Elvis Presley Do The Clam

Elvis Presley Do The Clam
Written by Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman, and Dolores Fuller. Elvis recorded it in June or July 1964 for his 1965 film Girl Happy. The single release reached #21 on Billboards Hot 100 chart during its 8-week stay. It was the A-side to Youll Be Gone. It is available on Elvis at the Movies, Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II, and Girl Happy.

Hey everybody gather round
Listen to that bongo sound
Grab the first one in your reach
Now we're going to shake the beach

Do the Clam, do the Clam
Grab your barefoot baby by the hand
Turn and tease, hug and squeeze
Dig right in and do the Clam

You can get your heart to spin
On the outside looking in
Moon ain't gonna last all night
Well let's work up an appetite

Do the Clam, do the Clam
Grab your barefoot baby by the hand
Turn and tease, hug and squeeze
Dig right in and do the Clam

Everybody's got that beat
Well listen to those happy feet
Ain't you glad that you found out
What the Clam is all about

Do the Clam, do the Clam
Well, Grab your barefoot baby by the hand
Turn and tease, hug and squeeze
Dig right in and do the Clam

Do the Clam, do the Clam
Grab your barefoot baby by the hand
Turn and tease, hug and squeeze
Dig right in and do the Clam
Dig right in and do the Clam

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[Jackiej61too]

Written by Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman, and Dolores Fuller. Elvis recorded it in June or July 1964 for his 1965 film Girl Happy. The single release reached #21 on Billboards Hot 100 chart during its 8-week stay. It was the A-side to Youll Be Gone. It is available on Elvis at the Movies, Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II, and Girl Happy.

[jensenismyhottie]

Cool. I am sitting here dancing around like a fool! Nice! Love your vids by the way! Elvis at his best right here!

[cazonetta]

@vidnut67 Songs like this were, for Elvis, not "great," but I believe he could have had a satisfying career as both singer and actor if the two had been kept separate careers - he was more than capable for heavier, serious roles. As for this song, however, it's not all that bad considering the movie (not like "Yoga Is As Yoga Does"). Now, had he known singing to bulls and "Old Macdonald" were in his future, it's safe to assume Elvis would have found songs like this absolutely divine.

[chrishirschfeld]

This was actually a song? I like the music but the lyrics seem odd, trying to be polite.

[vidnut67]

If the biographies are true, Elvis was sliding into a depression over the direction of his career, which led him on a spiritual quest which he likely would not have needed to pursue had Colonel Parker not insisted that Elvis stray from what made him big to begin with. Songs like this didn't help. The late Lamar Fike was right; if anyone left too much on the table, it was Elvis.

[vidnut67]

For those who actually like this song and wonder why many Elvis fans detest this, look at the music scene and where this song fit in terms of the context of the time - this song fit nowhere at all. He could have gotten away with this song 4 years earlier, but its peak position of No. 21 along with the British Invasion indicated that the general public wasn't buying it anymore, and Elvis knew it.

[biglongcadillac]

Hottest sax solo of any Elvis movie song, great guitar work too!

[warmflash]

Dolores Fuller was married to Ed Wood. She also starred in a couple of his films.