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by Haruo Hirose

(Last update, Feb.25,1996)

"FRANKIE AND JOHNNY / PARADISE,HAWAIIAN STYLE"

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CD 07863-66360-2
    (From 1966 film,"FRANKIE AND JOHNNY")
  1. FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
    Old folk song sung from mid-1800. 1935 film,"Frankie And Johnny",Another title,"Frankie's Man,Johnny". New lirics was written for the film. Sam Cooke 1963 record was #14 on Hot 100. Sammy Davis,Jr.sung it in his 1956 film,"Meet Me in Las Vegas".
  2. COME ALONG
  3. PETUNIA, THE GARDNER'S DAUGHTER
  4. CHESAY
  5. WHAT EVERY WOMAN LIVES FOR
  6. LOOK OUT, BROADWAY
  7. BEGINNER'S LUCK
  8. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE / WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
    Both songs are famous traditional numbers recorded by many singers. Louis Armstrong's "When the Saints Go Marching In" was Top10 hit in 1939.
  9. SHOUT IT OUT
  10. HARD LUCK
  11. PLEASE DON'T STOP LOVING ME
  12. EVERYBODY COME ABOARD
    (From 1966 film,"PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE")
  13. PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE
    Original title,"Hawaii,USA"
  14. QUEENEE WAHINE'S PAPAYA
  15. SCRATCH MY BACK (THEN I'LL SCRATCH YOURS)
  16. DRUMS OF THE ISLAND
    Re-written from Tonga's "Bula Lai". It still has been sung in Polinesian Culture Center in Hawaii.
  17. DATIN'
  18. A DOG'S LIFE
  19. HOUSE OF SAND
  20. STOP WHERE YOU ARE
  21. THIS IS MY HEAVEN
  22. SAND CASTLE(not used in a film)

"SPINOUT / DOUBLE TROUBLE"

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CD 07863-66361-2
    (From 1966 film,"SPINOUT")
  1. STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN
  2. ADAM AND EVIL
  3. ALL THAT I AM
  4. NEVER SAY YES
    "Spinout" was originally titled "Never Say Yes".
  5. AM I READY
  6. BEACH SHACK
  7. SPINOUT
  8. SMORGASBORD
  9. I'LL BE BACK
    (From 1967 film,"DOUBLE TROUBLE")
  10. DOUBLE TROUBLE
  11. BABY, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR LOVE
  12. COULD I FALL IN LOVE
  13. LONG LEGGED GIRL (WITH A SHORT DRESS ON)
  14. CITY BY NIGHT
  15. OLD MacDONALD
    American song everybody knows. Frank Sinatra #25 on Hot 100 in 1960.
  16. I LOVE ONLY ONE GIRL
    Old French song,"Aupres Dema Blonde"
  17. THERE IS SO MUCH WORLD TO SEE
  18. IT WON'T BE LONG(not used in a film)

"KISSIN' COUSINS / CLAMBAKE / STAY AWAY,JOE"

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CD 07863-66362-2
    (From 1964 film,"KISSIN' COUSINS")
  1. KISSIN' COUSINS (NO.2)
    This is a different number from Elvis' single released "Kissin' Cousins"
  2. SMOKEY MOUNTAIN BOY
  3. THERE'S GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS(not used in a film)
  4. ONE BOY, TWO LITTLE GIRLS
  5. CATCHIN' ON FAST
  6. TENDER FEELING
    Old American song,"Shenandoah". Harry Belafonte's version is famous.
  7. ANYONE(COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU)(not used in a film)
  8. BAREFOOT BALLAD
  9. ONCE IS ENOUGH
  10. KISSIN' COUSINS
    (From 1967 film,"CLAMBAKE")
  11. CLAMBAKE
  12. WHO NEEDS MONEY
  13. A HOUSE THAT HAS EVERYTHING
  14. CONFIDENCE
    Very similar to the Sinatra's 1959 hit,"High Hopes"
  15. HEY, HEY, HEY
  16. YOU DON'T KNOW ME(Original Film Version)
    Eddy Arnold's 1955 hit(#10 on Country),Jerry Vale #14 on Hot 100. In 1962 Ray Charles hitted #2 on Hot 100. Elvis didn't satisfied with film version of it and he re-recorded it later. And the re-recording version was released in "Clambake" album.
  17. THE GIRL I NEVER LOVED
  18. HOW CAN YOU LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD(not used in a film)
  19. CLAMBAKE (Reprise)(Previously unreleased)(not used in a film)
    (From 1968 film,"STAY AWAY,JOE")
  20. STAY AWAY, JOE
  21. DOMINIC(Previously unreleased) 1961 hit,"Dominique" by the Singing Nun is a different song.
  22. ALL I NEEDED WAS THE RAIN
  23. GOIN' HOME(not used in a film)
  24. STAY AWAY An old England song from the 16th century,"Greensleeves"was re-wrote for the film.