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  • Artist: Elvis Presley
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1961 06
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Elvis Presley's third non-soundtrack, post-Army album is, in many ways, his most interesting from those years, though nowhere near his best. Something for Everybody offers a tamer body of songs than Elvis Is Back!, but also shows the effect of Presley's maturation -- his voice is better than ever, and this is reflected in the arrangements, most of which are closer in spirit to the finely crafted pop symphonies of Roy Orbison than they are to any of Presley's earlier work. His ballad performances are impeccable, displaying a richness of intonation and delicacy of nuance that is downright seductive. Rather less successful are the rockers, including "I'm Coming Home," "Judy," and "Put the Blame on Me," which show a cooling of some of the white heat that Presley used to generate on the rhythm numbers. The one moment where the old Elvis Presley manifests himself is "I Want You with Me," a shouter that's only missing maybe a Gene Vincent-style scream or two from the backing band on the choruses. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
There's Always Me (Lyrics) Don Robertson Elvis Presley
Give Me the Right Fred Wise, Norman Blagman Elvis Presley
It's a Sin (Lyrics) Zeb Turner, Fred Rose Elvis Presley
Sentimental Me (Lyrics) Jimmy Cassin, Jim Morehead Elvis Presley
Starting Today Don Robertson Elvis Presley
Gently Edward Lisbona Elvis Presley
I'm Coming Home Charlie Rich Elvis Presley
In Your Arms Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder Elvis Presley
Put the Blame on Me Fred Wise, Norman Blagman, Kay Twomey Elvis Presley
Judy (Lyrics) Teddy Reddell Elvis Presley
I Want You With Me (Lyrics) Woody Harris Elvis Presley
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell (Lyrics) Ben Weisman, Fred Wise Elvis Presley

Credits

Elvis Presley (Guitar), Elvis Presley (Vocals), Elvis Presley (Main Performer)
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Something for Everybody
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released June 17, 1961
Recorded November 1960
and March 1961
Genre Rock
Length 26:01
Label RCA Victor
Producer Steve Sholes, Urban Thielmann
Professional reviews
Elvis Presley chronology
His Hand in Mine
1960		 Something for Everybody Blue Hawaii
1961
For the album of music from Baz Luhrmann's films see Something for Everybody (Baz Luhrmann album).

Something For Everybody is the thirteenth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2370, in June 1961. Recording sessions took place on November 8, 1960, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, and on March 12, 1961 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It peaked at #1 on the Top Pop Albums chart.

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After his military discharge from the army in March 1960, any doubts about Presley's ability to recapture the momentum of his career in the 1950s had been laid to rest. During that year his three singles had all topped the charts, and his first album, Elvis Is Back!, had gone to #2 on the album chart. His musical film G.I. Blues had been wildly successful, its soundtrack also going to #1 on the album chart.[1]

Pressing on, he entered the familiar Studio B in Nashville and recorded eleven of the tracks for this album in one twelve-hour session, in addition to the single "I Feel So Bad".[2] The single was initially scheduled to be the twelfth track for the album, but Presley chose it to accompany the title track to the film Wild in the Country as the promotional 45 for the film. Another track that had appeared in the film but not released commercially on records, "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell", became the final track for the album.[3]

The July 13, 1999, compact disc reissue included six bonus tracks, four singles and two B-sides recorded over the span of a year and issued in 1961 and 1962, and altered the album's running order. All of the sides made the Top 40 at a time when Billboard charted b-sides as well, and two of the singles, "Surrender" and "Good Luck Charm", topped the singles chart. "Surrender" had been recorded at the sessions for Presley's gospel album of 1960, His Hand in Mine, and the sides for 47-7908 and 47-7992 at sessions specifically to produce singles. Bonus tracks were all recorded at Studio B in Nashville.

Personnel

Track listing

Side one

Track Recorded Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 3/12/61 There's Always Me Don Robertson 2:16
2. 3/12/61 Give Me the Right Fred Wise and Norman Blagman 2:32
3. 3/12/61 It's A Sin Fred Rose and Zeb Turner 2:39
4. 3/12/61 Sentimental Me James T. Morehead and James Cassin 2:31
5. 3/12/61 Starting Today Don Robertson 2:03
6. 3/12/61 Gently Murray Wisell and Edward Lisbona 2:15

Side two

Track Recorded Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 3/12/61 I'm Comin' Home Charlie Rich 2:20
2. 3/12/61 In Your Arms Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 1:50
3. 3/12/61 Put the Blame On Me Fred Wise, Kay Twomey, Norman Blagman 1:57
4. 3/12/61 Judy Teddy Redell 2:10
5. 3/12/61 I Want You With Me Woody Harris 2:13
6. 11/8/60 I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell Fred Wise and Ben Weisman 1:35

1999 reissue with bonus tracks

Chart position for LSP 2370 from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; positions for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart.

Track Recorded Catalogue Release Date Chart Peak Song Title Writer(s) Time
1. 10/30/60 47-7850 2/7/61 #1 Surrender Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 1:51
2. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 There's Always Me Don Robertson 2:16
3. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Give Me the Right Fred Wise and Norman Blagman 2:32
4. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 It's A Sin Fred Rose and Zeb Turner 2:39
5. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Sentimental Me James T. Morehead and James Cassin 2:31
6. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Starting Today Don Robertson 2:03
7. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Gently Murray Wisell and Edward Lisbona 2:15
8. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 I'm Comin' Home Charlie Rich 2:20
9. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 In Your Arms Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 1:50
10. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Put the Blame On Me Fred Wise, Kay Twomey, Norman Blagman 1:57
11. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 Judy Teddy Redell 2:10
12. 3/12/61 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 I Want You With Me Woody Harris 2:13
13. 3/12/61 47-7880 5/2/61 #5 I Feel So Bad Chuck Willis 2:53
14. 6/25/61 47-7908 8/8/61 #4 (Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:07
15. 6/25/61 47-7908b 8/8/61 #5 Little Sister Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 2:30
16. 10/15/61 47-7992 2/27/62 #1 Good Luck Charm Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold 2:23
17. 10/15/61 47-7992b 2/27/62 #31 Anything That's Part of You Don Robertson 2:04
18. 11/8/60 LSP 2370 6/17/61 #1 I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell Fred Wise and Ben Weisman 1:35

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1961 Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) (mono) 1

References

  1. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley, A Life In Music. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; ISBN 0-312-18572-3, p. 147
  2. ^ Ibid. p. 148
  3. ^ Ibid. p. 156

See also

Preceded by
Carnival! by Original Broadway Cast		 Billboard 200 number-one album (mono)
August 21, 1961 - September 10, 1961		 Succeeded by
Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland

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