This song, "Tragedy" was composed and recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1959. The guitar on the record was Scotty Moore, Elvis's guitar player and the bass was Bill Black Elvis's bass player. The record sold over one million copies, has been played on BMI over one million times. This is the original recording. There are none others that are original. The song was written by Gerald Nelson & Fred Burch. Scotty Moore produced the session at the High Studios. "You've gone from me, oh oh Tragedy..."