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lazarus57

Aug 18, 2025 08:19am

REMEMBERING ELVIS<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/XJAM/0d77eb279a_JM3J_media.gif"> G.I. Blues is the third <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack_album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">soundtrack album</a> and seventh (overall) album by American singer and musician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Elvis Presley</a>, released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Victor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">RCA Victor</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaural" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">mono</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">stereo</a>, LPM/LSP 2256, in October 1960. It is the soundtrack to the 1960 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">film of the same name</a> in which he starred. Recording sessions took place on April 27 and 28, and May 6, 1960, at RCA Victor Studio C and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Recorders" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Radio Recorders</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Hollywood, California</a>. The album topped the Billboard Top Pop Album chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[6]</a> It was certified gold on March 13, 1963 and platinum on March 27, 1992 by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[7]</a> The album remained at the #1 spot for ten weeks.<h2>Content</h2>Music on this album comprised songs that had appeared in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">film of the same name</a>. The song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Wooden Heart</a>" was released as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">single</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">United Kingdom</a>, where it was number one for six weeks. It also was number one in Australia. In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">United States</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dowell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Joe Dowell</a> recorded a cover version of "Wooden Heart" that topped the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a>. RCA Victor later released "Wooden Heart" by Presley as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">b-side</a> of a single twice, once in 1964 on the back of a reissue of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Christmas_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Blue Christmas</a>," and again on the flip side of a belated issue in 1965 of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_on_a_String_(Elvis_Presley_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Puppet on a String</a>" from the film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Happy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Girl Happy</a>. Four songs from this album appear on the 1995 soundtrack compilation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_Performances:_The_Essential_60s_Masters_II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II</a>: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">G.I. Blues</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Wooden Heart</a>", "Shoppin' Around", and "Doin' the Best I Can".Due to copyright reasons, the European version of the soundtrack album and film substitutes the opening track "Tonight Is So Right for Love" with the song "Tonight's All Right for Love", adapted from a melody by 19th century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">waltz</a>-king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Johann Strauss II</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Vienna_Woods" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Tales from the Vienna Woods</a>. The melody for "Tonight Is So Right for Love" was taken directly from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">barcarolle</a> composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Jacques Offenbach</a>, one of Strauss's contemporaries. An American release of "Tonight's All Right for Love" did not occur until it appeared on the compilation album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis:_A_Legendary_Performer_Volume_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1</a> in 1974. The version of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Blue Suede Shoes</a>" used on the soundtrack is a new recording of the song Presley first recorded in 1956, and is one of only a few songs that Presley would re-record in a studio setting during his career, others being "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Letters_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Love Letters</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Hurts_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">It Hurts Me</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Less_Conversation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">A Little Less Conversation</a>".The G.I. Blues soundtrack album was nominated for two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a> in 1960 in the categories <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Track_Album_or_Recording_of_Original_Cast_From_a_Motion_Picture_or_Television" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Original Cast From A Motion Picture Or Television</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Vocal_Performance,_Male" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Best Vocal Performance Album, Male</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[8]</a><h2>Reissues</h2>On April 27, 1997, RCA remastered the album for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">compact disc</a>, adding eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outtakes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">outtakes</a> from the recording session as bonus tracks. Two songs were previously released, the acoustic version of "Big Boots" appearing on the posthumous 1978 album Elvis Sings for Children and Grown-Ups Too, and the substitute "Tonight's All Right For Love".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[9]</a> In 2012 G.I. Blues was released on the Follow That Dream label in a 7-inch digi-pack edition featuring a booklet and two CDs containing the original album tracks and numerous alternate takes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[10]</a> A follow-up album, Café Europa, which also contained a booklet and two CDs was released in 2013. This album featured more alternate takes of the G.I. Blues soundtrack.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues_(soundtrack)#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[11]</a> <img src="https://images.eil.com/large_image/ELVIS_PRESLEY_DIDJA%2BEVER-584945b.jpg" alt="Elvis Presley Didja' Ever UK picture disc LP (vinyl picture disc album ..."><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.b8ea4291f9c352a35f5f40056590c505?rik=CyfCcPFgt3osAg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gottahaverockandroll.com%2fItemImages%2f000002%2fgottahaveit-222_med.jpeg&ehk=kih%2bVYqGX33TRdzr2sgqo6OM9OengtcbePUFOhTd6fc%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="Lot Detail - Elvis Presley Original "G.I. Blues" Movie Poster"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.1FTsfkAkhOiz95wV9dZGQwHaHa?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" alt="G.I. Blues (1960)">