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"Stay Away, Joe" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Stay Away, Joe. In 1970 it was released as the opening track of Presley's budget album Let's Be Friends .
Stay Away, Joe is a 1968 American comedy western film with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado and Thomas Gomez. Directed by Peter Tewksbury , the film is based on the 1953 satirical farce novel of the same name by Dan Cushman.
The song was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and published by Gladys Music, Inc. [1] It is based on the traditional song "Greensleeves", which Presley requested to rework for him. The first version the songwriters made (in 1967) was titled "Evergreen", but Elvis never recorded it. [2] [3]
Music companies contracted to give Presley songs to record would refer to Hodge and bodyguard Red West, also a musician and songwriter, as "The Imperial Council" because Presley would look to them for their advice on songs presented for possible recording. Hodge recorded a duet with Presley in 1960 entitled "I Will Be Home Again".
It featured in his 1968 film Stay Away, Joe. [1] In the film version Elvis talks at the end and dogs howl in the background. Gerry McLafferty describes the song as "being bluesy, a welcome addition to the film". [2] In 2018, an album of demos, recorded by Glen Campbell between 1964 and 1968, of Wayne/Weisman songs for Elvis to consider was ...
Double Features: Kissin' Cousins/Clambake/Stay Away, Joe: Doncha' Think It's Time: Luther Dixon, Clyde Otis: 1958: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong – Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2: Don't: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller: 1958: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong – Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2: Don't Ask Me Why: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman ...
Eight tracks for Speedway were recorded at the sessions, with "Suppose", the only song that held interest for Elvis, dropped from the movie. [4]: 229–230 Two tracks were pulled for a single, "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" with "Let Yourself Go" on its flipside, and both sides made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 (respectively numbers 72 and 71) but bombed sales-wise.
Almost in Love is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley, released in November 1970 by RCA Records on their budget label, RCA Camden.It was the first of several albums on the low-priced RCA Camden label (others including C'mon Everybody and I Got Lucky) to make available in LP format tracks that had previously been available only on 45 rpm singles or EPs.