| "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 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Sholes | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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| "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.
Background
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. 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
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
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
- ^ 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.
