Padre (song) explained

Padre Don José
Artist:	Gloria Lasso
Released:	1956

Padre
Type:	single
Artist:	Toni Arden
Released:	1958

Padre
Type:	single
Artist:	Elvis Presley
Album:	Elvis (The "Fool" Album)
Released:	1973

"Padre Don José" is a French-language song written by Jacques Larue (fr) and Alain Romans, originally released in 1956 by Gloria Lasso.^[1]

In 1957, Paul Francis Webster wrote English lyrics for the song, titled "Padre". The following year, it was released as a single by Toni Arden. Her version peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and sold over million copies in the United States.

Marty Robbins reached number 5 on Billboards Hot Country Singles chart with his version of "Padre" in 1970.^{[2] [3]}

At his Brooklyn Army Terminal press conference in 1958, Elvis Presley named two songs as favorites at the time, "You'll Never Walk Alone" and recent hit single "Padre" by Toni Arden.^[4] He later recorded a cover of Arden's hit which was included on his 1973 album Elvis.

Track listings

Toni Arden version

Single (1958)

1. "Padre"
2. "All At Once"

External links

• Toni Arden – Padre / All At Once at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Book: David Neale. Roots of Elvis. 2003. iUniverse. 978-0-595-29505-0. 97–.
2. "Hot Country Songs - The Week of January 23, 1971", Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
3. "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, January 23, 1971. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
4. Book: Ernst Jorgensen. Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. 22 April 2014. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-4668-6855-7. 193–.