Easy Come, Easy Go (Elvis Presley song)

"Easy Come, Easy Go"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Easy Come, Easy Go
Released	1967
Recorded	September 28, 1966
Length	2:07
Songwriter(s)	Ben Weisman (music) Sid Wayne (lyrics) [1]
Producer(s)	Steve Sholes [1]

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1967 motion picture Easy Come, Easy Go .

Its first release was on the soundtrack EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" in spring 1967. ^{[2] [3]}

The Australian Kent Music Report (calculated in retrospect using archival data) lists the song / the EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" on the singles chart for 5 weeks, with the peak of 78 on the week of May 13, 1967. ^[4]

Writing and recording history

The song was written by Ben Weisman (music) and Sid Wayne (lyrics). ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Presley recorded it on September 28, 1966, at the September 28–29 soundtrack sessions for the Paramount movie Easy Come, Easy Go at the Paramount Studio Recording Stage in Hollywood, California. ^[9]

Track listings

Single

7-inch single (The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., India, 1969) ^[10]

A. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (2:10)

B. "The Love Machine" (2:47)

EP

Main article: Easy Come, Easy Go (EP)

7-inch EP (RCA EPA 4387, March 1967)
7-inch EP ( RCA Victor 20624, Australia,1978) ^[1]

1. "Easy Come, Easy Go (2:09)
2. "The Love Machine (2:47)
3. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does (2:08)
4. "You Gotta Stop (2:16)
5. "Sing You Children (2:06)
6. "I'll Take Love (2:12)

7-inch EP (RCA Victor RCX-7187, UK, June 1967) ^[1]

1. "Easy Come, Easy Go
2. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does
3. "Sing You Children
4. "I'll Take Love

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report) [4]	78 (EP)

References

1. "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Easy Come, Easy Go" . Retrieved 2017-01-07.
2. Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 340–. ISBN   978-1-4668-6855-7.
3. Jerry Osborne; Bruce Hamilton (1980). Presleyana. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN   978-0-89019-073-9.
   "EASY COME, EASY GO (Sid Wayne - Ben Weisman) RECORDED: September, 1966 RELEASED: May, 1967 FIRST APPEARANCE: RCA Victor (EP) EPA-4387 EASY COME, EASY GO"
4. David Kent. "Australian Chart Book 1940–1969". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
   "Elvis Presley: The Australian Singles Chart : 1956–2006". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club : www.elvis.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
5. George Batista Da Silva (10 January 2008). Do Vitascope Ao Imax. Clube de Autores. pp. 113–. PKEY:90119728.
6. George Batista Da Silva (11 October 2006). Música E Ecran. Clube de Autores. pp. 68–. PKEY:99031787.
7. Sheryl Aumack (1 July 1990). Song & dance: an encyclopedia of musicals. Sea-Maid Press. ISBN   978-0-9625180-1-0.
8. James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 206–. ISBN   978-1-4422-3074-3.
9. Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 339–340. ISBN   978-1-4668-6855-7.
10. "Elvis Presley - Easy Come, Easy Go / The Love Machine (Vinyl) at Discogs" . Retrieved 2017-01-07.

External links

• Elvis Presley – Easy Come, Easy Go / The Love Machine (7-inch single, India, 1969) at Discogs