"You're a Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by
Elvis Presley
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in December 1954 during the fourth of Presley's eight
sessions at Memphis' Sun Studio. The recording was released as the B-side of Presley's third single on the Sun label (Sun 215), whose A-side was a cover of
Kokomo Arnold
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's "
Milkcow Blues Boogie
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Session
The song was recorded "November or December, 1954"
[Jorgensen, Ernst, ''Elvis Presley: A Life in Music, The Complete Recording Sessions'', foreword by Peter Guralnick, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1998] with personnel:
* Elvis Presley - lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
*
Scotty Moore
Winfield Scott Moore III (December 27, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American guitarist who formed The Blue Moon Boys in 1954, Elvis Presley's backing band. He was studio and touring guitarist for Presley between 1954 and 1968.
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- lead guitar
*
Bill Black
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- double bass
The single was reissued on
RCA Victor
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records (47-6382). It is listed as 2:10 minutes long, with the publisher Hill & Range BMI. It was also later included on Elvis' seventh studio album, ''
For LP Fans Only
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'' in 1959.
References
Elvis Presley songs
Song recordings produced by Sam Phillips
1954 songs
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