| "Rock-A-Hula Baby" | ||||
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 Original US picture sleeve | ||||
| Single byElvis Presley | ||||
| from the albumBlue Hawaii | ||||
| A-side | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | |||
| Released | November 21, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | March 23, 1961,Radio Recorders,Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 1:58 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Steve Sholes[1] | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Rock-A-Hula Baby("Twist" Special)" is a 1961 song recorded byElvis Presley and performed in the 1961 filmBlue Hawaii. The song was also released as a single.
The song was recorded on March 23, 1961, at Radio Recorders inHollywood, California. The RCA Victor 45 single was released on November 21, 1961, with "Can't Help Falling in Love" as the A-side.[2]Steve Sholes produced the studio recording session.The Jordanaires provided the backing vocals. The song was published by Gladys Music, Inc., Elvis Presley's publishing company and was written byBen Weisman,Fred Wise, andDolores Fuller,[1] it is agenre mix ofHawaiianfolk androck and roll. It was the first song published by Fuller, who would eventually co-write a dozen songs for Presley. The title song of the 1991 filmRock-a-Doodle, which featured Elvis Presley's original backing vocal group The Jordanaires, parodied "Rock-a-Hula Baby".
"Rock-A-Hula Baby" peaked at No. 23 in the US on theBillboard pop singles chart, No. 1 inAustralia, No. 4 inCanada, and No. 1 in thePhilippines.[3] In the United Kingdom (UK), where it was adouble A-sided release with "Can't Help Falling in Love", it peaked at No. 1 in theUK Singles Chart in February 1962, and spent four weeks at the chart summit.[4] When re-released in March 2005, it reached No. 3 in the UK in a four-week chart run.[5]
Paul Rich, Werner Müller and The London Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Tulsa McLean,Pop Will Eat Itself, Martin Fontaine, Stephen Collins, John Stamos, Terry Buchwald, and Steven Pitman have also recorded the song.[6]
