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A Little Less Conversation" is a song (written by
Mac DavisMorris Mac Davis, known as Mac Davis , is a country music singer and songwriter originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much pop music crossover success. He became one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s. He is also an actor...
and
Billy StrangeWilliam E. Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.Billy Strange teamed up with Mac Davis to write several hit songs for Elvis Presley including "A Little Less Conversation", the theme from Charro!, and "Memories"...
) originally recorded by
Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
for the movie
Live a Little, Love a LittleLive A Little, Love A Little is a 1968 musical comedy starring Elvis Presley. It was directed by Norman Taurog, who had directed several previous Presley vehicles; this was his final film. It had a more mature tone than other Presley musicals, with coarse language, drug references, and an implied...
in 1968. It was released by RCA Victor as a single in September 1968. The initial release reached #69 on the Top 100 Billboard Singles charts. It was recorded on March 7, 1968 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA. This session marked the first time Elvis recorded with a live orchestra in the studio.
"
A Little Less Conversation" is a song (written by
Mac DavisMorris Mac Davis, known as Mac Davis , is a country music singer and songwriter originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much pop music crossover success. He became one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s. He is also an actor...
and
Billy StrangeWilliam E. Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.Billy Strange teamed up with Mac Davis to write several hit songs for Elvis Presley including "A Little Less Conversation", the theme from Charro!, and "Memories"...
) originally recorded by
Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
for the movie
Live a Little, Love a LittleLive A Little, Love A Little is a 1968 musical comedy starring Elvis Presley. It was directed by Norman Taurog, who had directed several previous Presley vehicles; this was his final film. It had a more mature tone than other Presley musicals, with coarse language, drug references, and an implied...
in 1968. It was released by RCA Victor as a single in September 1968. The initial release reached #69 on the Top 100 Billboard Singles charts. It was recorded on March 7, 1968 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA. This session marked the first time Elvis recorded with a live orchestra in the studio. It was first released on the
RCA CamdenRCA Camden was a budget record label of recordings, first introduced by RCA Victor in 1955.-History:The label was named after Camden, New Jersey, original home to the Victor Talking Machine Company, later RCA Records. It specialized in reissuing historic classical and popular recordings from the...
budget label LP "Almost In Love" in November 1970.
Different versions released
The single version was take 16 and was also used for the soundtrack of the film
Live a Little, Love a LittleLive A Little, Love A Little is a 1968 musical comedy starring Elvis Presley. It was directed by Norman Taurog, who had directed several previous Presley vehicles; this was his final film. It had a more mature tone than other Presley musicals, with coarse language, drug references, and an implied...
. The version released later on the album is take 10, which is 1 second longer in duration. The reason for this is unknown, but RCA did that several times on different songs for other budget releases.
The song was also featured in
Bolt and
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.
Re-recording for the ELVIS television special
In June 1968, Presley re-recorded the song for the soundtrack of
Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback SpecialElvis, starring Elvis Presley, was the title of a 1968 United States television special. Sponsored by The Singer Sewing Machine Company, it aired on December 3, 1968 on the NBC television network...
, though this track was not used in the program and was officially released by RCA in the 1990s. The initial idea for the show went through many changes during the recording process. One idea was to have Elvis sing a medley of some of his movie songs for one of the staged segments of the show. However, it was decided to use more contemporary songs and so "A Little Less Conversation" was chosen. The track was recorded on June 23, 1968. Elvis recorded a vocal overdub at a later date along with backup vocals from
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.
JXL Remix
In 2002, the song recorded for the TV Special and not the original version, was remixed by
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for the NIKE Football World Cup advertising campaign and went on to become a Number 1 hit in over 20 countries. At about the same time, a compilation of Presley's U.S. Number 1 chart hits, entitled
ELV1S 30 #1 Hits, was being prepared for release. At the last minute, "A Little Less Conversation" (Remix Version) was added as the album's 31st track just before its release in
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.