It's Now or Never (O Sole Mio) - Elvis

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- 1960. Elvis departs Germany after 2 years of military service, and heads back to the US.

"It's Now or Never" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley & released as a single in 1960. The song is one of the best-selling singles by Presley (20 million copies), & one of the best-selling physical singles of all time. In 1960, "It's Now or Never" was a number-one record in the U.S. for Elvis Presley. "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 & who had died the year before "It's Now or Never" was recorded.. Singer Barry White credited this song as his inspiration for changing his life & becoming a singer following his release from prison. In the promotional video for the Beatles' 1968 single "Hey Jude," the members of the band jokingly perform a few lines of the song...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song)