I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine

"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine"
"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine"
Single by Elvis Presley
A-side	"Good Rocking Tonight"
Released	September 25, 1954
Recorded	September 1954
Studio	Sun Studio
Genre	Rockabilly; country;
Label	Sun
Songwriter(s)	Mack David
Producer(s)	Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley singles chronology

"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" is a popular song written by Mack David. It was originally written for the Disney animated feature Cinderella, but was not used in the final print.^[1] The most popular version was recorded by Patti Page in 1950. The Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5396, and first reached the Billboard chart on May 20, 1950, lasting nine weeks and peaking at number 8. It was her first Top 10 hit.^[2] She recorded the song again in 1959 for her album I'll Remember April.

Elvis Presley version

The song was one of the first 19 recordings by Elvis Presley for Sun Records. In 1954, "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" was the second Sun Records release by Presley, along with "Good Rocking Tonight" on the A-side. He recorded it in mid-September 1954, and the single was released on September 25.^[3]

Other cover versions

Dean Martin recorded the song for Capitol Records on March 28, 1950.^[5] While the song appears on several Beatles early pre-fame set lists, there are no extant recordings.^[6]

In popular culture

A Dean Martin version of the song was featured in the 1953 film Scared Stiff starring Martin and Jerry Lewis.^[7] The Patti Page recording is featured in the movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Guy Pearce also briefly sings excerpts of this song in the film, as does Terence Stamp and Hugo Weaving.^[8]

References

^ Guralnick, Peter (1995). Last Train to Memphis. Abacus. pp. 132–133. ISBN 0-349-10651-7.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research.
^ ^a ^b DeWitt, Howard A. (1993). Elvis, the Sun Years: The Story of Elvis Presley in the Fifties. Popular Culture. p. 164. ISBN 9781560750208.
^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^ Tosches, Nick (1992). Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. New York: Dell Publishing. p. 581. ISBN 0-440-21412-2.
^ Greene, Andy. "You Can Now Get Your Hands on a Beatles Setlist — If You Have $250,000 to Spare". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "Scared Stiff (1953)". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
^ "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

External links

I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine at Discogs (list of releases) Patti Page version
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine at Discogs (list of releases) Elvis Presley version

[1] Guralnick, Peter (1995). Last Train to Memphis. Abacus. pp. 132–133. ISBN 0-349-10651-7.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research.

[DeWitt1993-3] DeWitt, Howard A. (1993). Elvis, the Sun Years: The Story of Elvis Presley in the Fifties. Popular Culture. p. 164. ISBN 9781560750208.

[4] Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.

[5] Tosches, Nick (1992). Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. New York: Dell Publishing. p. 581. ISBN 0-440-21412-2.

[6] Greene, Andy. "You Can Now Get Your Hands on a Beatles Setlist — If You Have $250,000 to Spare". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[7] "Scared Stiff (1953)". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

[8] "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

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