Elvis Presley | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Rca Victor 78 rpm | 1958 USA

'Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires' with "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" recorded from the original US 78 rpm shellac single on RCA Victor 20-7240. Released in the US in April 1958, "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck", with B-side "Doncha' Think It's Time", peaked at Nr. 2 on the Billboard Pop Chart. "Doncha' Think It's Time" peaked at Nr. 15. Both sides were recorded on February 1, 1958 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California with Elvis Presley on lead vocals and acoustic rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore and Tiny Timbrell on electric guitars, Bill Black on bass, Dudley Brooks on piano and D.J. Fontana on drums. Backup vocals by The Jordanaires featuring Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins and Hugh Jarrett. Additional guitar slapping back beat and piano overdubbed by Elvis Presley. The session was engineered by Thorne Nogar and produced by Steve Sholes. Words and music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The B-side, "Doncha' Think It's Time", is available here:    • Elvis Presley | Doncha' Think It's Time | ...  . Musical style: Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues. Video recorded by Antoon van Olderen using an audio-technica player model AT-LP1240-USB with an Ortofon 2M 78 MM-stylus and audio captured off air via a Driade D 71 MK II speaker. This video is a recorded live demonstration of a playback of the 78 RPM shellac format on modern day equipment and is shared for archival and research purposes.