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  • It's Now Or Never
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  • Single (music)
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  • eng
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  • Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
  • 1960 songs
  • 2005 singles
  • Number-one singles in Norway
  • 1981 singles
  • 1960 singles
  • Debut singles
  • Elvis Presley songs
  • RCA Records singles
  • UK Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Songs written by Aaron Schroeder
  • John Schneider (screen actor) songs
  • Songs written by Wally Gold
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  • %22It's Now or Never%22 is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, in 1960. The melody of the song is adapted from the Italian standard, %22'O Sole mio%22, but the inspiration for it came from the song, %22There's No Tomorrow%22, recorded by U.S. singer, Tony Martin, in 1949. The lyrics were written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold. The single is the second best-selling single covered by Presley, and one of the best-selling singles of all time.In the late 1950s, while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, Presley heard Martin's recording. According to The New York Times, quoting from the 1986 book Behind The Hits, %22he told the idea to his music publisher, Freddy Bienstock, who was visiting him in Germany... Mr. Bienstock, who many times found songwriters for Presley, returned to his New York office, where he found songwriters, Mr. [Aaron] Schroeder and Wally Gold, the only people in that day. The two wrote lyrics in half an hour. Selling more than 20 million records, the song became number one in countries all around and was Presley's best selling single ever... a song [they] finished in 20 minutes to a half hour was the biggest song of [their] career.%22In 1960, %22It's Now or Never%22 was a number-one record in the U.S., spending five weeks at number one and the U.K., where it spent eight weeks at the top in 1960 and an additional week at number one in 2005 as a re-issue, and numerous other countries, selling in excess of 25 million copies worldwide, Elvis Presley's biggest international single ever. Its British release was delayed for some time because of rights issues, allowing the song to build up massive advance orders and to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one, a very rare occurrence at the time. %22It's Now or Never%22 peaked at number seven on the R&B charts.A live version featuring %22'O Sole mio%22 is available on the 1977 live album Elvis in Concert. %22'O Sole mio%22 is sung by tenor Sherrill Nielson.In early 2005, the song was re-released along with the other Presley singles in the UK, and again reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 5 February 2005. The song also appears in the TV mini-series Elvis.
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  • Aaron Schroeder
  • Eduardo di Capua
  • Wally Gold
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  • Gold
  • Platinum
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  • english
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  • RCA Records
  • Scotti Brothers Records
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  • --04-03
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  • It's Now Or Never
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