I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET
“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 and Bill Black, with Johnny Bernero on drums, and released on August 20, 1955, along with “Mystery Train” (Sun 223). This is the closest the trio came to a traditional country song while at Sun Records. 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. It was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a national known country music star. (More from Wikipedia)
Charlie Feathers is known as the “king of rockabilly” and is the co-author of one of Elvis Presley’s earliest hit songs, “I Forgot to Remember to Forget”.
(May 2011)
