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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Elvis Song "Almost in Love"
Basic Stats for "Almost in Love"
Just the facts, ma'am!
Written by: Luiz Bonfa, Randy Starr
Recorded: March 7, 1968 (Elvis' overdubbed vocals possibly March 11), Western Recorders, Hollywood
Singles: w/ "A Little Less Conversation", 47-9610, September 15, 1968
Also released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0667, December, 1970.
Highest U.S. Charts Position:
#95 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart
1st LP release: Almost In Love - November 1970
Greggers' Spin
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Brazilian jazz guitarist and composer Luiz Bonfa wrote "Moonlight in Rio" for his 1966 album The Brazilian Scene. Randy Starr added new lyrics for Elvis' version, retitled "Almost In Love".Musical arranger and songwriter Billy Strange took charge of the March 1968 soundtrack recording session for Live a Little, Love a Little, and brought a different approach than what Elvis had been used to for previous soundtracks, and a welcome one. Incorporating strings and brass, these recordings had a more mature sound than, say, the Spinout recordings. Compare a similar ballad, "All That I Am", to "Almost In Love" and you'll see what I mean. Elvis could hold his own in the realm of Sinatra and Dino, and this song is a fine example. No dramatic, powerful high notes or anything here, just some mighty fine smooth croonin'!
In November of 1970, Elvis released his third RCA-Camden album, Almost In Love, which featured two other songs from Live A Little, Love A Little, "Edge Of Reality" and "A Little Less Conversation". The album gathered together a lot of flip-sides from Elvis' late-60s singles which hadn't appeared on LP yet, mostly songs from films. Elvis' Camden albums were notorious for being odds-and-ends collections of mismatched songs, mostly from his movies, and throughout the 1970s, they took up a lot of space in record stores' bargain bins. I can't help it, though, I have a soft spot in my heart for Almost In Love. My copy got worn out pretty fast! Songs like "Clean Up Your Own Backyard", "Rubberneckin", "U.S. Male", and, of course, "Almost In Love", still bring back fond memories!
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Other Spins
Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley - A Study In Music, 1979
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"Almost in Love" Lyrics
I'm almost in love tonight
When we are close, my heart says surrender
I'm almost in love tonight
And here under the spell of evening
I long to hold you tight
Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow
I'm almost in love tonight
It may be just the spell of evening
I long to hold you tight
Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow
I'm almost in love tonight
Almost in love
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- James20 James20 Nov 30, 2008 @ 6:38 am
- Also lensrolled this into my Number One Songs of 1968 video showcase because he recorded the song in that year.
James
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- James20 James20 Nov 30, 2008 @ 6:29 am
- I like your lens here. A great job. I lensrolled this lens into my Number One Songs of 1959 Video Showcase.
5*****
James
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- Christoff Christoff Nov 16, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
- Hello there
This is one of the most romantic and best sung love songs that Elvis ever performed.
Fantastic.
Christoff
www.elvisimpersonatorlive.co.uk
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