Love Me Tender (minion)

Love Me Tender ( Love Me Tenderly ) is a mini-album by American singer Elvis Presley , which is the soundtrack to the film of the same name (see “ Love Me Tenderly (film) ”), which became Presley's debut in the movie. The title song also appeared earlier on the single - it was her success that gave the name to the whole film. The mini-album took 9th place in the American album charts .

Love me tender
Elvis Presley Mini Album
Date of issue	November 19, 1956
Recorded by	August 10, 1956
Genre	Rock'n'roll
Duration	9:40
Label	RCA Records
Elvis Presley Timeline
Elvis (1956) Love me tender (1956) Loving you (1956)

Unlike other Presley recordings of that period, the songs for this mini-album were recorded with the participation of outside musicians who did not play with the singer. With the exception of Love Me Tender, a ballad based on a Civil War song theme, all the other songs on the album are hillbilly stylized and far from rock and roll . Presley himself did not really like them. In the final of the film, an orchestral version with altered words also sounds - it was released only in 1987 .

The record came out in monophonic sound. However, the recording itself was - for the first time in Presley's discography - carried out in two-channel mode (one for voice and one for instruments).

Due to the small volume, the mini-album is released on CDs along with the same short soundtrack for the film “ Prison Rock ”, which also includes different doubles of songs.