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All I Needed Was The Rain


Titel: All I Needed Was The Rain
Längd: 1:49
Kompositörer:
Ben Weisman och Sid Wayne
Utgivare: Gladys Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1967-10-01
Inspelningstid: okänt
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studio B – Nashville, TN
Matrix: U3KM 2247
Tagning master: mix av 3 (musik) och okänd tagning av Elvis sång
Filmbolagets producent: Jeff Alexander
Producent: Felton Jarvis
Studiotekniker: Al Pachucki


Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Chip Young
Bas: Bob Moore
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor: Buddy Harman
Piano: Floyd Cramer
Munspel: Charlie McCoy
Fiol: Gordon Terry
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires


Första utgivning: Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star And Others (PRS-279)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Elvis Sings Flaming Star (CAS-2304)
Flaming Star (CDS 1185)
The Elvis Presley Collection Vol. 3 (PDA 054)
King Of Rock’n’Roll (NL 89069)

Låten var med i filmen ”Stay Away, Joe”.


Text:

Hello misfortune, how’s my old friend Mr. Misery?
I’ve been away so long I bet you think you seen the last of me
I got no bed to rest my head
No doors or walls or window pane
Now all I needed was the rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain

Met a little honey at the Buzzin’ Bumble Bee Cafe
Yes, I did
One drink and all my money and that honeybee had flown away
I’m ’bout as low as I can go
I don’t really mean to complain
Now all I needed was the rain
Rain, rain rain rain

All I needed was this rain
All I needed was the rain, mmm-mmm-mmm