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Just Because

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(Shelton / Robin)

Information:
Just Because was composed by Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton and Sid Robin in 1937 and recorded that year by Dick Stabile (Decca 716). Bunny Berigan played trumpet on Stabile’s recording. It wasn’t until the early 1940s that the Shelton Brothers recorded their own song (Decca 5872). Frankie Yankovic had a popular version of Just Because in 1948.

Elvis recorded Just Because at Sun Studios on September 10, 1954. It remained unreleased until his first LP, Elvis Presley, reached the stores in March 1956. Just Because was one of the songs that Elvis sang on the Louisiana Hayride.

Lyrics:
 

Well, well, well, jJust because you think you're so pretty
And just because your momma thinks you're hot
Well, just because you think you've got something that no other girl has got
You've caused me to spend all my money, you laughed and called me old Santa Claus
Well, I'm telling you, baby, I'm through with you
Because, well well, just because

Well, well, well, there'll come a time when you'll be lonesome
And there'll come a time when you'll be blue
Well, there'll come a time when old Santa he won't pay your bills for you
You've caused me to lose all my women and now, now you say we are through
Well, I'm telling you, baby, I was through with you
A long, long, long time ago

Well, just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're the hottest thing in town
Well, just because you think you've got something that nobody else has got
You've caused me to spend all of my money
Honey, you laughed and called me your old Santa Claus
Well, I'm telling you I'm through with you because, well, well, just because

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on Elvis Presley »

Singles:

- Blue Moon / Just Because (RCA 20-6640) September 1956. Standard 78 RPM release »

- Blue Moon / Just Because (RCA 47-6640) September 1956. Standard 45 RPM release »

- Blue Moon / Just Because (RCA 447-0613) March 1959. Gold standard series reissue »

EPs:

- Elvis Presley (RCA EPA-747) (1956) »

- Elvis Presley – The Most Talked About New Personality in the Past Ten Years of Recorded Music (RCA EPB-1254) (1956) »

LPs/CDs:

- Elvis Presley (1956) »

- The Sun Sessions (1975) »

- The Legendary Recordings of Elvis (1979) »

- The Sun Sessions (1987)

- The King of Rock’n’Roll – The Complete 50’s Masters (1992) - box set

- Sun Sessions (1999)

- Sunrise (1999)

- Elvis Rockabilly – Millennium Masters (2000)

- Elvis; Elvis is Back; Elvis Presley (2001)

- The Country Side of Elvis (2001)

- Elvis Presley at the Louisiana Hayride / The Original Roots of Elvis Presley (2002) – Charly/Snapper

- Elvis at Sun (2004)

- Elvis Presley (2005)

- Elvis Presley (2006) – FTD » 

– A Boy From Tupelo (2012) - FTD » 

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