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Written by: Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett Recorded: February 17, 1966, Radio Recorders, Hollywood. Released master is take 5. Single: w/ "Spinout", RCA 47-8941, September 13, 1966 Also released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0658, January 23, 1968. Highest U.S. Charts Position: #41 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart #9 on Billboard Easy-Listening chart #37 on Cash Box Top 100 chart 1st LP release: Spinout - October 1966 |
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"All That I Am", from the soundtrack to the film Spinout, is typical of Elvis' movie soundtrack ballads from the mid-60s. The songwriting team of Tepper and Bennett were notorious for cranking out the silliest soundtrack tunes, but they were best when they stuck to ballads. This melody is pleasant enough, sung quite well, but it just sounds like Elvis could've done better. He was quite capable of elevating songs like this when he gave it a shot. You can't help but wonder what Elvis might have done with a song like this if he'd been in the studio with a producer like Felton Jarvis or Chet Atkins working on a regular album, instead of cranking out another Hollywood soundtrack. |
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Still, Elvis manages to hold his own, crooning with the best of them, and even getting into the Top Ten on the Easy-Listening charts! So, if you suddenly get an urge to listen to the King Of Rock N Roll doing a lounge song from the mid-60s, you could do a lot worse than digging out your copy of "All That I Am"! |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"'All That I Am' is a slow Bossa Nova, with a Spanish-guitar opening, very well sung..." Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for All That I Am Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "All That I Am" Links
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All that I am or ever hope to be Lies in your hands You are my destiny When you are in my arms, I rule the world And when were far apart, how cruel the world All that I want is to be near to you To spend my life making it clear to you You are my heart, my soul, my dream come true All that I am, I am because of you All that I want is to be near to you To spend my life making it clear to you You are my heart, my soul, my dream come true All that I am, I am because of you Because of you Because of you |
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