Tune Tuesday

It was on this day in 1958 that Elvis Presley joined the US Army.

Elvis had been in the RCA recording studio in Nashville on February 1, 1958. It was on that day that he would record Wear My Ring Around Your Neck. This would be the final recording session before he entered the service.

The song was written by Bert Carroll and Russell Moody. What is unique about the song is that it was particularly notable for breaking a string of ten consecutive number 1 hits that Elvis achieved in just two years. Although it was Presley’s sixth number-one hit in the American R&B charts, it only peaked at number 2 on the American pop charts.

In June of 1958, while on his first army leave (furlough), Elvis recorded five songs: “I Need Your Love Tonight,” “A Big Hunk O’ Love,” “Ain’t That Loving You Baby,” “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I,” and “I Got Stung”. This was his final session until March 1960, when he was discharged.

While in the army, RCA continued to release songs that Elvis has already recorded.