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Pot Luck with Elvis (1962)

Where the lyrics of Pot Luck with Elvis take you, and where it was really made.

Pot Luck easily made the top ten on the album chart, yet it was vastly outsold by the soundtrack albums G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii, a pattern that continued through the mid-1960s.

Key places

Recording at Radio Recorders in Hollywood (1962)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The album's recording sessions began here on March 22, 1961. The source names the studio as Radio Recorders in Hollywood. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sessions at RCA Studio B in Nashville (1962)

Recording site RCA Studio B — Several sessions were held at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1961 and 1962. The sessions were on June 25 and October 15, 1961, and on March 18 and 19, 1962. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Pot Luck with Elvis: seventh studio album by Elvis Presley
• Released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, catalog LPM/LSP 2523
• Release date: May 18, 1962
• Peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top LP's chart

Background

• The songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman dominates the album
• Their earlier work includes the chart-topping "Surrender" and the double-sided hit "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" backed with "Little Sister"
• "Kiss Me Quick" and "Suspicion" were pulled for a Top 40 single in April 1964, almost two years after the album
• That single followed a hit cover version of "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford, an Elvis sound alike
• The other tracks came from regular Presley contributors such as Don Robertson, Otis Blackwell, and Paul Evans
• Predecessors in 1960 and 1961 were Elvis Is Back! and Something For Everybody
• Presley was then involved mostly in feature film and soundtrack work

Recording

• Recording session on March 22, 1961, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood
• Further sessions on June 25 and October 15, 1961, and on March 18 and March 19, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi; family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13.
• Began his career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring African-American music to a wider audience.
• Recorded "That's All Right" with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black in July 1954.
• A pioneer of rockabilly, a fusion of country music and rhythm and blues.

Members

• Classic quartet: Presley (vocals, guitar), Scotty Moore (lead guitar), Bill Black (bass), and D. J. Fontana (drums), who joined in 1955.

Career

• RCA Victor acquired his contract in 1955 for $40,000; "Heartbreak Hotel" hit number one in the US in 1956.
• Became a leading figure of rock and roll, though his style was considered a threat to white American youth by some.
• Made his film debut in Love Me Tender (1956) and devoted much of the 1960s to Hollywood films.
• Returned to the stage with the 1968 NBC special Elvis, followed by a Las Vegas residency and tours.
• Gave the first solo-artist concert broadcast worldwide, Aloha from Hawaii, in 1973.
• Died August 16, 1977 at Graceland, aged 42.
• Estimated to have sold 500 million records worldwide; won three Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Pot Luck easily made the top ten on the album chart
• Its predecessors Elvis Is Back! and Something For Everybody were also top-ten albums
• All three albums were vastly outsold by the soundtrack albums G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii
• The sales gap between Presley's soundtracks and his non-soundtrack albums continued through the mid-1960s
• Colonel Tom Parker refused to include hit singles on albums, against standard practice in the American record industry

Records

• Peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top LP's chart
• Chart result placed it in the top ten, below the soundtrack albums in sales

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Colonel Tom Parker refused to put hit singles on albums, which would likely have raised sales
• Because of this policy, Presley concentrated on his movie career
• Presley did not release another non-soundtrack, non-gospel studio album for seven years, until From Elvis in Memphis
• Some songs from the sessions were issued as B-sides, including "You'll Be Gone" in 1965
• The July 13, 1999 CD reissue changed the running order and added five bonus tracks
• The 2007 Follow That Dream deluxe 2-disc collection added numerous alternate takes from the original sessions

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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