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"Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" is a song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961. It was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and first recorded by Del Shannon on the album Runaway with Del Shannon, which was released in June 1961.
The acoustic guitar riff in "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is adopted from the Elvis Presley hit "His Latest Flame". [1] [2] The single was as successful as the previous one. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks. [3]
A version by Ry Cooder, from his album Bop Till You Drop, was a number-one hit in New Zealand. [7] [8] An answer song to "Little Sister", with the same melody but different lyrics, was recorded and released under the title "Hey, Memphis" by LaVern Baker on Atlantic Records (Atlantic 2119-A) in September 1961.
As Presley's success with singles from his movie soundtracks began to diminish in the late 1960s, he released "If I Can Dream", from his 1968 NBC-TV special, Elvis. The success of the song and television special brought about a resurgence of interest in Presley and his recordings, bringing him two top 10 hits in 1969, " In the Ghetto " and ...
With the special poised to celebrate its 55th anniversary this December, Binder lends his firsthand knowledge of how it all came together to the new documentary Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback ...
[citation needed] Punk rock band The Misfits covered the song on the extended edition of their 2003 album Project 1950, which also contained a cover of Presley's "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame". [26] Karel Gott recorded the song in 2012. The Residents, Tom Green, Ronnie McDowell, Showaddywaddy, and Peter Kraus have also recorded the song ...
On June 26, 1977, the King left the building for the final time. Elvis Presley, known as “The King of Rock n Roll,” is regarded as one of the most iconic figures in music history.He is also ...
Clyde McPhatter rerecorded the song for Mercury Records; it is on the 1962 album Lover Please and on his 1963 Mercury release, Greatest Hits. Little Richard covered the song for his 1964 album Little Richard Is Back (And There's a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!) for Vee-Jay Records. The guitarist Davy Graham recorded it for his 1966 album ...