Kissin' Cousins (song)
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| "Kissin' Cousins" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires | ||||
| from the album Kissin' Cousins | ||||
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| Released | February 10, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, pop | |||
| Length | 2:14 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | Fred Wise Randy Starr | |||
| Producer | Chet Atkins | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | Favorable[1] |
"Kissin' Cousins" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as the title track for the soundtrack of the 1964 motion picture Kissin' Cousins.[2] The movie also featured a completely different song, titled "Kissin' Cousins (No. 2)", written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye.[2]
The song was written by Fred Wise and Randy Starr.[2][3][4][5] [6][7][8] The song was published by Elvis Presley's company Gladys Music, Inc. Elvis Presley recorded his vocals for the song over an earlier-recorded backing track on October 10 (or possibly in the early morning of October 11), 1963.[9][10]
Release history
The single was first released as a single on February 10, 1964, with "It Hurts Me", a non-movie song, on the opposite side as RCA Victor 47–8307."Kissin' Cousins" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.[11][12] [8] ("It Hurts Me" also charted, peaking at number 29.)
The song's first LP release was in March 1964 on the Kissing Cousins soundtrack LP (LPM-2894 in mono and LSP-2894 in stereo).[13] On March 27, 1992, the single "Kissin' Cousins / It Hurts Me" was certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies.[14]
