"Starting Today" is a 1961 song by Elvis Presley.
"Starting Today" | |
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Single by Elvis Presley | |
from the album Something for Everybody | |
Released | June 17, 1961 (on the album Something for Everybody) |
Recorded | March 12-13, 1961 |
Length | 2:03 |
Label | RCA |
Songwriter(s) | Don Robertson |
Music video | |
Elvis Presley "Starting Today" (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (official audio) on YouTube | |
The song was written by Don Robertson.[1]
Elvis Presley recorded "Starting Today" during his March 12/13, 1961 recording session at the RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]
It was recorded on a 3-track.[3] According to Don Reedman, who with Nick Patrick produced the 2015 album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "[Presley's] original recording is very simple, very sparse".[3]
The song "Starting Today" was first released on Presley's album Something for Everybody,[4][5] put out on June 17, 1961.
In 2016 the song appeared on the album The Wonder of You: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which included new versions of Presley's songs, remixed and dubbed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[6]