Pocketful of Rainbows
Song by Elvis Presley
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"Pocketful of Rainbows" is a song from the 1960 Elvis Presley soundtrack album G.I. Blues, written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman.
| "Pocketful of Rainbows" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elvis Presley | |
| from the album G.I. Blues | |
| Recorded | May 6, 1960 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriters | Fred Wise, Ben Weisman |
| Producer | Joseph Lilley[1] |
Song information
The song was recorded on May 6, 1960, at RCA Victor's Hollywood studios for Elvis Presley's 1960 film G.I. Blues.
In the film version Juliet Prowse (who lip-synched to Loulie Jean Norman's voice) can be seen singing along with Presley in a cable car in the small German tourist-town Rüdesheim am Rhein.[1][2][3]
Versions
In 1993 the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra released a cover version of "Pocketful of Rainbows", sung in Japanese, as the last song in their final studio album Technodon. In later re-issues a version in English was added as a bonus track. The single reached number 13 on the Oricon Singles Chart and sold 80,000 units in Japan.[4]
In the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire, director Cameron Crowe used an alternate version of "Pocketful of Rainbows", slightly faster than the original one used in G.I. Blues.
A remix by Spankox was released as a single in 2011 and reached No. 32 on the Dutch Single Top 100.[5]
