Doin’ The Best I Can
Titel: Doin’ The Best I Can
Längd: 3:13
Kompositörer: Doc Pomus och Mort Shuman
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1960-04-27
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 09:00-14:00 och 15:00-18:00
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studios – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: L2PB 3688
Tagning master: 13
Producent: Joseph Lilley och Hal Wallis
Studiotekniker: Al Schmitt
Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Tiny Timbrell
Gitarr: Neal Matthews
Bas: Ray Siegel
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor Frank Bode
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Dragspel: Jimmie Haskell
Tamburin: Hoyt Hawkins
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Första utgivning: G.I. Blues (LSP-2256)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Romantic Elvis (RCALP 1000)
The E.P. Collection Vol. 2 (EP-2)
G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes Vol. 2 (RCX 2)
Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051)
32 Film Hits (NL 89388 & PD 89388)
64 Film Hits (NL 89797)
G.I. Blues (R32P-1056)
Elvis Sings Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (NL 89504)
Love Me Tender – Romantic Elvis – 20 Welthits (353 150)
Love Me Tender – Romantic Elvis – 32 Welthits (303 150)
We Love Elvis Vol. 2 (B18D-41038~40)
Command Performances – The Essential 60’s Masters II (07863 66601 2)
The Original Elvis Presley Collection (SP5001-SP5050)
G.I. Blues (07863 66960 2)
G.I. Blues (07863 67460 2)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (74321 44733 2 (DIRCD11))
The Blue Suede Box (D 207350)
The Graceland Box
The Elvis Presley Collection – The Romantic (07863-69406-2)
Love Songs (74321 64791 2)
The Ultimate Collection – Movies (74321 68241 2)
The Ultimate Collection (74321 72467 2)
Elvis Presley The Collection (7863-67854-2 B)
48 Original Hits (74321 74591 2)
Elvis Chante Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (74321 74596 2)
Silver Screen Stereo (74321 89294 2)
G.I. Blues Collector’s Edition (ELVIS 106)
Close Up (82876 50537 2)
Love, Elvis (82876 69102 2)
Love, Elvis (82876 67448 2)
Love, Elvis (82876 67001 2)
Songs From The Movies (17738 TMG)
Alternativa versioner:
Take 3 Silver Screen Stereo (74321 89294 2)
Take 9 G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes Vol. 2 (RCX 2), Rare Elvis Vol. 3 (PL 89051), G.I. Blues (07863 66960 2), G.I. Blues (07863 67460 2), The Blue Suede Box (D 207350), The Graceland Box, Elvis Presley The Collection (7863-67854-2 B), G.I. Blues Collector’s Edition (ELVIS 106)
Take 10 Close Up (82876 50537 2)
Take 11 Close Up (82876 50537 2)
Take 12 Close Up (82876 50537 2)
Alternate track Elvis Sings Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (NL 89504), Elvis Chante Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (74321 74596 2)
Låten var med i filmen ”G.I. Blues”
Text:
I gave my heart
I gave my love
Oh ho, my darling
I am true
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you
I tried so hard
So hard to please
Oh ho, my darling
What more can I do
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you
You know I was the kind who’d run
Any time you’d call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn’t mind at all
I’ll be a dreamer
I’ll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you
You know I was the kind who’d run
Any time you’d call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn’t mind at all
I’ll be a dreamer
I’ll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin’ the best
The best I can
But it’s not good enough for you
But it’s not good enough for you