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Easy Come, Easy Go (Elvis Presley song)

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"Easy Come, Easy Go"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Easy Come, Easy Go
Released1967
RecordedSeptember 28, 1966
Length2:07
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Sholes[1]

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1967 motion picture Easy Come, Easy Go.

Its first release was on the soundtrack EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" in spring 1967.[2][3]

The Australian Kent Music Report (calculated in retrospect using archival data) lists the song / the EP "Easy Come, Easy Go" on the singles chart for 5 weeks, with the peak of 78 on the week of May 13, 1967.[4]

Writing and recording history

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The song was written by Ben Weisman (music) and Sid Wayne (lyrics).[5][6][7][8]

Presley recorded it on September 28, 1966, at the September 28–29 soundtrack sessions for the Paramount movie Easy Come, Easy Go at the Paramount Studio Recording Stage in Hollywood, California.[9]

Track listings

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Single

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7-inch single (The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., India, 1969)[10]

A. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (2:10)
B. "The Love Machine" (2:47)

EP

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Main article: Easy Come, Easy Go (EP)

7-inch EP (RCA EPA 4387, March 1967)
7-inch EP (RCA Victor 20624, Australia, 1978)[1]

  1. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (2:09)
  2. "The Love Machine" (2:47)
  3. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does" (2:08)
  4. "You Gotta Stop" (2:16)
  5. "Sing You Children" (2:06)
  6. "I'll Take Love" (2:12)

7-inch EP (RCA Victor RCX-7187, UK, June 1967)[1]

  1. "Easy Come, Easy Go"
  2. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does"
  3. "Sing You Children"
  4. "I'll Take Love"

Charts

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Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia (retrospect Kent Music Report)[4] 78 (EP)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Easy Come, Easy Go". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  3. ^ Jerry Osborne; Bruce Hamilton (1980). Presleyana. O'Sullivan Woodside. ISBN 978-0-89019-073-9.
    "EASY COME, EASY GO (Sid Wayne - Ben Weisman) RECORDED: September, 1966 RELEASED: May, 1967 FIRST APPEARANCE: RCA Victor (EP) EPA-4387 EASY COME, EASY GO"
  4. ^ a b David Kent. "Australian Chart Book 1940–1969". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
    "Elvis Presley: The Australian Singles Chart : 1956–2006". Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club : www.elvis.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  5. ^ George Batista Da Silva (10 January 2008). Do Vitascope Ao Imax. Clube de Autores. pp. 113–. PKEY:90119728.
  6. ^ George Batista Da Silva (11 October 2006). Música E Ecran. Clube de Autores. pp. 68–. PKEY:99031787.
  7. ^ Sheryl Aumack (1 July 1990). Song & dance: an encyclopedia of musicals. Sea-Maid Press. ISBN 978-0-9625180-1-0.
  8. ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  9. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 339–340. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  10. ^ "Elvis Presley - Easy Come, Easy Go / The Love Machine (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
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