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Girls Girls Girls (The Coasters song)

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"Girls Girls Girls"
Single by The Coasters
A-side"Girls Girls Girls (part I)"
B-side"Girls Girls Girls (part II)"
ReleasedJuly 1961
RecordedFebruary 9, 1961
Length3:58
LabelAtco Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Coasters singles chronology
"Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)"
(4/1961)
"Girls Girls Girls"
(1961)
"Bad Blood"
(10/1961)
"Girls! Girls! Girls!"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Girls! Girls! Girls!
Published1962
RecordedMarch 27, 1962
Length2:34
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Sholes[1]

"Girls Girls Girls", or "Girls! Girls! Girls!", is a song written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.[2][3][4]

It was originally recorded by The Coasters, who released it as a single in July 1961.[5][2][6][7] The Coasters were also the original performers of another Elvis Presley recording, "Little Egypt".[5]

Elvis Presley recorded his version as part of the soundtrack for his 1962 motion picture of the same name.[8][9] Its first LP release was on the eponymous soundtrack album in November 1962. In selected countries, it was also released on an eponymous EP.

Writing and recording history

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The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller,[8] originally for rock and roll vocal group The Coasters.[10] The band recorded it in the same recording session as "Little Egypt", another song Elvis would later release.[11][12] Neither songs did much for the band's popularity,[12] only reaching number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10]

Presley recorded it on Tuesday, March 27, 1962[5] during his March 26–28 soundtrack recordings for the Paramount movie Girls! Girls! Girls! at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California.[13]

In 1965 the song was covered by English band The Fourmost.[6]

Track listings

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The Coasters version

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7" single (Atco 6024, August 1961)[2][14]

  • "Girls, Girls, Girls Part 1"
  • "Girls, Girls, Girls Part 2"

Elvis Presley version

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See Girls! Girls! Girls! (soundtrack)

Charts

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The Coasters version

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Chart (1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 96

Elvis Presley version

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Chart (1962) Peak
position
Belgium (Wallonia)[15] 50

References

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  1. ^ "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Girls! Girls! Girls!". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ^ a b c Jay Warner (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-634-09978-6. Girls! Girls! Girls! Leiber Stoller.
  3. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1963. pp. 1195–.
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1963. pp. 1195–.
  5. ^ a b c David Neale (2003). Roots of Elvis. iUniverse. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-595-29505-0.
  6. ^ a b Jerry Leiber (7 October 2010). Elvis Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography. Omnibus Press. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-85712-494-4.
  7. ^ Alanna Nash (1 February 2012). Elvis and the Memphis Mafia. Aurum Press. pp. 279–. ISBN 978-1-84513-759-5.
  8. ^ a b Jerry Hopkins (1 July 2014). Elvis: The Biography. Plexus Publishing. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-0-85965-899-7.
  9. ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  10. ^ a b c Veta Gardner (15 June 2007). Yakety Yak I Fought Back: My Life With the Coasters. AuthorHouse. pp. 165–. ISBN 978-1-4670-8812-1.
  11. ^ "Elvis Presley: Original Version Recordings of Songs He Sang". Davidneale.eu. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b Joel Selvin (15 April 2014). Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues. Counterpoint LLC. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-1-61902-378-9.
  13. ^ Kevin Crouch; Tanja Crouch (9 April 2012). The Gospel According To Elvis. Music Sales Group. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-0-85712-758-7.
  14. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 July 1961). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 12–. ISSN 0006-2510. Girls! Girls! Girls! Leiber Stoller. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "australian-charts.com - Elvis Presley - Girls! Girls! Girls!". Retrieved 2017-01-07.