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Follow That Dream (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Follow That Dream'" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1962 motion picture 'Follow That Dream'.
It was also in 1962 released as the first track of the EP 'Follow That Dream'.
The song peaked at number 15 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and at number 5 on the 'Billboard' Easy Listening chart.
Writing and recording
The song was written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music). Elvis Presley recorded it on July 2, 1961 in the RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bruce Springsteen versions
Bruce Springsteen said "Follow That Dream" was one of his favorite Elvis songs. He began performing a rearranged version of the song on the European leg of the River Tour in April 1981, at a much slower pace and with altered lyrics.Born to run : the Bruce Springsteen story
by Marsh, Dave
Publication date 1981
Topics Springsteen, Bruce, Rock musicians
Publisher New York : Dell
Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china
Digitizing sponsor China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL)
Contributor Internet Archive
Language English
"The songs": p. [268]-283
Access-restricted-item true
Addeddate 2015-08-12 16:26:44.723735
Bookplateleaf 0008
Boxid IA1135201
Boxid_2 CH1150324
City New York
Donor bwb
Edition Completely updated.
External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1028865979
Extramarc Columbia University Libraries
Foldoutcount 0
Identifier borntorunbrucesp00mars/1981 This version appears in a bootleg vinyl recording of the same name. He later further revised the lyrics, and recorded the song during the 'Born in the U.S.A.' sessions, although it remained unreleased. He performed the song in July 1988 in Switzerland, and many times in succeeding decades.
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