Starting Today (Elvis Presley song) explained

Starting Today
Type:song
Artist:Elvis Presley
Album:Something for Everybody
Released:June 17, 1961 (on the album Something for Everybody)
Recorded:March 12–13, 1961
Label:RCA

"Starting Today" is a 1961 song by Elvis Presley.

Writing

The song was written by Don Robertson.[1]

Recording

Elvis Presley recorded "Starting Today" during his March 12/13, 1961 recording session at the RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]

It was recorded on a 3-track. According to Don Reedman, who with Nick Patrick produced the 2016 album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "[Presley's] original recording is very simple, very sparse".

Release

The song "Starting Today" was first released on Presley's album Something for Everybody,[3] [4] put out on June 17, 1961.

Notes and References

  1. 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. 277–.
  2. Book: Robert Matthew-Walker. Heartbreak hotel: the life and music of Elvis Presley. 1995. Castle Communications. 978-1-86074-055-8.
  3. Web site: Don Robertson : Writing For The King : Elvis Articles : : 'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club.
  4. Book: Ron Barry. The Elvis Presley American discography. 1976. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics.