Are You Sincere
| "Are You Sincere?" | ||||
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| Single by Andy Williams | ||||
| B-side | "Be Mine Tonight" | |||
| Released | February 1958 | |||
| Recorded | December 12, 1957 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Cadence Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wayne Walker | |||
| Producer(s) | Archie Bleyer | |||
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| "Are You Sincere?" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Solitaire" | |||
| Released | March 23, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | September 24, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Elvis' home in Palm Springs | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wayne Walker | |||
| Producer(s) | Felton Jarvis | |||
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"Are You Sincere" is a song written by Wayne Walker, originally released in 1957. Andy Williams recorded the song, which Cadence Records issued as a single in 1958, with an orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer. Since Williams' success, the song has been covered many times in pop and country styles. Notable covers include versions by: The Platters (1959), Eddy Arnold (1961), Gene McDaniels (1961), Marty Robbins (1961), Lenny Welch (1963), Trini Lopez (1965), Ray Anthony (1968), Bobby Vinton (1969), Brook Benton (1970), Jean Shepard (1973), Elvis Presley (1973), Mel Tillis (1979), Charley Pride (1986),
Chart performance
[edit]"Are You Sincere" reached number three on the Billboard Most Played by Disc Jockeys chart.[1]
Elvis Presley recording
[edit]Elvis Presley recorded it on September 24, 1973, at his home in Palm Springs, California. It first appeared on the 1973 album Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake, and then saw release as a single after his death, reaching number 10 on the U.S. country chart.[2] It appeared on Disc 4 of Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 912.
- ^ Guralnick, Peter; Jorgensen, Ernst (5 October 1999). Elvis day by day. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-42089-3. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Elvis Presley, Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters Retrieved June 5, 2013
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top Country Songs: 1944 to 2005. Record Research. pp. 297–300. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
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