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Written by: Ray Charles Recorded: August 30, 1963, Hollywood Released master is take 4. Single:w/ "Viva Las Vegas", 47-8360, April 28, 1964 Also released on Gold Standard Series, 447-0646, April 6, 1965 Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #13 on Cash Box's Top 100 Chart #21 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart 1st LP release: Elvis Gold Records, Volume 4 - February 1968 |
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 with Ann-Margret | Ray Charles' classic is taken to frantic levels in Elvis' version, but it's mostly the background singers that are losing their minds more than Elvis or the musicians. :) The Carol Lombard Quartet and/or The Jubilee Four are whoopin' it up! The corresponding scene in the film, Viva Las Vegas, is worth checking out for the sexy exchanges between Elvis and Ann-Margret during the "oooh - aaah" part. All in all, this version of the song is campy, noisy and fun, but neither Elvis' nor anyone else's version tops the Ray Charles original. Elvis revisited this tune for his 1969 live shows in Vegas, and he did improve on it! It's still noisy and frantic but in a much better and more modern way! His attempts at reviving it after that don't really do the trick. |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"What'd I Say" is the great rhythm-and-blues hit for Jerry Lee Lewis of two years before. Presley returns to his roots with exciting singing. Unfortunately Presley's voice is harsh, and buried in the general uproar. This cannot be because he was tired, as it was only the second song recorded at these sessions. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 From Viva Las Vegas (1964), Ray Charles' 1959 R&B classic gets a strong treatment from Elvis (former versions included Jerry Lee Lewis in 1961 and Bobby Darin in 1962). Elvis rocks it, backed by the Carol Lombard Quartet and the Jubilee Four. Martin Torgoff  , The Complete Elvis, 1982 Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for What'd I Say Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "What'd I Say" Links
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Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong Come and love your daddy all night long All right, hey, hey, all right now See the girl with the diamond ring She knows how to shake that thing All right, hey, hey, Mmm, all right now Ahhh, Ohh, Ahhh, Ohh, Ahhh, Ohh, Ohh Make me feel so good, make me feel so good right now Make me feel so good, make me feel so good right now Make me feel so good, make me feel so good Mmm, see the girl with the red dress on She can do the dog all night long All right, hmm what'd I say, tell me what'd I say Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say Ahhh, Ohh, Ahhh, Ohh, Ahhh, Ohh, Ohh It's all right, It's all right right now Baby, it's all right, Baby, it's all right right now Baby, it's all right, Oh yeah! Baby shake that thing, baby shake that thing right now Baby shake that thing, baby shake that thing right now Baby shake that thing, well I feel all right |
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