"Tryin' to Get to You" is a song written by Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton It was originally recorded by the Washington DC vocal group The Eagles in 1954 and released in mid-1954 on Mercury Records 70391. Advertising in Billboard magazine indicates that the format of the title on The Eagles’ record was “Tryin’ to Get to You”, with an apostrophe. The song was also recorded by Elvis Presley in 1955 on his then unissued Sun recordings. Ricky Nelson was the next to give treatment of the song. Later it was also covered by Johnny Rivers, Faith Hill, Susie Arioli, Gene Summers and many others.