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"Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture Loving You.

History

The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman. The latter, a songwriter from New York, came (according to the book Elvis Day by Day, "presumably in hopes of seeing that his song, "Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do," be included in the soundtrack“) to the recording studio in Hollywood where Presley was working on the songs for the movie. Elvis Presley later recalled:

I looked at him, smiled, asked his name, and why he was in the studio. He said he was Ben Weisman, and he had composed the song "Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do". I hollered at the guys to come out and we started playing the song. After that day, Ben and I became really good friends and he would wind up writing fifty-seven songs for me. Funny how chance meetings end up!

No other songwriter wrote as many songs for Presley as Ben Weisman did.

Reception

In Europe "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" was released as a single with "Party" on the other side. Both songs appeared on the UK Singles Chart (as published by the Official Charts Company): "Party" charted 15 weeks, peaking at number 2 for the week of October 10, while "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" charted 4 weeks, peaking at number 17 for the week of October 24.

Musical style and lyrics

The song is a sprightly, speedy number Its lyrics include the line: "There's a moon that's big and bright".

Charts

References

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2. Bar Biszick-Lockwood (2010). Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs. University of Illinois Press. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-0-252-07694-7. Got A Lot 'O Livin' To Do Ben Weisman Loving You.
3. Peter Guralnick; Ernst Jorgensen (1999). Elvis Day by Day. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-42089-3.
4. ^ Jay Warner (2004). On this Day in Music History. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-634-06693-1.
5. Rebecca June (22 April 2015). The King Or A Pauper A Story Told to Me by Elvis. Lulu.com. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-329-00294-4.
6. "Elvis Presley And The Jordanaires - Party at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
7. ^ "Elvis Presley - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
8. Patrick Humphries (2 March 2003). Elvis The #1 Hits: The Secret History of the Classics. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-7407-3803-6.
9. Ken Burke; Dan Griffin (1 August 2006). The Blue Moon Boys. Chicago Review Press. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-1-56976-409-1. Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do.
10. William D. Goodfellow (4 February 2014). SongCite: An Index to Popular Songs, Supplement 1. Taylor & Francis. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-135-68117-3.

• 1957 songs
• 1957 singles
• Elvis Presley songs
• RCA Records singles
• Songs written by Aaron Schroeder
• Songs with music by Ben Weisman