"Speedway" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Speedway.[1]

"Speedway"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Speedway
Released1968
RecordedJune 20, 1967
Length2:10
Songwriter(s)
  • Mel Glazer
  • Stephen Schlaks

Its first release on record was in 1968 on the soundtrack album Speedway.

Writing and recording

edit

The song was written by Mel Glazer and Stephen Schlaks.[2][3][1][4][5][6]

Presley recorded it on June 20, 1967, at the soundtrack recordings for the MGM movie Speedway (that took place June 20–21, 1967 at the MGM Studios in Hollywood, California.)[7][8]

References

edit
  1. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 September 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 53–. ISSN 0006-2510. Speedway Glazer Schlaks. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc (3 January 2016). CAMION BLANC: ELVIS A HOLLYWOOD Presley fait son cinéma. CAMION BLANC. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-2-35779-747-5.
  3. ^ George Batista Da Silva (11 October 2006). Música E Ecran. Clube de Autores. pp. 213–. PKEY:99031787.
  4. ^ George Batista Da Silva (10 January 2008). Do Vitascope Ao Imax. Clube de Autores. pp. 292–. PKEY:90119728.
  5. ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  6. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  7. ^ Kevin Crouch; Tanja Crouch (9 April 2012). The Gospel According To Elvis. Music Sales Group. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-0-85712-758-7.