Merci Mr Mort Shuman. Quelle belle chanson chantée par vous et par la Légende Elvis Presley dont vous avez composé quelques chansons. RIP MORT. RIP ELVIS. FRANCE.
CE 16 JUIN 2022...............LE BON TEMPS DES DEUX COPAINS.....ILS ÉCRIVAIENT POUR LEUR CHANTEUR Elvis Presley, ET D'AUTRES GRANDS NOMS DE LA MUSIQUE AMÉRICAINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Un Duo di compositori stratosferici, che hanno segnato la storia della musica Pop di tutti i tempi. Elvis fu uno dei grandi interpreti delle loro incredibili composizioni. Little Tony Italiano in Inghilterra nel 1959 all'inizio della sua carriera, interpretò e incise per la Decca due loro composizioni, le ricordiamo: 'Too good e Foxy Little Mamma'.Unforgettable.
"Demo For Elvis" This song (along w/"Little Sister") was in fact to have been recorded by Bobby Vee. But Vee or his management rejected the songs for whatever reason, and Elvis ended up with both of them. Del Shannon released a version in June '61, two months before Elvis. I don;t know if Pomus/Shuman gave the song to Shannon or Vee first.
Anybody notice a resemblance in Mort Shuman's vocal style to Richard Thompson (who emerged much later.)? Uncanny. Demos are the best, you can hear everything that Elvis loved and emulated in this song. Check out the documentary AKA DOC POMUS for an in depth look at this songwriting team. Great stuff.
What is that chiming instrument that comes in around 1:30? It sounds like something a little beyond an ordinary electric piano. I like the eerie feeling it brings with it. I love this rendition. The guy's got a great voice and the stark aspect of the limited instrumentation generates a lot of raw power. What a demo!
CE 27 JANVIER 2013..............C'ÉTAIT LE BON TEMPS POUR LES DEUX COPAINS...CE SONT DE BELLES PERSONNES QUE L'ON NE VERRA PLUS.....QUELLE TRISTESSE.............
Mort Shuman c'est celui qui joue au piano?????????????,On ne reconnaît pas????????????,et ses cheveux frisés????????la moustache???????????il devait être jeune??????????????
The genius that comes from Mort, Doc and Elvis.
This version is so impressive, coming from the composers. Masterful and beautiful!
This is undoubtably one of the best rock songs of all time. The tragedy is that Elvis never did a video of him singing it!
Merci Mr Mort Shuman. Quelle belle chanson chantée par vous et par la Légende Elvis Presley dont vous avez composé quelques chansons. RIP MORT. RIP ELVIS. FRANCE.
Pomus and Shuman are up there with the best songwriters of all time.
Great song
CE 21 MAI 2022..................ILS SONT SUPER LES DEUX ASSOCIÉS CRÉATEURS.........J'AIME BEAUCOUP LES VOIR...................
I like the demo version. The writers could perform as well, real talent. The piano/organ piece is nice.
Elvis Hit it almost note for note!
Elvis la volvió BRILLANTE .
Los demos de estos dos compositores para ELVIS ,,,, fueron una maravilla….
Ojalá y saquen el demo de
SURRENDER .
CE 16 JUIN 2022...............LE BON TEMPS DES DEUX COPAINS.....ILS ÉCRIVAIENT POUR LEUR CHANTEUR Elvis Presley, ET D'AUTRES GRANDS NOMS DE LA MUSIQUE AMÉRICAINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Un Duo di compositori stratosferici, che hanno segnato la storia della musica Pop di tutti i tempi. Elvis fu uno dei grandi interpreti delle loro incredibili composizioni. Little Tony Italiano in Inghilterra nel 1959 all'inizio della sua carriera, interpretò e incise per la Decca due loro composizioni, le ricordiamo: 'Too good e Foxy Little Mamma'.Unforgettable.
CE26 MAI 2022...........CE SONT LES CHANSONS DESTINÉES À Elvis Presley!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellente prestation...
Thanks Mort Schuman !...
"Demo For Elvis"
This song (along w/"Little Sister") was in fact to have been recorded by Bobby Vee. But Vee or his management rejected the songs for whatever reason, and Elvis ended up with both of them.
Del Shannon released a version in June '61, two months before Elvis. I don;t know if Pomus/Shuman gave the song to Shannon or Vee first.
Anybody notice a resemblance in Mort Shuman's vocal style to Richard Thompson (who emerged much later.)? Uncanny. Demos are the best, you can hear everything that Elvis loved and emulated in this song. Check out the documentary AKA DOC POMUS for an in depth look at this songwriting team. Great stuff.
Wonderful!
Although Mort is not Elvis his voice is not all that bad I can picture Elvis recording this almost exactly arranged as here...........very interesting
so true
Merci Mort d'avoir écrit cette belle chanson pour le King .
Non pour Del Shannon au départ et repris par E Presley, la version initiale n’etant pas satisfaisante.
this is as good a version as anyone's ever done.
Nah ... Del's version is the best IMO
This is the song writer’s version in fact 😉 !
Thanks for sharing, this is a nice recording.
What is that chiming instrument that comes in around 1:30? It sounds like something a little beyond an ordinary electric piano. I like the eerie feeling it brings with it. I love this rendition. The guy's got a great voice and the stark aspect of the limited instrumentation generates a lot of raw power. What a demo!
Farfisa organ?
Sounds like some type of organ and the Farfisa is good guess...so I second that idea
chanson ecrite pour ELVIS par mort shuman , un titre qui ne pouvait que séduire le public , et encore aujourdhui...une chanson memorable, bien rythmee
Belle version.
CE 26 NOVEMBRE 2023...................QUEL BEAU JEUNE HOMME MON MORTY..............................;
very good thancksss.
CE 7/12/2020..............C'ÉTAIT LE TEMPS OÙ CES DEUX COLLÈGUES ÉCRIVAIENT POUR ELVIS PRESLAY "LE KING"
so nice
il en a écrit des tubes pour ELVIS
CE 5 JUIN 2022................C'ÉTAIT LE BON TEMPS POUR TOUS LES DEUX..MORTY ÉTAIT JEUNE, ET IL N'AVAIT PAS LES CHEVEUX FRISÉS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
❤.
Very interesting version -
Shuman even sounded a bit like Bryan Ferry at some parts (at least to my ears)!
Pretty good rendition ..
CE 13 AVRIL 2013........................C'ÉTAIT ENCORE L'AMÉRIQUE ET LES DEUX COPAINS.................
CE 27 JANVIER 2013..............C'ÉTAIT LE BON TEMPS POUR LES DEUX COPAINS...CE SONT DE BELLES PERSONNES QUE L'ON NE VERRA PLUS.....QUELLE TRISTESSE.............
check out Mort Shuman I'm A Man killer record !
one of my favorites I even liked Fabians but Mort sings it 100 times better
Puts Fabian to shame ;-)
Sounds like a Jewish Tom Jones.
Green Eyes!
Sounds like Mick Jagger recorded it instead of Elvis...... strangely compelling
Mort Shuman c'est celui qui joue au piano?????????????,On ne reconnaît pas????????????,et ses cheveux frisés????????la moustache???????????il devait être jeune??????????????
C'est Mort au piano a la gauche. C'est Doc Pomus a la droit.
Not Elvis but not bad either.
Tom Jones should have recorded it