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September 4 1956
(+ means you need both    ~ means same material    °° means stereo or binaural    ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

20th Century Fox Stage 1 - Hollywood, California
Soundtrack Session for 'Love Me Tender'
20th Century Fox Producer : Lionel Newman
Arranger : Ken Darby
Engineers : Bob Mayer / Ken Runyon
(9.00am - 12.00pm)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar: Vito Mumolo The Ken Darby Trio : Rad Robinson; Jon Dodson; Charles Prescott
Bass: Michael "Myer" Rubin  
Drums: Richard Cornell  
Banjo: Luther "Red" Roundtree  
Accordian: Carl Fortina  

Let Me (Track)
  September 4 1956
Take 1 FS   S21  
Take 2 (M)   S22 (Vocal overdub on September 5)  

Poor Boy (Partial Verse Track)
  September 4 1956
Take 1 FS   S23  
Take 2     S24  
Take 3 (M)   S25 (Vocal overdub on September 5)  

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