![]() ![]() The Drifters’ performance is astonishing enough in its own right to earn the song the number 252 slot on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest songs of all-time. The familiar suggestion is, to use a technical term scholars of popular music don’t use often enough, rubbish.Īll you have to do to refute this canard is listen to the respective versions back to back. You have probably read that Presley’s cover of Jesse Stone’s Money Honey is identical to the classic Drifters version, cut in 1953, with Clyde McPhatter on lead vocal, which reached No1 on the US R&B charts, selling two million copies. It is also an object lesson in what you might call the misunderestimation of Elvis. His take on Money Honey is unique, unforgettable and unalloyed genius. “You know the landlord ring my front door bell” has to be one of the most memorable entrances Elvis ever made into a song. ![]() In this EIN Spotlight respected author Paul Simpson takes a close look at this classic track from Elvis' first album. 'Money Honey' - Unique, unforgettable, unalloyed genius - EIN Spotlight by Paul Simpson ![]()
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