(Such an) Easy Question explained

(Such an) Easy Question
Cover:(Such An) Easy Question 1965 45.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Elvis Presley
Album:Pot Luck
B-Side:It Feels So Right
Released: (on Pot Luck)
June 8, 1965 (as single)
Recorded:March 18, 1962
Studio:RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre:Rock and Roll, pop
Label:RCA Victor
Prev Title:Crying in the Chapel
Prev Year:1965
(Such an) Easy Question
Title2:It Feels So Right
Next Title:I'm Yours
Next Title2:(It's a) Long Lonely Highway
Next Year:1965

"(Such an) Easy Question" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley in 1962 for the Pot Luck with Elvis album. It was released as a single in 1965.

Background

The song was recorded on March 18, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott. It was first released on the Pot Luck album in 1962 and again in 1965 as a single due to its inclusion in the Elvis Presley movie Tickle Me. The B side was "It Feels So Right".[1] The Jordanaires provided the background vocals.

The single release was the follow-up to "Crying in the Chapel" and peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. As with "Crying in the Chapel", "(Such an) Easy Question" reached the top of the Billboard Easy Listening chart, spending two weeks at number one in July 1965.[2] The single was also released in Germany, Chile, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Such-An-Easy-Question-It-Feels-So-Right/release/940984 (Such An) Easy Question/It Feels So Right. Discogs.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 196.