Girl Happy (song)

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"Girl Happy"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Girl Happy
Released1965
RecordedJune 10, 1964
Length2:07
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Sholes [1]

"Girl Happy" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1965 motion picture Girl Happy . [2] [3]

Its first release was on the soundtrack LP Girl Happy in April 1965. [2]

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] [11] [12]

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.) [12]

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. [13]

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