Rock-A-Hula Baby
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"Rock-A-Hula Baby ("Twist" Special)" is a 1961 song recorded by Elvis Presley and performed in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii. The song was also released as a single.
Background
The song was recorded on March 23, 1961 at Radio Recorders in
Hawaiian folk and rock and roll. It was the first song published by Fuller, who would eventually co-write a dozen songs for Presley. The title song of the 1991 film Rock-a-Doodle
, which featured Elvis Presley's original backing vocal group The Jordanaires, parodied "Rock-a-Hula Baby".
Charts
"Rock-A-Hula Baby" peaked at No. 23 in the U.S. on the Billboard pop singles chart, No. 1 in
UK Singles Chart in February 1962, and spent four weeks at the chart summit.[3] When re-released in March 2005, it reached No. 3 in the UK in a four-week chart run.[4]
Other recordings
Paul Rich, Werner Müller and The London Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Tulsa McLean, Pop Will Eat Itself, Martin Fontaine, Stephen Collins, Terry Buchwald, and Steven Pitman have also recorded the song.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- Billboard Music Week. Billboard. January 20, 1962. p. 14. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Song artist 2 - Elvis Presley.tsort.
- ^ Rock-A-Hula Baby. Second Hand Songs.
