Crawfish is a song written by Fred Wise

Fred Wise (lyricist)

Fred Wise was the co-writer of the lyrics to the 1948 song "'A' — You're Adorable" with Buddy Kaye. He subsequently wrote many of the songs sung by Elvis Presley in his movies....

 (lyrics) and Ben Weisman

Ben Weisman

Ben Weisman was an eccentric American composer significant for having written more songs recorded by Elvis Presley than any other songwriter in history. The "Mad Professor" as Weisman was nicknamed by Elvis, worked with the King from 1956 to 1971...

 (music) and recorded as a duet by the jazz singer Jean "Kitty" Bilbrew (aka. Kitty White) and Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

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It was the opening song for Presley's 1958 movie "King Creole".

Recording

Bilbrew and Presley recorded the song on January 15, 1958 during the soundtrack recording session for the Paramount movie „King Creole“ at Radio Recorders, West Hollywood, California. The producer was Walter Scharf

Walter Scharf

Walter Scharf was an American film composer.Born in New York, he was the son of Yiddish theatre comic Bessie Zwerling...

, the sound engineer Thone Nogar. At least eight takes have been recorded; the master is take seven.