- Lyrics written by
- Elvis Presley, Ken Darby
- Original music written by
- George Poulton
- Original lyrics written by
- W.W. Fosdick
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-926.818.041-2 BMI, ISWC
- Adapted from
-
Aura Lee written by George Poulton, W.W. Fosdick
- Comments
- Officially this song is credited to Elvis Presley and Vera Matson, but neither of them wrote the song. Vera Matson was Ken Darby's wife, who was credited instead of Darby because Presley was affiliated with BMI, Darby with ASCAP, and in those days it was not permitted for an ASCAP writer and a BMI writer to share credit on the same song. Elvis Presley was just "given" the credit, through a deal his manager, Colonel Parker, made with Ken Darby.
- Published by
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ELVIS PRESLEY MUSIC
BMI, GEMA
ABG ELVIS SONGS BMI
SONGS OF KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING BMI
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
-
Aura Lee written by George Poulton, W.W. Fosdick English 1861
- Pár havraních copánků written by Zbyněk Vavřín Czech 1964
- Hou van mij met heel je hart written by Nelly Byl Dutch 1980
- Kus me written by Adriaan Van Landschoot Dutch 2000
- Geef me liefde written by Jan Rot Dutch 2011
- Army Blue written by George T. Olmsted, L.W. Becklaw English 1865
-
Love Me Tender
written by Elvis Presley, Ken Darby
English
August 24, 1956
- 愛我馨柔 {Ài wǒ xīn róu} written by Lin Xi Chinese 1988
- Love Me Tender written by Henk van Broekhoven, Tom Peters [NL] Dutch 1985
- Als ik oud ben written by Yvan Jones Dutch 1989
- Hou van me, teder written by Marcel Vanthilt Dutch August 10, 1992
- Du bist alles was ich hab written by Drafi Deutscher, Bernd Meinunger German 1984
- Tränen, die der Wind verweht written by Uwe Busse, Karl-Heinz Rupprich German March 1991
- Immer wieder lieb' ich dich written by Peter Moesser German
- נגמרו לי המילים {Nigmeru li hamilim} written by Arik Einstein Hebrew 1976
- Tenere me ama written by Teivas Oksala Latin 1995
- Com Ternura written by Jerry Adriani Portuguese 1990
- Ljubi nežno written by Aleksander Mežek Slovenian 1996
- Ámame tiernamente written by Ignacio Ballesteros Spanish January 5, 1993
- Lån' mä tänder written by Ewert Ljusberg, Arne Ljusberg Swedish 1984
- Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other written by Allan Sherman, Lou Busch English November 30, 1962
- Violet written by Steven Dueker, Peter Lohstroh English October 24, 1968
- Vanished in the Snow written by [Unknown] English October 31, 2014 — winter-themed lyrics set to the original melody
- Tunne hellin, voimakkain written by Sauvo Puhtila Finnish 1968
- L'amour qui m'enchaîne à toi written by Fernand Bonifay French 1957
- Une rose written by Izy Spighel French January 1965
- Amour d'été written by Georges Aber French 1967
- Mit dir leben written by Paola del Medico German August 1980
- Lágyan ölelj written by Hatvani Emese Hungarian 2000
- Dolcemente written by Mario Panzeri, Ettore Carrera Italian 1967
- ラブ・ミー・テンダー [Love Me Tender] written by Kiyoshiro Imawano Japanese August 15, 1988
- Lån meg tenger written by Eldar Vågan Norwegian 1980
- Du er tonen i min sang written by Benny Borg [NO] Norwegian 1980
- Tystnad säger mer än ord written by Nic Sparring Swedish December 1964
- Älska mej i evighet written by Sven-Eric Carlsson Swedish 1972
- Jag har vänner written by Peter Torsén Swedish 1996
- Älska mig written by Camilla Fritzén Swedish April 8, 2015