| "Do the Clam" | ||||
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 1965 U.S. RCA Victor 45 picture sleeve, 47-8500 | ||||
| Single byElvis Presley | ||||
| from the albumGirl Happy | ||||
| B-side | "You'll Be Gone" | |||
| Released | February 9, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | June 12, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders,Hollywood | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sid Wayne Ben Weisman Dolores Fuller | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Do the Clam" is a song recorded byElvis Presley for his 1965 feature filmGirl Happy. It was written bySid Wayne,Ben Weisman, andDolores Fuller.
The song's co-writer Dolores Fuller was a songwriter and actress who had played the role as the title character's girlfriend inEd Wood's 1953 surrealist film,Glen or Glenda. The song was copyrighted on February 4, 1965, and published by Gladys Music, Inc., Elvis Presley's publishing company[1] The B side of the 1965 single release was "You'll Be Gone", written by Red West, Elvis Presley, and Charlie Hodge in 1962. The B side reached no. 121 onBillboard and no. 35 on the Canadian charts. Both songs were on theGirl Happy soundtrack album."You'll Be Gone" was an attempt to create the same kind of song asBegin the Beguine after Elvis Presley's Management Team failed to obtain the rights to cover the song. "You'll Be Gone" is one of the songs for which Elvis Presley got a co-writer credit. (Another Elvis Presley composition is "That's Someone You Never Forget", written with Red West in 1961.)
“Do the Clam” was released worldwide as a single byRCA Victor,[2] reaching no. 21 onBillboard in the United States, no. 15 on theRecord World chart, no. 16 inCanada and the AmericanCashbox charts, and no. 19 in theUnited Kingdom.[3][4][5] It was very successful inAustralia, where it reached no. 4 on the charts.[6] It has appeared on six compilation albums of Elvis Presley's recordings.
The song was featured on the 1965 albumTeen Beat Discotheque by the Living Guitars.The Cramps covered the song in their 1987 albumRockin n Reelin in Auckland New Zealand. In 1991, the song was spoofed byDread Zeppelin in their song "Do The Claw".
