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Title:
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Carny
Town
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Writers:
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Fred
Wise & Randy Starr
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1st
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January
1964
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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October
1964
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Versions
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Roustabout
(1964)
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Notes:
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A
zany piano and a rock n' roll type atomosphere, but strictly a movie novelty
tune recorded for the film Roustabout.
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Title:
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Casual
Love Affair
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Writers:
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??
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1st
Recorded:
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4th
January 1954
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Recorded
@:
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Memphis
Recording Service.
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1st
Released:
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??
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??
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Notes:
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At
Elvis' second visit to the memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue,
he recorded this song on a ten inch acetate for $4 and met Sam Phillips.
On the same day he recorded "I'll Never Stand In Your Way". Sam was impressed, but it would be another six months before his first commercial recording session at Sun Records.?? |
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Title:
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Catchin'
On Fast
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Writers:
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Bill
Grant & Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
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1st
Recorded:
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27th
May 1963
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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April
1964
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Versions
Appear on:
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Kissin'
Cousins (1964)
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Notes:
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A
dance quickie recorded for the film Kissin'
Cousins, in which Elvis sings about being taught to kiss.
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Title:
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Writers:
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Florence
Kaye & Ben Weisman
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1st
Recorded:
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5
& 6th March 1969
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Recorded
@:
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Universal
Sound Studios, Hollywood, California.
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1st
Released:
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April
1970
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Versions
Appear on:
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Let's
Be Friends (1970)
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Notes:
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Recorded
as the title tune to the film of the same name.
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Title:
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Chesay
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Writers:
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Fred
Karger & Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne
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1st
Recorded:
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13th
- 15th May 1965
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Recorded
@:
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United
Artists Studios, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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April
1966
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Versions
Appear on:
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Frankie
& Johnny (1966)
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Notes:
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A
gypsy style number from the film Frankie
& Johnny, with an accordian and not much else to offer.
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Title:
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Cindy,
Cindy
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Writers:
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Florence
Kaye & Ben Weisman & Dolores Fuller
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1st
Recorded:
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4th
June 1970
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Recorded
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1971
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Versions
Appear on:
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Love
Letters From Elvis (1971)
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Notes:
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Elementary
old-style rocker with horns featured and an excellent guitar break hidden
beneath the brass.
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Title:
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City
By Night
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Writers:
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Bill
Grant & Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
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1st
Recorded:
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26th
June 1967
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1967
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Versions
Appear on:
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Double
Trouble (1967)
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Notes:
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One
of nine songs recorded in one day by Elvis.
A bluesy trumpet and The Jordanaires back Elvis on this track from the film Double Trouble. |
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Title:
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Clambake
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Writers:
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Ben
Weisman & Sid Wayne
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1st
Recorded:
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21st
February 1967
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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November
1967
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Versions
Appear on:
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Clambake
(1967)
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Notes:
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A
peculiar, up-tempo groover for the film Clambake,
a typical Weisman-Wayne production with "Oh Yeahs" subdued Jordanaires
and very little continuity, even for an Elvis film number.
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Title:
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C'mon
Everybody
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Writer:
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Joy
Byers
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1st
Recorded:
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7th
& 9th July 1963
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Recorded
@:
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MGM
Sound Studios, Culver City.
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1st
Released:
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July
1964
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Notes:
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A
rocker from the film Viva
Las Vegas (1964), with a catchy bit of drum work between the verses.
One of the better rockers from his 1960's film scores. In the film Elvis duets with Ann-Margret. |
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Title:
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Come
Along
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Writer:
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David
Hess
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1st
Recorded:
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13th
- 15th May 1965
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Recorded
@:
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United
Artist Studios, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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April
1966
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Versions
Appear on:
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Frankie
& Johnny (1966)
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Notes:
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Elvis
doing New Orleans-style show jazz for the movie Frankie
& Johnny.
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Title:
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Confidence
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Writers:
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Sid
Tepper & Roy C., Bennett
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1st
Recorded:
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21st
February 1967
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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November
1967
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Notes:
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A
sort of rewrite of Sinatra's "High Hopes" for the film Clambake.
A family entertainment number with a gang of kids singing along with Elvis
in the movie.
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Title:
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Cotton
Candy Land
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Writers:
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Ruth
Batchelor & Bob Roberts
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1st
Recorded:
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October
1962
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Recorded
@:
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MGM
Sound Studios, Culver City.
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1st
Released:
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April
1963
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Versions
Appear on:
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It
Happened At The WorldsFair (1964)
Elvis Sings for Children and Grownups Too (1978) |
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Notes:
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Elvis
phrasing a song for the child in all of us, recorded as part of the Soundtrack
of the movie It Happened At The
Worlds Fair.
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Title:
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Could
I Fall In Love
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Writer:
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Randy
Starr
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1st
Recorded:
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26th
June 1966
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1967
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Versions
Appear on:
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Double
Trouble (1967)
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Notes:
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Floyd
Cramer on piano, the soft voiced Jordanaires, an acoustic guitar and a
violin fill-in produce the background for this ballad from the film Double
Trouble.
The duet portions of the song were sung by Charlie Hodge, this song was one of the 9 songs recorded in one day for the said film. |
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Title:
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Crawfish
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Writers:
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Fred
Wise & Ben Weisman
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1st
Recorded:
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January
1958
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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August
1958
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Notes:
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A
hot New Orleans R&B number from the film King
Creole.
This was the first instance of Elvis using a female vocalist "Kitty White", who sang almost one word and nothing else throughout the track, the word being of course "Crawfish". |
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Title:
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Cross
My Heart And Hope To Die
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Writers:
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Sid
Wayne & Ben Weisman
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1st
Recorded:
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8th
June 1964
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Recorded
@:
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MGM
Sound Studios, Culver City.
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1st
Released:
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April
1965
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Versions
Appear on:
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Girl
Happy (1965)
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Notes:
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A
nice Saxophone and piano introduction to the Slinky-Voiced Elvis, but
a minor film number nonetheless.
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Title:
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Crying
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Writers:
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...
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1st
Recorded:
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1976
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Recorded
@:
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??
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1st
Released:
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Unreleased
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Versions
Appear on:
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??
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Notes:
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The
song that was a hit for Roy Orbison, recorded by Elvis sometime in 1976
but never released on record.
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Title:
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Crying
Heart Blue
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Writers:
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...
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1st
Recorded:
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July
1954 - June 1955
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Recorded
@:
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Sun
Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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Unreleased
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Versions
Appear on:
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??
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Notes:
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I
can't find out much about this track other than the fact that it was recorded
sometime between July 1954 & June 1955 at the Sun Studios in Memphis.
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Title:
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Crying
Time
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Writer:
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Buck
Owens
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1st
Recorded:
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1970
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Recorded
@:
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??
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1st
Released:
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Unreleased
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Versions
Appear on:
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??
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Notes:
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A
song recorded by Owens in 1964, and was later a hit for Ray Charles in
1966. Elvis performed this song in the film Thats The Way It Is (1970),
but the track never made it onto the Soundtrack album.
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