Something For Everybody

''Something for Everybody'' is the sixth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2370, in May 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. In the United States, it peaked at number 1 on ''Billboard''s Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album remained at #1 for three weeks.

Background

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 were laid to rest. During that year his three singles all topped the charts, and his first album, ''Elvis Is Back!'', went to number 2 on the albums chart. His musical film '' G.I. Blues'' was wildly successful, its soundtrack album also going to number 1.Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley, A Life In Music''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998;

Content

Side one of the record contains slow, sentimental love ballads, while side two features uptempo rock and roll and R&B, hence the album's title.

Presley entered the familiar Studio B in Nashville on March 12, 1961 and recorded eleven of the tracks for this album in one twelve-hour session, in addition to the single " I Feel So Bad". The single was initially scheduled to be the twelfth track for the album, but Presley chose, after RCA executive Bill Bullock overruled the Colonel who wanted "Wild In The Country" paired with "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" as the single, 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.

Reissues

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. The entirety of the 1999 reissue appeared on the Legacy Edition reissue of ''Elvis Is Back!'' released in 2011. Bonus tracks were all recorded at Studio B in Nashville.

In 2006 ''Something for Everybody'' was reissued on the Follow That Dream label as a special 2-disc CD collection containing the original tracks along with numerous alternate takes.

Track listing

Original release

1999 reissue with bonus tracks

2006 Follow That Dream CD reissue

Note
** signifies previously unreleased

Personnel

On March 12–13, 1961
* Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
* Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
* The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Ray Walker) – backing vocals
* Boots Randolph – saxophone
* Scotty Moore – electric guitar
* Hank Garland – electric guitar, electric bass
* Floyd Cramer – piano
* Bob Moore – double bass
* D.J. Fontana – drums
* Buddy Harman – drums

On November 8, 1960
* Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
* The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Ray Walker) – backing vocals
* Scotty Moore – electric rhythm guitar
* Tiny Timbrell – lead guitar
* Dudley Brooks – piano
* Meyer Rubin – double bass
* D.J. Fontana – drums

Charts

See also

* The Nashville A-Team

References

External links

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LPM-2370 Something for Everybody Guide
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The Elvis Presley Record Research DatabaseLSP-2370 Something for Everybody Guide
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Elvis Presley albums
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