Words & Music:
Ruth Batchelor
Bob Roberts
Sandman's comin', yes he's comin'
To sprinkle you with sand
He'll say "one, two, three"
And you'll be, In cotton candy land
Sandman's comin', yes he's comin'
He'll take you, by the hand
And you'll ride upon, a big white swan
In cotton candy land
You and the swan will float upon
A cloud of pink ice cream
Where every star is a candy bar
And the moon is a marshmallow dream
Sandman's comin', yes he's comin'
Take his magic hand
Now goodnight...now sleep tight
In cotton candy land
In cotton candy land...
Recordingdate: 1962/09/22, first released on: It Happened at the World's Fair (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Cotton Candy Land:
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(piano)
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(organ)
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(vocals)
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(sax)
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Elvis singing more songs he didnt believe in. If you read Binder's book, you will know how he felt about such crap as this.
The worst track from the movie and soundtrack LP "It Happened At The World's Fair" (1962). In the movie it is used to sing Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu) to sleep and the scene is cute. The song on record is not quite as enjoyable, but it would have been more tolerable had this album had a running time of 20 minutes or more. That is the biggest proble with this album, it is too short. In "King Creole", you don't mind that "Steadfast, Loyal and True" is one of the songs on the album because you have 10 other strong tunes. Same thing with "Blue Hawaii" and the song "Ito Eats". It is one of 14 songs, so if you get a clunker or two, you still have a lot of good tracks to make up for them. This album should have been padded with at least two bonus songs.
Not so good song but i like his voice here, one of the few he whispers. And after complaints of this short soundtrack, the bonus songs were introduced.
The amazing thing to me has always been that Elvis could take less than stellar material like this and make it at least listenable. Makes for a cute movie scene. I don't have any problem listening to it on record. Enjoyable soundtrack.
A song that if I neve hear again the rest of my life, it wouldnt bother me. This is the soundtrack where Elvis jumped the shark. This was not the Elvis I grew up with.
Elvis did a few of these songs, Daddy Big Boots, Five Sleeply Heads, and did them well. Okay for those film soundtracks but you would not have want recordings like this on 'Elvis is Back' or 'From Elvis in Memphis'.
When I was a kid, I always thought this song was kinda scary, with Elvis' ominous deep voice at the beginning.
I much prefer the Meat Puppets version, don't know what they were on when they recorded it but it's certainly different from Elvis'.
a nice song for the kids.mine seem to like it.
In the right context---not "It Happened At The World's Fair"---this song is every bit as good and "psychedelic" as The Beatles song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". There's even something really oddly sinister-sounding in the ominous "Sandman's Coming, yes he's coming...." lines. I think, along with "Sand Castles" (which reminds me of "Puff The Magic Dragon" a bit), this song is a hidden 60s gem. The kind of song I thought "Viva Elvis" might have taken a look at and created a new interesting arrangement (which is what it needs IMO) for. Of course they didn't do much with anything.
I quite like this and the implied menacing atmosphere that is created. The tune is very pleasant and Elvis sings in his tender, sweet ballad voice, as he did on Big Boots. I don't go overboard about it but I never skip it.
Metallica should do a cover of this, incorporating it with Enter sandman. I can hear it in my mind right now. Scary...
This isn't a bad song and it isn't a good song either. It's just an okay kids song. The King of Rock 'N' Roll Elvis Presley shouldn't have ever recorded this type of song. Elvis recorded over 500 songs that are far superior than this song.
One of the worst Elvis soundtrack songs and to make matters worse, included on a rather flat and very, very short in duration soundtrack album. Yes, I do have the soundtrack on FTD "It Happened at the Worlds Fair"; also bought it back in the day on long playing album when it initially came out; and yet for some God forsaken reason, I actually like this record.
When you're a songwriter who's handed a script and asked to write a song to fit a certain scene in a film your options are limited. Chances are that you won't write the next big hit. You're just trying to write something that gets selected so that you get paid and can continue paying your bills. This is one such song among quite few in Elvis' '60's movies. Much worse were yet to come. I can listen to this one. On balance I like this tune and soundtrack.
There is always a bashing for many of his movie soundtracks. I must be a rare bread that likes this stuff. He stuck to his contractual obligations and made the best of a difficult situation and because he was SO good, he turned the rough into smooth. I like this soundtrack a lot and this clever sinister lullaby.
Better than some of his mainstream recordings like Old Shep.