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Something for Everybody (1961)

Where the lyrics of Something for Everybody take you, and where it was really made.

Side one holds slow love ballads and side two holds uptempo rock and roll and R&B, and the album's title comes from that split.

Key places

Recording session, November 1960 (1960)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Recording sessions for the album took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on November 8, 1960. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Studio B twelve-hour session, March 1961 (1961)

Recording site RCA Studio B — Presley recorded eleven tracks for the album in one twelve-hour session at RCA Studio B in Nashville on March 12, 1961. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Something for Everybody: sixth studio album by Elvis Presley
• Released May 1961 on RCA Victor in mono and stereo editions, catalog LPM/LSP 2370
• Twelve original tracks
• Side one holds slow, sentimental love ballads; side two features uptempo rock and roll and R&B
• The title refers to this contrast between the two sides

Background

• Presley's military discharge from the army came in March 1960
• Doubts about his ability to recapture the momentum of his 1950s career were laid to rest that year
• In 1960 his three singles all topped the charts
• His first album, Elvis Is Back!, reached number 2 on the albums chart
• His musical film G.I. Blues was wildly successful, and its soundtrack album also went to number 1

Recording

• Sessions took place on November 8, 1960 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood
• Sessions took place on March 12, 1961 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee
• Eleven tracks for the album were recorded at Studio B in one twelve-hour session
• The single "I Feel So Bad" was recorded in the same Studio B session
• The single "I Feel So Bad" was initially scheduled to be the album's twelfth track
• "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" had appeared in a film without a commercial record release and became the final track

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

• Released May 1961 by RCA Victor in mono and stereo editions, catalog LPM/LSP 2370
• Sixth studio album by Elvis Presley
• In the United States it peaked at number 1 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart
• It remained at number 1 for three weeks
• Side one holds slow, sentimental love ballads; side two features uptempo rock and roll and R&B

Records

• Certified Gold on July 15, 1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America, about 38 years after release
• The original 12-track album was first reissued on compact disc in 1989
• In 2006 Follow That Dream released it as a special two-disc CD collection, a separate edition that adds alternate takes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Side two's uptempo rock and roll and R&B gave the album its title, set against the ballads on side one.
• "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" had appeared in a film without a commercial record release and became the album's final track.
• The single "I Feel So Bad" was initially scheduled to be the album's twelfth track.
• The eleven album tracks recorded at RCA Studio B came out of a single twelve-hour session.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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