"Stay Away, Joe" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture Stay Away, Joe.
"Stay Away, Joe" | |
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Song by Elvis Presley | |
from the album Let's Be Friends | |
Released | 1968 (motion picture) April 1970 (on the album Let's Be Friends) |
Recorded | October 1, 1967 |
Length | 1:37 |
Songwriter(s) |
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In 1970 it was released as the opening track of Presley's budget album Let's Be Friends.
The song was written by Ben Weisman (music) and Sid Wayne (lyrics).[2][3][4][5][6]
According to David Neal and his book Roots of Elvis, the writers of the song "seem to have been at the very least inspired by the old slave song, "Pick a Bale's o'Cotton"", a "folk-blues classic", originally recorded by Huddie Leadbetter (better known as Lead Belly) in 1935.[7]
Presley recorded it at the soundtrack recordings for the M.G.M movie Stay Away, Joe that took place on Sunday, October 1, 1967, ar the RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.[8][7]
According to George Batista Da Silva's book Música e Ecran (in Portuguese), "Stay Awaya, Joe" "can be considered a minor song in Elvis Presley's vast repertoire". [9]
7" EP (RCA Victor 20652, Australia, 1982)[1]
7" EP (RCA EX 2764, 2001) — released in 2001 as a bonus disc with the album Blue Hawaii - Collector's Edition[1]