I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine

"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" is a popular song written by Mack David. It was originally written for the Disney animated feature Cinderella but was not used in the final print.[1]

The most popular version was done by Patti Page in 1950. The Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5396, and first reached the Billboard chart on May 20, 1950, lasting nine weeks and peaking at #8. It was her first Top 10 hit.[2] She recorded the song again in 1959 for her album I'll Remember April.[3]

Elvis Presley version
"I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine"
Single by Elvis Presley
A-side"Good Rocking Tonight"
ReleasedOctober 1954
RecordedSeptember 1954
StudioSun Studio
GenreRockabilly
LabelSun
Songwriter(s)Mack David
Producer(s)Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"That's All Right" "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" "You're a Heartbreaker"

The song was also one of the first recordings by Elvis Presley. In 1954, "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" was the second Sun Records release by Elvis Presley, along with "Good Rocking Tonight|Good Rockin' Tonight" on the A-side. He recorded it on September 10, 1954 for Sun Records.

Other cover versions

Dean Martin recorded the song for Capitol Records on March 28, 1950.[4]

Georgia Gibbs was another who recorded the song in 1950 and her version was issued by Coral Records (No. 60210).[5]

A Dean Martin version of the song was featured in the 1953 film Scared Stiff starring Martin and Jerry Lewis.[6] The Patti Page recording is featured in the movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Guy Pearce also briefly sings excerpts of this song in the film, as does Terence Stamp and Hugo Weaving.[7]

The first Spanish-language version was recorded by Marco Tulio Sanchez, the precursor of rockabilly in his country Colombia during the 1980s.

Canada's Reid Jamieson covers the song on his 1950s era tribute "The Presley Sessions Revisited" (2015)

References
  1. Guralnick, Peter (1995). Last Train to Memphis. Abacus. pp. 132–133. ISBN 0-349-10651-7.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research.
  3. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. Tosches, Nick (1992). Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. New York: Dell Publishing. p. 581. ISBN 0-440-21412-2.
  5. "rateyourmusic.com". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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