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Beach Boy Blues

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(Tepper & Bennett)

Information:
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett wrote Beach Boy Blues for Elvis’s 1961 film Blue Hawaii. The recording session took place on March 23, 1961, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. Take #3 was chosen for release.

Lyrics:

I'm a poor Hawaiian beach boy

A long way from the beach

'Cause someone shoved his face against my hand

Now I'm a kissin' cousin to a ripe pineapple

I'm in the can

I was minding my own business

Just drinking daddy's juice

I swear I'll never touch that stuff again

Just like a pig before he gave his all at the luau

I'm in the pen

Got those beach boy blues

Don't the time go slow

Lonely beach boy blues

Only 30 days and 90 years to go

I want a taste of honey

From my wahini's lips

I wanna be her ever loving man

But I'm a kissin' cousin to a ripe pineapple

I'm in the can

But I'm a kissin' cousin to a ripe pineapple

I'm in the can

Where it was released:

First released on the album Blue Hawaii »

LPs/CDs:

- Blue Hawaii (1961) »

- Blue Hawaii (1977) »

- Blue Hawaii (1980) »

- Command Performances - The Essential 60's Masters II (1995)

- Blue Hawaii (1997)

- Blues (2000)

- Elvis Chante Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett (2001)

- Blue Hawaii (2009) - FTD »

Bootleg Releases:
- From the Beach to the Bayou (1978) – Graceland Records

- Behind Closed Doors (1979) – Audifon Records

- The Blue Hawaii Box (1981) – Laurel

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