Good Luck Charm
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"Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by
UK Singles Chart in the week ending 24 May 1962 and stayed there for five weeks.[2]
Background
The song was written by
RIAA on March 27, 1992. The single reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart in a five-week chart run in 2005 in a re-release. The B side was "Anything That's Part of You
" which also reached the Top 40 in the U.S.
Personnel
Recorded on October 15, 1961, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, the session featured the following personnel:
- Jerry Kennedy, guitar, replacing the injured Hank Garland
- Scotty Moore, guitar
- Bob Moore, bass.
- Buddy Harman, drums
- D.J. Fontana, drums
- Floyd Cramer, piano and organ
- Boots Randolph, saxophone
- Gordon Stoker, accordion
- Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
- The Jordanaires, backing vocals
Other recordings
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Bobby Stevens, Lawrence Welk, and Helmut Lotti
have also recorded the song.
Album appearances
The first LP appearance was on the album Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 released in September, 1963. It was on the 1973 RCA Special Products Elvis double LP compilation (DPL2-0056(e)) and the 1978 package Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 and 4 (R214657), a 2 record set. The recording was included on the 1993 compilation From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters. The track also appeared on the 1999 career retrospective collection Artist of the Century. The song was also featured on the 2002 compilation ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
