*(1972) RCA ''Can't Help Falling In Love'' (Rehearsal) (Take 1 Complete) Elvis Presley

''Can't Help Falling In Love'' (HRA1-8639) (Rehearsal Take 1 Complete) Recorded Friday March 31, 1972 at RCA Studio C, Hollywood, California Name (No. Or of Instruments) Elvis Presley - Vocals James Burton - Guitar Charlie Hodge - Guitar John Wilkinson - Guitar Glen D. Hardin - Piano Emory Gordy - Bass Ronnie Tutt - Drums J.D. Sumner & The Stamps consisting of John Daniel Sumner, Bill Baize, Ed Enoch, Donnie Sumner, and Richard Sterban - Backup Vocals Producer - Felton Jarvis Recording Engineer - Al Pachucki "Can't Help Falling In Love" is a song recorded by American singer and actor Elvis Presley for his fourth soundtrack album, ''Blue Hawai''i (1961). It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling In Love With Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you". "Can't Help Falling In Love" was featured in Presley's 1961 film ''Blue Hawai''i. It has also been recorded by many other artists, including Swedish pop group A-Teens, and the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and U.K. charts. It was listed as one of the greatest songs of all-time by Rolling Stone, ranking number 403 in the list's 2012 edition. Elvis Presley's version of the song topped the British charts in 1962, spending four weeks at number 1. The single is certified Platinum by the RIAA, for US sales in excess of one million copies. In the United States, the song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 behind Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist" and went to number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks. During Presley's late 1960s and 1970s live performances, the song was performed as the shows' finales. Most notably, it was also sung in the live segment of his 1968 NBC television special, and as the closer for his 1973 Global telecast ''Aloha From Hawaii''. A version with a faster arrangement was the closing number in Presley's final TV special, ''Elvis In Concert''. "Can't Help Falling In Love" was also the last song he performed live, at his concert in Indianapolis at Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977. The recording appeared on the 1997 CD re-issue ''Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3'' as a bonus track and on the 2002 career retrospective collection ''ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits''. In 2010, the song was included on the ''Viva Elvis: The Album''. This is a remixed version that features Canadian singer Sherry St-Germain. Interestingly the track fades out with Elvis repeating part of the 1956 song "Love Me". In 2015, the song was included on the ''If I Can Dream'' album on the 80th anniversary of Presley's birth. The version uses archival voice recordings of Presley and his singers, backed by new orchestral arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The song is used as an anthem by several English football clubs since the 1960s, including Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Swindon Town and Sunderland. According to a 2020 survey by OnBuy, the song is the most popular choice for couples as the song for the first dance at their wedding. In 1993, British reggae band UB40 covered the original 1961 Elvis Presley recording as the first single from their tenth album, ''Promises And Lies'' (1993). The song, renamed "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You", was released on May 10, 1993 by Virgin Records, and eventually climbed to number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , staying there for seven weeks, becoming their 4th and last top 10 hit. It also topped the charts of 11 other countries, including Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, New Zealand (where it was the most successful single of 1993), and the United Kingdom, where it spent two weeks at number 1. Source and more information see: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *- Digitally Remastered © - Condor Records - ©