It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley

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- (O Sole Mio), 1960.

"It's Now or Never" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single in 1960. The song is the best-selling single by Presley (20 million copies), and one of the best-selling singles of all time. It was recorded by Bill Porter at RCA Studio B in Nashville. It is written in E major and has a tempo of 80 BPM..

In 1960, "It's Now or Never" was a number-one record in the U.S. for Elvis Presley, spending 5 weeks at number one and the UK, where it spent 8 weeks at the top in 1960.. "It's Now or Never" is one of 2 popular songs based on the Italian song of the Neapolitan language, "'O Sole mio" (music by Eduardo di Capua); the other being "There's No Tomorrow", recorded by U.S. singer Tony Martin in 1949, which inspired Presley's version..

In the late 1950s, while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, Presley heard Martin's recording. It is also likely that he was inspired to record this because of his fondness for Mario Lanza who had first popularized "'O Sole Mio" to American audiences and who had died the year before "It's Now or Never" was recorded...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song)