50 Best Country Songs About Elvis Presley
Country Songs Honoring the King of Rock and Roll
There’s a certain pull in songs that bring Elvis Presley into the picture. It’s not nostalgia exactly, not pure fandom either, but something tangled in the way his shadow falls across decades of music. You can be miles from Memphis, sitting in a diner with a jukebox that hums to life, and suddenly there he is. Not the tabloid caricature, but the raw voice and restless energy that shaped pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all at once. Country artists have their own way of tipping the hat, sometimes straight-on and sometimes in the corner of a verse you might almost miss.
These tracks feel different from the typical museum-piece tributes. They’re lived-in, maybe a little rough, the kind of thing you’d hear over the hum of a neon beer sign instead of a spotlight stage. You can hear it in a drawl that lingers on his name, or in the quiet way a lyric folds his story into a bigger one. Some are playful, others cut with a little ache, but they all let Elvis stay a person instead of a statue. It’s not about polishing the myth, it’s about keeping him in the middle of the dance floor.
The fun part is that the mood shifts from track to track. One minute you’re grinning at a wink, the next you’re caught in a verse that lands heavier than you expected. The King’s presence is never too far away, but it shows up wearing different boots each time. Here are the best country songs that keep Elvis Presley in the mix.
Top 10 Elvis Inspired Songs
1. 'Walking in Memphis'—Marc Cohn
2. 'He Was the King'—Neil Young
3. 'Black Velvet'—Alannah Myles
4. 'Johnny Bye Bye'—Bruce Springsteen
5. 'The King Is Gone'—Ronnie McDowell
6. 'The King Is Gone (So Are You)'—George Jones
7. 'Elvis Has Left the Building'—Jerry Reed
8. 'I Saw Elvis in a UFO'—Ray Stevens
9. 'Elvis Presley Blues'—Gillian Welch
10. 'From Galway to Graceland'—Richard Thompson
Songs About The King of Rock and Roll #11—20
11. 'Blue Moon of Kentucky'—Elvis Presley
12. 'Tupelo'—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
13. 'Real Good Looking Boy'—The Who
14. 'Calling Elvis'—Dire Straits
15. 'I Saw Elvis at Wal-Mart'—Billy Walker
16. 'The Day Elvis Died'—Boxcar Willie
17. 'I'm a Ramblin' Man'—Waylon Jennings
18. 'Help Me Make It Through the Night'—Elvis Presley
19. 'Kentucky Rain'—Elvis Presley
20. 'Elvis and Marilyn and James Dean'—The Bellamy Brothers
Elvis Presley References and Tributes #21—30
21. 'She Thinks I Still Care'—Elvis Presley
22. 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget'—Elvis Presley
23. 'There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)'—Elvis Presley
24. 'Little Cabin on the Hill'—Elvis Presley
25. 'Make the World Go Away'1ȄElvis Presley
26. 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'—Elvis Presley
27. 'You Asked Me To'—Elvis Presley
28. 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone'—Elvis Presley
29. 'There Goes My Everything'—Elvis Presley
30. 'Funny How Time Slips Away'—Elvis Presley
Elvis in Country Music #31—40
31. 'Gentle on My Mind'—Elvis Presley
32. 'Bigger Than the Beatles'—Joe Diffie
33. 'We Remember The King'—Johnny Cash featuring Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis
34. 'The All American Boy'—Bill Parsons
35. 'The King & I'—Eminem featuring CeeLo Green
36. 'Elvis is Everywhere'—Mojo Nixon
37. 'Elvis is Dead'—Living Colour
38. 'Elvis in Germany'—Per Gessle
39. 'Hey Elvis'—Bryan Adams
40. 'Elvis and Andy'—Merle Haggard
Tributes to Elvis Presley #41—50
41. 'Wear My Ring Around Your Neck'—Elvis Presley
42. 'The King'—Chris Knight
43. 'The King Is Dead'—Margo Price
44. 'His Kingly Cave'—Frank Black And The Catholics
45. 'The Whole World Misses You (We Miss You Elvis)'—Carl Perkins
46. 'I Try to Think About Elvis'—Patty Loveless
47. 'Elvis Was a Narc'—Pinkard and Bowden
48. 'Elvis Bought Dora a Cadillac'—Wall of Voodoo
49. 'T-R-O-U-B-L-E'—Elvis Presley
50. 'Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul'—The KLF
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