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release date: 1960
format: vinyl (47-9314)
[single rate: 4 / 5] [4,00]
producer: ?
label: RCA - nationality: USA
Tracklist: A) "O sole mio (It's Now or Never)" (5 / 5) - - B) "Make Me Know It"
Single release credited Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires. The title song is a cover of an Italian song credited Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi with English lyrics by Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder.
This German issue was part of my parents' record collection, although, I don't have clear memories of actually having heard my parents play this particular single. I did, however, used to play it on a portable turntable at 6-10 years of age. I liked Elvis but frankly never was a big fan. I think, growing up in the early seventees I had a more fixated image of Elvis in his late career, when he had gained weight, was all dressed up, and sometimes behaving as if intoxicated. I thought of him as a performer as someone more for my parents - say on par with Charles Aznavour and Frank Sinatra - and in that battle, Sinatra always won. And then, I was more a fan of The Beatles, whom I saw as more vital and with more to offer. In retrospect, and already into my 30s I had a more mature and positive perspective on the role of The King. His legacy is unquestionable, despite him overshadowing many great performers, who would only be known and put to fame long after Presley's death. His music lives on, and he made some truly great recordings, and "O sole mio" is one of many to know of.
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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.
