Elvis Presley, "Crawfish"

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
Technically, this week we're still in Hollywood (Radio Recorders Studio) but spiritually, we're in New Orleans French Quarter, either way it's 1958 and the record is Elvis Presley's "Crawfish", from the soundtrack of "King Creole"...

"This record should really have a credit for its female vocalist Kitty White, but it's hard to imagine Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, allowing that. Still, not only is it yet another killer vocal from The King, but the production by Walter Scharf is absolutely superb too. I bet Tom Waits owns a copy. A tv/movie music journeyman, Walter also wrote the music to Michael Jackson's "Ben." - KV