Elvis often was his best A&R man, and so it was here. Elvis, however, insisted on recording it. Reportedly, neither the film”s producers nor Elvis” label, RCA, liked the song much. The song was adapted in 1961 for Elvis” Blue Hawaii movie. While the similarities are sufficiently evident to mark Plaisir d”amour as the basis for the song, it certainly has been innovated on. It may be a little more accurate to describe Can”t Help Falling In Love as an adaptation rather than as a cover. It was first recorded in 1902 by Monsieur Fernand (real name Emilio de Gogorza), and subsequently by a zillion others, including in 1908 by the baritone Charles Gilibert (1866-1910). The melody of Can”t Help”¦ borrows from the old French love song Plaisir d”amour, composed in 1785 by Johann Paul Aegidius Martini. The trio also wrote the lyrics for The Lion Sleeps Tonight, a song whose sorry saga will feature in a future instalment in this series. Peretti and Creatore were partners with mafioso Mo Levy in the Roulette record label (named after the game that “Colonel” Tom Parker was addicted to), which the FBI identified as a source of revenue for the Genovese crime family. The fictitious title is not entirely off the mark: the lyrics were co-written by a pair of alleged mafia associates, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, with George David Weiss. This is the song which ignorant callers to radio stations tend to request by the title “Wise Man Say” (and, if fortune likes to piss on you, in UB40″s ghastly incarnation). In the third Elvis special in this series we look at the originals of That”s All Right (1954), My Baby Left Me (1956), His Latest Flame (1961), Cant” Help Falling In Love With You (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964) “” though the last of these is not really an Elvis cover.Ĭharles Gilibert ““ Plaisir d”amour (1908).mp3Įlvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love (1961).mp3
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