YOU'LL BE GONE
"You'll Be Gone" is a song co-written by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and released in 1965 on the Girl Happy soundtrack album and as a 45 single. The song was recorded in 1962 and is significant because it was co-written by Elvis Presley, with his bodyguard Red West and Charlie Hodge. The other song that Elvis Presley composed was "That's Someone You Never Forget" in 1961 with Red West, which was on the Pot Luck LP released in 1962. The song was recorded on Sunday, March 18, 1962 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. (More from Wikipedia)
Speaking broadly, originally playing music and writing music were almost completely separate professions; and this division persisted until well into the 1960's. For instance, Elvis Presley had no input on the writing of virtually all of his songs; according to Wikipedia, Elvis was actually a co-writer only on "You'll Be Gone" and "That's Someone You Never Forget". If you like to check the fine print on record albums and labels like I do, this might not be immediately apparent, because songwriting credits are funny things – as long as everyone involved is in agreement (more or less), you can put down whomever you want.
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