Songtitles starting with B supposedly recorded by Elvis

Baby, baby, baby
Composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans.
Sung by Stella Stevens in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962).
Not recorded by Elvis.

Baby, let's play house
Composed by Arthur Gunter.
Fanclub reports in 1968 mention a planned release of a country album called Winter in a long hot summer featuring a country & western re-recording of this song.

Bad moon rising
Composed by John Fogerty.
Supposedly Elvis sang a line of this song during his live concerts but no (audience) recording surfaced yet.

Bad penny
Composed by Bill Giant.
According to the composer this song was recorded by Elvis in the 1960's.
There is no proof Elvis recorded this song.

Battle hymn of the Republic
Composed by Julia Ward Howe, 1861.
Text set to the melody Say, brothers, will you meet us (William Steffe, 1858).
Mickey Newbury arranged 3 songs into An American trilogy, i.e. Dixie, Battle hymn of the Republic & All my trials.

Being king is a lonely life
Composed by ?
Supposedly Elvis recorded this song in 1976, but no proof has been found.

The best thing that ever happened to me
Composed by Jim Weatherly.
Supposedly Elvis sang a line of this song during his live concerts but no (audience) recording surfaced yet.

Big boss man
Composed by Jimmy Reed, 1961
Reportedly sung by The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis) on December 4, 1956.
This is highly doubtfull as the song was written years later!

The big hurt
Composed by Wayne Shanklin
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song at home in the 1960's.
No recording surfaced yet.

Bill Bailey, won't you please come home
Composed by Hugh Cannon, 1902.
Sung by Donna Butterworth in the movie Paradise, Hawaiian style.
Sung by Glenda Farrell in the movie Kissin' cousins as Pappy, won't you please come home.
Elvis did not record this song.

The billy goat song
Composed by ?
Grandpa Jesse Presley released this in 1958 on a single called The roots of Elvis, Legacy Park 2000
There is no Elvis-involvement.

Birds fly high
Composed by ?
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song in 1967 but no proof has been found.

Bivouac
Composed by ?
Reportedly recorded for the movie Spinout a.k.a. California holiday, but no proof has been found

Blueberry Hill
Composed by Al Lewis, Larry Stock & Vincent Rose
Reportedly sung by The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis) on December 4, 1956.
Unfortunately there are indications the taperecorder was only switched on later!

Columnist Robert Johnson in The Memphis Press Scimitar, December 5, 1956:
I never had a better time than yesterday when I dropped in at Sam Phillips' Sun Records bedlam on Union and Marshall. It was what you might call a barrell-house of fun. Carl Perkins was in a recording session, and he has one that's going to hit as hard as Blue suede shoes. We're trying to arrange an advance audition for you Memphis fans before this song is released in January. Johnny Cash dropped in. Jerry Lee Lewis was there, too, and Elvis dropped by.
Elvis headed for the piano and started in on Blueberry Hill. The joing was really rocking before they got thru. 


Blue guitar
Composed by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Reportedly Elvis sang this song live in 1955 but no proof has been found.
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song at Sun Records, but again no proof has been found.

Blue Hawaii
Composed by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger
Elvis sang a few lines of this song during his concert in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 18, 1972.
You can hear it on audience recorded concerts.

Blue monday
Composed by Dave Bartholomew
Reportedly Elvis sang this song live in 1975 but no proof has been found.

Blue moon of Kentucky
Composed by Bill Monroe
Elvis sang a few lines of this song during his concert in Lake Tahoe, May 9, 1976.
You can hear it on audience recorded concerts.

A blues jam
Composed by ?
A world of music on RCA, July special (1973) for record dealers gave information about the planned LP Elvis (a.k.a. The Fool album).
Side B would feature the bonus songs recorded for Aloha from Hawaii after the live performance ended, while side A would feature amongst others, A blues jam.
No doubt this is the wrong title for Reconsider baby, recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York, June 10, 1972 afternoon show
You can hear it on Elvis, A legendary performer, volume 4.

Blues stay away from me
Composed by Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Rainey & Henry Glover.
Scotty Moore's guitar riff on the slow version of I'm left, you're right, she's gone a.k.a. My baby's gone was taken from Blues stay away from me.
You can hear Scotty Moore rehearsing this riff on Bear Family Records' 11-LP-box The Sun country years.
On this 11-LP-set you can also hear a rehearsal of How do you think I feel featuring the instruments of Scotty Moore, Bill Black & Johnny Bernero plus Elvis off-mike.

Blue yodel
Composed by Jimmie Rodgers
A favourite song of Gladys Presley, but contrary to what has been reported, Elvis did not record this song as a surprise for his mother.

Boola boola
Composed by Allan M. Hirsh, F. M. Van Wicklen, Albert Marckwald & James L. Boyce.
Sung by The Jordanaires in the movie The trouble with girls.
Elvis did not record this song.

Book of happiness
Composed by ?
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song but no proof has been found.

Born to lose
Composed by Frankie Brown a.k.a. Ted Daffan.
Reportedly Elvis sang this song live in the 1970's but no proof has been found.

Bosom of Abraham
Composed by William Johnson, George Mcfadden & Ted Brooks.
Elvis sang this song live at Uniondale, July 19, 1975 matinee show.
Elvis sang this song live at Las Vegas, December 7, 1975 dinner show.
Elvis sang this song live at Alexandria, March 29, 1976.
You can hear it on the unofficial LP America's own and concert cassettes.

Bourbon Street
Composed by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
Reportedly recorded for the movie King Creole  but no proof has been found.


Breakin' the rules
Composed by Hank Thompson.
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song at Sun Records but no proof has been found.

Breathless
Composed by Otis Blackwell
Reportedly Elvis recorded this song but no proof has been found.

Burning love #2
Composed by Dennis Linde.
Reportedly Elvis re-recorded Burning love with a different arrangement in 1976.
No doubt it is the song For the heart, another Dennis Linde composition, which Elvis recorded at Graceland in February 1976.

Butterfly
Composed by Anthony September a.k.a. Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann.
Reportedly Elvis sang this song live in 1957 but no recording surfaced yet.

By the time I get to Phoenix
Composed by Jimmy Webb.
Elvis sang one or two line(s) of this song at the end of I got a woman during some shows in 1971.
You can hear it on audience recorded concerts.