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"I Want to Be Free" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture Jailhouse Rock. Its first release on record was on the soundtrack EP Jailhouse Rock in 1957. [1] In some countries in 1958 the song was released on a single as the reverse side to "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care".
Presley's version has lyrics different from Arthur Crudup's version. (In 1986, Sam Phillips recalled that when recording, Elvis changed some lyrics of songs.) [23] The next evening, the trio recorded, in a similar style, "Blue Moon of Kentucky", which became the "That's All Right" single's B side. [10]
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee: Love Letters: Edward Heyman, Victor Young: 1966: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4: The Love Machine: Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson: 1966: I Got Lucky: Love Me: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller: 1956: Elvis (1956 album) Love Me Tender: Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton and Vera Matson (pseudonym ...
In honor of the "Elvis" movie, check out this list of the best Elvis Presley songs based on Billboard No. 1's and Spotify's top-streamed songs.
It is best known for being Elvis Presley's seventh single release on the RCA Victor label, produced by Steve Sholes. [1] It was released in May 1956, becoming Presley's second number 1 single on the country music charts, and peaking at number 3 on the US Billboard Top 100 chart, an earlier version of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [1]
The song was from the soundtrack of the MGM film The Trouble with Girls, and was later included on the budget RCA Camden album Almost In Love. Although The Trouble with Girls is set in the 1920s, several lyrics within this song are anachronistic for the era, such as a reference to "armchair quarterbacks", a term not coined until the advent of ...
"Crawfish" is a song written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music) and recorded as a duet by the jazz singer Kitty White and Elvis Presley. It was the opening song for Presley's 1958 film King Creole. [1] [2] [3] British musician and Clash frontman Joe Strummer described "Crawfish" on his radio-show as one of his favourite Elvis Presley ...
Elvis Presley recorded the song on May 27, 1963, at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee.The recording session featured Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Jerry Kennedy and Scotty Moore on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, and D. J. Fontana and Buddy Harman on drums, Floyd Cramer on piano, and Boots Randolph on saxophone, vibes and shakers.