On April 22, 1975 RCA released "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" / "Mr. Songman". On May 10th Billboard started to list the record on their "Hot 100", it stayed for nine weeks and peaked at number 35. A week later the 45 also entered the "Hot Country Singles Chart". Here it had a run of 13 weeks and reached number 11. Outside of the US the single didn't do much business, worldwide RCA was able to sell a million copies. According to the RIAA this physical amount translates to 150 million paid streams. Compared to the previously released "My Boy" / "Thinking About You" this was a drop in sales of more than 50%.

The single isn't available on the streaming platforms, but both tracks can be found on the albums "Today" and "Promised Land" (both 1975). In 2016 the complete Presley catalogue was restored and remastered by Vic Anesini for a boxed set of 60 compact discs called "The Album Collection". Sony Music Entertainment provides the streaming platforms with the same versions of the individual tracks, albeit in 24 bit/90 khz flac. That means, if the platform of your choice supports high resolution audio, you can enjoy the songs in the same quality Sony used to scan and master them. On Spotify, which has a market share of approximately 30% and is the only platform that publishes streaming figures, "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" accumulates 2.5 million streams, "Mr. Songman" clocks in at 1.1 million.

The cover was designed with a somewhat disadvantageous photo from the king's tour in June/July 1973. A banner promoted the forthcoming album "Elvis Today". However, the longplayer "Promised Land", which included "Mr. Songman", wasn't mentioned anywhere.

Even though it's a rock'n'roll song in classic Jerry Lee Lewis style, Elvis performs it without any aggression. I like his relaxed, but still powerfull vocals very much. Between April and August 1975 it was also a regular feature of his live show. The song was written by Jerry Chesnut especially for Elvis, who recorded it on March 11, 1975 within four takes.

Musically this song is similar to "Help Me" and the singer is asking for help, too. But here he doesn't call on God, but a jukebox! Time after time he puts in a coin and has the machine play the song, which reminds him of the summer night when he held his loved one in his arms and his life was good. Today he would simply stream the tune, but back in the 70s of the past century the world was different. However, the idea is original and the melody is charming. "Mr. Songman" was written by Donnie Sumner and recorded by Elvis on December 12, 1973 within six takes. The violins were added on January 11, 1974.