Sid Wayne

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Sid Wayne was a 1950s song writer, lyricist and composer who wrote a number of well-known songs. He worked closely with Ben Weisman and Dolores Fuller. Almost every Elvis Presley movie feature from that era contains one or more works written partly by Sid Wayne.

His most known works are It's Impossible written with Armando Manzanero, Mangos written with Dee Libbey, and Two Different Worlds written with Al Frisch.

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Roustabout (1964)

• Song: It's Carnival Time - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Flaming Star (1960)

• Song: Flaming Star - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Sherman Edwards)

Fun in Acapulco (1963)

• Song: Fun In Acapulco - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
• Song: Slowly But Surely - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

G.I. Blues (1960)

• Song: Tonight Is So Right For Love - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Abner Silver)
• Song: What's She Really Like - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Abner Silver)
• Song: Frankfort Special - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Stoney Edwards)
• Song: Big Boots - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Stoney Edwards)
• Song: Didja' Ever - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Stoney Edwards)

Follow That Dream (1962)

• Song: What A Wonderful Life - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Jerry Livingston)

It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)

• Song: Happy Ending - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Girl Happy (1965)

• Song: Cross My Heart and Hope To Die - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
• Song: Do The Clam - (Written by: Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne, Dolores Fuller)

Tickle Me (1965)

• Song: Slowly But Surely - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Frankie and Johnny (1966)

• Song: Frankie And Johnny - (Written by: Jimmie Rodgers, Ben Weisman, Sid *Song: Wayne, Fred Karger) Chesay - (Written by: Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne, Fred Karger)
• Song: Hard Luck - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

• Song: Dog's Life - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Spinout (1966)

• Song: Spinout - (Written by: Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne, Dolores Fuller)
• Song: I'll Be Back - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

• Song: Easy Come Easy Go - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Ben Weisman)

Double Trouble (1967)

• Song: It Won't Be Long - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Clambake (1967)

• Song: Clambake - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
• Song: How Can You Lose What You Never Had - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)

Stay Away, Joe (1968)

• Song: Stay Away, Joe - (Written by: Sid Wayne & Ben Weisman)

Speedway (1968)

• Song: Who Are You (Who Am I) - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
• Song: He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad - (Written by: Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)