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Pocketful of Rainbows

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Genre
  
Pop

Label
  
RCA Victor

Producer(s)
  
Joseph Lilley

Length
  
2:35

Writer(s)
  
Fred Wise, Ben Weisman

Recorded
  
May 6, 1960 (1960-05-06)

"Pocketful of Rainbows" is a song from the 1960 Elvis Presley album, G.I. Blues, written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman.

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Song information

The song was recorded on May 6, 1960 at RCA Victors Hollywood studios for his 1960 film G. I. Blues.

In the film version Juliet Prowse (who lip-synched to Loulie Jean Norman's voice) can be seen singing along with Elvis in a cable car in the small German tourist-town Rüdesheim am Rhein

Other versions

  • Jimmy Breedlove. Released on CD 2, "The Demos", that came with the book "Writing for the King" in 2006. It was released on the Follow That Dream label.
  • The song appears on the 1966 Jan & Dean project that was eventually released by Sundazed Records as Save For A Rainy Day in 1996.

    • Revived by Australian singer Colin Cook on the Clarion label (MCK-1630) in 1967

    Jerry Maguire Soundtrack, intro has a great interaction between Elvis and the producer.

    Covered by Japanese technopop group YMO in 1993.

    References

    Pocketful of Rainbows Wikipedia
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