Ann-Margret sang solo on "My Rival" and Appreciation."
The Forte Four sang "The Climb," a song written by Leiber and Stoller.
The Musicians
Guitar: Scotty Moore, Billy Strange, Tiny Timbrell, Alton Hendrickson, Glenn Campbell
Bass: Bob Moore, Ray Siegel
Drums: D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman, Frank Carlson
Percussion: Roy Hart
Piano: Floyd Cramer, Artie Cane, Calvin Jackson
Trompet: Oliver Mitchell, James Zito
Tronbone: Randall Miller, Herb Taylor
Sax: Boots Randolph, William Green, Steve Douglas
Vocals: The Jordanaires
Vocals: "What'd I Say" The Jubilee Four and the Carole Lombard Quartet
The soundtrack was released in June 1964 as a four track extended play release.
The months from March to Juli were extremely busy, to say the least, for both artist and record company.
On March 6, at the same time as "Viva Las Vegas" was released in the U.K., another film, "Kissin' Cousins," was released in the U.S. Elvis started filming "Roustabout" three days later!
Confused you will be! On April 11, the "Kissin' Cousins" album entered the charts.
During the month of May, a track taken from the "Pot Luck" LP, "Kiss Me Quick" peaked at #34 and both "Viva Las Vegas" and its 'B' side "What'd I Say" charted at #29 and #21 respectively.
In June, Elvis started working on "Girl Happy."
On June 17, "Viva Las Vegas" opened in theaters across the country.
To finish off a manic few months, RCA released "Such A Nigh" from the "Elvis Is Back" LP as a single in July !
Had "Viva Las Vegas" been released at a time less heavily scheduled, it's fair to assume that the complete soundtrack would have been made as an album.
Well, here it is at last!
ROUSTABOUT
The song "I Never Had It So Good" was an alternative for the "One Track Heart" sequence.
It was never recorded by Elvis. Another myth laid to rest!
The Musicians
Guitar: Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Billy Strange
Bass: Bob Moore, Ray Siegel
Drums: D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman, Hal Blaine, Bernie Mattinson
Piano: Floyd Cramer, Dudley Brooks
Sax: Boots Randolph
Vocals: The Jodanaires
Vocals: "Roustabout, " The Mello Men
The tapes for the session were delivered to RCA on August 25.
On November 14, it entered the Billboard album chart and reached #1 !
The album reached #12 in the U.K. in January 1965.
Despite this success, RCA did not release a single from this gold award soundtrack
Instead RCA coupled a new studio recording "Ask Me" with an unreleased performance from 1958,
"Ain't That Loving You Baby."
In November "Blue Christmas" was released for the festive season.
