"
That's Someone You Never Forget", with concept and title by Presley, was written in conjunction with
Red West and possibly in memory of Elvis' deceased mother,
Gladys Presley.[9] The song would later go to number 92 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in May 1967 as the
B-side to the single "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)".[10] Another song from these sessions, "
You'll Be Gone", written by Presley and West, this time with fellow "
Memphis Mafia" cohort
Charlie Hodge, would appear as the b-side to "
Do the Clam".[11] The song "Steppin' Out of Line" is an unused track from the sessions for Blue Hawaii.[12]
Although like its predecessors in 1960 and 1961 – Elvis Is Back! and Something For Everybody, – Pot Luck easily made the top ten on the album chart, all three had been vastly outsold by the soundtrack albums G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii, a pattern that would continue to hold for Presley through the mid-1960s.[13] The soundtracks had the advantage of the films as a promotional tool and
Colonel Tom Parker went against standard practice in the American record industry by refusing to include hit singles on albums, which would have likely increased sales.[13] As a result, Presley would concentrate on his movie career, and not make another non-soundtrack, non-
gospel studio album for another seven years, until From Elvis in Memphis.
Reissues
The July 13, 1999,
Compact Disc reissue altered the running order of the album, and included five bonus tracks in two sides of one single, one b-side, and two tracks from the 1965 compilation album LSP 3450, Elvis for Everyone. The three single sides had been recorded at the sessions that yielded the balance of the album on March 18 and 19, 1962. One single had both sides written by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, while "
You'll Be Gone" had been issued as a b-side in 1965. Given the nature of the Elvis for Everyone LP, compiled from sessions spanning a ten-year stretch, RCA opted not to include it as part of its reissue program, appending its songs as bonus tracks to other albums as appropriate. The bonus tracks were all recorded at Studio B in Nashville.
Pot Luck was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in 2007 in a deluxe 2-disc CD collection containing the original album along with numerous alternate takes from the original recording sessions.[14]
^Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 124.
ISBN1-84353-417-7.
^"Pop albums". Elvis Presley: The Official Site of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. 2013. Archived from
the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
