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Kissin' Cousins is a 1964 musical film starring Elvis Presley in two roles, one as an American soldier, the other a hillbilly.

The soundtrack, Kissin' Cousins, is the twentieth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2894, in April of 1964. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 27, and September 29 and 30, 1963. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

Since the sessions for Viva Las Vegas had gone way over budget, released after but completed before Kissin' Cousins, Colonel Parker determined for fiscal prudence to have the songs recorded at Studio B, away from Hollywood and its distractions, and its platoon of available on-call musicians. Demand for songs to fill long-playing soundtrack albums, by now a regularity as the EP single was becoming less and less a viable sales item, strained the resources of the stable of Presley songwriters, with five songs alone originating from the team of Giant, Baum and Kaye.

Nine soundtrack songs were knocked off by Presley with members of the Nashville A-Team during two evening sessions in September, with two distinct versions by different songwriters of the title track, one recorded in Presley's normal voice and the other with a mock-hillbilly twang. The normal "Kissin' Cousins" would be issued as a single in February of 1964, with "It Hurts Me" on the b-side. It would peak at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, its flipside making it independently to #29.

As had happened with the the previous soundtrack, two additional tracks, "Echoes of Love" and "(It's A) Long Lonely Highway" by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman were taken from the aborted "lost" album sessions of May, 1963, and added here to bring the running order up to twelve tracks. Three selections — "Once Is Enough," "One Boy, Two Little Girls," and the single — found their way onto the 1995 soundtrack compilation.

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• pop
• vocal
• Elvis
• Presley
• Victor
• Milrose
• Lenore
• Rosenblatt

[Magryd3344]

Oh Rey, I´ve never heard this one before. A lovely song and a great upload. Well that´s probably because I´ve never seen the movie "Kissin´cousins". But the guys are whisteling false, a bit disturbing I think....lol. Playlisted. Thanks!

Maggan

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[Wilcox3]

This Is One Of My Alltime Favorite Elvis Presley Movie

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[OCW2009]

love this song , one of my fav's

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[Homonuevo]

Those movies were pure entertainment, not meant to be great. Thank god, some of them were a bit funny and included some pretty good songs. Unfortunately, they include some of Elvis's worst songs too.

[vn504874]

Very much like the Elvis's song and movie that full of sunshine and health

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[Bodukerocks]

loved loved loved kissin cousins!!! :D