Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
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"Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" is a song originally recorded by
Composition
The song was written by
Recording and releases
Elvis Presley recorded the song on March 19, 1962, at
The song was recorded during a two-night recording session in March 1962 in Nashville that resulted in Elvis' album Pot Luck.[5] The Elvis Presley official website recounts:
Released just one year after his last studio album, Pot Luck was the product of a two-night Nashville session in March. All the songs were newly written save for the Leiber-Stoller catalog composition "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello," which
Hill and Range rep Freddy Bienstock was so convinced was going to be a hit that it was saved for single release from the start.[5]The song was released as a single, with "She's Not You" on the opposite side, on July 17, 1962.[3]
Freddy Bienstock was proved wrong. "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello," for all of its good qualities, was not the hit he was certain it would be. Instead, "She's Not You," the new Leiber-Stoller-Pomus composition, performed surprisingly well as an uncharacteristically pensive
A-side, selling 800,000 copies and underscoring Elvis' sense of himself in his new interpretive role.[3]"She's Not You" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five,[6] while "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" peaked at number 55.[7]
Later the song was included on the Elvis' compilation
Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 4, dropped on January 22, 1968.[4]Track listing
7" single (RCA Victor 47-8041, 1962) Jerry Leiber1:56 Charts
Chart (1962) Peak
positionUS Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 14 US Billboard Hot 100[10] 55 References
- ^ a b "Cover versions of Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ "Elvis Presley". Billboard.
- ^ a b c "She's Not You". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ a b "Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 4". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ a b "Pot Luck". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ "She's Not You Chart History". Billboard.
- ^ "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello Chart History". Billboard.
- ^ "Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires – She's Not You (Vinyl)". Discogs. July 1962. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
External links
- "She's Not You / Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" at Discogs (list of releases)
- She's Not You / Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello on the official Elvis Presley website
