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Kentucky Rain


Titel: Kentucky Rain
Längd: 3:20
Kompositörer:
Eddie Rabbitt och Dick Heard
Utgivare: S-P-R & Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1969-02-19/20
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 19:30-22:30 och 23:00-02:00
Inspelningsplats: American Sound Studio – Memphis, TN
Matrix: XPA5 1271
Tagning master: 10
Producent: Felton Jarvis och Chips Moman
Studiotekniker: Al Pachucki


Musiker:
Gitarr: Reggie Young
Bas: Tommy Cogbil
Trummor: Gene Chrisman
Piano: Bobby Wood
Orgel: Bobby Emmons

Pålagt i efterhand:
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Sonja Montgomery
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Millie Kirkham
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Dolores Edgin
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Hurschel Wiginton
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Joe Babcock
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Ronnie Milsap
Stråkar: okänt
Trumpet: R. F. Taylor
Trumpet: Wayne Jackson
Saxofon: Glen Spreen
Trombon: Jackie Thomas
Trombon: Jack Hale
Valthorn: Tony Cason
Valthorn: Joe D’Gerolamo
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Green
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Donna Thatcher
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Holladay


Första utgivning: A-sida singel (47-9791)

Även utgiven på bland annat:
Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 (LPM-6401)
Kentucky Rain / My Little Friend (447-0675)
Hits Of The 70’s (LPL1-7527)
Pure Gold (ANL1-0971)
Greatest Hits (GELV 6A RDS 9001-9007)
The Hits Of Elvis Presley (KEL1-8089)
Memories Of Elvis: A Lasting Tribute To The King Of Rock ’N’ Roll (DML 5-0347)
Rendez-Vous Avec Elvis (BLP 7910)
Love Songs (NE 1062)
Love Songs (TG 1237)
Love Songs (NC-524)
Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699)
The Las Vegas Years (PL 43509)
The Elvis Collection (NL-43290)
American Trilogy (DR 1124)
The Sound Of Your Cry (RCALP 3060)
Elvis! His Greatest Hits (RD4A-010-2)
Elvis’ Gold Records Vol. 5 (AFL1-4941 & PCD1-4941)
Elvis Country (DPL1-0647)
50 Years 50 Hits (SVL3-0710)
L’Album Di Elvis Presley (NL 89869)
The Legend Lives On (RBA-191-A)
Elvis Forever Vol. 5 (NL 89954)
The Definitive Country Album (PL 90061 & PD 90061)
The Memphis Record (6221-1-R & 6221-2-R)
Special Edition (CL 90249)
50 Worldwide Gold Hits –  Vol. 1 Part 1 & Part 2 (6401-2-R)
All The Best From Elvis Vol. 2 (BPCD 5040)
We Love Elvis Vol. 2 (B18D-41038~40)
Solid Gold (CD 90434)
Pure Gold (RCD 1113)
Big Boss Man (2RCD 095/096)
From Nashville To Memphis – The Essential 60’s Masters I (74321 15430 1 & 74321 15430 2)
The Hits Of Elvis Presley (Country Club) (06192-18089-2)
Great Country Songs (07863 66880 2)
Norske Favoritter (74321 34819 2)

Alternativa versioner:
Take 9 From Nashville To Memphis – The Essential 60’s Masters I (74321 15430 1 & 74321 15430 2)
Remix 1987 The Memphis Record (6221-1-R & 6221-2-R)

Liveinspelningar:
1970-02-16 (DS) Elvis Aron Presley (CPL8 3699)


Text:

Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago
I reached out one night and you were gone
Don’t know why you’d run, what you’re running to or from
All I know is I want to bring you home

So I’m walking in the rain, thumbing for a ride
On this lonely Kentucky back road
I’ve loved you much too long, my love’s too strong
To let you go, never knowing what went wrong

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
And up ahead’s another town that I’ll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain

Showed your photograph to some old gray-bearded men
Sitting on a bench outside a general store
They said, ”Yes, she’s been here”
But their memory wasn’t clear
Was it yesterday?
No, wait, the day before

Finally got a ride with a preacher man who asked
”Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon?”
As we drove on through the rain, as he listened, I explained
And he left me with a prayer that I’d find you

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
And up ahead’s another town that I’ll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain

In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain