Are You Lonesome Tonight (Turk-Handman) by Elvis Presley, with The Jordanaires Elvis spent six weeks at #1 with this 1927 tune, his third consecutive post-Army chart-topper. The song had been recorded over the years by various artists, sometimes as a straight waltz ballad and sometimes including a variation of the spoken interlude heard here. Check out Blue Barron’s version in the 1950 HITS ARCHIVE collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmREijOZZ7M THE 1960 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1960 (some were recorded in 1959).