It Happened at the World's Fair (album)

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It Happened at the World's Fair
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Soundtrack album / Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released April 10, 1963
Recorded August 30 and September 22, 1962
Genre Rock and roll
Length21:21
Language English
Label RCA Victor
Producer Leith Stevens
Elvis Presley chronology
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)		It Happened at the World's Fair
(1963)		 Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
(1963)
Singles from It Happened at the World's Fair
  1. "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
    Released: January 1963
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It Happened at the World's Fair is the seventeenth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2697, in April 1963. It is the soundtrack to the 1963 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on August 30 and September 22, 1962. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. [2]

Elvis Presley American singer and actor

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".

Monaural sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position

Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position. This contrasts with stereophonic sound or stereo, which uses two separate audio channels to reproduce sound from two microphones on the right and left side, which is reproduced with two separate loudspeakers to give a sense of the direction of sound sources. In mono, only one loudspeaker is necessary, but, when played through multiple loudspeakers or headphones, identical signals are fed to each speaker, resulting in the perception of one-channel sound "imaging" in one sonic space between the speakers. Monaural recordings, like stereo ones, typically use multiple microphones fed into multiple channels on a recording console, but each channel is "panned" to the center. In the final stage, the various center-panned signal paths are usually mixed down to two identical tracks, which, because they are identical, are perceived upon playback as representing a single unified signal at a single place in the soundstage. In some cases, multitrack sources are mixed to a one-track tape, thus becoming one signal. In the mastering stage, particularly in the days of mono records, the one- or two-track mono master tape was then transferred to a one-track lathe intended to be used in the pressing of a monophonic record. Today, however, monaural recordings are usually mastered to be played on stereo and multi-track formats, yet retain their center-panned mono soundstage characteristics.

<i>It Happened at the Worlds Fair</i> 1963 musical film starring Elvis Presley directed by Norman Taurog

It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot. It was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair. The governor of Washington at the time, Albert Rosellini, suggested the setting to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives. The film made $2.25 million at the box office.

Contents

Content

Initially booked for August 28 and 29, sessions were delayed as Presley had taken ill, and only two numbers were completed satisfactorily on the first night of August 30. [3] Ten songs were tackled for the soundtrack, the standouts being two written by one of Presley's favorite songwriters, Don Robertson (who took an active part in the sessions by playing keyboards), and one by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott, the team that had written the #2 hit single "Return to Sender" the previous year. [4] All three of these songs, "I'm Falling In Love Tonight", "They Remind Me Too Much of You", and "One Broken Heart for Sale", would be included on the 1995 compilation CD Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II . [5]

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

Don Robertson (songwriter) American songwriter

Donald Irwin Robertson was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Keyboard instrument class of musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings.

"One Broken Heart for Sale" and "They Remind Me Too Much of You" would be released ahead of time on January 29 as a single to promote both the album and the film. [6] "Broken Heart" just missed the top ten, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, with the b-side charting independently at number 53. [7] It became a gold record. Truncated with a verse excised to a very short length of 1:35, "One Broken Heart For Sale" was the first RCA single of Presley's career that did not make the top five, excluding "Shake Rattle and Roll" which did not chart at all after being released on August 31, 1956, simultaneously with Presley's debut album divided up into six singles. [8]

Single (music) type of music release usually containing one or two tracks

In the music industry, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

<i>Elvis Presley</i> (album) 1956 studio album by Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is the debut studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10 of 1954, and on July 11, 1955.

Originally a deluxe - priced gatefold sleeve album was planned, but with 20 minutes of music and the relative failure of "One Broken Heart For Sale" the idea was abandoned. [9]

Reissues

In 2003 It Happened at the World's Fair was reissued on the Follow That Dream edition that contained the original album along with numerous alternate takes. [10]

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Beyond the Bend" Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller September 22, 19621:50
2."Relax" Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett August 30, 19622:19
3."Take Me to the Fair"Sid Tepper and Roy C. BennettSeptember 22, 19621:34
4."They Remind Me Too Much of You" Don Robertson September 22, 19622:30
5."One Broken Heart for Sale" Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott September 22, 19621:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."I'm Falling in Love Tonight"Don RobertsonSeptember 22, 19621:39
2."Cotton Candy Land"Ruth Bachelor and Bob RobertsSeptember 22, 19621:33
3."World of Our Own" Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye September 22, 19622:14
4."How Would You Like to Be"Ben Raleigh, Mark Barkan September 22, 19623:26
5."Happy Ending"Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne August 30, 19622:08

2003 Follow That Dream reissue

No.TitleLength
1."Beyond the Bend"1:50
2."Relax"2:21
3."Take Me to the Fair"1:34
4."They Remind Me Too Much of You"2:31
5."One Broken Heart for Sale"1:38
6."I'm Falling in Love Tonight"1:40
7."Cotton Candy Land"1:36
8."A World of Our Own"2:14
9."How Would You Like to Be"3:27
10."Happy Ending"2:09
11."One Broken Heart for Sale" (takes 2,3,1)4:12
12."They Remind Me Too Much of You" (take 1)2:34
No.TitleLength
13."I'm Falling In Love Tonight" (take 1,4)3:16
14."Beyond The Bend" (take 1,2)3:32
15."Cotton Candy Land" (take 1,2,4)2:35
16."How Would You Like To Be" (take 2)3:33
17."They Remind Me Too Much of You" (take 4)2:30
18."Beyond the Bend" (take 3)1:58
19."Take Me to the Fair" (takes 4,5,6,7)3:54
20."I'm Falling in Love Tonight" (take 6)1:56
21."They Remind Me Too Much Of You" (take 6,7)2:44
22."Relax" (takes 5,6,7)2:50
23."Happy Ending" (takes 4,5,6)3:35
24."Take Me to the Fair" (August master-from acetate)1:32

Personnel

The Jordanaires American band

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Saxophone type of musical instrument of the woodwind family

The saxophone is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Although most saxophones are made from brass, they are categorized as woodwind instruments, because sound is produced by an oscillating reed, traditionally made out of woody cane, rather than lips vibrating in a mouthpiece cup as with the brass instrument family. As with the other woodwinds, the pitch of the note being played is controlled by covering holes in the body tube to control the resonant frequency of the air column by changing the effective length of the tube.

Scotty Moore American musician

Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III was an American guitarist and recording engineer. He is best known for backing Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis's Hollywood years.

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References

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  4. ↑ Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 169-170.
  5. ↑ Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II at AllMusic
  6. ↑ "One Broken Heart for Sale". Elvis - The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ It Happened at the World's Fair (awards) at AllMusic
  8. ↑ Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 178.
  9. ↑ "It Happened at the World's Fair". Elvis - The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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