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"Little Sister"

Single by Elvis Presley

B-side

"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"

Released

August 8, 1961

Recorded

June 25, 1961

Genre

Rock, Blues

Length

3:00

Writer(s)

Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman

Producer

Steve Sholes ^[1]

Elvis Presley singles chronology

"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"
(1961)

"Little Sister"
(1961)

"Can't Help Falling in Love"
(1961)

"Little Sister" is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis Presley, who turned it into a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The single (as a double A-side with "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame") reached #1 in the UK.In (1970)Elvis Presley performs this song as part of a medley with Get Back in the rockumentary film That's the Way It Is.

The song would later be covered by artists such as Dwight Yoakam, Robert Plant, The Staggers, Pearl Jam, and Ry Cooder. Yoakam's version was a #7 hit on the Billboard country singles charts in 1987.

Contents

1 Chart positions
- 1.1 Elvis Presley
2 Dwight Yoakam version
3 Music Video
4 References

Chart positions

Elvis Presley

Chart (1961)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

Dwight Yoakam version

"Little Sister"

Single by Dwight Yoakam

from the album Hillbilly Deluxe

Released

February 1987

Recorded

1987

Genre

Country

Length

3:01

Dwight Yoakam singles chronology

"It Won't Hurt"
(1986)

"Little Sister"
(1987)

"Little Ways"
(1987)

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
RIANZ charts	35^[2]

Music Video

The Music Video for Dwight Yoakam's version of "Little Sister" was directed by Sherman Halsey.

References

^ Sessions 1960s
^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. http://www.charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Dwight+Yoakam. Retrieved March 2, 2011.

Preceded by "Walkin' Back to Happiness" by Helen Shapiro	UK number one single "Little Sister"/"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" November 9, 1961 (four weeks)	Succeeded by "Tower Of Strength" by Frankie Vaughan

Elvis Presley singles discography

1950s

1954	"That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine"

1955	"Baby Let's Play House" "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train"

1956	"Heartbreak Hotel" / "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" "Money Honey" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" "Blue Moon" "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" "I Got a Woman" "I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" "Trying to Get To You" "Blue Moon" "Money Honey" "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Love Me Tender" "Love Me" "Paralyzed" "Old Shep"

1957	"Too Much" "All Shook Up" "Peace in the Valley "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" "Jailhouse Rock" "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"

1958	"Don't" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" "Hard Headed Woman" "One Night"

1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love"

1960s

1960	"Stuck on You" "It's Now or Never" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" "Surrender" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"

1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" "Return to Sender"

1963	"(You're The) Devil in Disguise"

1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / It Hurts Me" "What'd I Say" / "Viva Las Vegas" "Blue Christmas"

1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" "I'm Yours" "Wooden Heart"

1966	"Love Letters"

1967	"That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"

1968	"Hi-Heel Sneakers" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream"

1969	"How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Suspicious Minds" "Don't Cry Daddy"

1970s

1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"

1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" "Heart of Rome" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"

1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" "Always on My Mind"

1973	"Steamroller Blues"

1974	"Promised Land"

1975	"My Boy" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"

1976	"Moody Blue"

1977	"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"

1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"

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Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.	"Honky Tonk Man" "Guitars, Cadillacs" "It Won't Hurt"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Little Sister" "Little Ways" "Please, Please Baby" "Always Late with Your Kisses"

Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room	"Streets of Bakersfield" (With Buck Owens) "I Sang Dixie" "I Got You" "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)"

Just Lookin' for a Hit	"Long White Cadillac"

If There Was a Way	"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" "You're the One" "Nothing's Changed Here" "It Only Hurts When I Cry" "The Heart That You Own" "Send a Message to My Heart" (With Patty Loveless)

Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack	"Suspicious Minds"

This Time	"Ain't That Lonely Yet" "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" "Fast as You" "Try Not to Look So Pretty" "Pocket of a Clown"

Gone	"Nothing" "Gone (That'll Be Me)" "Sorry You Asked?" "Heart of Stone"

Under the Covers	"Claudette" "Baby Don't Go" (With Sheryl Crow)

A Long Way Home	"Things Change" "These Arms"

Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Thinking About Leaving"

Tomorrow's Sounds Today	"What Do You Know About Love" "I Want You to Want Me" "I Was There" (With Buck Owens)

Inside Traxx 2002	"Sitting Pretty"

Population Me	"The Back of Your Hand" "The Late Great Golden State"

Blame the Vain	"Intentional Heartache" "Blame the Vain" "I Wanna Love Again"

Dwight Sings Buck	"Close Up the Honky Tonks"

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