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That's Someone You Never Forget
Words & Music:
Red West/ Elvis PresleyThe way she held your hand,
The little things you planned
Her memory is with you yet
That's someone you never forget
When she is far away
You'll think of her each day
And you know she'll wait for you
That's someone you never forget
Others may pass your way
And let you think their love is true
But you know that they'll never replace
The one that waits for you Recorded:
1961/06/25, first released on
Pot LuckReactions
When Elvis was in Memphis in the early 60's, he visited his mothers grave every day and cleaned it himself. He must have missed her immensly as this ballad shows.
Instead of Elvis studio albums getting better and progressing in the early 60's, there were getting blander since Elvis Is Back was released as the soundtracks took over. This song along with Suspicion, Something Blue & Easy Question were the highlights on Pot Luck. Very much an up & down LP.
"Pot Luck" was an up and down LP (think "Love Letters From Elvis" and "Raised On Rock" for similar LP's), but it finished on a big time high. This ballad is fantastic and Elvis makes you feel every word of the song with his beautiful haunting vocals. 4 1/2 stars and along with "Something Blue" the best song on the album. "Pot Luck" would have been so much better if they had not included "Kiss Me Quick", "Just For Old Times Sake" and "Night Rider" and replaced them with the current single "She's Not You" and "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" along with the overlooked gem "I Met Her Today".
Great song from a great album.
Beautifully sung and very haunting. Absolutely gorgeous.
A real gem! It's so haunting and so beautiful, I can't stop listening to it... I use to play it to my girlfriends (one at a time!) and it gets a lot of attention, they really love it. It gives me goosebumps every time!
Ought to be in everyone's top ten list of the best performances ever.
a diamond! Elvis at his vocal peak.
A ver decent and fine tune. Red and Elvis definitely should have teamed up many times more to do songwriting. Don't know the percentage in lyrics which goes on Elvis' account in this one. But unfortunately there was that little incident after You'll Be gone which obivously discouraged the man behind the music to do more songwriting...anyone?
This is a mothers day special. Check the wording & lyrics, read them again, he must have been singing about a mother figure. Anyway, it's a lovely song from a very good album at a great time in his career. 1961 & 62, wonderful times for Elvis & his fans.
An often forgotten song. I don´t listen to it very often, but whenever I do, I love it. A wonderful recording from the very much underrated album, Pot Luck
One of the very best songs Elvis ever recorded. A real gem.
A beautiful song sung beautifully. Elvis uses a very delicate vulnerable type of voice on this one that he really only used twice that I can think of; here and also on "I'm Leavin'". A great song.
I have just come across the following review on the net and in particular the writers favourite track on the album; The absolute gem contained on the album and one of the most interesting tracks that Elvis ever produced was “That Someone You Never Forget.” Elvis takes a rare writing credit for this song. He came up with the title and the idea for a tribute commemorating his mother who died while he was serving in the military. He produced one of the great vocals of his career on this very personal song. Elvis means it here and it shows.
Great song. It sets a mood unheard of in any other Elvis song. I wish he tired to collaborate more with Red or anyone else. Best ballad on Pot Luck.
One of the many really good songs on the Pot Luck album.Did Elvis really contribute to the writing of the song though?
What a beauty!! I didn't realize this until today!! Elvis at his best in the early 60th.
A million times better than Love Me Tender yet a millionth of a percent as well known. TCB
Beautiful performance! It is worth mentioning that the fan based compilation Artist Of The Century includes this beauty. As a matter of fact, that collection is one of the best ever compilations released!
Elvis should have tried a few more times to write ballads. He could feel them like no one !
What a touching lyrics and sung by Elvis it gets that magic that makes you shiver all over. Here you get the maturing voice of Elvis, young and beautiful, captivating the mood implied. Definitely one on my routine list! This is indeed a widely underrated balad.
One of Elvis' best songs: a perfect recording, haunting, moving, possibly the saddest song he ever recorded, with hints of 'Blue Velvet', AND he even tried his hand at writing with this song. If this was any other artist, a song of this quality would be on EVERY hits compilation and yet in Presley's case it has been criminally neglected. 10/10
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