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Written by: Bert Carroll, Russell Moody Recorded: February 1, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood Released master is take 22. Single:w/ "Doncha' Think It's Time", 47-7240, April 1, 1958 Also released on 78rpm, 20-7240, April 1, 1959 Also re-released on Gold Standard Series, 447-0622, September 8, 1959 RIAA Certified: Platinum (as of 03/27/1992) Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles 1st LP release: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Cant Be Wrong, Elvis Gold Records, Vol 2 - December 1959 |
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 | When Elvis went into the recording studio in February 1958, he probably had trouble concentrating on the task at hand. He was a month away from entering the army, and the pressure was on to get some songs in the can beforehand. Also this was a daytime session and Elvis preferred recording in the evening and overnight hours. In the end, he was only able to produce a couple of usable songs, and those didn't come easy. It took 22 takes to get the master for "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck", but it was the clear highlight of the session! |
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This wild rocker may have silly and dated lyrics (Does anyone wear someone's ring on a chain around their neck anymore?), but that was par for the course in a '50s rock-n-roll song: inane lyrics spit out at 90 miles an hour on top of a heavy fast beat and stinging guitar. Reviewer Robert Matthew-Walker (below) is right about Elvis' voice being buried behind the noise at times, but I don't think the recording suffers from that. All those rock-n-roll ingredients are here in this classic, and the chaos is part of the appeal! The song has been revived to good use since, as well. Bruce Springsteen occasionally ended concerts with this one for an encore in the mid '70s, and Ricky Van Shelton added his version to his Greatest Hits album in 1992, which became a modest country hit. |
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Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" also disappoints, but for different reasons: here the recording is at fault, with Presley in the background, submerged beneath the powerhouse noise and hard-driving rhythm of this fast rocker. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Heavy duty, vintage rocker from the early RCA catalogue. Elvis spinning off lyrics like a madman and D.J. Fontana drumming like a machine-gun, nearly breaking his sticks. The Complete Elvis, edited by Martin Torgoff, 1982 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" Links
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Won't you wear my ring around your neck To tell the world I'm yours, by heck Let them see your love for me And let them see by the ring around your neck Won't you wear my ring around your neck To tell the world I'm yours, by heck Let them know I love you so And let them know by the ring around your neck They say that goin' steady is not the proper thing They say that we're too young to know the meaning of a ring I only know that I love you and that you love me too So, darling, please do what I ask of you Won't you wear my ring around your neck To tell the world I'm yours, by heck Let them see your love for me And let them see by the ring around your neck Let them know I love you so And let them know by the ring around your neck |
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