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"Guitar Man" is a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, who took his version of it to number 53 on the Billboard country music charts in 1967.

"Guitar Man"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed
Released	1967 (1967)
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:25
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Reed
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"If I Don't Live Up to It" (1965) "Guitar Man" (1967) "Tupelo Mississippi Flash" (1967)

Soon after Reed's single appeared, Elvis Presley recorded the song[1] with Reed playing the guitar part, and it became a minor country and pop hit.

Elvis Presley versions

"Guitar Man"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Clambake
B-side	"High Heel Sneakers"
Released	January 3, 1968 (1968-01-03)
Recorded	September 10, 1967
Studio	RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Reed Hubbard
Producer(s)	Felton Jarvis

According to Peter Guralnick in his two-volume biography of Presley, the singer had been trying unsuccessfully to record the tune, but wasn't happy with the groove. He said something to the effect of: "Get me that redneck picker who's on the original tune", and his staff brought Reed into the studio - who nailed it on the first take (though this romantic account is contradicted by a studio tape of the session that documents the first, second and fifth takes which are available on video-sharing website youtube.com). The single spent one week at number one on the country chart.[2]

Thirteen years later, "Guitar Man" was re-recorded in a new electric arrangement, with Presley's original vocal left intact, and it was the last of his eleven number-one country hits. The record also peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was his last top-40 pop hit in the U.S.[3]

Personnel (Elvis Presley versions)

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Credits sourced from Keith Flynn's research of RCA and AFM paperwork.[4]

1967 version

• Elvis Presley – lead vocals
• Scotty Moore — rhythm guitar
• D. J. Fontana — drums
• Jerry Reed – acoustic lead guitars
• Chip Young – rhythm guitar
• Harold Bradley – rhythm guitar
• Charlie McCoy – rhythm guitar
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• Bob Moore – double bass
• Buddy Harman – drums

1981 version

Credits from Keith Flynn's research of RCA and AFM paperwork.[5]

• Elvis Presley – lead vocals
• Jerry Reed – electric lead guitars
• Jerry Shook — guitar
• Larry Byrom — electric guitar
• Mike Leech — bass
• Jerry Carrigan — drums
• David Briggs — piano

Chart performance

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Jerry Reed

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	53

Elvis Presley

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	43
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	42

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	28
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	16
Australian Kent Music Report	73
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Dutch Top 40	39

References

На других языках

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- [en] Guitar Man (song)

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[ru] Guitar Man

«Guitar Man» — песня, которую написал Джерри Рид. Он же был её первым исполнителем и выпустил в 1967 году как сингл.

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