Test your knowledge of Elvis Presley's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
These are the versions burned into memory: the snarl of 'Jailhouse Rock', the sway of 'Can't Help Falling in Love'. Anyone can name them; the quiz's real question is who cut each song first.
The origin facts are the tiebreakers: a number-one blues record Big Mama Thornton cut first, a French love song from 1784 behind a ballad, three Grammys that all went to gospel. Origins like these decide tight games.
An Elvis quiz runs from the sure things to the traps. The versions everyone hums are the floor; the covers he did not write, the melodies borrowed from centuries back, and the Sun-to-Vegas era test are the ceiling.
Start with the songs Elvis made unmistakably his own: 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Return to Sender' and 'Teddy Bear'. Most players name the Elvis Presley recording from the first line, so these anthems are the quick points that open any round on a high.
Here the quiz turns. Several Elvis signatures belonged to another artist first: 'Hound Dog' to Big Mama Thornton, 'Blue Suede Shoes' to Sun labelmate Carl Perkins, 'That's All Right' to bluesman Arthur Crudup, and 'Suspicious Minds' to writer Mark James. Knowing who cut the record first is what separates casual fans from the credit-readers.
The deepest points reach back centuries. 'Love Me Tender' borrows the tune of the Civil War ballad 'Aura Lee', 'It's Now or Never' is built on the 1898 Neapolitan song ''O sole mio', and 'Can't Help Falling in Love' traces to the 1784 French air 'Plaisir d'amour'. Place those sources from a short clip and you are in superfan territory.
The last challenge is placing the era by ear, because Elvis sounded like three different singers across his career: the raw Sun rockabilly of 'Mystery Train', the soft Hollywood ballads of the movie years, and the big-band Vegas power of 'Burning Love' and 'An American Trilogy'. With only a short clip, the era is often the tell.
Play the Elvis Presley quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Name the King's version from a short clip, then answer trivia across his Sun, Hollywood and Vegas years. The hits are a good start; spotting which ones were covers is what lifts your score.
He was born Elvis Aaron Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935 and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where he later lived at his Graceland home.
Expect the classics everyone knows, 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Hound Dog' and 'Can't Help Falling in Love', alongside later cuts like 'Suspicious Minds', 'In the Ghetto' and 'Burning Love' that separate the real fans.
Rarely. Elvis was one of pop's great interpreters, not a songwriter. 'Hound Dog' came from Big Mama Thornton, 'Blue Suede Shoes' from Carl Perkins and 'Suspicious Minds' from Mark James, exactly the kind of origin the quiz likes to test.
The King's versions are easy points, but the traps run deep: naming who recorded a song first, catching the old melodies behind 'Love Me Tender' and 'It's Now or Never', and placing a clip between his rockabilly, movie and Vegas eras. Those rounds are the best place to guess the song with friends in a multiplayer music quiz.
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