Girl Happy (song) explained
| Girl Happy |
| Artist: | Elvis Presley |
| Album: | Girl Happy |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Recorded: | June 10, 1964 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Steve Sholes |
"Girl Happy" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1965 motion picture Girl Happy.[1] [2]
Its first release was on the soundtrack LP Girl Happy in April 1965.
Writing and recording
The song was written by Doc Pomus and Norman Meade (real name Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy).[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
There was also a first attempt at writing a title song for the movie. The first song was penned by Doc Pomus with his long-time collaborator Mort Shuman, but was rejected. (The Pomus-Shuman collaboration started to disintegrate back in 1961 and since then Doc Pomus was encouraged to work with other songwriters.)[11]
Presley recorded the song on June 10, 1964, at the June 10–12 and 15 soundtrack sessions for the M.G.M. movie Girl Happy at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California.[12]
Notes and References
- Book: Jerry Osborne. Bruce Hamilton. Presleyana. 1980. O'Sullivan Woodside. 978-0-89019-073-9. "GIRL HAPPY (Doc Pomus - Norman Meade) RECORDED: July, 1964 RELEASED: April, 1965 FIRST APPEARANCE: RCA Victor (LP) LPM-3338 (mono) and LSP-3338 (stereo) GIRL HAPPY HIT PRIOR TO ELVIS: None ..."
- Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1967. 192–.
- Book: Thomas Lisanti. Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. 24 August 2012. McFarland. 978-0-7864-7297-0. 193–.
- Book: Clive Hirschhorn. The Hollywood Musical. registration. Girl Happy Pomus Meade.. 1981. Crown. 9780517540442 .
- Book: George Batista Da Silva. Do Vitascope Ao Imax. 10 January 2008. Clube de Autores. 156–. PKEY:90119728.
- Book: George Batista Da Silva. Música E Ecran. 11 October 2006. Clube de Autores. 104–. PKEY:99031787.
- Book: James L. Neibaur. The Elvis Movies. 4 April 2014. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-4422-3074-3. 162–.
- Book: Neal Umphred. Linda Jones. Walter Piotrowski. Elvis: A Touch of Gold : the American Record Collector's Price Guide to Elvis Presley Records & Memorabilia. 1990. White Dragon Press.
- Book: Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc. CAMION BLANC: ELVIS A HOLLYWOOD Presley fait son cinéma. 3 January 2016. CAMION BLANC. 978-2-35779-747-5. 118–.
- Book: Sheryl Aumack. Song & dance: an encyclopedia of musicals. 1 July 1990. Sea-Maid Press. 978-0-9625180-1-0.
- Book: Graham Vickers. Pomus & Shuman: Hitmakers Together & Apart. 28 August 2013. Music Sales Group. 978-0-85712-800-3. 79–.
- Book: Ernst Jorgensen. Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. 22 April 2014. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-4668-6855-7. 293–.
