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Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 is the eighteenth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2765, in August 1963, recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, with appended reissue tracks recorded at RCA Studios and at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1960, 1961, and 1962. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
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Golden Records 3 comprises eight Top Five A-sides along with four b-sides which also made the Top 40, "Fame and Fortune," "I Gotta Know" "Little Sister," and "Anything That's Part of You." Five A-Sides, "Stuck on You," "It's Now or Never," Are You Lonesome Tonight?," "Surrender," and "Good Luck Charm" went to #1. "It's Now or Never" had been adapted from the 1898 Neapolitan song "O Sole Mio," and "Are You Lonesome Tonight," a ballad from 1926, had been a rare request to Elvis from the Colonel for his wife. As with the other titles in the series, all singles in this compilation are certified by the RIAA as attaining gold status with sales of at least 500,000 copies.
The July 15, 1997 reissue added six tracks, those being two album tracks, two songs originally issued on EPs, another b-side, and the #2 hit single "Can't Help Falling In Love" from the soundtrack to Blue Hawaii. "The Girl of My Best Friend" was taken from the album Elvis Is Back!, and "Wooden Heart" from the soundtrack to G.I. Blues. The b-side, "Wild in the Country," is the title track to the film of the same name. The remaining pair of film songs, "Follow That Dream" and "King of the Whole Wide World" are respectively from the EP soundtracks to the Presley movies Follow That Dream and Kid Galahad.
Recordings were made at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, and at RCA Studios and Radio Recorders in Hollywood; original recordings produced by Steve Sholes, Joseph Lilley, Chet Atkins, Urban Thielmann, Jeff Alexander, and Hans Salter.
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[edit] Side One
| Track |
Recorded |
Catalogue |
Release Date |
Chart Peak |
Song Title |
Writer(s) |
Time |
| 1. |
4/3/60 |
47-7777 |
7/5/60 |
#1 |
It's Now or Never |
Eduardo di Capua, Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold |
3:15 |
| 2. |
3/20/60 |
47-7740 |
3/23/60 |
#1 |
Stuck on You |
Aaron Schroeder and S. Leslie McFarland |
2:18 |
| 3. |
3/20/60 |
47-7740b |
3/23/60 |
#17 |
Fame and Fortune |
Fred Wise and Ben Weisman |
2:30 |
| 4. |
4/3/60 |
47-7810b |
11/1/60 |
#20 |
I Gotta Know |
Paul Evans and Matt Williams |
2:15 |
| 5. |
10/30/60 |
47-7850 |
2/7/61 |
#1 |
Surrender |
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman |
1:52 |
| 6. |
3/12/61 |
47-7880 |
5/2/61 |
#5 |
I Feel So Bad |
Chuck Willis |
2:54 |
[edit] Side Two
[edit] 1997 Reissue Bonus Tracks
Chart positions for EPs taken from Billboard singles chart
