"Love Me Tender" is a #1 hit song by Elvis Presley from 1956, the music is adapted from a Civil War song from nearly 100 years before called "Aura Lee". This mix features versions dedicated to Elvis shortly after he died by James Brown and Merle Haggard as well as a cover by Willie Nelson recorded for the 1985 film Porky's Revenge.
"Iron Man" is a song by Black Sabbath from their second album Paranoid released in 1970. This mix features a live cover by The Replacements, a jazz instrumental version by The Bad Plus and Busta Rhymes' "This Means War!!" which features new vocals by Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osborne to compliment Rhymes' rhymes all over the original music.
One other song repeats this week: "On The Radio" by Donna Summer. It was written for the 1980 teen film Foxes but released as a single the previous year. The single version has been on a previous mix: this mix includes her long version as well as a cover by Emmylou Harris.
The rest: the 1970 garage rock single "Outta Reach" by She, Cake Like's satiric late 90s track "Lorraine's Car", Dean Marin with a live Vegas performance of "June In January", One Way Streets' underground 60s song "We All Love Peanut Butter", ONYX's pre-album 1990 single "Ah, And We Do It Like This", William Onyeabor's international-minded "Better Change Your Mind", Roba Stanley's defiant "Single Life", Bruce Springtseen's nocturnal "Open All Night", an early demo of John Mellencamp's "Cherry Bomb" and the Thom Yorke-sampling "Us Placers" by one-off rap supergroup Child Rebel Soldier.
Love Me Tender James Brown
On The Radio (long ver) Donna Summer
Outta Reach She
Lorraine's Car Cake Like
Iron Man (live) The Replacements
June In January (live) Dean Martin
We All Love Peanut Butter One Way Streets
Iron Man Black Sabbath
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley
Ah, And We Do It Like This ONYX
Better Change Your Mind William Onyeabor
This Means War!! Busta Rhymes ft. Ozzie Osborne
Love Me Tender Willie Nelson
Single Life Roba Stanley
On The Radio Emmylou Harris
Open All Night Bruce Springsteen
Love Me Tender Merle Haggard
Cherry Bomb (writing demo) John Mellencamp
Us Placers Child Rebel Soldier (ft. Kanye, Pharell, Lupe)
Iron Man The Bad Plus
