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Title:
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Early
Morning Rain
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Writers:
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Gordon
Lightfoot
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1st
Recorded:
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15th
March 1971
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Recorded
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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January
1972
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Versions
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Elvis
Now (1972)
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Notes:
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A
countrified version, Nashville style of the popular Gordon Lightfoot
hit. With Charlie McCoy on Harmonica and backing vocals from the Nashville
Edition.
Elvis is indistinct and seems oddly unsuited to this popular song, but gives it his best. |
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Title:
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Earth
Boy
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Writers:
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Sid
Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
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1st
Recorded:
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March
1962
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1962
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Versions
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Girls!
Girls! Girls! (1962)
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Notes:
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The
Chinese "junk" number from the film Girls!
Girls! Girls!, sung to the kiddies, whose voices were left out of
the recording.
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Title:
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Writers:
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Sid
Wayne & Ben Weisman
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1st
Recorded:
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26th
September 1966
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hoillywood.
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1st
Released:
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May
1967
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Notes:
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A
typical 1967 film title track with Elvis making the most of a corny
rocker.
Along with all the other film tracks they were recorded at the Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood. |
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Title:
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(Such
An) Easy Question
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Writers:
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Otis
Blackwell & Winfield Scott
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1st
Recorded:
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18th
March 1962
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1962
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Versions
Appear on:
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Pot
Luck (1962)
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Notes:
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A
slow to medium ballad, which is light and pleasant, but some say is
one of the lesser efforts of the King.
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Title:
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Echoes
Of Love
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Writer:
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Robert
McMains.
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1st
Recorded:
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26th
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
sad ballad, beautifully sung that was released on the Soundtrack of
the film Kissin' Cousins,
although the song did not appear in the movie.
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Title:
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El
Paso
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Writer:
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Marty
Robbins
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1st
Recorded:
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Recorded
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1st
Released:
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Unreleased
on Record..
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Versions
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??
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Notes:
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One
of Elvis' favourite C&W standards, which he sung occasionally but
never recorded.
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Title:
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El
Toro
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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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23rd
January 1963
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood
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1st
Released:
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November
1963
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Versions
Appear on:
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Fun
In Acapulco (1963)
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Notes:
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From
the film Fun In Acapulco,
Elvis sings about a matador and a great bull.
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Title:
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Everybody
Come Aboard
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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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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 (1965)
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Notes:
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The
jazzy finale number from the film Frankie
& Johnny in 1965.
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