The song "Burning Love", written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by
country soul artist Arthur Alexander, was successfully covered by Elvis Presley, becoming his biggest hit record since "Suspicious Minds" in 1969 and his last
Top 10 hit in the Billboard Hot 100 or pop charts. It was recorded in the RCA
Studios in Hollywood, California.
Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love peaked at number two on the pop
chart and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for six weeks. The
song was featured in Elvis Presley‘s 1961 film, Blue Hawaii.
The instrumental section of the song was recorded at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, with the session engineered by Chuck Britz and produced
by Brian Wilson. The session took 20 takes to achieve the master take of the
song. The recording included Carl on twelve string guitar among other session
musicians collectively known as The Wrecking Crew. A strip of masking tape was
placed over the strings of a piano while the bottoms of two plastic orange juice
bottles were used for percussion. The final vocal track of “God Only Knows” was completed on April 11, 1966. The song was voted 25 in Rolling Stone magazine’s
500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Some of the original handwritten lyrics to "God Only
Knows"
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)
Buddy Holly is singer Buddy Holly‘s debut solo album and his second
album overall (following The "Chirping" Crickets in 1957). Although
billed as a solo record, the personnel once again features Holly’s
band, the Crickets, accompanying him. It contains one of Buddy’s
best known songs, "Peggy Sue".
Little Richard
The recording session took place at the legendary J&M Studio in New
Orleans. The song “Long Tall Sally” became one of Little Richard’s best-
known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds
of artists.
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) turned 83 in December.
