Though Carson insists the song was not written with Presley in mind, the assumption around Memphis and Nashville, in view of Presley’s marriage problems at the time, has always been that it was designed specifically for him. By the time they had gone through the song the fourth time, it was finished. But James stopped by Moman’s office long enough to hear a piece of the melody-and he was hooked.
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The Houston native had been working around the clock on his own songs and just wanted to go to a movie to relax. Thomas), James was one of the hottest writers in town.īut James was reluctant to get involved, he explained recently in a separate interview during a Los Angeles visit. Thanks to hits such as “Suspicious Minds” (recorded by Elvis Presley) and “Hooked on a Feeling” (B.J. The pair was struggling over it in Moman’s office when Mark James walked past. He’d have meetings and just tell people, ‘Push him to one side and sit down.’ ”Įven after Carson got together with Johnny Christopher, with whom he had written “No Love at All,” the song still didn’t come together. “I was at the studio 24 hours-sleeping on the couch in Chips’ office. “I had been up I don’t know how many days,” he said. I told her real fast I had to hang up because I had to put that into a song.”Ī Missouri native whose father was leader of a Western swing band, Carson, now 44, worked on the song for a few days in record producer Chips Moman’s recording studio but had trouble finishing it. “I said, ‘Well, I know I’ve been gone a lot, but I’ve been thinking about you all the time'-and it just struck me like someone had hit me with a hammer. “She was pretty damned irate about it,” recalled Carson, who now lives in Oxnard Shores, in Ventura County. Thomas, was on the phone trying to explain to his wife back in Springfield that he was going to have to stay even longer. Carson, a songwriter and guitarist whose songs are published under the name Wayne Carson Thompson, had been in town 10 days longer than he had planned.Ĭarson, who had written such hits as “The Letter” for the Box Tops and “No Love at All” for B. The saga of “Always on My Mind” began one night 16 years ago in Memphis. “But I just kept an open mind and when I finally heard it, I thought, ‘Hell, that’s a great record.’ I don’t think you can hurt a good song, and this is living proof.” They changed some of the melody, they changed a couple of words and they added all these synthesizers and things,’ ” he said. “Everybody had told me, ‘You’re not going to like it. There’s a changing of the guard and I’m not sure I fully understand it anymore.”Ĭarson disagrees about the Pet Shop Boys’ record. Then Siman, 67, added good-naturedly, “But then again I’ve just retired from the music business and that’s one of the reasons. To do a rock version on a classic though. “I’m a lover of ballads, even with ballads with a beat. “I was disappointed personally,” he said of the record when contacted by phone in his office in Springfield, Mo. (Si) Siman, a music publisher who has represented co-writer Carson for more than 20 years, sides with those who turn thumbs down on the Pet Shop Boys’ hyperactive treatment. However, the new rendition, with its aggressive synthesizer beat, is making many admirers of the sensitive Nelson version shake their heads in dismay-much the way fans of ‘30s and ‘40s pop standards such as “My Blue Heaven” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” were put off in the ‘50s when rock pioneers Fats Domino and the Platters (respectively) revised them.Į.E. 4 Fliphits 4 Great Hits Elvis Country Great Country Songs The Definitive Country Album Heart and Soul Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters Always on My Mind Artist of the Century Burning Love The Collection The Collection This Is Elvis Elvis 2000 All Time Greatest Hits Ballads The Best of Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes Collection The 50 Greatest Love Songs Country Side of Elvis The 50 Greatest Hits 2nd to None Separate Ways Love, Elvis Elvis by the Presleys Hitstory Hitstory Elvis Country Elvis Forever The Elvis Presley Collection: Love Songs The Essential Collection The Essential Elvis Presley Rehearsals Love, Elvis King Good Rockin' Tonight: Evolution of Elvis Presley, Vol.Nelson’s version also earned more than $1 million in royalties for the song’s three co-writers: Wayne Carson, Mark James and Johnny Christopher.īut a new dance-oriented version of the ballad by the English pop duo the Pet Shop Boys is shaping up as the biggest hit of all.Īlready a smash in Europe, “Always” is now racing up the pop charts in this country.
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