Elvis Presley Discography (1956): “Money Honey – One Sided Love Affair”

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22 de August de 2022
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“Money Honey – One Sided Love Affair”

Edited Aug 30, 1956
Single, RCA Studios Nashville

1. Money Honey
2. One Sided Love Affair

Reference: 20/47-6641

Side A: Money Honey
Recorded: January 10, 1956, RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Author: Jesse Stone

Side B: One Sided Love Affair
Recorded: January 30, 1956, RCA studios in New York
Author: Bill Campbell

Publication date: August 31, 1956

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There is evidence that Elvis recorded Money Honey at Sun Records studios in Memphis but, like many other songs, they surely disappeared when the recording reels were reused. In that first session of the boy from Tupelo in Nashville, for his new company, he would record a new version whose takes 5 and 6 were used to make the master. It would not be able to enter the Billboard Top 100.

The same would happen to its B-side, One Sided Love Affair, which despite Shorty Long’s magnificent piano work, was left off the Billobard list. Take number eight was chosen to make the master