Bringing It Back Explained

Bringing It Back
Cover:Elvis_Bringing_It_Back.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Elvis Presley
Recorded:March 12, 1975
Studio:RCA Studio C, Hollywood
Genre:Country
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Felton Jarvis
Prev Title:T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Prev Title2:Mr. Songman
Prev Year:1975
Title2:Pieces of My Life
Next Title:For the Heart
Next Title2:Hurt
Next Year:1976

"Bringing It Back" is a song written by Gregg Gordon and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for his album Today.[1] [2] the song reached number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

Composition

The song was written by Gregg Gordon.[5] The session featured James Burton, John Wilkinson and Charlie Hodge on guitar, Duke Bardwell on bass, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Glen D. Hardin and Tony Brown on piano, David Briggs and Greg Gordon on clavinet; the recordings were later overdubbed by Johnny Christopher and Chip Young on guitar, Norbert Putnam and Mike Leech on bass, Richard F. Morris on percussion, Charles L. Rose on saxophone, Harvey L. Thompson on trombone, Harrison Calloway on trumpet, Ronald Eades on junior baritone saxophone and The Holladays on additional vocals.[8]

Notes

1. Titled "Bringin' It Back" on the 2005 Follow That Dream re-issue of the album Today

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Original versions of Bringing It Back written by Greg Gordon. SecondHandSongs. 2021-02-15.
  2. Web site: Bringing It Back. Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". 2021-02-09.
  3. Released as a single (with "Pieces of My Life" on the opposite side) on September 20, 1975,[2]
  4. Elvis Presley. .
  5. Web site: Today. Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". 2020-02-15.
    https://elvisthemusic.com/music/today-legacy-edition/
  6. [5]

  7. Recording and release

    Elvis recorded the song on March 12, 1975, at RCA's Studio C in Hollywood for his album Today.[5]

  8. Elvis Presley. .
  9. "Bringing It Back" reached number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Pieces of My Life" number 33 on the Billboard country chart.[8]
  10. As the Elvis Presley official website states it, "the strategy was not lost on a public that had already bought well-worn material once in numbers that were unlikely to be repeated".[8]
  11. On September 20, 1975, "with absolutely nothing new to release, and no prospects of another recording session in sight", RCA Victor released "Bringing It Back" and another song from the same album, "Pieces of My Life", as a single.[8]
  12. [8]

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