"You're a Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by

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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

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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 *

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- lead guitar *

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- double bass The single was reissued on

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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, ''

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'' in 1959.

References

Elvis Presley songs Song recordings produced by Sam Phillips 1954 songs {{1950s-song-stub