"If Every Day Was Like Christmas" is a song written in 1965 by Red West and popularized by his friend and employer Elvis Presley in 1966 when he recorded and released it as a single.[1][2] Presley released it again in 1970 on his Camden Elvis' Christmas Album.
^Sharp, Ken; West, Red (24 June 2017). "Red West Remembers Writing For The King". Elvis.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019. One night we [,Elvis and I,] were in the theatre and for some reason the urge hit me to write a holiday song. It was August, I think. I got home, didn't say anything to anybody and wrote If Every Day Was like Christmas in about an hour, and hour and a half. I recorded a demo with Chips Moman at Stax. I spent a lot of money like an idiot to put it out locally here. Then Elvis was getting ready to record a Christmas song and I had him listen to it. He went to Nashville to record three songs and then he got sick or faked sickness. He didn't feel like going into the studio at the time so I went in and did the vocals for those three songs. I sang while the band played. We had a tape recorder with us and I took it back to the hotel. Elvis wanted to hear it. It was a two track tape recorder and right there in the hotel he put his voice over it. He loved the songs.
^Neale, david (17 September 2019). "Elvis Presley - The Originals". Davidneale.eu. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019. [Presley's lead vocals were] recorded by Elvis on Sunday, 12 June 1966... [Red] West was something of a songwriter, too, and he provided Elvis with several half-decent numbers, including this one. He wrote "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" in 1965 and recorded his own version on the Brent label, which was his own label, named after his son. Although the writing credits on the label show Red West's own name, the artist is shown as Bobby West. 2,000 copies were pressed and sold locally in the Memphis area around Christmas 1965.
