Viva Las Vegas

Album: Viva Las Vegas soundtrack (1964)
Charted: 15 29
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 10

  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaBilly Strange played for the Wrecking Crew for many years. He also plays that weird sounding guitar part in the Bob y and Blue Jeans version of Zipady Doo Dah.
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaHated the town, but like the song. Always wondered who played that rocking lead guitar.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 3rd 1964, Elvis' 70th Billboard's Hot Top 100 charted record, "Viva Las Vegas", entered the chart at position #87; and on June 7th it peaked at #29 (for 1 week) and spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
    It also reached #29 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
    Seventeen days later on May 20th the movie of the same name opened in theaters across the U.S.A. and Canada...
    One other song from the movie, a covered version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", also made the Top 100, it reached #21...
    R.I.P. Mr. Charles (1930 - 2004) and to The King (1935 - 1977).
  • Jerry from Nashville , TnFor the record.....Billy Strange plays the lead guitar in Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" .
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyBruce Springsteen has performed this song in six different concerts; the last two times in concerts in Las Vegas itself...
  • Matt from Houston, TxYou know those viagra commercials are ironic. middle aged men who get together to sing happily about not being able to get an erection. I hope they are very happy together
  • Ken from Louisville, KyA part of this song was heard in the movie "Looney Tunes: Back in Action".
  • Chris from Cleveland, OhElvis has to be rolling over in his grave every time that "Viva Viagra" ad appears on TV...
  • Joshua from La Crosse, WiThe ZZ Top version is found as a bonus track on their Greatest Hits CD, also released in 1992.
  • Mark from London, EnglandThe punk group The Dead Kennedys recorded this as the last song on their Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables album. They changed the lyric: "Let me shout a seven with evry shot" to "Got coke up my nose to dry away the snot"!
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