Puppet on a String (Elvis Presley song)

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"Puppet on a String"

Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Girl Happy
B-side"Wooden Heart"
Released1965
RecordedJune 16, 1964[1]
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper[1][2][3]

Elvis Presley singles chronology




"I'm Yours"
(1965)
"Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
(1965)
"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
(1966)




"I'm Yours"
(1965)
"Puppet on a String" /
"Wooden Heart"
(1965)
"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
(1966)

"Puppet on a String" is a 1965 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper and recorded by Presley for the MGM film Girl Happy[1] (released to theaters on April 14, 1965).[4][5]


Presley's vocals for "Puppet on a String" and some other tracks were recorded by him (over a backing track that was recorded earlier) during a recording session at Radio Recorders in Culver City (near Los Angeles) on June 16, 1964.[1]


Released in the United States in 1965 as a single with "Wooden Heart" on the B-side,[6] "Puppet on a String" reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 25, 1965, where it would stay for two weeks.[7][2][4] (The other single from the same movie, "Do the Clam", was released earlier in the same year and reached number 21.)[4]




Contents





  • 1 Musical style and lyrics


  • 2 Charts


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Musical style and lyrics


"Puppet on a String" is an easy listening love song.[1]



Charts






Chart (1965)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2]14


References




  1. ^ abcde "Puppet On A String by Elvis Presley Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Songfacts, LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-14..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ abc David F. Lonergan (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0.


  3. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (13 November 1965). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 4–. ISSN 0006-2510.


  4. ^ abc James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.


  5. ^ Thomas Lisanti (24 August 2012). Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. McFarland. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-7864-7297-0.


  6. ^ "Elvis Presley - Puppet On A String at Discogs". Retrieved 2016-12-14.


  7. ^ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1965-12-25




External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics







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