"Girl Happy" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1965 motion picture '' Girl Happy''."GIRL HAPPY (Doc Pomus - Norman Meade) RECORDED: July, 1964 RELEASED: April, 1965 FIRST APPEARANCE: RCA Victor (LP) LPM-3338 (mono) and LSP-3338 (stereo) GIRL HAPPY HIT PRIOR TO ELVIS: None ..." Its first release was on the soundtrack LP '' Girl Happy'' in April 1965.

Writing and recording

The song was written by Doc Pomus and

Norman Meade Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy (September 4, 1930 – July 13, 2011) was an American songwriter and record producer. His best-known composition " Time Is on My Side" (written under the pseudonym of Norman Meade) was made famous by the Rolling Stones, alt ...

(real name Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy). There was also a first attempt at writing a title song for the movie. The first song was penned by Doc Pomus with his long-time collaborator Mort Shuman, but was rejected. (The Pomus-Shuman collaboration started to disintegrate back in 1961 and since then Doc Pomus was encouraged to work with other songwriters.) Presley recorded the song on June 10, 1964, at the June 10–12 and 15 soundtrack sessions for the M.G.M. movie ''Girl Happy'' at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California.

References

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