Pocketful of Rainbows

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"Pocketful of Rainbows"
Song by Elvis Presley from the album G.I. Blues (album)
Recorded 1960
Genre Rock and Roll
Length 2:35
Label RCA Victor
Writer Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
Producer Joseph Lilley[1]
G.I. Blues (album) track listing

G.I. Blues
(5)
"Pocketful of Rainbows" Shoppin' Around
(2)

Pocketful of Rainbows is a song from the 1960 Elvis Presley album, G.I. Blues, written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman.

Song information

The song was recorded on May 6, 1960 at RCA Victors Hollywood studios for his 1960 film G. I. Blues.

In the film version Juliet Prowse (who lip-synched to Loulie Jean Norman's voice) can be seen singing along with Elvis in a cable car in the small German tourist-town Rüdesheim am Rhein [1][2]

Other versions

  • Jimmy Breedlove. Released on CD 2, "The Demos", that came with the book "Writing for the King" in 2006. It was released on the Follow That Dream label.[3]
  • The song appears on the 1966 Jan & Dean project that was eventually released by Sundazed Records as Save For A Rainy Day in 1996.

Revived by Australian singer Colin Cook on the Clarion label (MCK-1630) in 1967

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Elvis Presley Recording Sessions
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OLIgqfJyDY
  3. 2006 - 2010 - Elvis Presley Gesellschaft

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