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Beginner's Luck

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Words & Music: Sid Tepper/ Roy C. Bennett
First time I fell in love
I fell in love with you
First time I dared to dream
My only dream came true

Must be beginner's luck
To wish upon a star
That opened up my eyes
And there you are

I wave no magic wand
I own no lucky charms
How then can I explain
An angel in my arms
Must be beginner's luck
What else can it be
When someone wonderful as you
Loves me
Recorded: 1965/05/12, first released on Frankie and Johnny
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KingKreole (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 7, 2010report abuse
One of the most unbearable movies, but a song I truly like. And I liked how "up front" Elvis' voice is, afterall, his voice is so spectacularly beautiful it really makes a fairly plain ballad like this something special. And I can't exactly argue with the charges of "schmaltz", but man, if you first hear this track when you are 10 or 11, when you may have your first crush on a girl....it becomes one of those "soundtrack of your life" kinda songs. (Thank God you don't have to fill out the rest of the soundtrack with other "Frankie and Johnny" tracks...")
Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
A good ballad from the movie and LP "Frankie and Johnny". Not quite in the league of his best movie ballads ("Can't Help Falling In Love" and "They Remind Me Too Much Of You"), but a very enjoyable track. This entire album was produced with the concept that more of Elvis' voice and the less we heard the backing vocals and band the better, so the production is not top notch (luckily RCA discontinued this method of production for his releases shortly after this LP). The scene in the movie which contains this scene is a nice scene with Elvis serenading the beautiful Donna Douglas while lying with his head in her lap in a dream sequence.
dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Nice vocal, but very average song. Typical movie schmaltz done all too often. Production is terrible with Elvis way up front again in the mix.
My boy, my boy (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Beautiful lyrics...beautiful melody...beautiful voice !
JLpResLey (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Average movie song. Nothing more, nothing less
Monster (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
A rare bearable song from these writers. Nice lyrics and pleasant enough melody. Fine but nothing special.
JerryNodak (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Nice, pleasant, well-sung movie schmaltz. Nothing more. But, then again, I love schmaltz.
old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Typical of the many movie songs created by these two writers for Elvis. I suppose it says something when the soundtrack took over 30 years to achieve platinum status.
Deke Rivers 6 (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 6, 2010report abuse
Prefer the bluesy song "Hard Luck".
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on Aug 21, 2009report abuse
A so-so ballad that we had too many of up to this point. Tepper/Bennett were kings of schmaltz and their songs all started to sound alike. Boy did Elvis need some good writers at this point.
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