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Bossa Nova Baby

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B-side
  
"Witchcraft"

Format
  
7", 45rpm

Released
  
October 1963

Length
  
2:02

Recorded
  
January 22, 1963, at Radio Recorders, Hollywood

Genre
  
Rock and roll, bossa nova

"Bossa Nova Baby" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded on January 22, 1963, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack of the 1963 motion picture Fun in Acapulco.

The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and number twenty on the Billboard R&B Singles chart in 1963. It also reached number 13 in the UK charts.

It was first recorded and released by Tippie and the Clovers in 1962.

References

Bossa Nova Baby Wikipedia