Apron Strings

[Suspicious Minds]

Elvis made an informal recording of ‘Apron Strings’ while in the Army.

Written by George David Weiss & Aaron Schroeder.

First recorded by Billy The Kid (aka David Hill), 12 January 1959. Released on 2 February 1959, on Kapp K-261X, with ‘I Hardly Know Me’ as flipside.

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https://youtu.be/_rew1AIcMaU

Billy The Kid’s ‘Apron Strings’ wasn’t a success; it just made the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for 2 weeks (peak position #92). It got a minor review in Billboard, 2 Feb 1959:

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Other early recordings:

Jay B. Loyd also recorded the number for Hi Records, backed by Bill Black's Combo, but his version wasn’t released for many years.

Cliff Richard recorded it in April 1959, releasing it as the B-side of ‘Living Doll’.

[John]

Elvis made an informal recording of ‘Apron Strings’ while in the Army.

Cliff Richard recorded it in April 1959, releasing it as the B-side of ‘Living Doll’.

Cliff did a terrific job of it.

[Suspicious Minds]

Elvis made an informal recording of ‘Apron Strings’ while in the Army.

Cliff Richard recorded it in April 1959, releasing it as the B-side of ‘Living Doll’.

Cliff did a terrific job of it.

https://youtu.be/3CPdL2ANuCw

I hope Colin is not too upset now.

[Mojo Filter]

Elvis made an informal recording of ‘Apron Strings’ while in the Army.

Cliff Richard recorded it in April 1959, releasing it as the B-side of ‘Living Doll’.

Cliff did a terrific job of it.

https://youtu.be/3CPdL2ANuCw

I hope Colin is not too upset now.

This song was also recorded as a demo at Sun Records buy Curtis Hoback in 1957.

You can hear it on this release:

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[Colin B]

I hope Colin is not too upset now.

All that I'm 'upset' about, if anything, is how the singer in that video clip isn't just out-of-lip-sync - he seems to be performing a different song altogether !

[John]

I hope Colin is not too upset now.

All that I'm 'upset' about, if anything, is how the singer in that video clip isn't just out-of-lip-sync - he seems to be performing a different song altogether !

You're right there. Someone has overdubbed the track over a film of Cliff singing something else. The film is obviously from some years after the song. I can't say I looked at it too closely before to notice this, but then again, I'm not a big Cliff fan like you are.

[John]

Elvis made an informal recording of ‘Apron Strings’ while in the Army.

Cliff Richard recorded it in April 1959, releasing it as the B-side of ‘Living Doll’.

Cliff did a terrific job of it.

https://youtu.be/3CPdL2ANuCw

I hope Colin is not too upset now.

This song was also recorded as a demo at Sun Records buy Curtis Hoback in 1957.

You can hear it on this release:

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Here it is. I think it's weak in comparison to Cliff's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP-QRiI3eVQ