<p id=”par-1_57″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/country/”>Country</a> music and Westerns sometimes collide in the most unexpected ways. For instance, a country singer once wrote the title song of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/last-time-beatles-song-elvis-movie-came-out-same-time.html/”>one of Elvis Presley’s Western movies</a>. The track barely sounds like an Elvis song. That track became the B-side to one of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s hit ballads from the <em>’68 Comeback Special</em>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-several-elvis-presley-songs-were-written-by-a-country-singer”>Several Elvis Presley songs were written by a country singer</h2>
<p id=”par-2_68″>Mac Davis was a country singer. His hits included “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” “One Hell of a Woman,” “Stop and Smell the Roses,” “I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You),” and “Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life).” Davis also wrote several songs for Elvis, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/another-artist-fixed-elvis-a-little-less-conversation.html/”>including “A Little Less Conversation,”</a> “In the Ghetto,” “Don’t Cry Daddy,” and “Memories.” </p>
<p id=”par-3_69″>The latter song had a B-side called “Charro.” The song was designed to promote the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Western movie<em> Charro!</em>, which might explain why it sounds like music from one of Clint Eastwood’s early movies. During an interview posted to the <a href=”https://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_mac_davis.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Elvis Information Network</a>, Davis discussed “Charro.” “I can hardly remember ‘Charro’ — all I could remember was ‘You see behind the eyes of other men,’” he said.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-mac-davis-told-a-weird-story-about-the-song”>Mac Davis told a weird story about the song</h2>
<p id=”par-4_75″>While Davis barely remembered writing “Charro,” he recalled an oddball story about the song. “This is a true story,” he said. “It had always been one of my dreams to hear a total stranger whistling a song that I had written-humming it or singing it or whatever. ‘Memories’ was a hit already. I was at the Palomino Club, which was a funky cowboy club out in the Valley. It’s no longer around. I loved it. </p>
<p id=”par-5_76″>“I was big buddies with ‘Big Tiny’ who was the doorman,” Davis added. “He got shot through the heart with an arrow once and lived — 6 foot 9, weighed about 400 pounds. So anyway I was back in the bathroom and I hear this guy whistling ‘Charro.’ Not ‘Memories’ but ‘Charro.’<em> </em>I go, ‘What’s that song you’re whistling man?’ And he said, ‘I don’t know, something that Elvis did … ‘Charro’ or ‘Cheerio’ or something like that.’”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-how-elvis-presley-s-memories-and-charro-performed”>How Elvis Presley’s ‘Memories’ and ‘Charro’ performed</h2>
<p id=”par-6_70″>“Memories” was a modest hit for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, perhaps because of its memorable role in the<em> ’68 Comeback Special</em>. The ballad reached No. 35 on the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard Hot 100</a> and stayed on the chart for seven weeks. On the other hand, “Charro” did not impact the chart. Perhaps the mix of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/paul-mccartney-strong-reaction-elvis-presleys-all-shook-up.html/”>the “All Shook Up” singer</a> and Spaghetti Western music was too unusual for the masses.</p>
<p id=”par-7_78″>Both songs were absent from Elvis’ most famous compilation, <em>Elvis: 30 #1 Hits</em>. Perhaps that’s because neither of them were No. 1 hits! <em>Elvis: 30 #1 Hits</em> inspired a follow-up album called <em>Elvis: 2nd to None</em>. “Memories” appeared on that album while “Charro” did not, implying that Elvis’ estate thought “Memories” was more important to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s career. <em>Elvis: 2nd to None</em> reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks.</p>
<p id=”par-8_17″>“Charro” wasn’t a hit but the song showed that Elvis and Davis sometimes went for the unexpected.</p>