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SUN 209 (July 1954)
THAT’S ALL RIGHT
Writer: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Recorded: July 5, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-128 / F2WB 8040, take: N/A
Original: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (RCA Victor 20-2205, 1947)
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959), an alternate mix.
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
Writer: Bill Monroe
Recorded: July 6, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-129 / F2WB 8041, take: N/A
Original: Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys (Single released in 1947)
First appearance on an LP: A DATE WITH ELVIS (1959), an alternate mix.
This single was reissued by RCA Victor in December 1955, with catalogue number RCA 20/47-6380. |
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SUN 210 (September 25, 1954)
GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT
Writer: Roy Brown
Recorded: September 10 or 11, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-131 / F2WB 8043, take 2?
Original: Roy Brown with The Bob Ogden Orchestra (De Luxe 1093, 1947)
First appearance on an LP: A DATE WITH ELVIS (1959), an alternate mix.
I DON’T CARE IF THE SUN DON’T SHINE
Writer(s): Mack David (additional lyrics from Marion Keisker for Presley’s recording)
Recorded: September 10 or 11, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-130 / F2WB 8042, take 3
Original: Tony Martin (Single released in December 1949)
First appearance on an LP: THE SUN SESSIONS (1975, UK), THE SUN COLLECTION (1976, U.S.)
This single was reissued by RCA Victor in December 1955, with catalogue number RCA 20/47-6381. |
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SUN 215 (December 28, 1954)
MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE
Writer: Kokomo Arnold (credit attributed to)
Recorded: December 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-140 / F2WB 8044, take: N/A
Original: Kokomo Arnold (Decca 7026, 1934, as “Milk Cow Blues”)
First appearance on an LP: A DATE WITH ELVIS (1959), an alternate mix.
YOU’RE A HEARTBREAKER
Writer: Jack Sallee
Recorded: December 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-141 / F2WB 8045, take: N/A
Original: Elvis Presley*
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959), an alternate mix.
This single was reissued by RCA Victor in December 1955, with catalogue number RCA 20/47-6382.
*Note: some sources indicate Jimmy Heap to be the first to have recorded “You’re A Heartbreaker” (on Capitol, 1953), but it may have been “Heartbreaker”, which is a completely different song. Other sources indicate Elvis Presley as the first interpreter of the song. Peter Guralnick, in his 1994 book, “Last Train to Memphis”, states that Sallee was asked by Sam Phillips (Sun producer and owner) to come up with new material for Presley. Sallee came back with a new composition called “You’re a Hearbreaker”. |
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SUN 217 (April 1955)
BABY, LET’S PLAY HOUSE (actual A-side)
Writer: Arthur Gunter (added verse by Elvis Presley, uncredited)
Recorded: February 1955, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-143 / F2WB 8046, take 2
Original: Arthur Gunter (Excello 2047, 1954)
First appearance on an LP: A DATE WITH ELVIS (1959), an alternate mix.
I’M LEFT, YOU’RE RIGHT, SHE’S GONE
Writers: Stan Kesler / William Taylor
Recorded: March 5, 1955 or late 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-142 / F2WB 8047, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959), an alternate mix.
This single was reissued by RCA Victor in December 1955, with catalogue number RCA 20/47-6383. |
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SUN 223 (August 1955)
I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET (actual A-side)
Writers: Stan Kesler / Charlie Feathers
Recorded: July 11, 1955, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-157 / F2WB 8000, take: N/A
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: A DATE WITH ELVIS (1959), an alternate mix.
MYSTERY TRAIN
Writers: Junior Parker / Sam Phillips
Recorded: July 11, 1955, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial numbers: U-156 / F2WB 8001, take: N/A
Original: Little Junior’s Blue Flames (Sun 192, 1953)
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959), an alternate mix.
This single was reissued by RCA Victor in December 1955, with catalogue number RCA 20/47-6375. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6420 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-6420 (78 r.p.m.) (January 26, 1956)
HEARTBREAK HOTEL
Writers: Mae Boren Axton / Thomas Durden / Elvis Presley*
Recorded: January 10, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0209, take 7
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958).
I WAS THE ONE
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / Claude DeMetrius / Hal Blair /Bill Peppers
Recorded: January 11, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0218, take 7
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959).
* Note: Presley only credited as a gift from Axton (See Peter Guralnick’s book, “Last Train to Memphis”, 1994.) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6540 (45) & 20-6540 (78) (May 4, 1956)
I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
Writers: Lou Kosloff / George Mysels
Recorded: April 14, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0270, spliced from takes 14, (possibly) 16 and 17
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958).
MY BABY LEFT ME
Writers: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Recorded: January 30, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1231, take 9
Original: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (Single released in January 1951)
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959). |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6604 (45) & 20-6604 (78) (July 13, 1956)
DON’T BE CRUEL (became the A-side after a few weeks upon its release)
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Elvis Presley*
Recorded: July 2, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 5936, take 28
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
HOUND DOG (switched to B-side after a few weeks upon its release)
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: July 2, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 5935, take 31
Original: Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thorton (Peacock 1612, 1953)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
*Presley’s name appears for contractual reasons only. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6636 (45) & 20-6636 (78) (September 1956)*
BLUE SUEDE SHOES
Writer: Carl Perkins
Recorded: January 30, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1230, take 10
Original: Carl Perkins (Sun 234, January 1, 1956)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
TUTTI FRUTTI
Writers: Dorothy Labostrie / Richard Penniman (Little Richard)
Recorded: January 31, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1255, take 10
Original: Little Richard (Speciality 561, September 1955)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
*Note: RCA decided to release all of the songs from the album “Elvis Presley” as singles on September 8, along a new one, “Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Shake, Rattle And Roll”, for a total of 7 singles released at once (#9 to #15 on this list). |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6637 (45) & 20-6637 (78) (September 1956)
I GOT A WOMAN
Writer: Ray Charles
Recorded: January 10, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0208, take 8
Original: Ray Charles (Atlantic 1050, 1954)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
I’M COUNTING ON YOU
Writer: Don Robertson
Recorded: January 11, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0211, take 17
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6638 (45) & 20-6638 (78) (September 1956)
I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO (LITTLE DARLIN’)
Writer: Jimmy Wakely
Recorded: August 19, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial number: F2WB 8116, take: N/A
Original: Jimmy Wakely (Decca 5973, 1941)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY (OVER YOU)
Writers: Joe Thomas / Howard Biggs
Recorded: January 31, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1254, take 18
Original: Roy Hamilton (Epic 9015, 1954; B-side of “You’ll Never Walk Alone”)*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
*Note: Presley recorded his own version of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in 1967. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6639 (45) & 20-6639 (78) (September 1956)
TRYIN’ TO GET TO YOU
Writer: Rosemarie McCoy / Charlie Singleton
Recorded: July 11, 1955, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial number: F2WB 8039, take: N/A
Original: The Eagles (Mercury 70391, 1954)*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
I Love You Because
Writer: Leon Payne
Recorded: July 5, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial number: G2WB 1086, takes 3 & 5
Original: Leon Payne (Capitol 57-40238, 1949 or early 1950)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
*: not the 70’s group… |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6640 (45) & 20-6640 (78) (September 1956)
BLUE MOON
Writer: Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart
Recorded: August 19, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial number: F2WB 8117, take 6
Original: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Kenny Sargent (Decca, 1934)*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
JUST BECAUSE
Writer: Sydney Robin / Bob Shelton / Joe Shelton**
Recorded: September 10 or 11, 1954, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee.
Master serial number: G2WB 8118, take: N/A
Original: Nelstone’s Hawaiians (Victor V40273, 1929)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
*The same melody, with completely different lyrics, was recorded in 1933 by Jean Harlow (as “Prayer”) for the 1934 film “Hollywood Party” (it was not used).
**Bob Shelton and Joe Shelton (of the Shelton Brothers who recorded the song in the 30’s) appear in the credits but Robin was probably the sole writer. See David Neale’s book “Roots of Elvis”. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6641 (45) & 20-6641 (78) (September 1956)
MONEY HONEY
Writer: Jesse Stone
Recorded: January 10, 1956, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: G2WB 0210, take 5 & 6
Original: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters (Atlantic 1006, 1953)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956)
ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR
Writer: Bill Campbell
Recorded: January 30, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1232, take 8
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS PRESLEY (March 1956) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6642 (45) & 20-6642 (78) (September 1956)
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
Writer: Charles E. Calhoun (pseudonym for Jesse Stone)
Recorded: February 3, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1294, take 13*, plus overdub
Original: Big Joe Turner (Atlantic 1026, 1954)
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959)
LAWDY MISS CLADY
Writer: Lloyd Price
Recorded: February 3, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 1294, take 10
Original: Lloyd Price (Specialty 428, 1952)
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959)
*Often mistaken as take 12, which is actually a long false start. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6643 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-6643 (78 r.p.m.) (September, 1956)
LOVE ME TENDER
Writers: Vera Matson / Elvis Presley (credited to)*
Recorded: August 24, 1956, 20th Century Fox Stage 1, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: G2WB 4767, take 2
Original: Elvis Presley**
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
ANY WAY YOU WANT ME (THAT’S HOW I WILL BE)
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / Cliff Owens
Recorded: July 2, 1956, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Master serial number: G2WB 5937, take 12
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
* Credited to Matson and Presley for contractual reasons. The lyrics for “Love Me Tender” were written by Ken Darby (husband of Vera Matson), then under contract with another company. The melody comes from “Aura Lee”, first published in 1861 and written by W.W. Fosdick and George Poulson.
** In that form. The first release of “Aura Lee” on record might have been the Shelton Brothers’ version, on Decca in 1938. It had been previously performed by Francis Farmer in the 1936 film “Come and Get It”. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6800 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-6800 (78 r.p.m.) (January, 1957)
TOO MUCH
Writers: Bernard Weinman / Lee Rosenberg
Recorded: September 2, 1956, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: G2WB 4928, take 12 & insert take 2
Original: Bernard Hardison (Republic 7111, 1955)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
PLAYING FOR KEEPS
Writer: Stanley A. Kesler
Recorded: September 1, 1956, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: G2WB 4920, take 7 & 18
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FOR LP FANS ONLY (1959) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-6870 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-6870 (78 r.p.m.) (March, 1957)
ALL SHOOK UP
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Elvis Presley*
Recorded: January 12, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0256, take 10
Original: David Hill (Aladdin 45-3359, 1957)**
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
THAT’S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN
Writers: Fred Fisher / Billy Hill / J. Raskin
Recorded: January 13, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0260, takes 7 & 14
Original: Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra (Bluebird 7015, 1937, B-side of “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
*This was written by Otis Blackwell alone. Reportedly, when Presley asked why his name appeared in the credits, he was told he had rearranged the song so much that he could be credited as a co-writer. This would be the last time where his name figured on the label without any involvement on his part (if you don’t count the traditional numbers “arranged” by him). See “You’ll Be Gone” and “That’s Someone You Never Forget”, number 46 and 60 respectively on the list.
**Recorded in 1956. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7000 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7000 (78 r.p.m.) (June 1957)
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR
Writers: Kal Mann / Bernie Lowe
Recorded: January 16, 1957, Paramount Scoring Stage, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: H2WB 2193, take 13
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: LOVING YOU (1957)
LOVING YOU
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: February 24, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0418, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: LOVING YOU (1957) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7035 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7035 (78 r.p.m.) (September 1957)
Jailhouse Rock
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: April 30, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 6779, “2001” take 6 & “2002” take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
TREAT ME NICE
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: September 5, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 5523, take 15
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS (1958) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7150 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7150 (78 r.p.m.) (December 1957)
DON’T
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: September 6, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 5529, take 7
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959)
I BEG OF YOU
Writers: Rose Marie McCoy / Kelly Owens
Recorded: February 23, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0259, take 34 (actually the 22th take on that day, as takes 1 to 12 were recorded January 13, 1957 at the same studio, using another arrangement)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7240 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7240 (78 r.p.m.) (April 1958)
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK
Writers: Bert Carroll / Russell Moody
Recorded: February 1, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California (additional overdubs on February 26, 1958, same studio)
Master serial number: J2WB 0181, take 22
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959)
DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME
Writers: Clyde Otis / Willie Dixon
Recorded: February 1, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: J2WB 5523, takes 40, 47 & 48 (number of takes began at an earlier session, January 23, 1958)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) [alt. take, from takes 39 & 40]; THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 2 (1971) [single version] |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7280 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7280 (78 r.p.m.) (June 1958)
HARD HEADED WOMAN
Writer: Claude DeMetrius
Recorded: January 15, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: J2PB 3603, take 10
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: KING CREOLE (1958)
DON’T ASK ME WHY
Writers: Fred Wise / Ben Weisman
Recorded: January 16, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: J2PB 3610, take 12
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: KING CREOLE (1958) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7410 (45 r.p.m.) & 20-7410 (78 r.p.m.) (October 1958)
ONE NIGHT
Writers: Dave Bartholomew / Pearl King / Anita Steiman
Recorded: February 23, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0415, take 10
Original: Smiley Lewis (Imperial 5380, 1956)
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959)
I GOT STUNG
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / David Hill
Recorded: June 11, 1958, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: J2WB 3257, take 24
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7506 (45 r.p.m.) (March 1959)
(NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (actual A-side)
Writer: Bill Trader
Recorded: June 10, 1958, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: J2WB 3256, take 9
Original: Hank Snow (Victor 20-5034, 1952)
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959)
I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
Writers: Sid Wayne / Bix Reichner
Recorded: June 10, 1958, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: J2WB 3253, take 18
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7600 (45 r.p.m.) (June 1959)
A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / Sidney Wyche
Recorded: June 10, 1958, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: J2WB 3254, takes 3 and 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959)
MY WISH CAME TRUE
Writer: Ivory Joe Hunter
Recorded: September 6, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 5524, take 28
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7740 (mono) & 61-7740 (stereo) (March 1960)
STUCK ON YOU
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / John Leslie McFarland
Recorded: March 21, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0083, take 3
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
FAME AND FORTUNE
Writers: Fred Wise / Ben Weisman
Recorded: March 21, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0084, takes 14 and 15
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963) |
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RCA Victor 47-7777 (mono) & 61-7777 (stereo) (July 1960)
IT’S NOW OR NEVER
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / Wally Gold (based on ‘O Sole Mio’ written by Alfredo Mazzucchi , Eduardo di Capua & Giovanni Capurro)
Recorded: April 4, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, piano and bass overdubbed the day later.
Master serial number: L2WB 0100, take 4 (possibly spliced with take 2 for ending)
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
A MESS OF BLUES
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: March 21, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0085, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
*First known recording of ‘O Sole Mio’ was made by Francesco Daddi in 1901. The song was translated into ‘There’s No Tomorrow’ which was recorded by Tony Martin in 1949, with lyrics provided by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr (Presley fooled around with the song while in Germany – a private recording is available). New lyrics were made by Schroeder and Gold upon Presley’s request. |
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RCA 47-7810 (mono) & 61-7810 (stereo) (November 1960)
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
Writers: Roy Turk / Lou Handman
Recorded: April 4, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0105, take 5 with another take
Original: Charles Hart (Harmony 431, 1927, as “Are You Lonesome To-night”)*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
I GOTTA KNOW
Writers: Paul Evans / Matt Williams
Recorded: April 4, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0104, take 2
Original: Cliff Richard and the Shadows (on his “Cliff Sings” Columbia LP, 1959)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
*It is rumored that Bob Haring and his Cameo Dance Orchestra first recorded and released the song in 1926 (Cameo 967 – no other information available at this time). Ned Jakobs’ version, often stated as the first recording of the song, was recorded on May 17, 1927 (prepared for a Brunswick 3561 release but apparently cancelled – see Ross Laird’ 2001 book ‘Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings – Volume 2: New York Sessions, 1927-1931’), whereas Hart’s version was released on May 9 of the same year. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7850 (mono) & 61-7850 (stereo) (February 1961)
SURRENDER
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman (based on ‘Torna a Surriento’ written by Ernesto and Giambattista de Curtis)
Recorded: October 30, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0377, take 4 and ending work part take 8
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
LONELY MAN
Writers: Bennie Benjamin / Sol Marcus
Recorded: November 7, 1960, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: L2PB 5381, take 13
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
*Mario Massa is believed to be the first who recorded ‘Torna a Surriento’ in 1905 (released the same year, Odeon X37125). |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7880 (May 1961)
I FEEL SO BAD
Writer: Chuck Willis
Recorded: March 12, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0571, take 2
Original: Chuck Willis (OKeh 7029, 1954; recorded in September 1953)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
WILD IN THE COUNTRY
Writers: George Weiss / Hugo Peretti / Luigi Creatore
Recorded: November 7, 1960, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: L2PB 5383, take 19
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARDS HITS VOL. 2 (1971) in the U.S. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7908 (August 1961)
(MARIE’S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAME
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: June 26, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0860, take 8
Original: Del Shannon (on his “Runaway With Del Shannon” Big Top LP, June 1961)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
LITTLE SISTER
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: June 26, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0861, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7968 (November 1961)
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
Writers: George Weiss / Hugo Peretti / Luigi Creatore (based on ‘Plaisir d’amour’ written by Jean Paul Egide Martini)
Recorded: March 23, 1961, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: M2PB 2988, take 29
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form*
First appearance on an LP: BLUE HAWAII (1961)
ROCK-A-HULA BABY
Writers: Ben Weisman / Fred Wise / Dolores Fuller
Recorded: March 23, 1961, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: M2PB 2989, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: BLUE HAWAII (1961)
*Emilio de Gogorza a.k.a. Monsieur Fernand recorded ‘Plaisir d’amour’ in 1902 (Victor 1405), his version is probably the first commercial release of the song, which was composed in 1785 by Johann Paul Aegidius Martini. George Weiss later put English lyrics to a melody inspired by ‘Plaisir d’amour’ (‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ is thus more an adaptation than a cover). |
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RCA VICTOR 47-7992 (February 1962)
GOOD LUCK CHARM
Writers: Aaron Schroeder / Wally Gold
Recorded: October 15, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 1003, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
ANYTHING THAT’S PART OF YOU
Writer: Don Robertson
Recorded: October 15, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 1004, take 10
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8041 (July 1962)
SHE’S NOT YOU
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Doc Pomus
Recorded: March 19, 1962, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: N2WW 0695, take 3 plus working part take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS, VOLUME 3 (1963)
JUST TELL HER JIM SAID HELLO
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: March 19, 1962, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: N2WW 0693, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968) |
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Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
RCA VICTOR 47-8100 (October 1962)
RETURN TO SENDER
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Winfield Scott
Recorded: March 27, 1962, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: N2PB 3279, take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! (1962)
WHERE DO YOU COME FROM
Writers: Ruth Batchelor / Bob Roberts
Recorded: March 27, 1962, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: N2PB 3274, take 14
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! (1962) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8134 (January 1963)
ONE BROKEN HEART FOR SALE
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Winfield Scott
Recorded: September 22, 1962, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: PPA3 2724, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR (1963)
THEY REMIND ME TOO MUCH OF YOU
Writer: Don Robertson
Recorded: September 22, 1962, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: PPA3 2725, take 9
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR (1963) |
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Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
RCA VICTOR 47-8188 (June 1963)
(YOU’RE THE) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Writers: Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye
Recorded: May 26, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0292, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
PLEASE DON’T DRAG THAT STRING AROUND
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Winfield Scott
Recorded: May 26, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0291, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8243 (October 1963)
BOSSA NOVA BABY
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: January 22, 1963, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: PPA3 4431, take 11
Original: Tippie and the Clovers (RCA Victor 8124, 1962)
First appearance on an LP: FUN IN ACAPULCO (1963)
WITCHCRAFT
Writers: Pearl King / Dave Bartholomew
Recorded: May 27, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0295, take 3
Original: The Spiders (Imperial 5366, 1955)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8307 (February 1964)
KISSIN’ COUSINS
Writers: Fred Wise / Randy Starr
Recorded: September 30, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee (track) & October 10, 1963, M.G.M. Soundstage, Culver City, California (vocals)
Master serial number: RPA3 0218, track take 2; “hillbilly” vocal take 1; “regular” vocal overdub take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: KISSIN’ COUSINS (1964)
IT HURTS ME
Writers: Joy Byers / Charles E. Daniels (possibly also Bob Johnston, uncredited)*
Recorded: January 12, 1964, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: RPA4 1006, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley**
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
*For contractual reasons, Johnston name does not appear in the credits. He may in fact have written the song with Daniels without Byers (Johnston’s wife).
**Recorded before Presley’s version by Jerry Jackson in 1963 but not released until 1990 on Bear Family. |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0639 (April 1964)
KISS ME QUICK
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: June 25, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0857, take 12
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: POT LUCK (1962)
SUSPICION
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: March 19 or 20, 1962, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: N2WW 0694, take 5 and work part take 7
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: POT LUCK (1962) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8360 (April 1964)
VIVA LAS VEGAS
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: July 10, 1963, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: RPA3 0234, take 7
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS VOL. 1 (1970)
WHAT’D I SAY
Writer: Ray Charles
Recorded: August 30, 1963, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: RPA3 0235, take 4
Original: Ray Charles (Atlantic 2031, 1959)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8400 (July 1964)
SUCH A NIGHT
Writer: Lincoln Chase
Recorded: April 4, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0105, take 5
Original: Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1019, 1954)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS IS BACK! (1960)
NEVER ENDING
Writers: Buddy Kaye / Phil Springer
Recorded: May 26, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0293, take 3
Original: Roger Douglass (Mercury 72017, 1962)
First appearance on an LP: DOUBLE TROUBLE (1967) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8440 (September 1964)
ASK ME
Writers: Domenico Modugno / Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye
Recorded: January 12, 1964, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: RPA4 1005, take 11
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.*
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY
Writers: Clyde Otis / Ivory Joe Hunter
Recorded: June 10, 1958, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: J2WB 3255, take 4
Original: Eddie Riff (Dover 102, 1956)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
*Domenico Modugno released ‘Io’ in 1958, sung in italian. The song became ‘Ask Me’ later with english lyrics written by the Giant-Baum-Kaye team. |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0720 (November 1964)
BLUE CHRISTMAS
Writers: Billy Hayes / Jay W. Johnson
Recorded: September 5, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 5525, take 3
Original: Doye O’Dell (Exclusive 1331-4, 1948)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (1957)
WOODEN HEART
Writers: Ben Weisman / Fred Wise / Kathleen Twomey / Bert Kaempfert (melody and German verses from the traditional German folk song, “Muß i’ denn zum Städtele hinaus”)
Recorded: April 28, 1960, RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: L2PB 3681, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.*
First appearance on an LP: G.I. BLUES (1960)
*”Muß i’ denn zum Städtele hinaus” was first published in 1827 by Friedrich Silcher (the origin of the song may have come from an even earlier period). Theodore Pusinelli & Hackert recorded what may be the first version (instrumental) on vinyl in 1901. |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0720 (March 1965)
DO THE CLAM
Writers: Ben Weisman / Sid Wayne / Dolores Fuller
Recorded: June 12, 1964, (track) & June 15, 1964 (vocals), Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: SPA3 2009, take 5 (track); N/A (vocals)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: GIRL HAPPY (1965)
YOU’LL BE GONE
Writers: Red West / Elvis Presley / Charlie Hodge*
Recorded: March 18, 1962, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: N2WW 0691, take 3
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: GIRL HAPPY (1965)
*No contractual reasons here for Presley to appear in the credits. He did wrote part or whole of the lyrics. May also have taken part in the melody’s construction with West and Hodge. |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0643 (April 1965)
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
Writer: Artie Glenn
Recorded: October 31, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0385, take 3
Original: Darrell Glenn (Valley 105, 1953)
First appearance on an LP: HOW GREAT THOU ART (1967)
I BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKY
Writer: Richard Howard
Recorded: October 30, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0375, take 4
Original: Bill Kenny (Decca 28868, 1953)
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8585 (May 1965)
(SUCH AN) EASY QUESTION
Writers: Otis Blackwell / Winfield Scott
Recorded: March 18 or 19, 1962, 1962, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0687, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: POT LUCK (1962)
IT FEELS SO RIGHT
Writers: Fred Wise / Ben Weisman
Recorded: March 21, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WB 0086, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS IS BACK! (1960) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8657 (August 1965)
I’M YOURS
Writers: Don Robertson / Hal Blair
Recorded: June 26, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0859, take 6 and work part take 2*
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: POT LUCK (1962), with overdubs; RARE ELVIS (Germany, 1983), 45 rpm version (without overdubs)
(IT’S A) LONG LONELY HIGHWAY
Writers: Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Recorded: May 27, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0303, take 1
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: KISSIN’ COUSINS (1964), take 2; RARE ELVIS (Germany, 1983), 45 rpm version (take 1)
*The version on the ‘Pot Luck’ LP was completed with a vocal overdub (harmony vocal and spoken part, respectively from take 6 and 5 overdub work part). |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0650 (October 1965)
PUPPET ON A STRING
Writers: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett*
Recorded: June 10, 1964, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: SPA 2010, take 11
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.**
First appearance on an LP: GIRL HAPPY (1965)
WOODEN HEART
See #45 on this list.
*Heavily inspired by ‘Hush Little Baby’, a traditional number.
**A recording was made of ‘Hush Little Baby’ in 1920 by Edith McDonald (Edison Diamond Discs, 80560). |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0647 (November 1965)
BLUE CHRISTMAS
See #45 on this list.
SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: September 7, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 5532, take 07
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (1957) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8740 (January 1966)
TELL ME WHY
Writer: Titus Turner*
Recorded: January 12, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: H2WB 0254, take 5
Original: Marie Knight (B-side of “As Long As I Love”, Wing 90069, 1956)
First appearance on an LP: THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 2 (1971)
BLUE RIVER
Writers: Paul Evans / Fred Tobias
Recorded: May 28, 1963, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: PPA4 0307, take 2 (edited)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: DOUBLE TROUBLE (1967)
*Heavily “inspired” by “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”, a traditional number. |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0651 (February 1966)
JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE
Writer(s): Traditional
Recorded: October 31, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0380, take 4
Original: Harrod’s Jubilee Singers (Paramount 12116, c. 1924)
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)
KNOWN ONLY TO HIM
Writer: Stuart Hamblen
Recorded: October 31, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0384, take 5
Original: Stuart Hamblen (B-side of “Is He Satisfied”, Columbia 4-21012, 1952)
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960) |
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RCA VICTOR 447-0652 (February 1966)
MILKY WHITE WAY
Writer(s): Traditional
Recorded: October 30, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0373, take 7
Original: Coleman Brothers (Manor 101, 1948?; recorded in 1944)
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)
SWING DOWN SWEET CHARIOT
Writer(s): Traditional
Recorded: October 31, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0381, take 4
Original: (Possibly) Fisk University Jubilee Quartet (Victor 64453, 1910), as “Swing Low Sweet Chariot”*
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)
*Both Tim Brooks’ “Lost Sounds: Black and the birth of the Recording Industry 1890-1919” and David Neal’s “Roots of Elvis” books indicate the Standard Quartette’s version (recorded in 1894, also under “Swing Low Sweet Chariot”) as a possible first recording on cylinder. No sources indicate any release of the song. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8780 (March 1966)
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
Writers: Alex Gottlieb / Fred Karger / Ben Weisman*
Recorded: May 15, 1965, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: SPA3 7378, take 6
Original: Al Bernard (Brunswick 2107, 1921)
First appearance on an LP: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (1966)
PLEASE DON’T STOP LOVING ME
Writer: Joy Byers**
Recorded: May 13, 1965, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: SPA3 7384, take 19
Original: Gigliola Cinquetti (CGD N9486, 1964)
First appearance on an LP: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (1966)
*New adaptation of the traditional song, which has had quite a few reincarnations over the years, sometimes titled “Frankie and Albert”, “Frankie” or “Frankie’s Man Johnny”. The origins of the song are unknown, although it has probably been written in the 19th century. The first publication dates from 1904, under the title “He Done Me Wrong (The Death Of Bill Bailey)”, with Hughie Cannon as the writer.
**There is no doubt that the melody of “Please Don’t Stop Loving Me” takes its origin from an Italian song written earlier by Mario Panzeri and Nicola Salerno called “Non ho l’Età (er Amarti)” and first recorded by Gigliola Cinquetti. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8870 (June 1966)
LOVE LETTERS
Writers: Edward Heyman / Victor Young
Recorded: May 26, 1966, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee*
Master serial number: TPA4 0914, take 9
Original: Dick Haymes with Victor Young & his Orchestra (B-side of “Till the End of Time”, Decca 18699, 1945)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
COME WHAT MAY (YOU ARE MINE)
Writer: Frank Tableporter
Recorded: May 28, 1966, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: TPA4 0924, take 8
Original: Al Casey (Dot 15563, 1957)
First appearance on an LP: RARE ELVIS (Germany, 1983), single version (take 8)**
*Presley re-recorded the song in June 1970. That version was released in the 1971 LP “Love Letters from Elvis”.
**The single version was first made available in the U.S. in the 1999 compilation “Tomorrow Is a Long Time”. Prior to that, only alternate takes had been released in that country: take 6 on “Collectors Gold” and take 7 on “The Essential 60’s Masters”, two box-set collections. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8941 (October 1966)
SPINOUT
Writers: Ben Weisman / Dolores Fuller / Sid Wayne
Recorded: February 17, 1966, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: TPA3 5311, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SPINOUT (1966)
ALL THAT I AM
Writers: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett
Recorded: February 17, 1966, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: TPA3 5307, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SPINOUT (1966) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-8950 (November 1966)
IF EVERYDAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS
Writer: Red West
Recorded: June 10, 1966 (track); June 12, 1966 (vocals), RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: TPA4 0984, take number of track master: unknown; vocal overdub: take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (Budget version) (1970)
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
Writers: Ben Raleigh / Mark Barkan
Recorded: September 22, 1962, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: PPA3 2722, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR (1963) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9056 (January 1967)
INDESCRIBABLY BLUE
Writer: Darrell Glenn
Recorded: June 10, 1966 (track); June 12, 1966 (vocals), RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: TPA4 0982, take number of track master: unknown; vocal overdub: take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ GOLD RECORDS, VOLUME 4 (1968)
FOOLS FALL IN LOVE
Writers: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Recorded: May 28, 1966, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: TPA4 0925, take 5
Original: The Drifters (Atlantic 1123, 1957)
First appearance on an LP: I GOT LUCKY (1971) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9115 (May 1967)
LONG LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)
Writers : Leslie McFarland / Walter Scott
Recorded: June 29-30 (night session), 1966, M.G.M. Sound Stage 1, Culver City, California
Master serial number: UPA3 3937, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: DOUBLE TROUBLE (1967)*
THAT’S SOMEONE YOU NEVER FORGET
Writers: Elvis Presley / Red West**
Recorded: June 25, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0858, take 8
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: POT LUCK (1962)
*The song was remixed for the “Almost in Love” LP (1970).
**Presley asked West to write a song that he’d liked to be titled “That’s Someone You Never Forget”; West gave him a share of the credits for the song. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9287 (August 1967)
THERE’S ALWAYS ME
Writer: Don Robertson
Recorded: March 12, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0574, take 10
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY (1961)
JUDY
Writer: Teddy Redell
Recorded: March 13, 1961, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: M2WW 0577, take 8
Original: Teddy Redell (Atco 6162, 1960)*
First appearance on an LP: SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY (1961)
*Some sources indicate Vaden 45-116. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9341 (September 1967)
BIG BOSS MAN
Writers: Luther Dixon / Al Smith
Recorded: September 10, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: UPA4 2766, take 11
Original: Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 380, 1961)
First appearance on an LP: CLAMBAKE (1967)
YOU DON’T KNOW ME
Writers: Cindy Walker / Eddy Arnold
Recorded: September 11, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee*
Master serial number: UPA4 2771, take 1
Original: Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-6502, 1956)
First appearance on an LP: CLAMBAKE (1967)
*On February 21, 1967, Presley recorded a version of “You Don’t Know Me” for the “Clambake” movie. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9425 (January 1968)
GUITAR MAN
Writer: Jerry Hubbard a.k.a. Jerry Reed
Recorded: September 10, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee*
Master serial number: UPA4 2765, take 12
Original: Jerry Reed (RCA Victor 47-9152, 1967)**
First appearance on an LP: CLAMBAKE (1967)
HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS
Writer: Robert Higginbotham a.k.a. Tommy Tucker
Recorded: September 11, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: UPA4 2770, take 7 (edited)
Original: Tommy Tucker (Checker 1067, 1964)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS FOREVER (1974)
*Later remixed, using a completely new music track, for the 1981 album “Guitar Man”.
**Jerry Reed also played guitar on Presley’s version, as well as on the 1981 remix version. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9465 (March 1968)
U.S. MALE
Writer: Jerry Hubbard a.k.a. Jerry Reed
Recorded: January 17, 1968, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: WPA4 1807, take 12
Original: Jerry Reed (from his “The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed” album, RCA Victor LSP 3756, 1967)*
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970)
STAY AWAY
Writers: Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett (melody based on “Greensleeves”, a traditional English folk song)
Recorded: January 16, 1968, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: WPA1 1002, take 15 (with additional guitar overdub by Jerry Reed)
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (second pressing, c.1971)
*As with “Guitar Man”, Jerry Reed played guitar on Presley’s version of his own song. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9600 (April 1968)
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
Writers: Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II
Recorded: September 11, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: UPA4 2773, uses parts of takes 8 & 1, respectively
Original: Frank Sinatra (Columbia 36825, June 1945)*
First appearance on an LP: YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE (1971)
WE CALL ON HIM
Writers: Ben Weisman / Sidney Wayne / Fred Karger
Recorded: September 11, 1967, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: UPA4 2772, take 9
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE (1971)
*The original cast album for “Carousel”, for which the song was written, was released on July 19, 1945. Sinatra again recorded the song for his 1963 LP “The Concert Sinatra”. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9547 (May 1968)
YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY
Writers: Joel Hirschhorn / Al Kasha
Recorded: June 20, 1967, M.G.M. Studios, Culver City, California
Master serial number: WPA1 1023, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SPEEDWAY (1968)
LET YOURSELF GO
Writer(s): Joy Byers (Bob Johnston may have been a co-writer or the sole writer of the song*)
Recorded: June 21, 1967, M.G.M. Studios, Culver City, California
Master serial number: WPA1 1029, takes 5 & 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SPEEDWAY (1968)
*See “It Hurts Me” at #40 on the list. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9547 (September 1968)
A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION
Writers: Scott Davis (a.k.a. Mac Davis) / Billy Strange
Recorded: March 7, 1968, Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: WPA1 5767, take 16
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970) alternate take; RARE ELVIS, VOL. 3 (Germany, 1983) single version
ALMOST IN LOVE
Writers: Luiz Bonfá / Randy Starr
Recorded: March 7, 1968 (track); March 11, 1968 (vocals), Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: WPA1 5766, take 3 (voval overdub)
Original: Elvis Presley, in that form.*
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970)
*First recorded and released by Luiz Bonfá in 1965 as ‘Moonlight In Rio’ on his ‘The Brazilian Scene’ LP (Philips PHS 600-208). English lyrics were added by Randy Starr later on. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9547 (October 1968)
IF I CAN DREAM
Writer: Walter Earl Brown
Recorded: June 23, 1968, Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California (original master); June 30, NBV Studio 4, Burbank, California (applause & Elvis Presley voice over)
Master serial number: WPA1 8029, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS, NBC-TV SPECIAL (1968)
EDGE OF REALITY
Writers: Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye
Recorded: March 7, 1968, Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Master serial number: WPA1 5769, take 8
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9731 (March 1969)
MEMORIES
Writers: Billy Strange / Scott Davis (a.k.a. Mac Davis)
Recorded: June 23, 1968, Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California (track recorded first with vocal overdub probably recorded later that evening)
Master serial number: WPA1 8044, take 4 (track) & take N/A (vocal)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS, NBC-TV SPECIAL (1968)
CHARRO
Writers: Scott Davis (a.k.a. Mac Davis) / Billy Strange
Recorded: October 15, 1968 (track master); November 25, 1968 (vocal overdub); November 26 & 27 (orchestral overdubs), Samuel Goldwyn Studio, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: WPA1 8091, take 5 (track); takes 5 & 9 (vocals)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970) |
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RCA VICTOR 74-0130 (April 1969)
HIS HAND IN MINE
Writer: Mosie Lister
Recorded: October 30, 1960, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: L2WW 0374, take 5 & ending of take 4
Original: The Statesmen (1953)
First appearance on an LP: HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Writer(s): Stuart K. Hine (based on a poem by Carl Gustav Boberg; music from a traditional Swedish folk song, arranged by Adolph Edgren)
Recorded: May 25, 1966, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: TPA4 0909, take 4
Original: George Beverly Shea, in that form (Victor 6068, 1955)
First appearance on an LP: HOW GREAT THOU ART (1967) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9741 (April 1969)
IN THE GHETTO
Writer: Mac Davis
Recorded: January 20, 1969 (track & first vocal); late January (backup vocals overdub); around February 22 (new vocal); March 18, 1969 (brass & string overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: XPA5 1154, take 23 (plus overdubs)
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS (1969)
ANY DAY NOW
Writers: Burt Bacharach / Bob Hilliard
Recorded: February 20, 1969 (track & first vocal); around February 22, 1969 (vocal repair); March 18, 1969 (string & brass overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; late March 1969, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee (backup vocals overdub)
Master serial number: XPA5 1274, take 6 (plus overdubs)
Original: Chuck Jackson (1962)
First appearance on an LP: FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS (1969) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9747 (June 1969)
CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD
Writers: Billy Strange / Scott Davis (a.k.a. Mac Davis)
Recorded: October 23, 1968, United Artist Recorders, Hollywood, California (undubbed master); May 8, 1969, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee (brass & backup vocals overdubs)
Master serial number: XPA1 3976, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970)
THE FAIR IS MOVING ON
Writers: Guy Fletcher / Doug Flett
Recorded: February 21, 1969, American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee (undubbed master); March 25, 1969, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee (string & backup vocals overdubs)
Master serial number: XPA5 1276, take: NA
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS (1969) |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9764 (August 1969)
SUSPICIOUS MINDS
Writer: Mark James
Recorded: January 23, 1969 (undubbed master); January 23 or 24 (backup vocals overdub); around February 22 (harmony vocal overdub); March 18 (string and possibly brass overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; August 7, 1969, United Recording, Las Vegas, Nevada (further brass overdubs)
Master serial number: XPA5 1227, take 8
Original: Mark James
First appearance on an LP: WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 (1970)*
YOU’LL THINK OF ME
Writer: Mort Shuman
Recorded: January 14, 1969 (undubbed master); January 21 or 22 (new vocal); May 5 (string overdub); May 6 (brass & backup vocals overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: XPA5 1146, take 23
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS (1969) (alternate mix); THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 2 (1971) (single version mix)
*A live version of the song was released in 1969, in the double album FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9768 (November 1969)
DON’T CRY DADDY
Writer: Scott Davis (a.k.a. Mac Davis)
Recorded: January 15, 1969 (track); January 22 (vocal overdubs)*; March 19 (brass overdubs); March 21 (string overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: XPA5 1149, take: NA
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 (1970)
RUBBERNECKIN’
Writers: Dory Jones / Bunny Warren
Recorded: January 21, 1969 (undubbed master); March 19 (brass overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee**
Master serial number: XPA5 1156, take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970)
*Harmony by Presley may have been done on February 28.
**Backup vocals possibly overdubbed on January 24 at American Sound Studios, with further overdubs possibly done on March 25, in Nashville’s RCA Studio A. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9791 (January 1970)
KENTUCKY RAIN
Writers: Eddie Rabbitt / Dick Heard
Recorded: February 19, 1969 (undubbed master); March 18 (strings and brass overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; March 25 (backup vocals), RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: XPA5 1271, take 10
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 (1970)
MY LITTLE FRIEND
Writer: Shirl Milete
Recorded: January 16, 1969 (track); January 21 or 22 (vocal overdub), March 18 (brass overdubs); March 19 (strings overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee*
Master serial number: XPA5 1153, take: NA
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ALMOST IN LOVE (1970)
*Backup vocals may have been overdubbed on March 25, 1969 in Nashville’s RCA Studio A. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9835 (May 1970)
THE WONDER OF YOU
Writer: Baker Knight
Recorded: February 18, 1970, International Hotel, Las Vegas, a live recording*
Master serial number: ZPA5 1300
Original: Ray Peterson (RCA Victor 47-7513, 1959)
First appearance on an LP: ON STAGE: FEBRUARY 1970 (1970)
MAMA LIKED THE ROSES
Writer: John Christopher
Recorded: January 16, 1969 (track); January 21 or 22 (vocal overdub), January 22 or late February (Presley’s harmony vocal); March 18 (brass overdubs and new bell intro); March 19 (strings overdubs), American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; March 31, 1970, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee (Sandy Posey back-vocal overdub)
Master serial number: XPA5 1152, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (budget version) (1970)
*Additional back-up overdubs done on March 31 and on April 3, 1970, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee. |
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RCA VICTOR 47-9873 (July 1970)
I’VE LOST YOU (studio version)
Writers: Ken Howard / Alan Blaikley
Recorded: June 4, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1594, take 7
Original: Matthews’ Southern Comfort (1969)
First appearance on an LP: THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 2 (1971) (studio version)*
THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
Writers: Paul Evans / Paul Parnes
Recorded: June 7, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1619, take 11
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: “THAT’S THE WAY IT IS” (1970)
*A live version was first released by Presley in the 1970 album “That’s the Way It Is”. |
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RCA Victor 47-9916 (October 1970)
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
Writers: Pino Donaggio / Simon Napier-Bell / Vito Pallavicini / Vicki Wickham
Recorded: June 6, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1608, take 3
Original: Dusty Springfield (Philips, 1966), in that form*
First appearance on an LP: THAT’S THE WAY IT IS (1970)
PATCH IT UP (studio version)
Writers: Eddie Rabbitt / Rory Bourke
Recorded: June 8, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1628, take 8
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: THE OTHER SIDES – WORLDWIDE GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 2 (1971) (studio version)**
*First recorded and released in italian by Pino Donaggio, in 1963, as “Io che non vivo piu d’un ora senza te”
**A live version appeared in the 1970 album “That’s the Way It Is”. |
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RCA Victor 47-9960 (December 1970)
I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW
Writers: Don Robertson / Howard Barnes
Recorded: June 7, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1616, take: n/a
Original: Eddy Arnold (1953)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS COUNTRY (I’M 10,000 YEARS OLD) (1971)
THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING
Writer: Dallas Frazier
Recorded: June 8, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1624, take 3
Original: Ferlin Husky (1965)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS COUNTRY (I’M 10,000 YEARS OLD) (1971) |
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RCA Victor 47-9980 (March 1971)
RAGS TO RICHES
Writers : Richard Adler / Jerry Ross
Recorded: September 22, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1800, take: spliced
Original: Tony Bennett (1953)
First appearance on an LP: HITS OF THE 70’S (Germany, 1974); ELVIS ARON PRESLEY (U.S., 1980)
WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD
Writers : Dallas Frazier / A.L. “Doodle” Owens
Recorded: September 22, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1798, take 6
Original: Dallas Frazier (1971)
First appearance on an LP: HE WALKS BESIDE ME (1978) |
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RCA Victor 47-9985 (May 1971)
LIFE
Writer: Shirl Milete
Recorded: June 6, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1613, take 20
Original: Shirl Milete (1969)
First appearance on an LP: LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS (1971)
ONLY BELIEVE
Writer: Paul Rader
Recorded: June 8, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1626, take 4
Original: The Harmonizing Four (1957)
First appearance on an LP: LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS (1971) |
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RCA Victor 47-9998 (August 1971)
I’M LEAVIN’
Writers : Michael Jarrett / Sonny Charles
Recorded: May 20, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1285, take: n/a
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: HITS OF THE 70’S (Germany, 1974); ELVIS ARON PRESLEY (U.S., 1980)
HEART OF ROME
Writers : Alan Blaikley / Richard Howard / Geoff Stephens
Recorded: June 6, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1614, take: spliced – take 3 + take 1 of workpart
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS (1971) |
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RCA Victor 48-1017 (October 1971)
IT’S ONLY LOVE
Writers : Mark James / Steve Tyrell
Recorded: May 20, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1287, take 10
Original: B.J. Thomas (1969)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS ARON PRESLEY (1980)
THE SOUND OF YOUR CRY
Writers : Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Buddy Kaye
Recorded: June 4, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: ZPA4 1596, take 11
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 (U.S., 1981) |
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RCA Victor 74-0572 (November 1971)
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
Writers: Lou Baxter / Johnny Moore
Recorded: May 15, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1264, take 1
Original: Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
First appearance on an LP: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTMAS (1971)
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Writer(s): Frederick Oakeley / John Francis Wade*
Recorded: May 16, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1270, take 1
Original: ? (1899)
First appearance on an LP: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTMAS (1971)
*John Francis Wade is the original composer of “Adeste Fideles” which was later translated by Oakeley in 1841. |
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RCA Victor 74-0619 (January 1972)
UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO
Writer: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Recorded: May 17, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1274, take 8
Original: Buffy Sainte Marie (Vanguard 35028; 1966)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS NOW (1972)
WE CAN MAKE THE MORNING
Writer: Jay Ramsey
Recorded: May 20, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1286, take: n/a
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS NOW (1972) |
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RCA Victor 74-0651 (March 1972)
HE TOUCHED ME
Writer: William J. Gaither
Recorded: May 18, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1277, take 4
Original: Doug Oldham (1963)
First appearance on an LP: HE TOUCHED ME (1972)
BOSOM OF ABRAHAM
Writers: William Johnson / George McFadden / Phillip Brooks
Recorded: June 9, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1295, take 6
Original: Heavenly Gospel Singers (1937, as “Rock My Soul”)
First appearance on an LP: HE TOUCHED ME (1972) |
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RCA Victor 74-0672 (April 1972)
AN AMERICAN TRIOLOGY
Writer (arranger): Mickey Newbury (medley of 3 traditional songs: ‘Dixie’, ‘All My Trials’ and ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’)
Recorded: February 16, 1972, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas (live)
Original: Mickey Newbury, in that form.
First appearance on an LP (single version): WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES: THE ESSENTIAL 70’S MASTERS (1995)
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
Writer : Ewan MacColl
Recorded: March 15, 1971, RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Master serial number: APA4 1255, take 12
Original: Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger (1962)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS ARON PRESLEY (1980) |
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RCA Victor 74-0769 (August 1972)
BURNING LOVE
Writer: Dennis Linde
Recorded: March 28, 1972, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: BPA3 1257, take 6
Original: Arthur Alexander (1972)
First appearance on an LP: BURNING LOVE & HITS FROM HIS MOVIES, VOL. 2 (1972)
IT’S A MATTER OF TIME
Writer : Clive Westlake
Recorded: March 29, 1972, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: BPA3 1260, take 5
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: BURNING LOVE & HITS FROM HIS MOVIES, VOL. 2 (1972) |
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RCA Victor 74-0815 (November 1972)
SEPARATE WAYS
Writers : Red West / Richard Mainegra
Recorded: March 27, 1972, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: BPA3 1149, take 21
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: SEPARATE WAYS (1973)
ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Writers: Johnny Christopher / Mark James / Wayne Carson Thompson
Recorded: March 29, 1972, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: BPA3 1259, take 1
Original: Brenda Lee (1972)*
First appearance on an LP: SEPARATE WAYS (1973)
*Note: Released before Elvis’ version, but recorded later. |
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RCA Victor 74-0910 (March 1973)
STEAMROLLER BLUES
Writer: James Taylor
Recorded: January 14, 1973, Honolulu International Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (live)
Original: The Masqueraders (1968)
First appearance on an LP: ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE (1973)
FOOL
Writers: James Last / Carl Sigman
Recorded: March 28, 1972, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: BPA3 1258, take 2
Original: James Last (1969)
First appearance on an LP: ELVIS (1973) |
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RCA Victor APBO 0088 (September 1973)
RAISED ON ROCK
Writer: Mark James
Recorded: July 23, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 4767, take: n/a
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: RAISED ON ROCK/FOR OL’ TIMES SAKE (1973)
FOR OL’ TIMES SAKE
Writer: Tony Joe White
Recorded: July 23, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 4768, take 8
Original: Tony Joe White (1973)
First appearance on an LP: RAISED ON ROCK/FOR OL’ TIMES SAKE (1973) |
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RCA Victor APBO 0196 (January 1974)
I’VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABY
Writer: Tony Joe White
Recorded: July 22, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 4765, take 15
Original: Billy Lee Riley (1971)
First appearance on an LP: GOOD TIMES (1974)
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER
Writers : Arthur Kent / Edward C. Warren
Recorded: July 21, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 4763, take 6
Original: Adam Wade (1961)
First appearance on an LP: GOOD TIMES (1974) |
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RCA Victor APBO 0280 (May 1974)
IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP
Writers: Red West / Johnny Christopher
Recorded: December 11, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1620, take 9
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975)
HELP ME
Writer: Larry Gatlin
Recorded: December 12, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1624, take 1
Original: Kris Kristofferson (1972)
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975) |
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RCA Victor PB 10074 (October 1974)
PROMISED LAND
Writer: Chuck Berry
Recorded: December 15, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1629, take 6
Original: Chuck Berry (1964)
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975)
IT’S MIDNIGHT
Writers : Billy Edd Wheeler / Jerry Chesnut
Recorded: December 10, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1618, take 19
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975) |
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RCA Victor PB 10191 (January 1975)
MY BOY
Writers: Bill Martin / Jean-Pierre Bourtravre / Phil Coulter / Claude François
Recorded: December 13, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1625, take 3
Original: Richard Harris (1971, in that form*)
First appearance on an LP: GOOD TIMES (1974)
THINKING ABOUT YOU
Writer: Tim Baty
Recorded: December 12, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1622, take 8
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975)
*Note: First recorded and released in french by Claude François in 1970. |
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RCA Victor PB 10278 (April 1975)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Writers: Jerry Chesnut / Steve Tyrell
Recorded: March 11, 1975, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: EPA3 1599, take 4
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: TODAY (1975)
MR. SONGMAN
Writer: Donnie Summer
Recorded: December 12, 1973, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: CPA5 1621, take 6
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: PROMISED LAND (1975) |
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RCA Victor PB 10401 (October 1975)
PIECES OF MY LIFE
Writer: Troy Seals
Recorded: March 12, 1975, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: EPA3 1602, take 4
Original: Johnny Darrell (1974)
First appearance on an LP: TODAY (1975)
BRINGIN’ IT BACK
Writer: Greg Gordon
Recorded: March 12, 1975, RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California
Master serial number: EPA3 1603, take 4
Original: Brenda Lee (1975)
First appearance on an LP: TODAY (1975) |
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RCA Victor PB 10601 (March 1976)
HURT
Writers: Jamie Crane / Al Jacobs
Recorded: February 5, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 0672, take 7
Original: Roy Hamilton (1954)
First appearance on an LP: FROM ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (1976)
FOR THE HEART
Writer: Dennis Linde
Recorded: February 5, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 0671, take: n/a
Original: Teresa Brewer (1975)
First appearance on an LP: FROM ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (1976) |
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RCA Victor PB 10857 (December 1976)
MOODY BLUE
Writer: Mark James
Recorded: February 4, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 0669, take 10
Original: Mark James (1974)
First appearance on an LP: MOODY BLUE (1977)
SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
Writer: Dickey Lee
Recorded: February 2, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 0666, take 17
Original: George Jones (1962)
First appearance on an LP: MOODY BLUE (1977) |
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RCA Victor PB 10998 (June 1977)
WAY DOWN
Writer: Layng Martine, Jr.
Recorded: October 29, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 1049, take 2
Original: Elvis Presley
First appearance on an LP: MOODY BLUE (1977)
PLEDGING MY LOVE
Writers: Don Robey / Ferdinand Washington
Recorded: October 29, 1976, The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee
Master serial number: FWA5 1050, take 6
Original: Johnny Ace (1954)
First appearance on an LP: MOODY BLUE (1977) |
