LYRICS: Fame and Fortune

Album:

Stuck On You / Fame and Fortune

Lyrics / Music:

Fred Wise / Ben Weisman, 1960

Catalog number:

47-7740

Recording date:

March 21, 1960

Release date:

March 23, 1960

Observation:

Elvis sang it on Frank Sinatra's Timex Special on May 18, 1960

- Re-released as a Gold single on February 20, 1962 and on "Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3" (1963)

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LYRICS

Fame and fortune

How empty they can be?

But when I hold you in my arms

That's a-heaven to me

Who cares for fame and fortune?

They're only passing things

But the touch of your lips on mine

Makes me feel like a king

Your kind of love

Is a treasure I hold

It's so much greater

Than silver or gold

I know that I'd have nothing

If you should go away

But to know that you love me, brings

Fame and fortune my way

But to know that you love me, brings

Fame and fortune my way

LYRICS: Stuck On You

Album:

Stuck On You / Fame and Fortune

Lyrics / Music:

Aaron Schroeder / S. Leslie McFarland, 1960

Catalog number:

47-7740

Recording date:

March 21, 1960

Release date:

March 23, 1960

Observation:

Elvis sang it on Frank Sinatra's Timex Special on May 18, 1960

- Re-released as a Gold single on February 20, 1962 and on "Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3" (1963)

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LYRICS

You can shake an apple off an apple tree

Shake-a, shake, sugar

But you'll never shake me

Uh-uh-uh

No-sir-ee, uh, uh

I'm gonna stick like glue

Stick, because I'm

Stuck on you

Gonna run my fingers through your long black hair

Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear

Uh-uh-uh

Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh

I'm gonna stick like glue

Stick, because I'm

Stuck on you

Hide in the kitchen, hide in the hall

Ain't gonna do you no good at all

'Cause once I catch ya, and the kissin' starts

A team of wild horses couldn't tear us apart

Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side

That's how love is gonna keep us tied

Uh-uh-uh, Uh-uh-uh

Oh yeah, Uh-uh-uh

I'm gonna stick like glue

Stick, because I'm

Stuck on you

Hide in the kitchen, hide in the hall

Ain't gonna do you no good at all

Cause once I catch ya, and the kissin' starts

A team of wild horses couldn't tear us apart

Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side

That's how love is gonna keep us tied

Uh-uh-uh

Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh

I'm gonna stick like glue

Yeah, yeah, because I'm

Stuck on you

I'm gonna stick like glue

Yeah, yeah, because I'm

Stuck on you

I'm gonna stick like glue

Yeah, yeah, because I'm

Stuck on you

LYRICS: Soldier Boy

Album:

Elvis is Back!

Lyrics / Music:

David Jones / Theodore Williams, Jr., 1955

Catalog number:

LSP/LPM 2231

Recording date:

March 20, 1960

Release date:

April 6, 1960

Observation:

- Elvis rehearsed it on the 1959 home recordings in Bad Nauheim, Germany

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LYRICS

Soldier boy, why feel blue?

Don't you believe she will be true?

It's written in the blue

That she was meant for only you

Soldier boy, tell me why do you cry

When you return, she'll rush to your side

It's written in the blue

That she was meant for only you

So prove your love is true

She'll be there to say, "I do"

And if you go sea or land

She'll make you understand

While you're gone, oh, try to believe

Her love for you is really for real

It's written in the blue

That she was meant for only you

So prove your love is true

She'll be there to say, "I do"

And if you go sea or land

She'll make you understand

Oh, while you're gone, oh, try, try to believe

Her love for you is really for real

It's written in the blue

That she was meant for only you

LYRICS: Make Me Know it

Album:

Elvis is Back!

Lyrics / Music:

Otis Blackwell, 1960

Catalog number:

LSP/LPM 2231

Recording date:

March 20, 1960

Release date:

April 6, 1960

Observation:

- Re-released on the EP "Such a Night" (1960, UK only)

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LYRICS

You say that you love me

And swear it to be true

But if you care, come over here

And make me know it do

Come on now, make me know it

Then go ahead and show it

But if you care, come over here

And make me know it do

You say you've got kisses

And swear that they're brand new

I think that's fine if you ain't lyin'

But make me know it do

Come on now, make me know it

Then go ahead and show it

I think that's fine if you ain't lyin'

But make me know it do

You won't have no trouble proving it to me

Come right along, you'll find me

Helpful as can be

You say you wanna hold me

And stick to me like glue

Well, hearing's deceiving and seeing's believing

Make me know it do

Come on now, make me know it

Well, go ahead and show it

I say hearing's deceivingand seeing's believing

Make me know it do

You won't have no trouble proving it to me

Come right along, you'll find me

Helpful as can be

You say you wanna hold me

And stick to me like glue

Well, hearing's deceiving and seeing's believing

Make me know it do

Come on now, make me know it

Well, go ahead and show it

I say hearing's deceiving and seeing's believing

Make me know it do

Oh, make me know it

Then go ahead and show it

Make me know it

Then go ahead and show it

See the USA the Elvis Way (Single/EP - RCA, 1967)

Title: 

See the USA the Elvis Way

Label:

RCA Victor [EPA 4386 (mono) / EPAS 4386 (stereo)]

Format:

EP

Number of tracks:

4

Running time:

8:50

Type of album:

Studio / Compilation

Linked to:

Unofficial discography

Year:

1967

Recording date:

July 7, 1954 - January 12, 1964

Release date:

March 3, 1967

Singles:

"Indescribably Blue / Fools Fall..." (Jan. 10, 967)

See the USA the Elvis Way is Elvis' thirty-third EP and 53rd audiophonic work (including LPs and singles). The work features recordings spanning a period of almost ten years and which, for RCA, defined the USA.

On January 10, 1967, the single "Indescribably Blue", which contained "Fools Fall in Love" on the B-side, proved that Elvis' new recordings could boost his return to the charts. The album "How Great Thou Art", released on February 27 of the same year, helped to further consecrate Elvis' return to the contemporary music scene, so there was nothing better than trying to continue the climb.

Seeing that the EP format and sales of Elvis soundtracks were increasingly losing ground in the market, RCA decided to test whether re-releasing some old tracks alongside new recordings would attract an audience, with the idea of ​​perhaps commissioning a new LP of contemporary, non-soundtrack music. The Colonel resisted, as always, but deep down he saw that this was the way to go, given that even singles were languishing on the shelves.

So, while Elvis was recording the soundtrack for "Clambake", RCA decided to release a new EP, entitled "See the USA the Elvis Way", with four songs that defined the sound of four distinct regions of the country.

The album hit stores on March 3, 1967 with absolutely zero interest from the public in reliving Elvis's past classics. The low sales further confirmed what RCA already suspected: it was necessary to end Elvis' EPs.

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RECORDING SESSIONS

Dates:

July 7, 1954 - January 12, 1964

Studio:

Sun Studio
RCA Studio B
Radio Recorders
MGM Sound Stage

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Hollywood, California

Musicians:

Voice: Elvis Presley
Acoustic guitar: Elvis Presley
Electric guitar: Scotty Moore, Chip Young, Hank Garland, Charlie McCoy, Peter Drake
Bass: Bill Black, Bob Moore, Charlie McCoy
Drums: DJ Fontana, Murray "Buddy" Harman
Piano: Floyd Cramer, David Briggs, Henry Slaughter
Harmonica: George Fields, Charlie McCoy
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph, Rufus Long
Organ: David Briggs
Timpany: Murray "Buddy" Harman
Backing vocals: The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham

Sound Engineer / Recording Engineer:

Sam Phillips / Bill Porter / Jim Malloy / Felton Jarvis


JULY 7, 1954

                                          Blue Moon Of Kentucky F2WB 8041-NA

JANUARY 15, 1958
                                         Turtles, Berries, Gumbo (Blanche Thomas)
                                         Hard Headed Woman J2PB 3603-10
                                         Trouble J2PB 3604-05
                                         New Orleans J2PB 3605-05
                                         King Creole (Alternate Master) J2PB 3606-18
                                         Crawfish J2PB 3607-07

MAY 27/28, 1963
                                Memphis, Tennessee PPA4 0302-02
                               (It's A) Long Lonely Highway (Single Version) PPA4 0303-01
                               (It's A) Long Lonely Highway (Album Version) PPA4 0303-02
                               Ask Me PPA4 0304-02
                               Western Union PPA4 0305-04
                               Slowly But Surely PPA4 0306-05
                               Blue River SPA4 6768-02
                               Blue River SPA4 7357-SP
                               Ask Me (Alternate Master) PPA4 0304-06

JULY 10, 1963
                               I Need Somebody To Lean On RPA3 0386-20
                               Do The Vega WPA1 8025-07
                               Santa Lucia (Track)
                               Viva Las Vegas RPA3 0234-07
                               The Climb (George McFadden) HRA1 8687-09
                               Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Eyes Of Texas WPA1 8024-09
                               C'mon Everybody (Movie Version)

JANUARY 12, 1964
                                Memphis, Tennessee (Remake) RPA4 1004-06
                                Ask Me (Remake) RPA4 1005-11
                                It Hurts Me RPA4 1006-05

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SESSION LOGS

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RELATED EP AND SINGLE TRACKS (RCA, 1967)

INDESCRIBABLY BLUE (SINGLE)

January 10, 1967

1. Indescribably Blue

2. Fools Fall In Love

SEE THE USA THE ELVIS WAY (EP)

March 3, 1967

1. Memphis, Tennessee

2. Blue Moon of Kentucky
3. New Orleans
4. Viva Las Vegas