Pocketful of Rainbows
"Pocketful of Rainbows" is a song from the 1960 Elvis Presley soundtrack album G.I. Blues, written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman.
| "Pocketful of Rainbows" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | |
| from the album G.I. Blues | |
| Recorded | May 6, 1960 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | Fred Wise, Ben Weisman |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Lilley[1] |
Song information
The song was recorded on May 6, 1960, at RCA Victor's Hollywood studios for Elvis Presley's 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 Presley in a cable car in the small German tourist-town Rüdesheim am Rhein.[1][2][3]
In the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire, director Cameron Crowe used an alternate version of "Pocketful of Rainbows", slightly faster than the original one used in G.I. Blues.
Other versions
- Jimmy Breedlove of The Ravens released a version 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.[4]
- 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
- Covered by Japanese technopop group YMO in 1993.
- Canadian rockabilly musician Ray Condo recorded a version.
- Covered by Glenn Danzig on Danzig Sings Elvis in 2020, on Cleopatra Records.
References
- Elvis Presley Recording Sessions
- "German tourist-town Rüdesheim am Rhein Review". 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- Video on YouTube
- 2006 - 2010 - Elvis Presley Gesellschaft Archived 2012-05-27 at archive.today
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