| "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "Please Don't Drag That String Around" | |||
| Released | June 18, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | May 26, 1963 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, pop | |||
| Length | 2:17 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye | |||
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| Elvis Presley - (You're The) Devil In Disguise (Official Animated Video) on YouTube | ||||
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" is a 1963 single by Elvis Presley. It was written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, and Florence Kaye and was published by Elvis Presley Music in June 1963. The song peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on August 10, 1963, and No. 9 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues chart, becoming his final top-ten single on the Rhythm and Blues chart.[1] The song also topped Japan's Utamatic (Nihon Goraku Bussan) record chart in the fall of 1963.[citation needed] The single was certified gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in the US.
In June 1963, when the song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury, celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song "a miss", opining that Presley had become "like Bing Crosby". The song subsequently peaked at No. 1 on the UK singles chart for one week.[2]
Bill Porter engineered the recording session on May 26, 1963, at RCA Studios in Nashville. "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" and its B-side "Please Don't Drag That String Around" were recorded for a full-length album that was scheduled for release in 1963, but RCA Records chose instead to release the material on non-album singles and soundtrack albums.[3] The recording later appeared on the 1968 compilation album Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4.
Bass singer Ray Walker of the Jordanaires, who worked as Presley's backing vocalists for much of his early career, sings the repeated phrase "Oh, yes, you are," during the song's outro.[citation needed]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 468.
- ^ Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon: The Life. Doubleday Canada. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-385-66100-3.
- ^ Christopher Niccoli (1991), liner notes for The "Lost" Album (BMG-RCA 61024-2), 1991