"I'm Yours" is 1961 song recorded by Elvis Presley which appeared on the Pot Luck with Elvis album. The recording was released as a single in 1965. It was written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair.
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Pot Luck | ||||
| B-side | "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" | |||
| Released | August 10, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | June 25, 1961 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
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| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Background
editThe song was recorded by Elvis Presley on June 26, 1961, at RCA's Nashville, Tennessee studios, and released on the album, Pot Luck with Elvis, on June 5, 1962. It was published by Elvis Presley's publishing company Gladys Music, Inc. The single was also released in Canada, France, and New Zealand. The single was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA in March 1992.
It was not released as a single until three years later when it was featured in Presley's film Tickle Me (1965).[1][2] "I'm Yours" peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October 1965. "I'm Yours" reached the top of the Billboard Easy Listening chart to become Presley's third consecutive number-one single on the chart.[3]
Weekly charts
edit| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 11 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 1 |
Dickie Rock cover
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| Single by Dickie Rock and the Miamis | ||||
| Language | Spanish and English | |||
| B-side | "Please Don't Drag That String Around" | |||
| Released | April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 1964 | |||
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| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Piccadilly | |||
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A cover version was recorded by Dickie Rock and the Miamis in 1964.[6][7]
The song reached Number 1 in the Irish Singles Chart on 29 May 1964, equal with Eileen Reid's "Fallen Star".[8][9] It was one of three Irish number ones that Rock achieved in 1964.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "I'm Yours" (LP Master) video[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Elvis – I'm Yours / (It's A) Long Lonely Highway (1965, Rockaway Pressing, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 196.
- ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Curran, Aidan (July 30, 2023). "Dickie Rock and The Miamis – 'I'm Yours'".
- ^ "45cat - Dickie Rock And The Miamis - I'm Yours / Please Don't Drag That String Around - Piccadilly - UK - 7N 35185".
- ^ "Cadets Showband". www.irish-showbands.com.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc (June 13, 1964). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Rich, Young and Pretty - Swift, Richard. (2006:1922). United Kingdom: MUZE.