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| Studio Sessions for RCA April 14, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville In April, the Colonel arranged for Elvis, Scotty, and Bill to fly to Nashville after a Friday night show in Amarillo, giving them one day in the studio. What happened next became a story retold on the back of Elvis' Golden Records two years later: The chartered flight almost didn't make it. The pilot got lost in the dark after takeoff, landed, had trouble with the fuel tank, landed again, and after one or two additional mishaps left Elvis and the band in Nashville, safe and sound, but in a state of near panic. When the group finally arrived at the studio, they weren't in much of a mood for recording. Steve Sholes was on hand to present Elvis with a gold record for "Heartbreak Hotel," and a Life magazine photographer was waiting to do a story on the phenomenal rise of the young singer. After Elvis posed for photos with the gold record the session finally got underway; Elvis stripped off his jacket and shoes to record in his stocking feet, his hands stuck deep into the back pockets of his black pants. He had come to the session with no new ideas, so he had little choice but to go with what Sholes had brought. The first suggestion was "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," a song that under ordinary circumstances Elvis might have rejected. It was a ballad with a beat, but for whatever reason it came out sounding stiff, no matter what they did. The terrfying plane ride couldn't have helped, nor could the band's crazy schedule or the fact that they weren't used to working that early in the day. For what ever reason they made little progress from take to take, and Elvis, normally the fastest of learners, couldn't keep from messing up the words again and again. The master is spliced from takes 14 and 17. First released as single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You/My Baby Left Me" May 1956. Topped the Billboard charts at #3 for twenty four weeks, Country Juke Box one week at #1.One million sales, plus. (The Complete Recording Sessions by Ernst Jorgensen) |
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| Hold me close, hold me tight Make me thrill with delight Let me know where I stand from the start I want you, I need you, I love you With all my heart Ev'ry time that you're near All my cares disappear Darling, you're all that I'm living for I want you, I need you, I love you More and more I thought I could live without romance Un un untill you came to me But now I know that I will go on loving you eternally Won't you please be my own? Never leave me alone 'Cause I die ev'ry time we're apart I want you, I need you, I love you With all my heart Well I thought I could live without romance Un un untill you came to me But now I know that I will go on loving you eternally Won't you please be my own? Never leave me alone 'Cause I die ev'ry time we're apart I want you, I need you, I love you With all my heart Words & music: Maurice Mysels/ Ira Kosloff |
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