Crawfish (1958 song)

Crawfish (1958 song)

Crawfish is a song written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music) and recorded as a duet by the jazz singer Jean "Kitty" Bilbrew (aka. Kitty White) and Elvis Presley.

It was the opening song for Presley's 1958 movie "King Creole".[1][2][3]

Recording

Bilbrew and Presley recorded the song on January 15, 1958 during the soundtrack recording session for the Paramount movie „King Creole“ at Radio Recorders, West Hollywood, California. The producer was Walter Scharf, the sound engineer Thone Nogar. At least eight takes have been recorded; the master is take seven.

References

  1. ^ Pitre, Glen (1993). The crawfish book: the story of man and mudbugs starting in 25,000 B.C. and ending with the batch just put on to boil. University Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN 9780878055999. 
  2. ^ Caine, Andrew James (2004). Interpreting rock movies: the pop film and its critics in Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780719065385. 
  3. ^ Matthew-Walker, Robert (1995). Heartbreak hotel: the life and music of Elvis Presley. Castle Communications. p. 86. ISBN 9781860740558. 

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