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Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
Recorded at RCA Studio B, also Jolene (Dolly Parton), How Great Thou Art and If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Written by Mort Shuman, also My Baby (Janis Joplin), Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin) and Viva Las Vegas
Part of Elvis Is Back!, also Such a Night, It’s Now or Never and Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
89 other songs on fono were recorded at RCA Studio B, by Bill Clifton and Dolly Parton and others
Mort Shuman wrote 73 songs on fono
Doc Pomus wrote 59 songs on fono
Doc Pomus’s most frequent co-writer is Mort Shuman (41 songs together)
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Performed by
- Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, D.J. Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, Hank Garland, Scotty Moore and The Jordanaires
- Part of
- Elvis Is Back!
- Recorded at
- RCA Studio B
- Released on
- RCA
- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Performed by
- Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, D.J. Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, Hank Garland, Scotty Moore and The Jordanaires
- Part of
- Elvis Is Back!
- Recorded at
- RCA Studio B
- Released on
- RCA
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: RCA
Same studio: RCA Studio B
Same release: Elvis Is Back!
Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: RCA
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Bob Moore
A Mess of Blues was performed by Bob Moore
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Buddy Harman
A Mess of Blues was performed by Buddy Harman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by D.J. Fontana
A Mess of Blues was performed by D.J. Fontana
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Elvis Presley
A Mess of Blues was performed by Elvis Presley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Floyd Cramer
A Mess of Blues was performed by Floyd Cramer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Hank Garland
A Mess of Blues was performed by Hank Garland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by Scotty Moore
A Mess of Blues was performed by Scotty Moore
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was performed by The Jordanaires
A Mess of Blues was performed by The Jordanaires
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was written by Doc Pomus
A Mess of Blues was written by Doc Pomus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was written by Mort Shuman
A Mess of Blues was written by Mort Shuman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues is part of the release Elvis Is Back!
A Mess of Blues is part of the release Elvis Is Back!
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was recorded at RCA Studio B
A Mess of Blues was recorded at RCA Studio B
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song A Mess of Blues
RCA is the label of the song A Mess of Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz A Mess of Blues was released on 1960-07-22
A Mess of Blues was released on 1960-07-22
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026