JohnInKansas let me presume you are in Kansas .A guy in Britain made a "HIT" middle late 60's ? with very similar lyric lines as your 1st offering above Hold Me Words and Music by Little Jack Little, Dave Oppenheim, and Ira Schuster
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It was by another American incidentally - one P.J.Proby.
Apparently when he started out in music, he had to sing newly written, or, songs where a recording didn't exist ,to Elvis, so he could hear how they sounded ,before Elvis could decide whether to learn them or not.

Useless information or what ? - verily.