# A Big Hunk o' Love guitar solo > Hank Garland's guitar solo on A Big Hunk o' Love by Elvis Presley (1959) starts at about 1:13. From the album Non-album single. Canonical URL: Elvis Presley, 1959, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Hank Garland*. Garland's fast, swinging lead sparks one of Elvis's most rocking late-1950s sides. A Big Hunk o' Love by Elvis Presley is #12 in our ranking of the best Elvis Presley guitar solos. The solo is played by Hank Garland and the song was released in 1959. ## In our lists - [The Best Elvis Presley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/elvis-presley-guitar-solos/) — #12 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1959](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1959/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on A Big Hunk o' Love? Hank Garland played the solo on Elvis Presley's A Big Hunk o' Love (1959). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)