Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3

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Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
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ReleasedAugust 12, 1963 (1963-08-12)
RecordedMarch 20, 1960 – March 19, 1962
Genre Rock and roll
Length29:42
Label RCA Victor
Producer Stephen H. Sholes
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Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 is a greatest hits album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor as LPM/LSP-2765 on August 12, 1963. [3] The album was the third volume of an eventual five volume collection, and his eighteenth altogether. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1960, 1961, and 1962.

Contents

The album was originally released as a mono and stereo LP record and was reissued several times on compact disc. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. The album was certified Gold on November 1, 1966, and Platinum on March 27, 1992, by the Recording Industry Association of America. [4]

Background

Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, envisioned a marketing strategy of alternating soundtrack albums with independent studio recordings, accompanied by singles. [5] By mid-1963, Presley's studio albums had struggled while the soundtrack albums had all done brisk business. Sessions in late May had failed to produce material cohesive enough for a regular album, those tracks surfacing on singles and pell-mell on soundtracks and the Elvis for Everyone compilation. [6] The immediate solution was another compilation of hit singles, the sales numbers proving the success of this interim strategy. [7]

Content

Golden Records Volume 3 comprises eight Top Five A-sides along with four b-sides which also made the Top 40, "Fame and Fortune", "I Gotta Know", "Little Sister", and "Anything That's Part of You". Five A-Sides, "Stuck on You", "It's Now or Never", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Surrender", and "Good Luck Charm" went to #1. "It's Now or Never" had been adapted from the 1898 Neapolitan song "'O sole mio," and "Are You Lonesome Tonight", a ballad from 1926, had been a rare request from Parker to Presley for Parker's wife. [8] As with the other titles in the series, all singles in this compilation are certified by the RIAA as attaining gold status with sales of at least 500,000 copies.

Original recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Joseph Lilley, Chet Atkins, Urban Thielmann, Jeff Alexander, and Hans J. Salter.

Reissues

RCA first issued the original 12-track album on compact disc in 1989. The second CD reissue in 1997 added six bonus tracks, those being two album tracks, two songs originally issued on EP singles, another b-side, and the number two hit single "Can't Help Falling In Love" from the soundtrack to Blue Hawaii . "The Girl of My Best Friend" was taken from the album Elvis Is Back! , and "Wooden Heart" from the soundtrack to G.I. Blues . "Wooden Heart" would be reissued as a b-side twice, once in 1964 and again in 1965, and the b-side "Wild in the Country" is the title track to the film of the same name. The remaining pair of film songs, "Follow That Dream" and "King of the Whole Wide World", are respectively from the EP soundtracks to the Presley movies Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad . RCA later reissued the album on CD again with the bonus tracks removed and the original running order restored.

Track listing

Chart positions for singles taken from Billboard Pop Singles chart where noted.

Original release

Side one
No.ZSong TitleWriter(s)Recorded CatalogueRelease DateChart PeakLength
1."It's Now or Never" Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold April 3, 196047-7777July 5, 196013:15
2."Stuck on You" Aaron Schroeder, J. Leslie McFarland March 20, 196047-7740March 23, 196012:18
3."Fame and Fortune" Fred Wise, Ben Weisman March 20, 196047-7740bMarch 23, 1960172:30
4."I Gotta Know" Paul Evans, Matt WilliamsApril 3, 196047-7810bNovember 1, 1960202:15
5."Surrender" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman October 30, 196047-7850February 7, 196111:52
6."I Feel So Bad" Chuck Willis March 12, 196147-7880May 2, 196152:54
Side two
No.Song TitleWriter(s)Recorded CatalogueRelease DateChart PeakLength
1."Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Lou Handman, Roy Turk April 3, 196047-7810November 1, 196013:05
2."(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman June 25, 196147-7908August 8, 196142:08
3."Little Sister"Doc Pomus, Mort ShumanJune 25, 196147-7908bAugust 8, 196152:31
4."Good Luck Charm" Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold October 15, 196147-7992February 27, 196212:24
5."Anything That's Part of You" Don Robertson October 15, 196147-7992bFebruary 27, 1962312:05
6."She's Not You"Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller March 19, 196247-8041July 17, 196252:08

1997 Reissue bonus tracks

Tracks 1-12 are from the original album
No.Song TitleWriter(s)RecordedCatalogueRelease DateChart PeakLength
13."Wild in the Country" George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore November 7, 196047-7880bMay 2, 1961261:52
14."Wooden Heart" Fred Wise, Ben Weisman April 28, 1960LSP 2256 ( G.I. Blues )October 1, 19602:02
15."The Girl of My Best Friend" Beverly Ross, Sam Bobrick April 3, 1960LSP 2231 ( Elvis Is Back! )April 8, 19602:21
16."Follow That Dream"Fred Wise, Ben WeismanJuly 2, 1961EPA 4368 ( Follow That Dream )April 1, 1962151:37
17."King of the Whole Wide World"Ruth Batchelor, Bob RobertsOctober 27, 1961EPA 4371 ( Kid Galahad )August 1, 1962302:06
18."Can't Help Falling In Love" George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore March 23, 196147-7968November 22, 196122:59

Personnel

Charts and certifications

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