El Toro
Titel: El Toro
Längd: 2:43
Kompositörer: Bill Giant, Bernie Baum och Florence Kaye
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1963-01-23/24
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 13:00-17:25, 18:45-23:50 och 00:20-03:50
Inspelningsplats: Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: PPA3 4426
Tagning master: mix av 2 och 1
Producent: Joseph Lilley
Studiotekniker: Dave Wiechman
Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Barney Kessel
Gitarr ocn mandolin: Tiny Timbrell
Bas: Ray Siegel
Trummor D. J. Fontana
Trummor: Hal Blaine
Slagverk: Emil Radocchia
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Trumpet: Anthony Terran
Trumpet: Rudolph Loera
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Amigos
Första utgivning: Fun In Acapulco (LSP-2756)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
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Låten var med i filmen ”Fun In Acapulco”.
Text:
There’s a legend of a famous matador
Who went to meet El Toro
Though he fought as he had never done before
He could not beat, El Toro
The bull El Toro, brought him defeat and pain
And to his sorrow, the matador knew shame
They said time would never heal the many scars
Brought by the great, El Toro
And the bitterness that burned deep in his heart
Caused him to hate, El Toro
The bull El Toro, brought him defeat and pain
And to his sorrow, the matador knew shame
So one night, when no-one was on sight
The matador, went to finish the score
In the lonely fields, beneath the pale moonlight
He fought the bull…and they fought once more
When they found the matador and saw him dying
He’d never see tomorrow
Now they say that on the spot where he was lying
Still walks the proud El Toro
The bull El Toro, brought him defeat and pain
And to his sorrow, the matador knew shame
