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| Paramount Scoring Stage - Mexico City, Mexico |
| Scoring Sessions for Paramount's
King Creole |
| Paramount Producer : Hal Wallis |
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Paramount Seal
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1A |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:06 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Turtles, Berries, Gumbo
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1B1 |
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| Unedited |
(M) |
1:54 |
Edit of ATD-1:
Spliced from "Turtles" verse,
"Berries" verse, "Gumbo" verse
& "Ending" |
Acetate° |
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(M) |
1:06 |
Edit of ATD-1:
1st verse of "Turtles",
2nd verse of "Berries",
2nd verse of "Gumbo" & "Ending" |
Soundtrack°~The Best Of British - 1957-1958°
(faded)+Acetate° |
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"Main Title" - Brass Sweetener
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1CCB |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take 1 |
(M) |
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"Main Title" - String Bridge
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1CCS |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take 1 |
(M) |
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Crawfish (movie version)
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1D |
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| Spliced |
(M) |
2:45 |
Composite of FS-2 & FFV-7
Unedited movie version |
Acetate° |
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| Edit |
(M) |
1:57 |
Edited movie version |
Soundtrack°~The Best Of British - 1957-1958°+The Complete '50s Movie
Masters And Session Recordings 2 (MRS)° |
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"Main Title" And Opening Scenes (movie version opening)
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1AATD |
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| Take 1 |
(M) |
6:24 |
Composite of 1A, 1B, 1B1, 1C & 1D
Unedited movie version
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Acetate° |
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| Edit |
(M) |
4:40 |
Composite of 1A, 1B, 1B1, 1C & 1D
Edited movie version
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Soundtrack° |
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Steadfast, Loyal And True (movie version)
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2B |
(February 20 1958) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:41 |
Recorded on the movie set |
King Creole (FTD)°~The Complete '50s Movie Masters And Session
Recordings 1 (MRS)° (edited)+The Best Of British - 1957-1958°
~Soundtrack° |
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Broken Bottles
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2C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:36 |
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Soundtrack° |
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A Tough Danny
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3B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:33 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Lover Doll
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3C |
(January 16 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
2:12 |
Playback of HTDX-1 |
Soundtrack° |
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The Stripper
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4B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:05 |
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Soundtrack° |
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The Blue Shade No. 2
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4C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:44 |
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Soundtrack° |
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The Blue Shade No. 3
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4D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:41 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Drum Roll & Cymbal Crash
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4D1 |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:03 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Intro Into 'Trouble'
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4E |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:05 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Trouble
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4F |
(January 15 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
2:15 |
Playback of CTD-1 |
Soundtrack° |
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New Orleans
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4G |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:50 |
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Soundtrack° |
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No Party - New Orleans
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5B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
2:12 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Young Dreams (piano solo)
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5C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:10 |
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Soundtrack° |
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King Creole (street scene No. 1)
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5D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:58 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Crawfish
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5E |
(January 15 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
0:34 |
Playback of FFV-7
(Kitty White vocals only)
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Soundtrack° |
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Piano Solo - Young Dreams
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6B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:03 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Don't Ask Me Why (Garden Radio)
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6C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:57 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Bourbon Street March (street scene No.2)
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6D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:15 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Banana
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6E |
(January 29 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
2:06 |
Playback of STD-1 (edit)
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Soundtrack° |
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Banana (bow music for ending)
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7A |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:10 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Drum Roll & Fanfare
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7B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:11 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Dixieland Rock
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7C |
(January 16 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
1:44 |
Playback of GTD-1 |
Soundtrack° |
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Bourbon Street March (street scene No.3)
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7D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:10 |
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Soundtrack° |
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River Trip
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7E |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
2:40 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Young Dreams
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7F |
(January 23 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
2:21 |
Playback of QTD-1 |
Soundtrack° |
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Presley Bounce
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8C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:24 |
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Soundtrack° |
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New Orleans (movie version)
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8D |
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| Spliced |
(M) |
1:56 |
Composite of DTD-1 & W-1 (backing vocals) |
Soundtrack°~The Best Of British - 1957-1958° |
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Bourbon Street March (backstage no.1)
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9B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:40 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Dixieland Rock (backstage no.2)
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9C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:34 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Hard Headed Woman
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10D |
(January 15 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
0:32 |
Playback of BTD-1 (edit) |
Soundtrack° |
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Danny (movie version)
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10C |
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| Spliced |
(M) |
1:56 |
Composite of UTD-1 & UHC-3 |
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King Creole (tommy gun effect - drum)
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10DD |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
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King Creole (guitar sweetener)
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10DDG |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
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Jew's Harp Effect (for guitar gliss)
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| Take NA |
(M) |
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As Long As I Have You (Carolyn Jones)
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11B |
(February 20 1956?) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:13 |
Carolyn Jones vocal - recorded
on the movie set |
Soundtrack° |
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As Long As I Have You
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11C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:09 |
"Remember that one..." |
Soundtrack° |
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Danny's Defeat
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11D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:56 |
(Consisting of:
'As Long As I Have You' &
'Danny's Defeat') |
Soundtrack° |
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Don't Ask Me Why (guitar sweetener)
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11EEG |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
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Don't Ask Me Why (sax sweetener)
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11EEAS |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
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Don't Ask Me Why (movie version)
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11E |
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| Spliced |
(M) |
2:05 |
Composite of JTD-1, 11EEG,
& 11EEAS |
Soundtrack° |
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King Creole (street scene)
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11F |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:03 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Church Bells (high)
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| Take NA |
(M) |
0:37 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Church Bells (low)
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| Take NA |
(M) |
0:37 |
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Soundtrack° |
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The Other Man
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12B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:35 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Alley Fight (revised)
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12C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
6:26 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Ronnie Helps Danny
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13A |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:32 |
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Soundtrack° |
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The Montage
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13B |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:34 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Danny Recovers
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13C |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:31 |
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Soundtrack° |
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The End Of Maxie And Ronnie
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13D |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
1:54 |
(Consisting of:
'The End Of Maxie And Ronnie',
'As Long As I Have You' &
'The End Of Maxie And Ronnie') |
Soundtrack° |
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Lover Doll (street scene no.6)
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13E |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:14 |
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Soundtrack° |
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Nellie Returns
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13FG |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:40 |
(Consisting of:
'Danny' & 'Young Dreams') |
Soundtrack° |
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Intro To 'As Long As I Have You'
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13HH |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:16 |
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Soundtrack° |
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As Long As I Have You
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13J |
(January 16 1958) |
| PB |
(M) |
1:48 |
Playback of KTD-1 |
Soundtrack° |
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Finale
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13K |
April 21 - 23 1958 (Mon - Wed) |
| Take NA |
(M) |
0:19 |
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Soundtrack° |
These are scoring sessions for the movie King Creole.
On February 20 1958, the motion picture musicians union went on strike. To get around this problem Hal Wallis decided to send the film to Mexico City for post-production work, hence the scoring sessions being held there. Because Paramount producer Walter Scharf was a member of the union, he couldn't break the strike, so Hal Wallis oversaw these sessions personally.
The original unedited acetate of 'Main Title And Opening Scenes' (1AATD-1) (6 minutes and 31seconds) is compiled and edited as follows:
Paramount Seal (0:06)
Turtles, Berries, Gumbo (Track "A" spliced - 2:15), consisting of:
(opening) Turtles, Berries, Gumbo
(Turtles) Turtles, sweet ole turtles, I got turtles for you ladies
Turtles jumping in my pan, to hold them in takes a mighty man
Now don't you settle for the rest, 'cause ma'am i've got the very best.
(Berries) Berries, nice fresh berries, I got berries for you ladies
I've got berries nice and fine, I just took 'em from the vine
Took me 'bout a thousand trips, but none are sweet as your lips.
(Gumbo) Gumbo, yes, it's gumbo, I've got gumbo for you ladies
I've got gumbo steaming hot, and it comes straight from the pot
I cooked and stirred it all the day for you pretty girls to take away.
(ending) Turtles, Berries, Gumbo
Segue into Main Title Instrumental (Track "R" Take 8 - 1:31)
(brass sweetener, overdubbed to R-08)
(string bridge overdubbed from fadeout, to connect to 'Crawfish')
Segue into Crawfish (Track "F" Take 7, High Elvis vocal, High Kitty White vocal & Kitty White "Duet" passages - 2:45)
(Kitty White) Crawfish, crawfish
See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis) Well I went to the bayou just last night
There wasn't no moon but the stars were bright
Put a big long hook on a big long pole
And I pulled Mr Crawfish out-a his hole
Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis & Kitty White) See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis) Now take Mr Crawfish in your hand
He's gonna look good in your fryin' pan
If you fry him crisp or you boil him right
He'll be sweeter than sugar with every bite
Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis & Kitty White) See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
The version of the 'Main Title And Opening Scenes' used in the movie is edited down to 4 minutes and 40 seconds, and is edited as follows:
Paramount Seal
Turtles, Berries, Gumbo consisting of:
(opening) Turtles, Berries, Gumbo
(Turtles) Turtles, sweet ole turtles, I got turtles for you ladies
(Berries) I've got berries nice and fine, I just took 'em from the vine
Took me 'bout a thousand trips, but none are sweet as your lips.
(Gumbo) I've got gumbo steaming hot, and it comes straight from the pot
I cooked and stirred it all the day for you pretty girls to take away.
(ending) Turtles, Berries, Gumbo
Segue into Main Title Instrumental
Segue into Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish, crawfish, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis) Well I went to the bayou just last night
There wasn't no moon but the stars were bright
Put a big long hook on a big long pole
And I pulled Mr Crawfish out-a his hole
Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis & Kitty White) See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis) Now take Mr Crawfish in your hand
He's gonna look good in your fryin' pan
If you fry him crisp or you boil him right
He'll be sweeter than sugar with every bite
Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
(Elvis & Kitty White) See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes
Sweet meat, look, fresh and ready to cook.
(Elvis) Crawfish
(Kitty White) Crawfish
See I got 'em, see the size, stripped and cleaned before your eyes.
The movie version of 'Steadfast, Loyal And
True' is the first verse of the song, then
repeated faster, and
was recorded on the movie set.
The movie version of 'New Orleans' contains additional vocals ("Where") by The Jordanaires, taken from Track "W", and finger-clicks recorded on the movie set.
The movie version of 'King Creole' contains a "Tommy Gun" drum overdub, a "Jew's Harp" effect guitar gliss, a guitar sweetener, and finger-clicks recorded on the movie set.
All timings in the 'Musical Breakdown' below are taken from the Blu-Ray release of the movie.
Thanks to David English for research.
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Acetate
"Main Title" & Opening Scenes
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Musical Breakdown
King Creole
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