"Stay Away, Joe" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Stay Away, Joe.
| "Stay Away, Joe" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | |
| from the album Let's Be Friends | |
| Released | 1968 (motion picture) April 1970 (on the album Let's Be Friends) |
| Recorded | October 1, 1967 |
| Length | 1:37 |
| Songwriter(s) |
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In 1970 it was released as the opening track of Presley's budget album Let's Be Friends.
Writing
editThe song was written by Ben Weisman (music) and Sid Wayne (lyrics).[2][3][4][5][6]
According to David Neal and his book Roots of Elvis, the writers of the song "seem to have been at the very least inspired by the old slave song, "Pick a Bale's o'Cotton"", a "folk-blues classic", originally recorded by Huddie Leadbetter (better known as Lead Belly) in 1935.[7]
Recording
editPresley recorded it at the soundtrack recordings for the M.G.M movie Stay Away, Joe that took place on Sunday, October 1, 1967, at the RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.[8][7]
Critical reception
editAccording to George Batista Da Silva's book Música e Ecran (in Portuguese), "Stay Awaya, Joe" "can be considered a minor song in Elvis Presley's vast repertoire". [9]
Track listings
edit7-inch EP (RCA Victor 20652, Australia, 1982)[1]
- "Stay Away, Joe"
- "Goin' Home"
- "All I Needed Was The Rain"
- "Stay Away"
7-inch EP (RCA EX 2764, 2001) — released in 2001 as a bonus disc with the album Blue Hawaii - Collector's Edition[1]
- "Stay Away, Joe"
- "Dominic"
- "All I Needed Was The Rain"
- "Goin' Home"
- "Stay Away"
References
edit- ^ a b c "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Stay Away, Joe". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 366–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1971. pp. 698–.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Music. U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1970.
- ^ Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc (3 January 2016). CAMION BLANC: ELVIS A HOLLYWOOD Presley fait son cinéma. CAMION BLANC. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-2-35779-747-5.
- ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
- ^ a b David Neale (2003). Roots of Elvis. iUniverse. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-0-595-29505-0.
- ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 365–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
- ^ George Batista Da Silva (11 October 2006). Música E Ecran. Clube de Autores. pp. 217–. PKEY:99031787.