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Bossa Nova Baby

Words & Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

I said, 'Take it easy, baby
I worked all day and my feet feel just like lead
You got my shirt tails
Flyin' all over the place
And the sweat poppin' out of my head'
She said, 'Hey, Bossa nova, baby
Keep on a workin' child
This ain't no time to quit'
She said, 'Go, Bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
I'm about to have myself a fit'
Bossa nova, Bossa nova

I said, 'Hey little mama,
Let's sit down
Have a drink and dig the band'
She said, 'Drink, drink, drink
Oh, fiddle-de-dink
I can dance with a drink in my hand'
She said 'Hey Bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
This ain't no time to drink'
She said 'Go, Bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
'Cause I ain't got time to think'

I said, 'Come on, baby
It's hot in here
And it's oh so cool outside
If you lend me a dollar
I can buy some gas
And we can go for a little ride'
She said, 'Hey Bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
I ain't got time for that'
She said, 'Go Bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
Or I'll find myself another cat'

Recorded: 1963/01/22, first released on single and Fun In Acapulco

From the movie Fun In Acapluco

January 22, 1963 Radio Recorders - Hollywood, California

Bossa Nova Baby PPA3 4431-11
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here PPA3 4430-SP
Mexico PPA3 4425-05
Mexico (Track) ____-03
Mexico (Vocal Overdub) ____-NA
The Bullfighter Was A Lady PPA3 4428-SP
Marguerita PPA3 4427-08
Vino Dinero Y Amor PPA3 4424-05

January 23, 1963 Radio Recorders - Hollywood, California

No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car PPA3 4429-01
Fun In Acapulco PPA3 4423-01
El Toro PPA3 4426-SP
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here (Remake) WPA5 2540-SP
The Bullfighter Was A Lady (Remake) WPA5 2541-17
You Can't Say No In Acapulco PPA3 4432-05
Guadalajara (Track) ____-SP

February 27, 1963 Radio Recorders - Hollywood, California

Guadalajara (Vocal Overdub) PPA3 4433-SP

Elvis & Priscilla 1963

March 2, Priscilla arrives in Los Angeles with her father to meet Elvis and conclude arrangements permitting Priscilla to live in Memphis with Vernon and Dee and complete her senior year at Immaculate Conception High School.

April 1, Elvis buys Priscilla a red Corvair so she can drive herself to school.

April 1963, It Happened at the World's Fair  opens nationally and does relatively well at the box office, though its plot is the most frivolous of any Elvis film so far. The soundtrack album goes top five.

May 26, Elvis goes to RCA's Studio B in Nashville working on what will eventually become 14 recorded masters. The songs are intended to make up an album and a single with 'Devil In Disguise' selected as the A-side. The album however is never released with the songs parceled out over the next few years as singles or soundtrack album 'bonus selections'. (The 'album' was eventually released on CD as 'For The Asking - The Lost Album' in 1990.

Now available on the new FTD release, Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee.

May 26 1963 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Echoes Of Love PPA4 0290-10
Please Don't Drag That String Around PPA4 0291-06
Devil In Disguise PPA4 0292-06
Never Ending PPA4 0293-03
What Now What Next Where To PPA4 0294-01

For The Asking CD 1990

Witchcraft PPA4 0295-03
Finders Keepers Losers Weepers PPA4 0296-03
Love Me Tonight PPA4 0297-08

May 27 1963 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Memphis Tennessee PPA4 0302-02
Long Lonely Highway (Single Version) PPA4 0303-01
Long Lonely Highway (Record Version) PPA4 0303-02
Ask Me PPA4 0304-02
Western Union PPA4 0305-04
Slowly But Surely PPA4 0306-05
Blue River PPA4 0307-02
Ask Me (Alternate Master) PPA4 0304-06