What was the name of Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit?

I Forgot To Remember To Forget was a No. 1 hit on the US Country music charts before he had a Top 40 hit on the pop charts.

The song reached the Billboard national country music chart #1 position on February 25, 1956 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart, and remained there at #1 for 2 weeks, and spent 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard C&W Most Played in Juke Boxes chart. The record reached #4 on the Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart.

It was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a national known country music star. The song remained on the country charts for 39 weeks.

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Mikey01

Sorry if my question is causing headaches. It was supposed to be not too easy. The answer is that Elvis had a No. 1 hit on the Country chart before he had a No. 1 on the pop chart. That's All Right was never a national hit for him although it was a local hit, on Sun Records, around Memphis and other areas in the South. His first national No. 1 was his first single for RCA, Heartbreak Hotel.

dianna inmon

If that was a hit, I never heard it played on radio.I've only heard of That's All Right

Don Penick

thats alright was the first one i remember playing alot on the jute box when i lived in texas

Suraya Choudhury

I put That’s alright !

Elizabeth Buehler-Miller

This is a deceptive question. There are different kinds of #1 Hits, and this question does not give proper detail to determine the correct answer.

Lorraine Elvis Friguglietti

Trixie Pettman-South, A crooner!!!!!!!!!

Marie Giles

I never even heard or heard of that song had to google it .. sooo good question and I’m an Elvis fan

robert karel

Never heard that song.

soldbypenney

Lucky guess

Elsy O. Stromberg

I didn't know it was ever a hit. First national hit was Heartbreak Hotel.

Andrew Allan

Just for completeness Elvis didn't have a No 1 in the UK until All Shook Up in 1957

Ken Elston

Should have specified what country.

Michael Ernest

I have many of his early,45’s including some rarer 45’s with 2.songs on each side. First hit of my memory was Heartbreak Hotel. But my favorite is I want you, I need you, I Love,you. I am biased but the best music for me was late 50’s and early 60’s rock and roll. There were some great songs back then compared to some of the more recent crap. I took some of my old 45’s and created DVD’s from groups of songs like in particular back then there were many songs named after females, and Little Richard was another of my favorites and a number of others that had fewer hit songs.