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Many of the songs recorded at American by Presley derived from the country and western repertoire, such as the 1962 hit "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'" by Johnny Tillotson, Hank Snow's #1 country smash in 1950, "I'm Movin' On," Eddy Arnold's 1947 chestnut, "I'll Hold You in My Heart", and even the more modern, late 1960s country approach in "Gentle On My Mind" found a place. By including these songs, along with contemporary soul such as Jerry Butler's recent "Only the Strong Survive," like Ray Charles earlier in the decade with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Presley reinforced the musical links between country and rhythm and blues.
For the single, Chuck Jackson had sung the original Top 40 version of the b-side "Any Day Now" by Burt Bacharach in 1962, and future country singer and 1970s television star Mac Davis provided "In the Ghetto," Presley's stab at a message or protest song aligned with the times. Released as the lead single on April 14, two months before the album hit the stores, it went to #3 on the singles chart, his first top ten single since "Crying in the Chapel" in 1965. This album by Presley would be one of American Sound Studio's most famous products, along with Dusty in Memphis, which was released on January 13, 1969—during these sessions with Presley.
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