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Written by: Arthur Gunter Recorded: February 5, 1955, Memphis Recording Service (Sun Studio), Memphis Single: w/ "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", Sun 217 (45rpm and 78rpm), April 1, 1955 Re-released by RCA Victor on 47-6383 (20-6383 for 78rpm), November 1955 Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0604, March 1959 Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #10 on Billboard's Country Best-Seller chart. #5 on the Country Disc Jockey chart. First Elvis song ever to chart nationally! 1st LP release: A Date With Elvis - September 1959 |
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To me, "Baby Let's Play House" encapsulates everything that is Rockabilly! From the iconic pink cadillac reference to the glorious stuttering b-b-b-b-b-b-babies, it's cool cat heaven from start to finish! Let's not forget that 10 years later John Lennon would build an entire song around the line "rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man", while here Elvis just spits it out as another punch line to one of the verses, and moves along to the chorus like it's no big deal. Go cat! Oh, I'll definitely write some more about it too, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, dig the links an' stuff! |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)'Baby Let's Play House' is a medium-fast rock number enlivened by raw and gutsy guitar work. Presley's repetitions of "Baby, baby, baby" are very exciting, and probably influenced Gene Vincent. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 A pure delight, with Elvis getting all tangled up in the "babys" at the end, chuckling... The Complete Elvis, edited by Martin Torgoff, 1982 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for Baby Let's Play House. Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music. "Baby Let's Play House" Links
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Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby, baby Baby baby baby Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you Well, you may go to college, you may go to school You may have a pink cadillac, but don't you be nobody's fool Now baby come back, baby, come Come back, baby, come Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you Now listen let me tell you baby, what I'm talking about Come on back to me, little girl, so we can play some house Now baby come back, baby, come Come back, baby, come Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you Oh let's play house, baby Now this is one thing, baby, I want you to know Come on back and let's play a little house, we can act like we did before. Well, baby, come back, baby, come Come back, baby, come Come back, baby I wanna play house with you Now listen to me, baby, try to understand I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man Now baby come back, baby, come Come back, baby, come Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you Oh, baby baby baby Baby baby baby b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby baby Baby baby baby Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you |
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