Kiss Me Quick (song)
Encyclopedia
"Kiss Me Quick" is a song written by Doc Pomus
and Mort Shuman
, recorded by Elvis Presley
on June 25, 1961, and released on June 5, 1962 through RCA
as a part of the album Pot Luck
. The song, backed by "Something Blue", was released in the United Kingdom
and Europe
as a single by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
on December 1962 through RCA Victor. It was listed as number-one single for eight weeks, from June until July 1963, in Europe.
A 4-track extended play
of the same name was released in 1964 in the Netherlands
. It features "Kiss Me Quick" and "Night Rider" on side one, and "Joshua Fit the Battle" and "Judy" on side two. The song is also featured on many of Elvis Presley's compilation and other or various artists' albums.
The song was covered by Austrian popular singer and composer, Udo Jürgens
, who released his cover of the song many times and in many formats form 1963 on, by Japanese
rock
band, Sheena & The Rokkets
, on the band's 1980 album Channel Good. "Kiss Me Quick" was also in the repertoires of German
tenor
, Peter Hofmann
, who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera
, rock
, pop
, and musical theatre
, and, of course, of Swedish
Elvis impersonator
, Eilert Pilarm
.
Albums containing "Kiss Me Quick".
Doc Pomus
Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
and Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
, recorded by 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"....
on June 25, 1961, and released on June 5, 1962 through RCA
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
as a part of the album Pot Luck
Pot Luck (album)
Pot Luck with Elvis is the fifteenth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2523, in June 1962. Recording sessions took place on March 22, 1961, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, and on June 25 and October 15, 1961, and March 18 and March 19, 1962, at RCA Studio B...
. The song, backed by "Something Blue", was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
as a single by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972...
on December 1962 through RCA Victor. It was listed as number-one single for eight weeks, from June until July 1963, in Europe.
A 4-track extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
of the same name was released in 1964 in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It features "Kiss Me Quick" and "Night Rider" on side one, and "Joshua Fit the Battle" and "Judy" on side two. The song is also featured on many of Elvis Presley's compilation and other or various artists' albums.
The song was covered by Austrian popular singer and composer, Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years...
, who released his cover of the song many times and in many formats form 1963 on, by Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band, Sheena & The Rokkets
Sheena & The Rokkets
are a Japanese guitar rock band. They are one of the Mentai Rock artists who were popular in the late 1970s. Their single Lemon Tea is widely covered in Japan, by, for example, Mad Soldiers, the Red Pepper Girls and Hitomi.- Singles :#涙のハイウェイ...
, on the band's 1980 album Channel Good. "Kiss Me Quick" was also in the repertoires of German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
, Peter Hofmann
Peter Hofmann
Peter Hofmann was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence in 1976 as a heldentenor at the Bayreuth festival where he drew critical acclaim for his performance of Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die...
, who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, and musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, and, of course, of Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Elvis impersonator
Elvis impersonator
An Elvis impersonator is someone who impersonates or copies famed American musician Elvis Presley. Professional Elvis impersonators can work all over the world as entertainers, and such tribute acts are in great demand due to the unique iconic status of Elvis...
, Eilert Pilarm
Eilert Pilarm
Eilert Dahlberg , who uses the stage name Eilert Pilarm is a Swedish Elvis impersonator.He gained fame when he performed on Morgonpasset in 1992....
.
Releases and appearances
Extended plays and singles releases for "Kiss Me Quick".| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1962 | "Kiss Me Quick" / "Something Blue" by 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".... and The Jordanaires The Jordanaires The Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972... Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: December 1962 Label: RCA Victor RCA 1375 Country: UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... , Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
| 1963 | "Kiss Me Quick" / "Night Rider" by Elvis Presley Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: December 1963 Label: RCA Records 47-9452 Country: Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
| 1964 | "Suspicion Suspicion (Pomus song) "Suspicion" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was one of 25 songs Pomus and Shuman wrote for Elvis Presley."Suspicion" featured on Presley's 1962 album Pot Luck with Elvis. The song became a hit in 1964, through an Elvis sound-alike cover version by Terry Stafford. The Stafford... " / "Kiss Me Quick" by Elvis Presley Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor 45.562 S Country: France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
| 1964 | "Kiss Me Quick" / "No More" by Elvis Presley Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor 47-1085 Country: Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
| 1964 | "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" by Elvis Presley Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: April 14, 1964 Label: RCA Victor 447-0639 Country: United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| 1964 | Kiss Me Quick by Elvis Presley Type: Extended play Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor EP RCA 1375 Country: Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... Side A
Side B
|
| 1968 | "The Night Rider" / "Kiss Me Quick" by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1968 Label: RCA Victor 47-9452 Country: Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
| 1976 | "Suspicion" / "Kiss Me Quick" by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires by Elvis Presley Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1977 Label: RCA Victor 447-0639 Country: Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
| 1977 | "Suspicion" / "Kiss Me Quick" by Elvis Presley Type: Single Format: 7" Vinyl Released: 1977 Label: RCA Victor PB 9058 Country: Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Albums containing "Kiss Me Quick".
- 1962 Pot Luck (Vinyl RCA PL42737)
- 1973 A Portrait In Music (Vinyl RCA Victor SRS558)
- 1977 Disco De Ouro (Vinyl RCA 1094001)
- 1977 Record Covers (Vinyl RCA 4711000)
- 1978 Elvis (Vinyl AMIGA 855630)
- 1980 Elvis Forever Vol. 2 (Vinyl RCA CL42853)
- 1985 Sweet Songs (various artists compilation) (CD Ariola Express 970320)
- 1987 His 32 (Vinyl RCA Special Products SPLP010787)
- 1988 Pot Luck (CD reissue RCA ND89098)
- 1988 Remembering Elvis (CD Pair PDC-2-1037)
- 1989 Love Me Tender (CD Ariola Express 295052)
- 1989 Elvis Presley (Vinyl, Box Set RCA Victor 1150005AB-CD-EF)
- 1990 The Definite Love Album (CD RCA 868050, Aris 886805)
- 1991 Elvis: The King – Die Hits der Deutschen Charts (CD BMG International PD90583)
- 1992 Elvis Forever II (CD RCA PD90680)
- 1993 From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters (CS RCA 66160-4, CD RCA 66160-2/74321154302, 2005 reissue CD BMG 37027, 2010 reissue CD Sony Music UK 88697787832)
- 1995 Elvis Gold - The Very Best Of The King (CD BMG 74321249742)
- 1996 The Original Elvis Presley Collection (CD, Box Set RCA, BMG Nederland BV)
- 1997 The 100 Top-Hits Collection (CD RCA 3642933)
- 1998 The Elvis Presley Collection: The Romantic (CD Time/Life Music 80607)
- 1999 Pot Luck (CD reissue RCA 07863677392)
- 2000 Elvis 2000 (CS Media TV-O 74321737484, CD BMG International 73748)
- 2000 Elvis Chante Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus (CD BMG 74321745962/745962)
- 2000 Elvis Lovin (CD BMG International 76520/74321765202
- 2000 Lovin' & Rockin
' (CD BMG 74321785322) - 2001 Blue Suede Shoes Collection (CD RCA 69372)
- 2001 Devil In Disguise (Gold) (Zounds Music 2700022011)
- 2001 Swedish Hit Collection (BMG International 79163)
- 2003 Elvis: Close Up (BMG Heritage 82876505372, CS-CD RCA 50537)
- 2005 Hitstory (Box Set, CD Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876739352/73176)
- 2007 The Dutch Collection (CD Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands)/RCA 88697118062)
- 2008 Elvis in Deutschland (CD Sbm Records 88697370662/88697394922/88697394932)
- 2009 50s Jukebox Hits (CD Dance Street 41192, TIP Records BOX 41192)
- 2009 Elvis 75 (Sony Music Entertainment 61948, 2010 CD RCA 88697619482)
- 2010 The Complete Elvis Presley Masters (Box Set, CD RCA 11826)