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Puppet on a String

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(Tepper / Bennett)

Information:

Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett wrote Puppet on a String for Elvis's 1965 film Girl Happy. Elvis recorded the song at Radio Recorders in June or July 1964. The single release reached #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, remaining on the chart for ten weeks. Puppet on a String reached #3 on the Easy-Listening chart. Some sources credit the song with selling over a million copies.

Lyrics:
 

Every time you look at me
I'm as helpless as can be
I become a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me

All you do is touch my hand
And your wish is my command
I become a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me

1. If you really love me
Darling, please be kind
I offer you the truest love
That you will ever find

2. Take my heart and please be fair
Handle it with loving care
For I'm just a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me
 

1. 2. (repeat)

You can do 'most anything with me

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on Girl Happy »

Singles:

- Puppet on a String / Wooden Heart (RCA 447-0650) October 1965. Gold standard series original release »

- Teddy Bear / Puppet on a String (RCA-11320) August 1978. New single release, pressed on green vinyl »

- Teddy Bear / Puppet on a String (RCA JH-11320) August 1978. Disc jockey promotional release »

LPs/CDs:

- Girl Happy (1965) »

- Elvis: The Other Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Volume 2 (1971) - box set »

- Elvis Forever (1974) »

- Elvis - A Collectors Edition (1976) »

- The Elvis Presley Story (1977) »

- Elvis in Demand (1977) »

- Elvis Sings for Children and Grownups Too! (1978) »

- Elvis! His Greatest Hits (1979) »

- Double Features: Girl Happy / Harum Scarum (1993)

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

- Can’t Help Falling in Love (1999)

- Out in Hollywood (1999) - FTD »

- 50 Years 50 Hits (2001)

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

- Elvis Sings for Kids (2002)

- Today Tomorrow and Forever (2002) - box set

- Can’t Help Falling in Love (2003)

- Girl Happy (2003) – FTD »

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