Charro! (song)
| "Charro!" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| A-side | "Charro!" "Memories" |
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| Released | March 1969 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
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| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Charro!" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1969 motion picture Charro!, a western directed by Charles Marquis Warren. It was its title song and the only song that played in it, as it was Presley's first film where he didn't sing.
The song was written by Billy Strange and Scott Davis specially for the movie Charro!.
The recordings took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio in Hollywood in October–November 1968. Presley probably overdubbed his vocals on October 15. Takes 5 and 9 were spliced together to form the vocal master.
The song was first released on a single (in March 1969) with "Memories", a song from Elvis' 1968 NBC TV comeback special, on the opposite side. "Charro!" didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Memories" charted, peaking at number 35.
"Charro!"s first LP release was on ther album Almost in Love in late 1970.
On December 1, 1970 the single was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 other Presley's singles).
It is a western-style song.
7" single RCA 47-9731 (March 1969)
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