Girls! Girls! Girls! (song)

"Girls! Girls! Girls!"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Girls! Girls! Girls!
Published 1962
Recorded March 27, 1962
Length 2:34
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)

[1]

Producer(s) Steve Sholes[1]

"Girls, Girls, Girls", or "Girls! Girls! Girls!", is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.[2][3][4]

It was originally recorded by The Coasters, who released it as a single in August 1961.[5][2][6][7] The Coasters were also the original performers by Elvis Presley's song "Little Egypt".[5]

Elvis Presley recorded his version as part of the soundtrack for his 1962 motion picture Girls! Girls! Girls!.[8][9] Its first LP release was on the eponymous soundtrack album in November 1962. In selected countries, it was also released on an eponymous EP.

Writing and recording history

The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller,[8] originally directly for The Coasters.[10] The band recerded it in at the same recordinmg session as "Little Egypt".[11] The song didn't do much for the band's popularity,[11] it reached number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10]

Presley recorded it on Tuesday, March 27, 1962[5] during his March 26–28 soundtrack recordings for the Paramount movie Girls! Girls! Girls! at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California.[12]

In 1965 the song was covered by English band The Fourmost.[6]

Track listings

The Coasters version

7" single (Atco 6024, August 1961)[2][13]

Elvis Presley version

7" EP (RCA Victor 3-20698, Spain, 1963)[1]

  1. "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
  2. "Because Of Love"
  3. "We'll Be Together"
  4. "A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You"

Charts

The Coasters version

Chart (1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 96

Elvis Presley version

Chart (1962) Peak
position
Belgium (Wallonia)[1] 50

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Girls! Girls! Girls!". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. 1 2 3 Jay Warner (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-634-09978-6.
  3. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1963. pp. 1195–.
  4. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1963. pp. 1195–.
  5. 1 2 3 David Neale (2003). Roots of Elvis. iUniverse. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-595-29505-0.
  6. 1 2 Jerry Lieber (7 October 2010). Elvis Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography. Omnibus Press. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-85712-494-4.
  7. ↑ Alanna Nash (1 February 2012). Elvis and the Memphis Mafia. Aurum Press. pp. 279–. ISBN 978-1-84513-759-5.
  8. 1 2 Jerry Hopkins (1 July 2014). Elvis: The Biography. Plexus Publishing. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-0-85965-899-7.
  9. ↑ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  10. 1 2 3 Veta Gardner (15 June 2007). Yakety Yak I Fought Back: My Life With the Coasters. AuthorHouse. pp. 165–. ISBN 978-1-4670-8812-1.
  11. 1 2 Joel Selvin (15 April 2014). Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues. Counterpoint LLC. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-1-61902-378-9.
  12. ↑ Kevin Crouch; Tanja Crouch (9 April 2012). The Gospel According To Elvis. Music Sales Group. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-0-85712-758-7.
  13. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 July 1961). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 12–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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