One-sided Love Affair explained

One Sided Love Affair
Type:single
Artist:Elvis Presley
Album:Elvis Presley
Released:August 1956
Recorded:January 30, 1956
Genre:Rockabilly, rock and roll
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"One Sided Love Affair" (or "One-sided Love Affair") is a song by Elvis Presley from his 1956 debut album Elvis Presley.[1] [2]

Later, in August in the same year (1956) it was also released as a single, with "Money Honey" on the flip side.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Writing and recording history

The song (both the words and the music) was written by Bill Campbell.[13]

Presley recorded the song on January 30, 1956, at the RCA Studio in New York.[14]

There were six songs handpicked by A&R person Steve Sholes himself for Presley to record for his first album at the sessions, but "One-sided Love Affair" was the only one Presley liked and recorded.[15] [16]

In a March 24, 1956 interview the song was cited by Presley as his favorite from the album.[17]

Musical style and lyrics

The book Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan note Presley's cynicism in the song, whose lyrics go:

The book The Art of Songwriting calls the song itself (its music and words) "unexceptional", but praises Presley's performance and the eventual result. The book Elvis Presley, Reluctant Rebel: His Life and Our Times describes "One-sided Love Affair" as a "rollicking" number, a "boogie-woogie polished to a pop gleam and without the barrelhouse danger, a concept already familiar in the swing era."[18]

Track listings

Singles

7" single (1956)[19]

  1. "Money Honey" (2:32)
  2. "One Sided Love Affair" (2:10)

10" shellac single (RCa 20 6641, September 1956)

  1. "Money Honey"
  2. "One Sided Love Affair"

10" shellac single (1956)[20]

  1. "Tutti Frutti" (2:32)
  2. "One Sided Love Affair" (2:10)

EPs

2-EP set Elvis Presley (EPB-1254, April 1956)[21]

Side 1

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
  2. "I'm Counting on You"

Side 2

  1. "Tutti Frutti"
  2. "Tryin' to Get to You"

Side 3

  1. "I Got a Woman"
  2. "One Sided Love Affair"

Side 4

  1. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
  2. "I'll Never Let You Go"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Michael Gray. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. 21 September 2006. Bloomsbury Academic. 978-0-8264-6933-5.
  2. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 13 October 1956. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 18–. 0006-2510.
  3. Book: Kevin Crouch. Tanja Crouch. The Gospel According To Elvis. 9 April 2012. Music Sales Group. 978-0-85712-758-7. 150–.
  4. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 6 April 1959. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 28–. 0006-2510.
  5. Book: Tim Neely. Martin Popoff. Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. 28 July 2009. Krause Publications. 978-0-89689-958-2. 534–.
  6. Book: Ron Barry. The Elvis Presley American discography. 1976. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics.
  7. Book: Jerry Osborne. Presleyana: Elvis Presley record price guide. 1983. O'Sullivan Woodside. 978-0-89019-083-8.
  8. Book: Герои рок-н-ролла. 2004. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 978-5-224-04606-5. 103–.
  9. Book: John A. Whisler. Elvis Presley, reference guide and discography. June 1981. Scarecrow Press. 9780810814349.
  10. Book: Chuck Miller. Warman's American Records. 28 February 2011. Krause Publications. 978-1-4402-2821-6. 216–.
  11. 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.
  12. Book: Bob Leszczak. Who Did It First?: Great Rhythm and Blues Cover Songs and Their Original Artists. 10 October 2013. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-8867-8. 147–.
  13. Book: Michael Gray. Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan. 2000. Cassell. 978-0-304-70762-1.
  14. Web site: One-Sided Love Affair : by Elvis Presley : Elvis Presley Lyrics : The Elvis SongDataBase. Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club.
  15. Book: Bar Biszick-Lockwood. Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs. 2010. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-07694-7. 200–.
  16. Book: Andrew West. The Art of Songwriting. 14 July 2016. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4725-2440-9. 11–.
  17. Book: Jerry Osborne. Elvis - Word for Word: What He Said, Exactly As He Said It. 1 August 1999. Jerry Osborne Enterprises. 978-0-932117-29-8. 8–.
  18. Book: Glen Jeansonne. David Luhrssen. Dan Sokolovic. Elvis Presley, Reluctant Rebel: His Life and Our Times: His Life and Our Times. 18 February 2011. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-35905-7. 118–.
  19. Web site: Elvis Presley - Money Honey at Discogs. . 2017-01-14.
  20. Web site: Elvis Presley - Tutti Frutti / One Sided Love Affair (Shellac) at Discogs. . 2017-01-14.
  21. Book: Jerry Osborne. Presleyana VI - the Elvis Presley Record, CD, and Memorabilia Price Guide. 1 July 2007. Jerry Osborne Enterprises. 978-0-932117-49-6. 75–.

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