Just Because
Elvis Presley Lyrics
Well, well, well
Just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your momma thinks you're hot
Well, just because you think you've got something
That no other girl has got
You've caused me to spend all my money
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus
Well, I'm telling you
Baby, I'm through with you
Because, well well, just because
Well, well, well
There'll come a time when you'll be lonesome
And there'll come a time when you'll be blue
Well, there'll come a time when old Santa
He won't pay your bills for you
You've caused me to lose all my women
And now, now you say we are through
Well, I'm telling you
Baby, I was through with you
A long long time ago
Well, just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're the hottest thing in town
Well, just because you think you've got something
That nobody else has got
You've caused me to spend all of my money
Honey, you laughed and called me your old Santa Claus
Well, I'm telling you I'm through with you
Because, well well, just because
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MAURICE D. DAVID COMMANDER, RODNEY G. MASSEY, JERLINE O. SHELTON
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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Read Full BioElvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Read Full BioElvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
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Lawrence Brown
This recording along with that's all right mama
Has been responsible for dozens of the greatest rock n roll stars...
They were inebriated by early Elvis records
The Beatles
Prince
And countless others.
As a songwriter
These Sun recordings energized my musical soul and I was able to write some of the most recorded songs in history
Thank you ELVIS
Scotty and Bill Black
L.Russell Brown
Frank Zgrabik
Best Rock N Roll polka of all time - The King was exceptional on this album
Rasher Quivers
Check out Conway Twitty's version
markybgoode
I was really struck by JUST BECAUSE. The solo features some incredible noteworthy highlights such as Chet Atkins finger style chops, chromatically moving parallel thirds combined with a stationary E note as a sort of pedal point. I recognized this as a technique that George Harrison later used in HELP.
John Sydney Wright
Similar to MotherMaybelle style of playing,though she predeeded him... Both legendary players, though she is criminally overlooked and underrated,IMHO
John Sydney Wright
Ol' Chet didn't think much of his future King, when Elvis first came to RCA...rven saying that Elvis was a fad.....
gAQr7
Scotty Moore is credited as the electric guitrar player by most sources. Everybody keep two things in mind. While this track was released on RCA, it was recorded at Sun. In fact, wasn't Good Rockin Tonight recorded at this same session? And Chet Atkins, as well as Merle Travis, was an influence on Scotty's style of playing. Without those two, we might never have heard a sound like this.
Robert Huge
most of this album was recorded at Sun.
Francesco Alcozer
While today - in 2019 - we find excellent guitarists all over the world, in that period of the late 50s and early 60s, 90% of famous guitarists were American from the USA and the remaining 10% belonged to the rest of the world. Therefore, I don't think Scotty Moore needed other lessons to play well. Greetings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbWv08-xTDs +BLUEBERRY HILL* Elvis Presley Guitar Solo Version
Lawrence Brown
This recording along with that's all right mama
Has been responsible for dozens of the greatest rock n roll stars...
They were inebriated by early Elvis records
The Beatles
Prince
And countless others.
As a songwriter
These Sun recordings energized my musical soul and I was able to write some of the most recorded songs in history
Thank you ELVIS
Scotty and Bill Black
L.Russell Brown
Jacob Blackburn
@YanksPride1 nice