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Del Shannon
(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame
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Pomus and Shuman also handed Elvis "A Mess of Blues" and wrote "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" for him outright, so follow this name and you'll find the songbook behind a good stretch of his catalog. Start with Del Shannon's take on Marie and hear how it sounds without the King.
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Liner notes
Written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman.
Also recorded by Sha Na Na (1973), The Residents (1989), Scorpions (1993), Goose (2020).
How you get here
Elvis sang "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame," but which songwriter, working alongside partner Mort Shuman, actually wrote it?Doc Pomus
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