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Something for Everybody

 

 

Something for Everybody is the sixth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2370, in May 1961. Recording sessions took place on November 8, 1960, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, and on March 12, 1961 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. In the United States, it peaked at number 1 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album remained at #1 for three weeks.

Background

 

After his military discharge from the army in March 1960, any doubts about Presley's ability to recapture the momentum of his career in the 1950s were laid to rest. During that year his three singles all topped the charts, and his first album, Elvis Is Back!, went to number 2 on the albums chart. His musical film G.I. Blues was wildly successful, its soundtrack album also going to number 1.

 

Content

 

Side one of the record contains slow, sentimental love ballads, while side two features uptempo rock and roll and R&B, hence the album's title.

 

Presley entered the familiar Studio B in Nashville on March 12, 1961 and recorded eleven of the tracks for this album in one twelve-hour session, in addition to the single "I Feel So Bad". The single was initially scheduled to be the twelfth track for the album, but Presley chose, after RCA executive Bill Bullock overruled the Colonel who wanted "Wild In The Country" paired with "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" as the single, it to accompany the title track to the film Wild in the Country as the promotional 45 for the film. Another track that had appeared in the film but not released commercially on records, "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell", became the final track for the album.

 

Reissues

 

The July 13, 1999, compact disc reissue included six bonus tracks, four singles and two b-sides recorded over the span of a year and issued in 1961 and 1962, and altered the album's running order. All of the sides made the Top 40 at a time when Billboard charted B-sides as well, and two of the singles, "Surrender" and "Good Luck Charm", topped the singles chart. "Surrender" had been recorded at the sessions for Presley's gospel album of 1960, His Hand in Mine, and the sides for 47-7908 and 47-7992 at sessions specifically to produce singles. The entirety of the 1999 reissue appeared on the Legacy Edition reissue of Elvis Is Back! released in 2011. Bonus tracks were all recorded at Studio B in Nashville.

 

In 2006 Something for Everybody was reissued on the Follow That Dream label as a special 2-disc CD collection containing the original tracks along with numerous alternate takes.

 

Original LP
RCA LSP / LPM 2370
Released: May 19, 1961

Side 1:
There's Always Me
Give Me The Right
It's A Sin
Sentimental Me
Starting Today
Gently

Side 2:
I'm Comin' Home
In Your Arms
Put The Blame On Me
Judy
I Want You With Me
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

 

Standard CD Release 1988

There's Always Me
Give Me The Right
It's A Sin
Sentimental Me
Starting Today
Gently
I'm Coming Home
In Your Arms
Put The Blame On Me
Judy
I Want You With Me
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

 

Something For Everybody (remastered + bonus) 1999

Surrender
There's Always Me
Give Me The Right
It's A Sin
Sentimental Me
Starting Today
Gently
I'm Coming Home
In Your Arms
Put The Blame On Me
Judy
I Want You With Me
I Feel So Bad
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
Little Sister
Good Luck Charm
Anything That's Part Of You
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

 

Elvis Is Back ! Legacy Edition 2011

CD 1: Elvis Is Back - Original Album

Make Me Know It
Fever
The Girl Of My Best Friend
I Will Be Home Again
Dirty, Dirty Feeling
Thrill Of Your Love
Soldier Boy
Such A Night
It Feels So Right
Girl Next Door Went A' Walking
Like A Baby
Reconsider Baby

THE HIT SINGLES:
Stuck On You
Fame And Fortune
It's Now Or Never
A Mess Of Blues
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
I Gotta Know
Surrender

 

CD 2: Something For Everyone - Original Album
There's Always Me
Give Me The Right
It's A Sin
Sentimental Me
Starting Today
Gently
I'm Coming Home
In Your Arms
Put The Blame On Me
Judy
I Want You With Me
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

THE HIT SINGLES:
I Feel So Bad
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Flame
Little Sister
Good Luck Charm
Anything That's Part Of You

 

Follow That Dream 2006 Release

CD 1:

01: There's Always Me
02: Give Me The Right
03: It's A Sin
04: Sentimental Me
05: Starting Today
06: Gently
07: I'm Coming Home
08: In Your Arms
09: Put The Blame On Me
10: Judy
11: I Want You With Me
12: I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
13: I Feel So Bad
14: Little Sister
15: His Latest Flame
16: Good Luck Charm
17: Anything That's Part Of You
18: There's Always Me (take 1)
19: Give Me The Right (take 1)
20: It's A Sin (takes 1, 2)
21: Sentimental Me (take 1)
22: Starting Today (take 1)
23: Gently (takes 1, 2)
24: I'm Coming Home (take 2)
25: In Your Arms (take 1)
26: Put The Blame On Me (take 1, 2)
27: Judy (take 1)
28: I Want You With Me (take 1)
29: Little Sister (take 3)
30: His Latest Flame (take 2)
31: Anything That's Part Of You (take 1)

 

CD 2:

01: I'm Coming Home (takes 1, 2)
02: I'm Coming Home (takes 5, 4)
03: Gently (take 3)
04: Gently (take 4)
05: Give Me The Right (takes 3, 2)
06: I Feel So Bad (take 1)
07: There's Always Me (take 2)
08: There's Always Me (take 4)
09: Starting Today (take 2)
10: Judy (takes 2, 3)
11: Judy (take 4)
12: His Latest Flame (take 1, rehearsal)
13: His Latest Flame (takes 3, 4)
14: His Latest Flame (takes 5, 6)
15: Little Sister (take 1, 2, 4, 5)
16: Little Sister (take 6)
17: Good Luck Charm (take 1)
18: Good Luck Charm (take 2, 3)
19: Anything That's Part Of You (take 2)
20: Anything That's Part Of You (takes 4, 5)
21: Anything That's Part Of You (take 8)
22: There's Always Me (takes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
23: Judy (takes 5, 6, 7)
24: His Latest Flame (takes 10, 11, 12)
25: Little Sister (takes 7, 8, 9)
26: Anything That's Part Of You (take 9)