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Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" was a new set of lyrics written for the old Civil War song "Aura Lee", which was sung by Frances Farmer in the 1936 film "Come and Get it".
"House of the Rising Sun" was a folk-ballad. The oldest recording is by Clarence Ashley from the 1930s. It regained popularity due to the Animals. (The only Youtube version of Ashley's rendition is from the early 1960s)
"Rose Rose I Love You", a hit by Frankie Laine in the 50's, was an English translation of an old traditional Chinese song, which remains to this day the best loved song in China:
BTW, that is a Klein guitar Bill is playing, he later switched to a Telecaster.
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