In Memorium: An Elvis Presley Playlist

"Hound Dog": An indisputable classic.

"Kentucky Rain": Along with hit singles "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto," "Kentucky Rain" was recorded in the so-called "Memphis sessions" of January 1969 and is widely considered to be one of Presley's best.

"In the Ghetto": On Presley's most explicitly political gospel-influenced ballad, he creates a moving illustration of the circle of life and death in the nation's slums -- a clear influence from his own rags-to-riches history.

"Suspicious Minds": Released August 26, 1969, "Suspicious Minds" was Elvis' seventeenth Number One single in the United States and his final Number One before his death. The passion in his voice might be explained by the fact that he and his wife were cheating on one another at the time.

"Unchained Melody": Though it has been recorded an estimated five hundred times by artists ranging from the Righteous Brothers to Barry Manilow to Harry Belafonte, the King does a killer version here in his dying days.