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Elvis Presley

It’s Midnight

1974 · via Billy Edd Wheeler

Elvis Presley’s 1974 recording of “It’s Midnight” is the earliest release on file. Jerry Chesnut and Billy Edd Wheeler are credited as its writers.

Elvis Presley – It’s Midnight
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Same writer, different king: Wheeler and Jerry Chesnut handed "It's Midnight" to Elvis Presley, and he cut it first. Follow that and you've walked from Cash's corner of the store straight into Elvis's.

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Credited writers: Jerry Chesnut and Billy Edd Wheeler.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1974.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 17, 2026.

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Billy Edd Wheeler co-wrote "It's Midnight" with Jerry Chesnut. Which singer recorded it first, in 1974?Elvis Presley
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