Girl Happy (song)
"Girl Happy" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1965 motion picture Girl Happy.[2][3]
| "Girl Happy" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | |
| from the album Girl Happy | |
| Released | 1965 |
| Recorded | June 10, 1964 |
| Length | 2:07 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Sholes[1] |
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]
References
- "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Girl Happy". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- Jerry Osborne; Bruce Hamilton (1980). Presleyana. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-073-9."GIRL HAPPY (Doc Pomus - Norman Meade) RECORDED: July, 1964 RELEASED: April, 1965 FIRST APPEARANCE: RCA Victor (LP) LPM-3338 (mono) and LSP-3338 (stereo) GIRL HAPPY HIT PRIOR TO ELVIS: None ..."
- Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1967. pp. 192–.
- Thomas Lisanti (24 August 2012). Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. McFarland. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-7864-7297-0.
- Clive Hirschhorn (1981). The Hollywood Musical. Crown.
Girl Happy Pomus Meade.
- George Batista Da Silva (10 January 2008). Do Vitascope Ao Imax. Clube de Autores. pp. 156–. PKEY:90119728.
- George Batista Da Silva (11 October 2006). Música E Ecran. Clube de Autores. pp. 104–. PKEY:99031787.
- James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
- Neal Umphred; Linda Jones; Walter Piotrowski (1990). Elvis: A Touch of Gold : the American Record Collector's Price Guide to Elvis Presley Records & Memorabilia. White Dragon Press.
- Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc (3 January 2016). CAMION BLANC: ELVIS A HOLLYWOOD Presley fait son cinéma. CAMION BLANC. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-2-35779-747-5.
- Sheryl Aumack (1 July 1990). Song & dance: an encyclopedia of musicals. Sea-Maid Press. ISBN 978-0-9625180-1-0.
- Graham Vickers (28 August 2013). Pomus & Shuman: Hitmakers Together & Apart. Music Sales Group. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-85712-800-3.
- Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
