elvis sold more records than the beatles.
who sold more records elvis or the beatles?
elvis
over the years, his company, jat publishing, has expanded to produce several compact disc and dvd titles. he has also written and published two projects on the beatles. these projects included a book titled "beatles '65" which featured the only four known candid color paparazzi photographs taken of elvis presley and the members of the beatles on august 27, 1965. ken sharp wrote a column piece titled "rock report" in "friday morning quarterback" of tunzi's "beatles '65" that "the 96-page book draws together exciting and dramatic photographs of the beatles in concert and at press conferences. photographs of fans at shows, experiencing the complete electrical shock of "beatlemania" is also included." included with this project was "elvis sings beatles songs", the very first officially sanctioned compact disc release to feature all of elvis presley's cover recordings of songs written and originally recorded by the beatles. derek page wrote a review of tunzi's "beatles '65" in beatlefan magazine in which he ended his review by saying that "beatles '65" was "all in all, a marvelous look at the beatles in their touring prime."
joseph a. tunzi
elvis' golden records is a compilation album by american rock and roll singer elvis presley, issued by rca victor in march 1958. it compiled his hit singles released in 1956 and 1957, and is widely believed to be the first greatest hits album in rock and roll history. it is the first of five rca victor elvis' golden/gold records compilations, four of which would be released during presley's lifetime. it peaked at number three on the billboard top pop albums chart. it was certified gold on october 17, 1961, platinum on may 20, 1988, 5x platinum on march 27, 1992 and 6x platinum on august 17, 1999 by the recording industry association of america.
elvis' golden records