Starting Today (Elvis Presley song)

"Starting Today"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Something for Everybody
Released March 12, 1961 (on the album Something for Everybody)
Recorded June 17, 1961
Length 2:03
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Don Robertson
Music video
Elvis Presley "Starting Today" (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
(official audio)
on YouTube

"Starting Today" is a 1961 song by Elvis Presley.

Writing

The song was written by Don Robertson.[1]

Recording

Elvis Presley recorded "Starting Today" during his March 12/13, 1961 recording session at the RCA Stidios in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]

It was recorded on a 3-track.[3] According to Don Reedman, who with Nick Patrick produced the 2015 album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "[Presley's] original recording is very simple, very sparce".[3]

Release history

The song "Starting Today" was first released on Presley's album Something for Everybody,[4][5] put out on June 17, 1961.

In 2016 the song appeared on the album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which included new versions of Presley's songs, remixed and dubbed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bar Biszick-Lockwood (2010). Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs. University of Illinois Press. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-0-252-07694-7.
  2. ↑ Robert Matthew-Walker (1995). Heartbreak hotel: the life and music of Elvis Presley. Castle Communications. ISBN 978-1-86074-055-8.
  3. 1 2 Elvis Presley - Off the Record: "Starting Today" from the Wonder of You on YouTube
  4. ↑ "Don Robertson : Writing For The King : Elvis Articles : : 'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club".
  5. ↑ Ron Barry (1976). The Elvis Presley American discography. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics.
  6. ↑ Randy Lewis (2016-09-08). "Elvis Presley encores with Royal Philharmonic for 'The Wonder of You' set". LA Times. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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