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"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" is a country song written by Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers. It was recorded at Sun Studio on July 11, 1955, by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and Johnny Bernero on drums, and released on August 20, 1955, along with "Mystery Train" (Sun 223).〔(Presley, Elvis (RCS Artist Discography) sample and label shot )〕〔(The Elvis Presley Sun Collection. )〕 It was rereleased by RCA Victor (#47-6357) in December 1955. Moore's guitar had a Nashville steel guitar sound, and Black played a clip-clop rhythm. Elvis sang a brooding vocal. This is the closest the trio came to a traditional country song while at Sun.〔The Blue Moon Boys – The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 47. ISBN 1-55652-614-8 〕 The song reached the ''Billboard'' national country music chart #1 position on February 25, 1956 on the ''Billboard'' C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart, and remained there at #1 for 2 weeks, and spent 5 weeks at #1 on the ''Billboard'' C&W Most Played in Juke Boxes chart. The record reached #4 on the ''Billboard'' Most Played by Jockeys chart.〔(Elvis History Blog. )〕〔(''Billboard'', February 25, 1956. ''Billboard'' listed both the Sun and RCA Victor singles in computing the chart figures, both Sun 223 and RCA Victor 20-6357. )〕〔(elvis-tkc.com. )〕 It was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a national known country music star. The song remained on the country charts for 39 weeks.〔The Blue Moon Boys – The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 46. ISBN 1-55652-614-8 〕 The flip side of this release, "Mystery Train", peaked at the #11 position on the national ''Billboard'' Country Chart. Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song in 1957 and the 1960s. Composer Charlie Feathers has also recorded it. The Beatles covered this song once for the BBC radio show, ''From Us To You'', on 1 May 1964, which was included on the ''Live at the BBC'' compilation in 1994. Johnny Cash covered and released this song in 1959 on the Sun LP ''Greatest!'' and on the album ''The Survivors Live'' in 1981. B. J. Thomas included this song on his 1972 album, ''B. J. Thomas Country''. Chuck Jackson, Ral Donner, Robert Gordon, Johnny Hallyday, The Deighton Family, Hicksville Bombers, and Wanda Jackson recorded this song as well.〔(Second Hand Songs: I Forgot to Remember to Forget. )〕 Chris Isaak also covered this song on his 2011 album, ''Beyond the Sun''. Bob Dylan and The Band recorded this song in 1967 it was released on the 2014 album, ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Forgot to Remember to Forget」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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