Good Luck Charm
| "Good Luck Charm" | ||||
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 Original US Picture Sleeve | ||||
| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Anything That's Part of You" | |||
| Released | February 27, 1962 | |||
| Recorded | October 15, 1961 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Sholes[1] | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Good Luck Charm" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. It was also no. 1 on the Cash Box chart in the U.S. It reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 24 May 1962 and stayed there for five weeks.[2]
Background
[edit]The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee by Presley on October 15, 1961. It completed his second hat-trick of chart topping singles in the UK.[1] Presley is joined vocally on the chorus by Jordanaires first tenor Gordon Stoker. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on March 27, 1992. The single reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart in a five-week chart run in 2005 in a re-release. The B side was "Anything That's Part of You" which also reached the Top 40 in the U.S.
Personnel
[edit]Recorded on October 15, 1961, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, the session featured the following personnel:
- Jerry Kennedy, guitar, replacing the injured Hank Garland
- Scotty Moore, guitar
- Bob Moore, bass
- Buddy Harman, drums
- D.J. Fontana, drums
- Floyd Cramer, piano and organ
- Boots Randolph, saxophone
- Gordon Stoker, accordion
- Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
- The Jordanaires, backing vocals
Other recordings
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The Marvelettes released a version on the 1962 album The Marvelettes Sing and on Smash Hits Of '62 as Tamla TM 229. It was also recorded by Jo (of the duo Judy & Jo) as an answer song in 1962, entitled "Don't Want to Be Another Good Luck Charm", released as a 45 single on Capitol Records as catalog number CP-1468. Art Garfunkel recorded "Good Luck Charm" for the 1997 album Songs from a Parent to a Child. The song was covered by Travis & Shook on the 2006 collection Cape Cod Covers, Vol. 1: "The King". Johnny O'Keefe, Bobby Stevens, Lawrence Welk, and Helmut Lotti have also recorded the song.
Album appearances
[edit]The first LP appearance was on the album Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 released in September, 1963. It was on the 1973 RCA Special Products Elvis double LP compilation (DPL2-0056(e)) and the 1978 package Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 and 4 (R214657), a 2 record set. The recording was included on the 1993 compilation From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters. The track also appeared on the 1999 career retrospective collection Artist of the Century. The song was also featured on the 2002 compilation ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 137–8. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
