Elvis Presley - I Got A Woman Lyrics

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Imagine this man covering songs like this in the 50’s. Ray has always been my favorite but I took HUGE balls for Elvis to cover this in the south during this time. He really started it all. His voice is truly the greatest and most diverse any of our generations have seen or heard. He was a genius

It's OK, but I prefer the Ray Charles version.

If this song doesn't get your leg shaking ,nothing else will.

HE'S GOT A WOMAN !

I love the original by Ray Charles. It's one of his signature songs. But Elvis did a damn good cover. Especially that last 15 seconds or so.

The music is actually an old gospel song, Ray was chastised by blacks for making the lyrics "sexual".

Can anyone tell me what the Elvis song is in the new TCF bank commercial? It's driving me crazy; the lyrics are "I found the one/She took my love..."

The first two LPs by Elvis consisted mostly covers of originals recorded by black artists.

That's correct, & those black artists got screwed. However, at least Elvis put more into the ripped-off songs than did Pat Boone, who was just ridiculously white, with ZERO rythym or soul.

Sorry but Ray's version just touches my soul.

It’s great to see people that don’t just claim Elvis’s was awful and say he stole black music. I also like Ray’s version of this song a lot.

On January 10, 1956, Elvis Presley recorded three songs with his new record company - RCA Victor.  This song was the first one recorded that day, followed by "Heartbreak Hotel" and then "Money Honey."

DJ. Fontana killin the groove!!! Elvis was awesome but his band was just as awesome... Especially the drummer DJ. Fontana!! R.I.P. my fellow skin pounder!!

Yep shifting low to high like a transmission. This thing fucking moves low to high gear. Dj is really makes it move.

That's always attracted to Elvis Presley's music is this early stuff.
Just imagine the guts it took for Elvis to do these kind of songs in 1954-55-56. In the south no less. Black kids and whites were segregated. They each had there own schools...dinners.. Shops. Culture..music.. And they just didn't mix.. 18..19 year old Elvis Presley didn't care..he'd go to Beatle street. Buy his clothes in the black stores.. Hang around and listen to the blues being played on street corners. As well as the black gospel music at church..and country music he'd hear on the grand I'm opery.. By the time he stood in front of the Mic at sun records that July night in 54.. At 19 years old... Singing everything he could to impress Sam Phillips. Nothing was sounding right.. Nervous..eger to please.. During a coffee break. He started strumming his guitar.. Mixing all the music he loved in his head..gospel..blues..country. And that's alright mama came out of his mouth and music would never be the same..

Well put Chris - Jerry Lee was equally daring, crossing the tracks to hear black music. And the rest is rock n roll!

how it calls the other song of elvis that ends like this one???

oh hell no...

I love this version of Ray's song. It's interesting in that you say, above, it was recorded at the Sun studios. It certainly has the Sun sound, but there's a piano in there. Also, it is not included on 'The Sun Sessions' album (albeit an RCA Victor release). It also appears to have been issued by RCA Victor. I have it on an RCA Spain EP, 'El Ritmo de Elvis Presley', together with some definite Sun tracks. I know that RCA bought all of the Elvis Sun catalogue, so this could be one such, but where does that piano come in? And, incidentally, who was the pianist? Elvis scholars, please help!

Most of the early RCA sessions had Floyd Cramer on piano. (Piano comes in right at the end.)

Thats typical 50's:
A black singer made a song which came into the R&B charts and a white singer gets success by covering this song in the pop charts

Elvis did the best versions of the songs better better than the white dudes and the black dudes who did these songs Elvis was in the class of his own color don't mean nothing young Elvis was the best

Yeah man. This song was almost 2 years old when Elvis recorded it. And no Elvis' version was NOT a hit. Elvis just did it in his style which I think out rocks Ray's. Ray did the best version of I Cant Stop Loving You. So what the fuck dude? Get real and stop that bullshit.

So what!

Simon Hick That's such an over-simplication regarding the reality of the RnR Big Bang and its' immediate seismic effects in the music world (and in all our lives)...what happened was a lot more convoluted and, in some cases, more than a little crooked...an excellent book on this subject is Michael T Bertrand's book "Race, Rock and Elvis (Music in American Life)"...definitely worth a read...And it wasn't just black artists who were getting ripped off, (eg Buddy Holly)...altho their colour meant that, as it was in the rest of society, they would be disadvantaged that bit more and have the shittiest of the shit deals...But doors were opening which had been closed..and walls that had been barriers were crashing down.

One word: Nice.

i gota woman! very sensual rock and roll!

Takes me way back - to my youth - His early stuff was brilliant - Then Parker messed up to a certain degree. Elvis still the King - He's never left the Building..

I like Ray's better.

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better than ray s version

I loooooove this .. wish I was that woman! :)

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Alex K lol no he not

Alex K ...Elvis was not the original king of rock and roll. He said that himself. You weren't born around that time, anyway.

This was the first song Elvis recorded after switching from Sun Records to RCA Victor. It was recorded just before "Heartbreak Hotel".

drmjr78 He actually recorded both of those songs in the same day. January 10th 1956.

"Money Honey" was also recorded that day.  RCA wanted Elvis to record "Blue Suede Shoes" so they could cover it.  Elvis held off recording his version till the end of the month - to ensure that Carl Perkins' version would attract the attention it deserved.  Perkins said that if Elvis' version had come out before his (Carl's) version became a big national hit, Elvis' version (on the biggest label in the USA) would have "washed him out."

El Rey.

I think rays version is great but to say Elvis version isn't great is insane. just me.

Brandon Vandine I Aint Arguing with ya

IT's great, oh yes. Great, great, great, great...immense!

they are different styles, Ray's was Jump Blues, Elvis was the rock-a-billy cover of Ray's song.

True, true, but I feel like this is part of the whole "white artist ripping off a black artist" thing that was so prevalent in the Fifties, so I "can't" like it as much, y'know?

well i got a woman way cross town she's good to me oh oh yeah

say i got a woman way cross town she's good to me oh yeah

she gives me money when im in need yeah shes the kind of friend in need

i got a woman way cross town shes good to me oh oh yeah

she sends her lovin early in the morning just for me oh oh yeah

she sends her lovin early in the morning just for me oh yeah

she sends her lovin just for me yeah you know she loves me so tenderly

i got a woman way cross town shes good to me oh yeah

shes there to love me

all day and night

never grumbles or fusses

just treats me right

never running on the streets

leaves me alone

she knows a womans place

right there at home

I got a woman way cross town shes good to me oh oh yeah

say i got a woman way cross town shes good to me oh yeah

well shes my baby dont you understand

I I I I love her mad I got a woman way cross town shes good to me oh oh yeah

I bet you know shes alright
shes alright shes alright

i got a woman way over town good to me yeah

I like the way they kick it up and  then down..then up...Like shifting gears...pretty fucking cool...Yeah Ray Charles version is great but THIS is something else.....Early Elvis is from outer space. It is like taking a Model A with a four cylinder and putting a V-8 in it.

Juiced up and rockin'!

Yeah I read somewhere once that they changed up the tempo just to sync up everybody's cardiac arrhythmias. Lol.

Ya know, cause in the 1950s a typical American breakfast was; Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Biscuits & Gravy(made with bacon grease), 14 cups of coffee. Extra salt....grits, toast. 3 extra egg yolks, & 1 entire 16oz. glass of unpasteurized milk.
After breakfast, hit the local drugstore for a nice Coca-Cola, or lemon phosphate which is a great choice for washing down 11 Benzedrine tablets....now you don't wanna be jittery at work so the pharmacist gives you barbiturates, under the table, no Rx required since there were no computers, ha.

All this & by 8am you've smoked 1 entire pack of unfiltered cigarettes.

Seriously, it's a miracle how healthy people were back then!!
I blame the internet.
Damn internet.
Making people obese since....the 1990s? Idc who knows...

this is rock ans roll bae!! baby, you are perfect... dont follow parker also in paradise... if you haven't followed parker, surely you were more perfect and more popular... also in this years!!

beautiful! elvis i love you too much!!

Is the piano out of tune ?

That's the Floyd Cramer sound !!

Great cover!!

Wrong info it was Recorded in New York at RCA Studios.

Yes, during Elvis' first recording session with his new record company.

Leave this stuff to ray Charles.

Ok here is the rub, this was Elvis first session with RCA records, Elvis was only 20, from the notes I have seen, the early studio in Nashville was just started by RCA and was having acoustics's problems, esp. with the base, RCA was also trying to reproduce Sun (Phillips) studio's/ Memphis signature style rock-a-billy, slap, back echo sound, but RCA was doing it with a pseudo echo chamber instead of adding the echo after recording as Sam Phillips did, so supposedly it was messing with the performers hearing. 5 songs were recorded, 2 were covers of Jump/ Blues songs originally done by black artists as that was the sound they were going for and that's what Elvis liked doing, the first was this cover of Ray's break out hit heard here, the second was "Money Honey" recorded originally by Clyde Mcphatter & the Drifters, the 3rd was "I was the one" written special for Elvis by Claude Demetrius (Glaydy's Music), a black songwriter, known for writing songs for Jump Artists such as Lois Armstrong & Louis Jordan, and a country ballad, I'm counting on you , a country ballad written by Don Robertson. * the last 2 songs Presley was joined for the first time by his friends from Memphis on back-up, "the Jordanaires," a Southern Gospel Group, known for singing black Spirituals, like "Dry Bones," & "Peace & the Valley," to add to the sound they were trying to create, of the white country boy, with the black sound, the last was the Blues/Rock Smash hit, "heartbreak Hotel," the big hit from the session and the strangest, 8 bar blues progression, Chet Atkins picking guitar, but the Lyrics, by Tommy Durdan and co-written by a school teacher from Tenn. was based on the true story of a man that committed suicide in Miami over a breakup by jumping out his hotel window, was considered strange, and almost never recorded, so my point is, all in all, with all the problems, it was a magnificent & historical first session, they got the sound and the public re-action they wanted, and yes Ray was probably pleased not only that his song was covered, but that it would bring royalties and exposure to the original tune, just as "That's Alright Mama" brought publicity and rejuvenated the career for the Artist who originally cut it "Arthur Crudup," who was vertually unknown outside of black audiences, and Jump-Blues fans of that day, when they were just called, "Race Records."

Scotty Moore played the lead guitar, not Chet Atkins, FYI. Great notes and info you typed up though. Ray Charles's version is great, but not as great as Elvis's, wouldn't you agree?

I would say we are both right and that you Know your Elvis & your stuff. I would be at a great remiss if I do not mention one of the greatest guitar men of that day, the great Scotty Moore, Elvis Personal lead guitarists from the early days of rock, his thumb pick style was precedent setting, Moore is not only credited with laying the framework of "rock-a-billy, but some even say he was the father of the coming metallic rock that we know today by Moore"s invention of playing known as "power Chording" ! Also: it saddens me when I consider what went down with him, btw Parker & some of the execs, right before Elvis Hollywood days in not letting them (Scotty & the boys) have their studio time, as Elvis allegedly promised them. Nevertheless: about Scotty Moore, he picked up the guitar at the age of 8, his greatest influence (Graham), was Chet Atkins who he modeled some of his playing after, as a teen he formed the Hellcat boys of Memphis, these same boys as you know would record with Elvis at his famous, Sam Phillips session, now I am trying to cut to the chase.....Philips signed over contract rights to RCA (Nashville) Magavic St., old studio one, Elvis did his first session there at Studio B, it just so happens, that Chet Atkins, who is Scotty Moores "guitar hero," has been hired by RCA as Chief sound engineer of the same studio where the recording is set. Atkins asked Scotty, "how you wanna do this?" Moore responds, "the way we always do, Elvis on rhythm, guitar, me on lead, doing our own production" Now: if you check the photos you will notice, to the left of Elvis with his guitar is not Scotty Moore, but Chet Atkins, with his guitar, Chet is also listed in RCA session notes as, "lead guitar," After the success with Elvis, RCA puts Chet over the whole division, and in addition, Chet"s sound would go on to impact and change the sound of country music, and is credited along with the voice of Gentleman Jim Reeves of bringing country into the mainstream. Thanks for your kind words & compliments Graham. I love my music, glad to share and compare notes, that's what's up!!!
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As far as my choice on the best version, I would say that is a matter of taste, it would come down to style and personal proclivity, both versions are top of their game and precedent setting, both bands were top of their game, Some like Elvis full, rich, versatile voice, Some like Rays voice, the way he hit the runs the way Elvis said, he only wished he could do like that, and you know this was Ray's song, about his woman, you can feel Rays heart & emotion in it, but that's just me. When I was younger, I didn't know much more then Elvis, but I am bent on R&b. I think if you are a lover of Rock-a-billy bop, you will prefer the Elvis joint, if you like Jump, blues, soul and R&B then it will be Ray!

Elvis all the way!!!!!!

Can't beat the 1950's Elvis, pure rock and roll .

paacer elvis, carl perkins, carl smith, jerry lee lewis, johnny cash then guys like chuck berry.. my oh my why cant we go back to 1956 where most of it started:( im one of the few 19yo's who hates todays music and loves the classic stuff like i just mentioned

Thats a R&B Song by Ray Charles ...

68, 69, & 70 Elvis may just top 50's Elvis. His voice is crazy. Anything from those 3 years are gold but anything from 68 is gold dipped in gold. In that year his voice is mind blowing.

@Aaron you're 21 now I'm 16 hahaha new gen who likes old stuff

elvis wasnt cool after the 50s..the whole las vegas thing lost his "edge"

I agree. The early, raw Elvis stuff is great. The jumpsuit Vegas Elvis is lame as fuck.

Totally disagree. Elvis cleverly had three stages to his career. The Fifties Rock "n" Roll, the Sixties ballads /movies , and then the Seventies Las Vegas time. Which I believe was probably his defining moments. Had he kept to just Rock "n" Roll his career would have been down years ago, and he left to doing the oldies circuits. But he is now remembered for all of these periods. Isn't it strange then when most his impersonators do his Las Vegas style.

Elvis was vocally even better between 68-70 (NBC TV Special- Chips Moman Recordings/American Studio Sessions and in That's the way it is] that he was in his early years. I would also claim he was GREAT between 1973 (Aloha) to 1977. You have to listen more in that drection...

Dedric There um you must not be an Elvis fan if you don't like the jumpsuit eara. Elvis was the best in Vegas years.

Well, the impersonators prefer the later period just _because_ of the fact that by then he had lost those unique qualities that are impossible to impersonate. His range in the fifties was quite impressive, a fifth above middle C, even (non-falsetto) and his timbre arrestingly, well, unique.. But he began losing about a half-tone a year from 57 on. Compare the 58 and 68 versions of “Trouble,” No comparison!) The problem is endemic to pop singers. They don’t know how fragile those notes are and that it takes a lot of _work_ and clean living to keep them.

Nope I love elvis ,but this was not for him

If you are reading this - Congratulations! You have a good taste in music.

Likewise hillbilly cat, much respect to Elvis, early trailblazer and pioneer, King of Rock-a-billy!

I hear you Theodore, they are both good in their own right, Ray did the original (Jump-Blues) style with a Gospel twist, Elvis style is rock-a-billy, and it is an interesting contrast, both good in their genre, both pioneering efforts, you can't compare one against the other, I love them both!

LOVE Elvis Presley 😊

HillBillyCat naw man came here from the of ray who sang it way better with a piano and blind

How 'bout listening to the Ray Charles ORIGINAL VERSION. Now THAT would show good taste.

he sounds hot!

One of my fave Elvis recordings.

Well, I've got a woman
Way cross town
She's good to me oh, yeah
Say. I've got a woman
Way cross town
She's good to me oh, yeah

She's here in the morning,
loving me
Yeah, she's a kind of friend to me

She says she love me early in the morning
Just for me
Oh, yeah you know she loves me
Oh, naturally

She's there to love me both day and night
No groans or fusses, treats me right
Never running in the street
Loving me alone
She knows a woman's place is around home at night

Well, she's my baby
And I'm her loving man

simply...the greatest of all time... Long live The King!!

I'm in love with the change at 2:09. Bluesy bitches!

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