Night Rider (Elvis Presley song)

"Night Rider"
Single by Elvis Presley
A-side"Kiss Me Quick"
"Night Rider"
Released1963 (1963)
RecordedOctober 15, 1961
StudioRCA's Studio B, Nashville
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
Elvis Presley European singles chronology
"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
(1963) 		"Kiss Me Quick" / "Night Rider"
(1963) 		"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" / "Please Don't Drag That String Around"
(1963)

"Night Rider" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for his album Pot Luck with Elvis.[1][2]

The song was released as a B-side to "Kiss Me Quick" in Europe in 1963.[3] In francophone Belgium, "Night Rider" was listed as a double A-side with "Kiss Me Quick", reaching number 29.[4][5]

Later, the song was used for the soundtrack for Elvis' 1965 film Tickle Me and included on the accompanying soundtrack EP as well.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Cover versions of Night Rider by Elvis Presley". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  2. ^ "Pot Luck". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick | Releases". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ultratop.be - Elvis Presley - Night Rider was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "ultratop.be - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick". Ultratop. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  6. ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  7. ^ "Tickle Me". Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". Retrieved 2020-02-15.