| "Too Much" | ||||
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| Single byElvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Playing for Keeps" | |||
| Released | January 4, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 2, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders,Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman | |||
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| "Too Much" (audio) onYouTube | ||||
"Too Much" is a #1 song most notably recorded in a hit version byElvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1956. It was written by Bernard Weinman and Lee Rosenberg.[1][2][3][4][5] It was first released in 1955 by Bernard Hardison on Republic Records. Presley recorded the song in September 1956 and first performed it on January 6, 1957, onCBS-TV'sThe Ed Sullivan Show. Released as a single, Presley's "Too Much" reached number one on both theCashbox andBillboard sales charts and went to number three on the R&B chart.[6] The single peaked at number two on the then-named Top 100 chart, the mainBillboard pop chart.[7][8]
| Chart (1957) | Peak position |
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| USBillboardTop 100 | 1 |
| USBillboardBest Sellers in Stores | 1 |
| USBillboardMost Played by Jockeys | 2 |
| USBillboardMost Played in Jukeboxes | 1 |
| USBillboard Hot Country Singles | 3 |
| USBillboard Hot R&B Singles | 3 |
Elvis Presley Too Much Weinman Rosenberg.
Elvis Presley Too Much Weinman Rosenberg.
One notable exception was the song 'Too Much.' Built around a teen catchphrase ('Aw, man, that's too much!'), it wasn't much of a tune, but Presley attacked it with the same obsessive dedication he applied to everything in those days.
One song, 'Too Much,' was not released until January 1957.
