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| Soundtrack Recordings for MGM's Kissin' Cousins, September 29-30, 1963: RCA's Studio B, Nashville. October 10, 1963: MGM, Studios, Culver City. Recorded September 30, 1963. In his business diary the Colonel wrote, "It was decided for the sake of economy and efficiency that the recording sessions for Kissin' Cousins should be held at the RCA Victor studios in Nashville." From MGM's point of view Nashville might have sounded like an apt choice to cut some "hillbilly" songs, but the real reasons for the switch from Hollywood back to Nashville were obvious to all. Both the filming and the recording sessions for Viva Las Vegas had gone way over budget; more musicians than ever before had been hired for the dates, and many sat idle while others played. Since Elvis and the Colonel shared in the actual profits from the movie, these extra expenses cut into their share, and the Colonel made it clear that they wouldn't make the same mistake with Kissin' Cousins. In fact, his concern for "economy and efficiency" probably contributed to Kissin' Cousins status as the first true "low-budget" Elvis movie, with filming lasting only four weeks. The demand for songs was now so great that Freddy Bienstock was able to collect no more than a bare minimum of material for the Kissin' Cousins session, and half of the ten songs had a Giant/Baum/Kaye credit. To make matters worse Elvis came down with another cold come session time, so the musicians ended up recording backing tracks for Elvis to overdub later in Los Angeles. The film had Elvis playing two roles---a soldier and a hillbilly----and the title song was conceived as a duet between the two, obliging Elvis to record two sets of vocals, one in his normal voice, the other with a mock - Tennessee twang. (It was left to an engineer to splice the two versions into the required duet.) The sound was arguably better than on the previous MGM recordings, yet still nothing really sparkled. In 1964 RCA released six singles to increase record sales. The first, "Kissin' Cousins," climbed to a respectable sales level of 700-800,000 units. (The Complete Recording Sessions by Ernst Jorgensen) |
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| Well I've got a gal, she's as cute as she can be She's a distant cousin but she's not too distant with me We'll kiss all night I'll squeeze her tight But we're kissin' cousins 'n that's what makes it all right All right, all right, all right Oh I've got a girl and she taught me how to live She can give a lot and she's got a lot to give We'll kiss all night I'll squeeze her tight But we're kissin' cousins 'n that's what makes it all right All right, all right, all right Yeah we're all cousins, that's what I believe Because we're children of Adam and Eve I got a girl and she wants a lot of love That's the kind of trouble I need plenty of We'll kiss all night I'll squeeze her tight But we'll be kissin' cousins 'n that'll make it all right All right, all right, all right We'll be kissin' cousins that'll make it all right All right, all right, all right Yes we're all cousins, that's what I believe Because we're children of Adam and Eve I got a girl and she wants a lot of love That's the kind of trouble I need plenty of We'll kiss all night I'll squeeze her tight But we'll be kissin' cousins 'n that'll make it all right All right, all right, all right We'll be kissin' cousins that'll make it all right All right, all right, all right We'll be kissin' cousins that's what makes it all right All right, all right, all right Words & music: Fred Wise/ Randy Starr |
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