Teddy Bear/Loving You
RCA 1013
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. (Let me be your) Teddy Bear
Side 2:
1. Loving You
RCA 1013 (78rpm)
Released: July 1957:
mono (12)
This was the first Elvis single released by RCA in the U.K. The pressing of Presley product was now in the hands of Decca.
This meant that you could purchase Elvis records issued by two different labels at the same time as HMV were still releasing Elvis product in England until September 1958.
Tracks taken from the 10" LP:
'Loving You' (RC 24001)
Factory Sample/Demo/Promo
Black Label - RCA Large Silver Dot Logo - Triangle Centre
Black Label - RCA Large Silver Dot Logo - Knockout Centre
Black Label - RCA Victor Small Silver Dot Logo
This single entered the UK charts on July 18, 1957, peaking at no. 3.
Chart Run: (19 Weeks) (Teddy Bear)
18/07/1957 - 13
25/07/1957 - 07
01/08/1957 - 04
08/08/1957 - 03
15/08/1957 - 06
22/08/1957 - 03
29/08/1957 - 05
05/09/1957 - 07
12/09/1957 - 10
19/09/1957 - 12
26/09/1957 - 13
03/10/1957 - 16
10/10/1957 - 12
17/10/1957 - 12
24/10/1957 - 13
31/10/1957 - 09
07/11/1957 - 12
14/11/1957 - 15
21/11/1957 - 22
Chart Run: (2 Weeks) (Loving You)
07/11/1957 - 24
14/11/1957 - 30
Information: www.officialcharts.com
Recording Information:
Teddy Bear
(January 16, 1957: Paramount Sound Stage, Hollywood, California)
Loving You
(February 24, 1957: Radio Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
Elvis UK: First RCA Single Flyer
used by kind permission: (Thanks to Scott Matthews)
Record Mirror: W/E July 13, 1957
Elvis UK: RCA RECORDS Flyer
(September 13, 1957)