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During the first dozen years at RCA, Elvis recorded primarily new songs. Later in his career, he began to perform and record ("cover") numerous songs that had already been big hits for someone else. The twenty such songs below were recorded by twenty different artists. Name the artists who originally recorded these songs. (The dates in parentheses refer to the years that the songs first appeared as Elvis recordings.)


1. "And I Love You So" (1975)
2. "Are You Sincere" (1973)
3. "Fairytale" (1975)
4. "Gentle On My Mind" (1969)
5. "Hurt" (1976)
6. "I Can Help" (1975)
7. "I Just Can't Help Believin' " (1970)
8. "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' " (1969)
9. "Love Letters" (1966)
10. "Mary In The Morning" (1970)
11. "Never Been To Spain" (1972)
12. "Only The Strong Survive" (1969)
13. "Polk Salad Annie" (1970)
14. "Put Your Hand In The Hand" (1972)
15. "Runaway" (1970)
16. "Sweet Caroline" (1970)
17. "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" (1970)
18. "The Wonder And You" (1970)
19. "Words" (1969)
20. "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" (1970)

Bonus Question: Name three number-one hits by the Beatles that were later recorded by Elvis. A Fourth number-one hit by the Beatles was sometimes used by Elvis in Concert as a tag to one of his own hits.
What was that Song?