Kissin' Cousins (soundtrack)
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Kissin' Cousins is the eighth soundtrack album by American singer and musician
Background
Since the sessions for Viva Las Vegas had gone way over budget, released after but completed before Kissin' Cousins, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker determined for fiscal prudence to have the songs recorded at Studio B, away from Hollywood and its distractions, and its platoon of available on-call musicians.[5] Demand for songs to fill long-playing soundtrack albums, by now a regularity as the EP single was becoming less and less a viable sales item, strained the resources of the stable of Presley songwriters, with five songs alone originating from the team of Giant, Baum and Kaye.[6]
Content
Ten soundtrack songs were recorded by Presley with members of
As had happened with soundtrack of
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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| 1. | "Kissin' Cousins (Number 2)" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | September 29, 1963 | 1:16 |
| 2. | "Smokey Mountain Boy" | Lenore Rosenblatt, Victor Millrose | September 30, 1963 | 2:37 |
| 3. | "There's Gold in the Mountains" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | September 29, 1963 | 1:54 |
| 4. | "One Boy, Two Little Girls" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | September 29, 1963 | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Catchin' On Fast" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | September 30, 1963 | 1:21 |
| 6. | "Tender Feeling" | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | September 29, 1963 | 2:33 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length | |
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| 1. | "Anyone (Could Fall in Love with You)" (omitted from film) | bonus track) | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | May 27, 1963 | 2:38 |
Note
- "Kissin' Cousins" was released as a single (RCA 47-8307) on February 10, 1964. It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single's B-side, "It Hurts Me" (not from the film) reached number 29. The British release of the single (RCA 1404) reached number 10.[10]
Personnel
- Elvis Presley – vocals
- The Jordanaires – backing vocals
- Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
- Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
- Winnifred Brest – backing vocals
- Boots Randolph – saxophone, jug on "Barefoot Ballad"
- Bill Justis – saxophone
- Cecil Brower – fiddle
- Scotty Moore – electric guitar
- Grady Martin – electric guitar
- Jerry Kennedy – electric guitar, banjo on "Smokey Mountain Boy"
- Harold Bradley – electric guitar, banjo on "Barefoot Ballad"
- Floyd Cramer – piano
- Bob Moore – double bass
- D.J. Fontana– drums
- Buddy Harman – drums
Charts
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References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Elvis Presley: Kissin' Cousins" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 173. 4 July 1964. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Pop Albums". Elvis Presley: Official Site of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. 2013. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Searchable database". RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America. 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013. Note: Enter search for "Kissin' Cousins"
- ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 186
- ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 186, 199.
- ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 185–186.
- ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 415.
- AllMusic
- ^ Guralnick, Peter, From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters (Booklet for CD box-set)
- ^ "American album certifications – Elvis Presley – Kissin' Cousins". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
- Kissin' Cousins at Discogs (list of releases)
