Kid Galahad (EP)

Kid Galahad
EP (soundtrack) by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedAugust 28, 1962
RecordedOctober 26–27, 1961
StudioRadio Recorders (Hollywood)
GenrePop
Length14:03
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJeff Alexander
Elvis Presley chronology
Pot Luck
(1962) 		Kid Galahad
(1962) 		Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)

Kid Galahad is an EP by American singer Elvis Presley, containing six songs from the motion picture of the same name.[4] Six songs were recorded for the film and the soundtrack was issued as an extended play record in August 1962 to coincide with the film's premiere. The extended play record was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 27, 1992, for the sales of 250,000 copies.[5] The featured song from the album, "King of the Whole Wide World", received Top 40 radio airplay and reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The extended play record was the number-one EP in the UK for 17 weeks.[6]

  1. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (September 1, 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 8–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (September 29, 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ James L. Neibaur (April 4, 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
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  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum – RIAA (Search)". RIAA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 415.