From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters

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From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters
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ReleasedSeptember 28, 1993
RecordedMarch 1960 – February 1969
Genre Rock
Length5:44:14
Label RCA Records
Producer Ernst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
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The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters
(1992)
From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters
(1993)
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances
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From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters is a five-disc box set compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s; it was released in 1993 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66160-2. In its initial long-box release, it included a set of collectable stamps duplicating the record jackets of every Presley LP on RCA Victor, and those of the singles pertinent to this box set. The set also includes a booklet with an extensive session list and discography, as well as a lengthy essay by Peter Guralnick. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 1993, and Platinum on January 6, 2004. This set followed an exhaustive box set of Presley's 1950s output and was followed by a more selective box set of his work in the 1970s.

Contents

Contents

The box comprises every master recording made by Presley during the decade and released in his lifetime, with the exception of those made at sessions for movie soundtracks or for television broadcasts, with one exception in the latter case. The set also excludes Presley's gospel recordings and live performances, but does include songs that had been recorded at non-soundtrack sessions, but which were released on soundtrack albums in order to bring the album running-time to an acceptable length, such as the sessions of May 26 and May 27, 1963. As a result of these criteria, only two of Presely's 1960s original albums are represented in their entirety in the set: Elvis Is Back! and From Elvis in Memphis ; all other Presley albums of the decade, with the exception of two gospel albums, included at least one film-derived recording, or in the case of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis , live recordings.

The first four discs and the first nine tracks of the fifth disc present the studio masters in chronological session order, with the above noted exceptions. The opening eighteen tracks of the first disc contain Elvis Is Back! and its three attendant chart-topping singles, "Stuck on You", "It's Now or Never", and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", along with their B-sides. The remainder of disc one and discs two and three include the highlights "Surrender", "His Latest Flame", "Little Sister", "Suspicion", "She's Not You", his cover of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time", and "U.S. Male". Disc three includes two previously unreleased recordings, an unreleased alternate take, and three unedited masters including a long version of the "Guitar Man" single that segues into "What'd I Say".

Disc four and the first nine tracks of disc five cover the entire released output of the Memphis sessions at American Sound Studio, yielding the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of the double album From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis , along with various hit singles including his latter-day signature song, "Suspicious Minds". The remainder of disc five contains nine previously unreleased alternate takes, a version of Chuck Berry's "Memphis Tennessee" from an earlier session, an unreleased recording from the Memphis sessions, an undubbed version of his 1960 #1 hit single "It's Now or Never", and the duet medley of "Love Me Tender" and "Witchcraft" between Presley and Frank Sinatra, broadcast on Sinatra's ABC television special to welcome Elvis home after his service in the army ended by the spring of 1960.

RCA issued two similarly configured companions, a box set for the 1950s and another one for the 1970s. A separate two-disc set surveys highlights from the 1960s soundtracks. The two non-soundtrack studio albums from the 1960s whose contents do not appear on this box, His Hand in Mine and How Great Thou Art , were released in a similar two-disc set for the gospel recordings in 1994, Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances .

The Sinatra/Presley duet was recorded at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. All other recordings were made in Tennessee at either RCA Studio B in Nashville, or at American Studio in Memphis. Original recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis, and Chips Moman.

Track listing

Chart positions for LPs from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; positions for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart. Certain tracks listed as unreleased on the insert card of the jewel cases are unedited masters of issued tracks; those are indicated with an asterisk and listed with the original issue information for the released master. By late 1968, Billboard discontinued charting B-sides.

Disc one

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1.Make Me Know It Otis Blackwell 2:311960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
2.Soldier BoyDavid Jones and Theodore Williams Jr.1:551960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
3. Stuck on You Aaron Schroeder and J. Leslie McFarland 2:181960-03-201960-03-2347-7740#1
4. Fame and Fortune Fred Wise and Ben Weisman 2:301960-03-201960-03-2347-7740b#17
5. A Mess of Blues Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:391960-03-201960-07-0547-7777b#32
6. It Feels So Right Fred Wise and Ben Weisman 2:311960-03-201960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
7. Fever Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport), Eddie Cooley 2:581960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
8. Like a Baby Jesse Stone 2:241960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
9. It's Now or Never Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold 3:151960-04-031960-07-0547-7777#1
10. The Girl of My Best Friend Beverly Ross and Sam Bobrick 2:211960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
11.Dirty, Dirty Feeling Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:121960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
12. Thrill of Your Love Stan Kesler 2:381960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
13. I Gotta Know Paul Evans and Matt Williams2:151960-04-031960-11-0147-7810b#20
14. Such a Night Lincoln Chase 2:151960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
15. Are You Lonesome Tonight? Lou Handman and Roy Turk 3:051960-04-031960-11-0147-7810#1
16.Girl Next Door Went A-Walking Bill Rice and Thomas Wayne 2:241960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
17. I Will Be Home Again Bennie Benjamin, Raymond Leveen, Lou Singer2:281960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
18. Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson 3:391960-04-031960-04-08LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back! #2
19. Surrender Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 1:511960-10-301961-02-0747-7850#1
20.I'm Comin' Home Charlie Rich 2:201961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
21.GentlyMurray Wisell and Edward Lisbona 2:151961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
22.In Your Arms Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 1:501961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
23.Give Me the Right Fred Wise and Norman Blagman2:321961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
24. I Feel So Bad Chuck Willis 2:531961-03-121961-05-0247-7880#5
25. It's a Sin Fred Rose and Zeb Turner 2:391961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
26.I Want You With Me Woody Harris 2:131961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
27. There's Always Me Don Robertson 2:161961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1

Disc two

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1. Starting Today Don Robertson 2:031961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
2. Sentimental Me James T. Morehead, James Cassin2:311961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
3. Judy Teddy Redell2:101961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
4.Put the Blame on Me Fred Wise, Kay Twomey and Norman Blagman1:571961-03-121961-06-17LSP 2370 Something for Everybody #1
5. Kiss Me Quick Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:461961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
6. That's Someone You Never Forget Red West and Elvis Presley2:471961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
7. I'm Yours Hal Blair and Don Robertson 2:211961-06-251962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
8. (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:071961-06-251961-08-0847-7908#4
9. Little Sister Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:301961-06-251961-08-0847-7908b#5
10.For the Millionth and the Last Time Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:051961-10-151965-08-10LSP 3450 Elvis for Everyone #10
11. Good Luck Charm Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 2:231961-10-151962-02-2747-7992#1
12. Anything That's Part of You Don Robertson 2:041961-10-151962-02-2747-7992b#31
13.I Met Her TodayHal Blair and Don Robertson 2:421961-10-151965-08-10LSP 3450 Elvis for Everyone #10
14. Night Rider Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:081961-10-151962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
15.Something Blue Paul Evans and Al Byron2:571962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
16.Gonna Get Back Home Somehow Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:271962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
17. (Such an) Easy Question Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott 2:181962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
18.Fountain of Love Bill Giant and Jeff Lewis2:121962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
19.Just for Old Time Sake Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:081962-03-181962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
20. You'll Be Gone Red West, Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley2:231962-03-181965-02-0947-8500b
21.I Feel That I've Known You Forever Doc Pomus, Alan Jeffreys1:391962-03-191962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
22. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 1:511962-03-191962-07-1747-8041b#55
23. Suspicion Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:341962-03-191962-06-05LSP 2523 Pot Luck with Elvis #4
24. She's Not You Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 2:081962-03-191962-07-1747-8041#5
25.Echoes of LoveBob Roberts and Paddy McMains2:381963-05-261964-04-02LSP 2894 Kissin' Cousins #6
26.Please Don't Drag That String Around Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott 1:531963-05-261963-06-1847-8188b
27. (You're the) Devil in Disguise Bernie Baum, Bill Giant and Florence Kaye 2:201963-05-261963-06-1847-8188#3
28. Never Ending Buddy Kaye and Philip Springer 1:571963-05-261964-07-1447-8400b
29.What Now, What Next, Where ToHal Blair and Don Robertson 1:561963-05-261967-06-01LSP 3787 Double Trouble #3
30. Witchcraft Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King 2:171963-05-261963-10-0147-8243b#32
31. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers Dory Jones and Ollie Jones 1:471963-05-261965-08-10LSP 3450 Elvis for Everyone #10
32.Love Me Tonight Don Robertson 2:001963-05-261963-11-01LSP 2756 Fun in Acapulco #3

Disc three

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1. (It's a) Long Lonely Highway Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:201963-05-271964-04-02LSP 2894 Kissin' Cousins #6
2.Western Union Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:091963-05-271968-05-01LSP 3989 Speedway #82
3.Slowly but Surely Sid Wayne and Ben Weisman 2:131963-05-271963-11-01LSP 2756 Fun in Acapulco #3
4. Blue River Paul Evans and Fred Tobias 1:321963-05-271965-12-0347-8740b#95
5. Memphis, Tennessee Chuck Berry 2:081964-01-121965-08-10LSP 3450 Elvis for Everyone #10
6. Ask Me Domenico Modugno, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye, Bill Giant 2:051964-01-121964-09-2247-8840#12
7. It Hurts Me Joy Byers and Charlie Daniels 2:271964-01-121964-02-1047-8307b#29
8. Down in the Alley Jesse Stone 2:481966-05-251966-10-31LSP 3702 Spinout #18
9. Tomorrow Is a Long Time Bob Dylan 5:201966-05-251966-10-31LSP 3702 Spinout #18
10. Love Letters Edward Heyman and Victor Young 2:501966-05-261966-06-0847-8870#19
11. Beyond the Reef Jack Pitman3:031966-05-26previously unreleased
12. Come What May Frank Tableporter1:581966-05-28unreleased alternate take
13. Fools Fall in Love Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:041966-05-281967-01-1047-9056b
14. Indescribably Blue Darrell Glenn 2:471966-06-101967-01-1047-9056#33
15. I'll Remember You* Kui Lee 4:051966-06-101966-10-31LSP 3702 Spinout #18
16. If Every Day Was Like Christmas Red West 2:421966-06-101966-11-1547-8950
17.Suppose Sylvia Dee and George Goehring3:011967-03-20previously unreleased
18. Guitar Man / What'd I Say* Jerry Reed / Ray Charles 2:571967-09-101968-01-0947-9425#43
19. Big Boss Man Luther Dixon and Al Smith2:501967-09-101967-09-2647-9341#38
20.Mine Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper 2:351967-09-101968-05-01LSP 3989 Speedway #82
21. Just Call Me Lonesome Rex Griffin 2:051967-09-101967-10-10LSP 3893 Clambake #40
22. Hi-Heel Sneakers* Robert Higginbotham 4:461967-09-111968-01-0947-9425b
23. You Don't Know Me Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold 2:271967-09-111967-09-2647-9341b#44
24.Singing Tree A.L. Owens and A.C. Solberg2:171967-09-111967-10-10LSP 3893 Clambake #40
25. Too Much Monkey Business Chuck Berry 2:291968-01-151968-10PRS 279 Elvis Sings Flaming Star
26. U.S. Male Jerry Reed 2:421968-01-161968-02-2847-9465#28

Disc four

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1. Long Black Limousine Bobby George, Vern Stovall3:371969-01-131969-06-17LSP 4155 From Elvis in Memphis #13
2.This Is the StoryCalvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow 2:281969-01-131969-11LSP 6020 From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis #12
3. Wearin' That Loved-On Look A.L. Owens, Dallas Frazier 2:441969-01-131969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
4. You'll Think of Me Mort Shuman 3:581969-01-141969-08-2647-9764b
5.A Little Bit of GreenCalvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow 3:211969-01-141969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
6. Gentle on My Mind John Hartford 3:201969-01-141969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
7. I'm Moving On Hank Snow 2:521969-01-141969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
8. Don't Cry Daddy Mac Davis 2:461969-01-151969-11-1147-9768#6
9.Inherit the Wind Eddie Rabbitt 2:561969-01-151969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
10. Mama Liked the Roses Johnny Christopher 2:471969-01-151970-04-2047-9835b
11.My Little FriendShirl Milete2:431969-01-161970-01-2947-9791b
12. In the Ghetto Mac Davis 2:451969-01-201969-04-1447-9741From Elvis in Memphis#3
13. Rubberneckin' Dory Jones, Bunny Warren2:091969-01-201969-11-1147-9768b
14. From a Jack to a King Ned Miller 2:231969-01-211969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
15. Hey Jude John Lennon and Paul McCartney 4:291969-01-211972-02-20LSP 4671 Elvis Now #43
16. Without Love (There Is Nothing) Danny Small2:511969-01-221969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
17. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton, Thomas Dilbeck4:321969-01-221969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
18. I'll Be There Bobby Darin 2:211969-01-221970-04CAS 2408 Let's Be Friends #105
19. Suspicious Minds Mark James 3:281969-01-221969-08-2647-9764#1
20. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road Dallas Frazier and A.L. Owens 2:371969-02-171969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
21.Stranger in My Own Home Town Percy Mayfield 4:231969-02-171969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
22. And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind Neil Diamond 3:081969-02-171969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
23.Power of My Love Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye 2:341969-02-181969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13

Disc five

TrackSong TitleWriter(s)TimeRecordedRelease DateCatalogueOriginal LP IssueChart Peak
1. After Loving You Johnny Lantz, Eddie Miller 3:051969-02-181969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
2.Do You Know Who I Am? Bobby Russell 2:471969-02-181969-11LSP 6020From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis#12
3. Kentucky Rain Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard3:141969-02-191970-01-2947-9791#16
4. Only the Strong Survive Jerry Butler, Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble 2:401969-02-191969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
5. It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' Johnny Tillotson 2:361969-02-201969-06-17LSP 4155From Elvis in Memphis#13
6. Any Day Now Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard 2:581969-02-201969-04-1447-9741bFrom Elvis in Memphis
7.If I'm a Fool (For Loving You) Stan Kesler 2:431969-02-201970-04CAS 2408Let's Be Friends#105
8.The Fair Is Moving On Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett 3:071969-02-211969-06-1747-9747bFrom Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis
9.Who Am I? Charles Rusty Goodman 2:071969-02-221971-03-22CALX 2472 You'll Never Walk Alone #69
10. This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You Chips Moman / Don Gibson 3:501969-02-17previously unreleased
11. In the Ghetto Mac Davis 2:461969-01-20previously unreleased take
12. Suspicious Minds Mark James 3:141969-01-22previously unreleased take
13. Kentucky Rain Eddie Rabbitt, Dick Heard3:101969-02-19previously unreleased take
14. Big Boss Man Luther Dixon, Al Smith3:361967-09-10previously unreleased take
15. Down in the Alley Jesse Stone 3:111966-05-25previously unreleased take
16. Memphis, Tennessee Chuck Berry 2:121963-05-27previously unreleased
17. I'm Yours Hal Blair, Don Robertson 2:171961-06-25previously unreleased take
18. (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:001961-06-25previously unreleased take
19. That's Someone You Never Forget Red West, Elvis Presley2:381961-06-25previously unreleased take
20. Surrender Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 1:501960-10-30previously unreleased take
21. It's Now or Never Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 3:141960-04-03previously unreleased version
22. Love Me Tender / Witchcraft Vera Matson and Elvis Presley /
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh
1:421960-03-26previously unreleased

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Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by American singer and musician Elvis Presley during the decade of the 1960s, released in 1995 on RCA Records, catalogue number 66601-2. It also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Susan M. Doll.

<i>Blue Hawaii</i> (soundtrack) 1961 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by the American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961. It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring Presley. In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2× Platinum on March 27, 1992, and 3× Platinum on July 30, 2002, by the Recording Industry Association of America. On the US Top Pop Albums chart, Blue Hawaii is second only to the soundtrack of West Side Story as the most successful soundtrack album of the 1960s.

<i>Suspicious Minds</i> (album) 1999 compilation album by Elvis Presley

Suspicious Minds: The Memphis 1969 Anthology is a two-disc compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at American Sound Studio during the winter of 1969, released in 1999, RCA 67677-2. This set features all of the master recordings made by Presley that would eventually feature on multiple singles as well as the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis. Original recordings produced by Chips Moman and Felton Jarvis.

<i>Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances</i> 1994 compilation album by Elvis Presley

Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by Elvis Presley, released in 1994 on RCA Records and certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 1999. The release also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe.

<i>Fun in Acapulco</i> (soundtrack) 1963 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

Fun in Acapulco is the seventh soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2756, in November 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 January 22 and 23 and February 27, 1963; and at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 28, 1963. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

<i>Kissin Cousins</i> (soundtrack) 1964 soundtrack album by Elvis Presley

Kissin' Cousins is the eighth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2894, in April 1964. It is the soundtrack to the 1964 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 27, and September 29 and 30, 1963. It peaked at number six on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album was certified Gold on March 27, 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America.

<i>Viva Las Vegas</i> (EP) 1964 EP (soundtrack) by Elvis Presley

Viva Las Vegas is an EP by American singer Elvis Presley, containing four songs from the 1964 motion picture, Viva Las Vegas. It was released by RCA Victor in May 1964 to coincide with the film's premiere. The soundtrack EP made the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92, the lowest-charting release of Presley's career to this point. RCA had not released a Presley EP single in two years; given the format's decreasing popularity in the United States and the disappointing chart performance of Viva Las Vegas, the company would only issue two more for the remainder of Presley's career.

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