain't ever gonna look back.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die.

Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
And you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
To heartbreak hotel.