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{{Infobox song<br />
| name = Good Luck Charm<br />
| cover = Elvis_Good_Luck_Charm_PS.jpg<br />
| caption = Original US Picture Sleeve<br />
| alt = <br />
| type = single<br />
| artist = [[Elvis Presley]]<br />
| album = <br />
| B-side = [[Anything That's Part of You]]<br />
| released = February 27, 1962<br />
| recorded = October 15, 1961<br />
| studio = [[RCA Studio B]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]<br />
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rock and roll]]|{{nowrap|[[pop music|pop]]}}}}<br />
| length = 2:27<br />
| label = [[RCA Victor]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><br />
| writer = [[Aaron Schroeder]], [[Wally Gold]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><br />
| producer = [[Steve Sholes]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><br />
| prev_title = [[Can't Help Falling in Love]]<br />
| prev_title2 = [[Rock-A-Hula Baby]]<br />
| prev_year = 1961<br />
| title2 = [[Anything That's Part of You]]<br />
| next_title = [[She's Not You]]<br />
| next_title2 = [[Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello]]<br />
| next_year = 1962<br />
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Z0gx4kPDW0w|"Good Luck Charm" (audio)}}}}<br />
}}<br />
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"'''Good Luck Charm'''" is a song recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. It was also no. 1 on the ''Cash Box'' chart in the U.S. It reached number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the week ending 24 May 1962 and stayed there for five weeks.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book<br />
| first= David<br />
| last= Roberts<br />
| year= 2006<br />
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]<br />
| edition= 19th<br />
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited<br />
| location= London<br />
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5<br />
| pages= 137–8}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The song was written by [[Aaron Schroeder]] and [[Wally Gold]] and recorded at [[RCA Studio B]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] by Presley on October 15, 1961. It completed his second hat-trick of chart topping singles in the UK.<ref name="500 Number One Hits" /> Presley is joined vocally on the chorus by [[Jordanaires]] first tenor Gordon Stoker. The single was certified Platinum by the [[RIAA]] on March 27, 1992. The single reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart in a five-week chart run in 2005 in a re-release. The B side was "[[Anything That's Part of You]]" which also reached the Top 40 in the U.S.<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
Recorded on October 15, 1961, at RCA's Studio B, Nashville, the session featured the following personnel:<br />
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*[[Jerry Kennedy]], guitar, replacing the injured Hank Garland<br />
*[[Scotty Moore]], guitar <br />
*[[Bob Moore (musician)|Bob Moore]], bass<br />
*[[Buddy Harman]], drums<br />
*[[D. J. Fontana|D.J. Fontana]], drums <br />
*[[Floyd Cramer]], piano and organ<br />
*[[Boots Randolph]], saxophone<br />
*Gordon Stoker, accordion<br />
*[[Millie Kirkham]], backing vocals<br />
*[[The Jordanaires]], backing vocals<br />
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==Album appearances==<br />
The first LP appearance was on the album ''[[Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3]]'' released in September, 1963. It was on the 1973 RCA Special Products ''Elvis'' double LP compilation (DPL2-0056(e)) and the 1978 package ''Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 3 and 4'' (R214657), a 2 record set. The recording was included on the 1993 compilation ''[[From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters]]''. The track also appeared on the 1999 career retrospective collection ''Artist of the Century''. The song was also featured on the 2002 compilation ''[[ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits]]''.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist<br />
|refs=<br />
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<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book<br />
| first= Jo<br />
| last= Rice<br />
| year= 1982<br />
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits<br />
| edition= 1st<br />
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd<br />
| location= Enfield, Middlesex<br />
| page= 65<br />
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref><br />
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}}<br />
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[[Category:1962 singles]]<br />
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]<br />
[[Category:Cashbox number-one singles]]<br />
[[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]]<br />
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]<br />
[[Category:Elvis Presley songs]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Aaron Schroeder]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Wally Gold]]<br />
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen H. Sholes]]<br />
[[Category:1961 songs]]<br />
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