"Suspicion" | ||||
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Single by Terry Stafford | ||||
from the album Suspicion | ||||
B-side | "Judy" | |||
Released | February 1964 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Genre | Rockabilly | |||
Length | 2:27 | |||
Label | Crusader C 101 | |||
Writer(s) | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | |||
Producer(s) | John Fisher | |||
Terry Stafford singles chronology | ||||
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"Suspicion" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Pot Luck | ||||
A-side |
"Kiss Me Quick" Suspicion |
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B-side | Suspicion "It Hurts Me" | |||
Released |
April 16, 1964 May 1964 |
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Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | March 19, 1962 | |||
Genre | rockabilly | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label |
RCA Victor 447-0639 |
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Writer(s) | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Suspicion" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Pot Luck | ||||
A-side | "Kiss Me Quick"/ "Suspicion" | |||
B-side | "Sentimental Me"/ "I Want You With Me" |
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Released | May 1964 | |||
Format | EP Elvis Sings Kiss Me Quick | |||
Recorded | March 19, 1962 | |||
Genre | rockabilly | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | RCA Victor 20277 | |||
Writer(s) | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Suspicion" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Elvis in Demand | ||||
B-side | "It's a Long Lonely Highway" | |||
Released | November 26, 1976 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | March 9, 1962 | |||
Genre | rockabilly | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | RCA Victor 2768 | |||
Writer(s) | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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RCA Victor 447-0639
"Suspicion" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for Elvis Presley which became a major hit in 1964 via a recording by Presley sound-alike Terry Stafford.
One of 25 songs written by Pomus/Shuman for Elvis Presley, "Suspicion" was recorded by Presley on March 19, 1962 in Studio B of RCA's Nashville studio and issued on Presley's album Pot Luck released June 15, 1962. In April 1964, when the Terry Stafford version of "Suspicion" was in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, the Presley original was given a US single release with "Kiss Me Quick" as the flip, and it was "Kiss Me Quick" which was the favored side, reaching #34 nationally. "Suspicion" peaked at #103.
In Australia "Kiss Me Quick" and "Suspicion" appeared on the chart as a double A-side hit with a #56 peak: the actual format for this Australian release was a four track EP entitled Elvis Sings Kiss Me Quick' which featured "Kiss Me Quick" and "Suspicion" as A-side tracks with a B-side composed of "Sentimental Me" and "I Want You With Me".
"Suspicion" was also issued as a single in several European territories to vie with the Terry Stafford version with the Presley version charting in the Netherlands and the Dutch chart for Belgium with respective peaks of #9 and #6 and also in Norway where its chart peak was #9 and in Denmark where it peaked at #3: in its European single release "Suspicion" featured "It Hurts Me" as B-side.