The Eagles

Sure is annoying. Every time I play a song by The Eagles, Last.FM lumps it in with the stats for some goofy California hippy band. Well, here we set the record straight - the story of the original Eagles.
The original Eagles were from Washington D.C. They started recording for Mercury records in 1954 and when none of their records hit, they broke up. Nobody would remember them today except that....... despite the fact that "Please Please" was not a hit, a teenager in Memphis by the name of Elvis somehow got his hands on a copy. He flipped the record over and decided he liked the b-side even better. He went down to Sun Records in Memphis and recorded it but it wasn't released. While on tour he taught the song to another young singer that he was on tour with: Roy Orbison. Roy did record it and it came out as by the Teen Kings (Roy's band). Later, Roy re-recorded it at Sun Records in Memphis and the Elvis version also got released.
Then jump ahead to 1962 and Bristol England. Clive "What's New Pussycat" Donner is directing a movie called "Some People". This movie is based on the story of a Bristol instrumental band remarkably similar to a real Bristol band called The Eagles. These Eagles helped out with the film soundtrack and then recorded a number of singles on the Pye label.
So, to help you differentiate these two Eagles, we have The (USA) Eagles first single A-side "Please Please" (1954) and The (UK) Eagles take on Dusty Springfield with "Wishin' And Hopin'" (1964).
On the video, Elvis sings his favourite Eagles B-side.