"Almost in Love" is a song recorded by

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture ''

Live a Little, Love a Little ''Live a Little, Love a Little'' is a 1968 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley. It was directed by Norman Taurog, who had directed several previous Presley films. This was to be Taurog's final film, as he went blind shortly after p ...

''. Luiz Bonfa had previously released an instrumental version of this tune in 1966 called "Moonlight in Rio". In September 1968 it was released on a single with the song "

A Little Less Conversation "A Little Less Conversation" is a 1968 song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley, written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange and published by Gladys Music, Inc., originally performed in the film '' Live a Little, Love a Little''. The song becam ...

" on the other side. Its first LP release was as the title track of Presley's budget album '' Almost in Love'' in November 1970. On December 1, 1970, the single "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 other Presley's singles).

Writing

The song is credited to

Luiz Bonfá Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film ''Black Orpheus''. Biography Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in ...

and

Randy Starr Randy Starr (born Warren Nadel, July 2, 1930) is an American dentist and singer-songwriter known for writing twelve songs for Elvis Presley. Early life Starr was educated at Columbia University where he took his undergraduate degree from Columb ...

Recording

Presley recorded it on March 7, 1968.

Track listings

7" single (RCA Victor 49.569, 29 November 1968) # Almost In Love (3:00) #

(2:00)

Charts

References

External links

Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires – Almost in Love / A Little Less Conversation
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