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Good Luck Charm

Field	Value
name	Good Luck Charm
cover	Elvis_Good_Luck_Charm_PS.jpg
caption	Original US Picture Sleeve
type	single
artist	Elvis Presley
B-side	Anything That's Part of You
released	February 27, 1962
recorded	October 15, 1961
studio	RCA Studio B, Nashville
genre
length	2:27
label	RCA Victor
writer	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold
producer	Steve Sholes
prev_title	Can't Help Falling in Love
prev_title2	Rock-A-Hula Baby
prev_year	1961
title2	Anything That's Part of You
next_title	She's Not You
next_title2	Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
next_year	1962
misc

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| B-side = Anything That's Part of You

"Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. It was also No. 1 on the Cash Box chart in the US. It reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in the week ending May 24, 1962, and stayed there for five weeks.{{cite book

Background

The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee by Presley on October 15, 1961. It completed his second hat-trick of chart topping singles in the UK. Presley is joined vocally on the chorus by Jordanaires first tenor Gordon Stoker. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on March 27, 1992. The single reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart in a five-week chart run in 2005 in a re-release. The B-side was "Anything That's Part of You", which also reached the Top 40 in the US.

Personnel

Recorded on October 15, 1961, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, the session featured the following personnel:

Jerry Kennedy, guitar, replacing the injured Hank Garland
Scotty Moore, guitar
Bob Moore, bass
Buddy Harman, drums
D.J. Fontana, drums
Floyd Cramer, piano and organ
Boots Randolph, saxophone
Gordon Stoker, accordion
Millie Kirkham, backing vocals
The Jordanaires, backing vocals

Album appearances

The first LP appearance was on the album Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 released in September, 1963. It was on the 1973 RCA Special Products Elvis double LP compilation (DPL2-0056(e)) and the 1978 package Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 and 4 (R214657), a 2 record set. The recording was included on the 1993 compilation From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters. The track also appeared on the 1999 career retrospective collection Artist of the Century. The song was also featured on the 2002 compilation ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits.

References

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