Starting Today (Elvis Presley song)

"Starting Today" is a 1961 song by Elvis Presley.

"Starting Today"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the album Something for Everybody
ReleasedJune 17, 1961 (on the album Something for Everybody)
RecordedMarch 12–13, 1961
Length2:03
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Don Robertson
Music video
Elvis Presley "Starting Today" (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
(official audio)

on YouTube

Writing

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The song was written by Don Robertson.[1]

Recording

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Elvis Presley recorded "Starting Today" during his March 12/13, 1961 recording session at the RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]

It was recorded on a 3-track.[3] According to Don Reedman, who with Nick Patrick produced the 2016 album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "[Presley's] original recording is very simple, very sparse".[3]

Release

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The song "Starting Today" was first released on Presley's album Something for Everybody,[4][5] put out on June 17, 1961.

References

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  1. ^ Bar Biszick-Lockwood (2010). Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs. University of Illinois Press. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-0-252-07694-7.
  2. ^ Robert Matthew-Walker (1995). Heartbreak hotel: the life and music of Elvis Presley. Castle Communications. ISBN 978-1-86074-055-8.
  3. ^ a b Elvis Presley - Off the Record: "Starting Today" from the Wonder of You on YouTube
  4. ^ "Don Robertson : Writing For The King : Elvis Articles : : 'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club".
  5. ^ Ron Barry (1976). The Elvis Presley American discography. Spectator Service, Maxigraphics.
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