Elvis Presley - Burning Love - From First Take to the Master

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‘Burning Love’ was recorded by Elvis in RCA’s Studio C in Hollywood, California on 28 March 1972, one of only two recorded that day, the other being ‘Fool’. This was the middle day of a three day session, which would yield seven masters including ‘Always On My Mind’ and ‘Separate Ways’.
Elvis’ producer Felton Jarvis was convinced that a song he had been given by his friend Bob Beckham, a Nashville publisher, would be a big hit for Elvis. Initially unconvinced it took a great deal of effort and persuasion on the part of Jarvis and Beckham to get Elvis to record the Denis Linde composition – ‘Burning Love’. The electric guitar opening and riffs were overdubbed and played by Dennis Linde himself.
Commercially, ‘Burning Love’ was released as a single on August 1, 1972, with the B-side "It's a Matter of Time", and it reached the Top 40 on the country charts, peaking at #36. For the weeks of October 21 and 28, 1972, "Burning Love" rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, being kept from #1 by Chuck Berry's novelty song "My Ding-a-Ling." However, it reached #1 on Cashbox's Top 40 Charts for the week of November 11.

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