Do the Clam was released worldwide as a single by RCA Victor,[1] reaching no. 21 on Billboard in the United States, no. 15 on the Record World chart, no. 16 in Canada and the American Cashbox charts, and no. 19 in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4] It was very successful in Australia, where it reached no. 4 on the charts.[5] It has appeared on six compilation albums of Elvis Presley's recordings.
The song's co-writer Dolores Fuller was a songwriter and actress who had played the role as the title character's girlfriend in Ed Wood's 1953 surrealist film, Glen or Glenda. The song was copyrighted on February 4, 1965, and published by Gladys Music, Inc., Elvis Presley's publishing company[6] The B side of the 1965 single release was "You'll Be Gone", written by Red West, Elvis Presley, and Charlie Hodge in 1962. The B side reached no. 121 on Billboard and no. 35 on the Canadian charts. Both songs were on the Girl Happy soundtrack album."You'll Be Gone" was an attempt to create the same kind of song as Begin the Beguine after Elvis Presley's Management Team failed to obtain the rights to cover the song. "You'll Be Gone" is one of the songs for which Elvis Presley got a co-writer credit. (Another Elvis Presley composition is "That's Someone You Never Forget", written with Red West in 1961.)
clam, song, recorded, elvis, presley, 1965, feature, film, girl, happy, written, wayne, weisman, dolores, fuller, 1965, victor, picture, sleeve, 8500single, elvis, presleyfrom, album, girl, happyb, side, gone, releasedfebruary, 1965recordedjune, 1964studioradi. Do the Clam is a pop song recorded by Elvis Presley for his 1965 feature film Girl Happy It was written by Sid Wayne Ben Weisman and Dolores Fuller Do the Clam 1965 U S RCA Victor 45 picture sleeve 47 8500Single by Elvis Presleyfrom the album Girl HappyB side You ll Be Gone ReleasedFebruary 9 1965RecordedJune 12 1964StudioRadio Recorders HollywoodGenrePoprock and rollLength3 17LabelRCA VictorSongwriter s Sid WayneBen WeismanDolores FullerElvis Presley singles chronology Blue Christmas 1965 Do the Clam You ll Be Gone 1965 Crying in the Chapel 1965 Contents 1 Chart History 2 Cover Versions 3 Sources 4 References 5 External linksChart History editDo the Clam was released worldwide as a single by RCA Victor 1 reaching no 21 on Billboard in the United States no 15 on the Record World chart no 16 in Canada and the American Cashbox charts and no 19 in the United Kingdom 2 3 4 It was very successful in Australia where it reached no 4 on the charts 5 It has appeared on six compilation albums of Elvis Presley s recordings The song s co writer Dolores Fuller was a songwriter and actress who had played the role as the title character s girlfriend in Ed Wood s 1953 surrealist film Glen or Glenda The song was copyrighted on February 4 1965 and published by Gladys Music Inc Elvis Presley s publishing company 6 The B side of the 1965 single release was You ll Be Gone written by Red West Elvis Presley and Charlie Hodge in 1962 The B side reached no 121 on Billboard and no 35 on the Canadian charts Both songs were on the Girl Happy soundtrack album You ll Be Gone was an attempt to create the same kind of song as Begin the Beguine after Elvis Presley s Management Team failed to obtain the rights to cover the song You ll Be Gone is one of the songs for which Elvis Presley got a co writer credit Another Elvis Presley composition is That s Someone You Never Forget written with Red West in 1961 Cover Versions editThe song was featured on the 1965 album Teen Beat Discotheque by the Living Guitars The Cramps covered the song in their 1987 album Rockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand In 1991 the song was spoofed by Dread Zeppelin in their song Do The Claw Sources editJorgensen Ernst Elvis Presley A Life In Music New York St Martin s Press 1998 ISBN 0 312 18572 3 Jorgensen Ernst Elvis by the Presleys Liner Notes BMG Heritage 2005 Presley Priscilla Elvis by the Presleys Liner Notes BMG Heritage 2005 Hopkins Jerry Elvis A Biography NY Simon and Schuster 1971 Victor Adam The Elvis Encyclopedia Overlook Hardcover 2008 References edit Do the Clam You ll Be Gone 45cat Song artist 2 Elvis Presley Chart history Do the Clam You ll Be Gone Discogs Cash Box Top 100 Singles Archived from the original on 2022 08 11 Retrieved 2018 12 26 Elvis Presley The Australian Singles Chart 1956 2006 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1967 External links editReview at Allmusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Do the Clam amp oldid 1203778556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
