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50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Victor in November 1959. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1958 and 1959 by Presley, from recording sessions going back as far as February 1957.

The title of this album is shown on the original record's labels as "Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2," with a comma and an abbreviation of "Volume", but on the jacket, it appears as "Elvis' Gold Records — Volume 2". The phrase "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" does not appear on the labels of any of the original records, and it is the title of the records—not the jacket—that is usually given preference when conflicting titles appear on albums. Therefore, the phrase was not part of the original title of the album. It was from 1959 through 1961; beginning no later than 1962, RCA Victor added "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" to the labels of a few mono records and to the newly released "electronically reprocessed stereo" records. The boasting on the label appears nearly exclusively on records from RCA Victor's Hollywood pressing plant; copies pressed at the other plants tended to use the proper title only. It remained there for several years, but by 1968, it was removed from the labels and was not found on any records for years, but then it was added (again), this time to the CD releases of this album, where it has stayed.

"Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2" peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.^[1] It was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for a Gold Record Award (based on $1,000,000 in wholesale sales) on November 1, 1966. It was certified for a Platinum Record Award for sales of one million copies in the US on March 27, 1992.^[2]

Content

Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2 consists of both sides of five singles released during 1958 and 1959. Two sides made number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and six others reached the Top 10. In the 1950s, a Gold Record awarded to a single required certified sales of one million copies in the United States. This is different from the definition in use since the 1990s, when a Gold Record for a single was reduced to sales of 500,000 units.

In 1984, RCA reissued the original 10 track album on compact disc in reprocessed (fake) stereo sound. This issue was quickly withdrawn and the disc was reissued in original monophonic.

RCA reissued the album again in 1997 in a 20 track expanded edition, adding one A-side ("Hard Headed Woman") and one B-side ("Playing For Keeps"), along with tracks from top-selling EPs (e.g., "Peace In The Valley"). Several of those EP tracks were hit singles in other countries, notably the UK (i.e., "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me"). The bonus tracks are interspersed within the original tracks, with the running order to the album substantially altered.

The unified Billboard Hot 100 singles chart was not created until August, 1958. Chart positions for records (below) prior to this date were taken from the magazine's "Best Sellers in Stores" chart. In some cases, the early measurement of success of rock and roll records also came from the "Most Played on Jukeboxes" chart. Chart positions (below) for the bonus tracks on the CDs were taken from the peak position that the EP album achieved on Billboard's then extant EP chart (1957–60).

Legacy

The famous cover photo, of multiple images of Elvis wearing the gold lamé suit designed by Nudie's of Hollywood,^[3] has been copied many times. Album covers so inspired include:

Title meanings

The blurb "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" that became an on-and-off part of the album's title originated with a one-page article titled "Can Fifty Million Americans Be Wrong" by Les Brown that appeared in the September 19, 1956, issue of Down Beat magazine. The article was an unfavorable look at Elvis and his fans, with Brown bemoaning the lack of appreciation of the "fine talents" of Jeri Southern, Dick Haymes, and "other serious vocal artists." The article concludes, "The educational responsibility seems to fall mainly on the disc jockey, who still has the greatest proximity to, and the greatest influence over, the record-buying public. Fifty million Americans can easily be misled."^[15] The article was written in response to a statement from Steve Sholes, Elvis' producer, estimating that fifty million Elvis Presley records had been sold over the course of his career up to that point. Sholes said: "Every record Elvis has ever made for us has sold over a million. Since January, 1956, we've sold 50 million Elvis Presley records in this country alone, not counting foreign sales or albums."^[16]

The expression "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong," originating in a 1927 song by Willie Raskin, Billy Rose, and Fred Fisher and performed by Sophie Tucker, predated its use in Brown's article.^[17] The song prompted the creation of a popular snowclone about fifty million people being wrong. Methodist pastor J. Resler Shultz of Harrisburg, PA, used "Can fifty million Americans be wrong" as the title of a sermon in 1931.^[18] Articles with similar titles have appeared somewhat frequently since that time—some being about food, politics, or religion.^[19]

Track listing

Original release

1997 reissue with bonus tracks

Follow That Dream re-issue

Chart performance

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvis-presley-mn0000180228/awards |title=Elvis Presley: Awards |website=allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corp |year=2013 |accessdate=May 20, 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Searchable datebase |year=2013 |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=May 17, 2013}} Note: Enter search for "Presley, Elvis"
3. ^Beard, Tyler. (2001). 100 Years of Western Wear, p. 72. Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City. {{ISBN|0-87905-591-X}}.
4. ^https://img.discogs.com/VS9a0Yt3ydyksw6kwTanSjjMvpA=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc%28%29:format%28jpeg%29:mode_rgb%28%29:quality%2890%29/discogs-images/R-7217457-1436394780-1517.jpeg.jpg
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Rod-Stewart-Body-Wishes/master/107023|title=Rod Stewart - Body Wishes|website=Discogs}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Blues-Traveler-Four-1000000-People-Cant-Be-Wrong/release/2149647|title=Blues Traveler - Four / 1.000.000 People Can't Be Wrong|website=Discogs}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Blumfeld-LEtat-Et-Moi/release/804951|title=Blumfeld - L'Etat Et Moi|website=Discogs}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bon-Jovi-100000000-Bon-Jovi-Fans-Cant-Be-Wrong-/master/274140|title=Bon Jovi - 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong|website=Discogs}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-50000000-Soulwax-Fans-Cant-Be-Wrong/master/854694|title=Various - 50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can't Be Wrong|website=Discogs}}
10. ^For still more, see this page: http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/50000000-elvis-fans-cant-be-wrong-parodies/
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dread-Zeppelin-5000000/master/97742|title=Dread Zeppelin - 5,000,000*|website=Discogs}}
12. ^{{cite book |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |authorlink=Marilyn Manson |date=1998 |title=The Long Hard Road Out of Hell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHi9XRW0E5gC&pg=PP9 |location= |publisher=ReganBooks |isbn= 978-0060987466 }}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/000-Pearls-Fans-Cant-Wrong/dp/0740791419|title=50,000,000 Pearls Fans Can't Be Wrong: A Pearls Before Swine Collection|first=Stephan|last=Pastis|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|via=Amazon}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://supersuckers.com/audio/details/50000-middle-fingers-cant-be-wrong/ |title=50,000 Middle Fingers Can't Be Wrong |publisher=Supersuckers |accessdate=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910185517/http://supersuckers.com/audio/details/50000-middle-fingers-cant-be-wrong/ |archive-date=2015-09-10 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
15. ^"Can Fifty Million Americans Be Wrong," Les Brown, Down Beat, September 19, 1956, p. 41
16. ^quoted in "Stars in a Golden Spin," Rebecca Franklin, Chicago Tribune Magazine, October 26, 1958, p. 20
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-IP0DE2kTI|title=sophie tucker 50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong|first=|last=almonkitt|date=28 December 2007|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
18. ^The Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, October 3, 1931, p. 2
19. ^Examples, New York magazine, Vol. 6, December 17, 1973, p. 127; "Fifty Million Frenchman Can be Wrong," Captain C. T. Lanham, The Field Artillery Journal, Vol. 35, p. 513 (1935); Inland Printer, Vol. 101, p. 38 (1938); The Peabody Reflector, Vol. 10, No. 5, p. 168 (1937); New Scientist, Vol. 31, p. 498; Audio-Visual Guide, Vol. 11, p. 10 (1944); Political Action of the Week, CIO Political Action Committee, no page given (1953); The Best Television Plays of the Year, Vol. 3, William J. Kaufman, p. 354 (1954); and Finance, Vol. 90, p. 64.