You're a Heartbreaker
| "You're a Heartbreaker" | ||||
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| Song by Elvis Presley | ||||
| A-side | "Milkcow Blues Boogie" | |||
| Released | January 8, 1955 | |||
| Recorded | December 8, 1954 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Sallee | |||
| Producer(s) | Sam Phillips | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"You're a Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley in December 1954 during the fourth of Presley's eight sessions at Memphis' Sun Studio. The recording was released as the B-side of Presley's third single on the Sun label (Sun 215), whose A-side was a cover of Kokomo Arnold's "Milkcow Blues Boogie".[1][2]
Session
[edit]The song was recorded "November or December, 1954"[3] with personnel:
- Elvis Presley - lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
- Scotty Moore - lead guitar
- Bill Black - double bass
The single was reissued on RCA Victor records (47-6382). It is listed as 2:10 minutes long, with the publisher Hill & Range BMI. It was also later included on Elvis' seventh studio album, For LP Fans Only in 1959.
References
[edit]- ^ "YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER - Elvis Presley". Letras.com. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "You're A Heartbreaker". Elvis Presley Official Site (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Jorgensen, Ernst, Elvis Presley: A Life in Music, The Complete Recording Sessions, foreword by Peter Guralnick, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1998
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