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(Such an) Easy Question
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1962 song by Elvis Presley
(Such an) Easy Question (Such An) Easy Question 1965 45.jpg single Elvis Presley Pot Luck It Feels So Right 1962 (on Pot Luck)June 8, 1965 (as single) March 18, 1962 RCA Studio B, Nashville Rock and Roll, pop RCA Victor Otis BlackwellWinfield Scott Crying in the Chapel 1965 (Such an) Easy Question It Feels So Right I'm Yours (It's a) Long Lonely Highway 1965
"(Such an) Easy Question" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley in 1962 for the Pot Luck with Elvis album. It was released as a single in 1965.
Background
The song was recorded on March 18, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott. It was first released on the Pot Luck album in 1962 and again in 1965 as a single due to its inclusion in the Elvis Presley movie Tickle Me. The B-side was "It Feels So Right".(Such An) Easy Question/It Feels So Right. Discogs. The Jordanaires provided the background vocals.
The single release was the follow-up to "Crying in the Chapel" and peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. As with "Crying in the Chapel", "(Such an) Easy Question" reached the top of the Billboard Easy Listening chart, spending two weeks at number one in July 1965. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2002 Record Research 196 The single was also released in Germany, Chile, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago.
See also
List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1965
References
Category:1962 songs
Category:1965 singles
Category:Elvis Presley songs
Category:Songs written by Otis Blackwell
Category:Songs written by Winfield Scott (songwriter)