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Post by Lydia Purple on Dec 13, 2013 18:05:05 GMT -8
Elvis Presley had a record fifth consecutive no.1 on the UK chart when "Return to Sender", from the soundtrack of the film "Girls! Girls! Girls!", topped the chart for three weeks. Written by Chris Blackwell and Winfield Scott, it had earlier been prevented from becoming his 17th US no.1 one when it stalled at no.2 behind The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry". He had to wait almost seven more years before "Suspicious Minds" finally gave him his 17th US chart topper. It was to be the last American record to top the British chart for the next thirty weeks as British acts dominated the chart. The next American no.1 was Elvis' "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" in August the following year.
Gerri Granger recorded an answer song: "Don't Want Your Letters". The song was arranged and conducted by Ben Keyes. It was released on the single Big Top 45-3128.
The phrase "no such zone" in the song refers to US postal zones, a predecessor of the current US ZIP Code. A postal zone was a one- or two-digit number written between the city and state ("New York 1, NY"), whereas a ZIP Code is a five- or nine-digit number written after the state ("New York, NY 10001"). On January 8, 1993, the US Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Elvis Presley. Many stamp collectors mailed envelopes, franked with this stamp, to fictitious addresses in the hopes that they would receive their letters not only postmarked with the first day of issue, but also with a "return to sender" postal marking. (Source: Wikipedia & The History of Rock Day by Day)
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