''In Your Arms'' (M2WW-0569) (Take 1 Complete, Take 2 Master with Count-In) (4:12)
Recorded March 12, 1961 at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocals & Guitar
Scotty Moore - Guitar
Hank Garland - Guitar
Bob Moore - Bass
D.J. Fontana - Drums
Buddy Harman - Drums
Floyd Cramer - Piano
The Jordanaires consisting of Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins, and Ray Walker - Backup Vocals
Mildred ''Millie'' Kirkham - Backup Vocals

Producers - Steve Sholes
Recording Engineer - Bill Porter

Aaron Harold Schroeder (September 7, 1926 - December 2, 2009) was an American songwriter and music publisher. Having become an ASCAP member in 1948, Schroeder had his first success with "At A Sidewalk Penny Arcade", one of the songs to introduce Rosemary Clooney as a solo recording artist. He proceeded to write more than 1500 songs seeking the varied talent of many collaborators.

"It's Now or Never" as recorded by Presley was selected as number 75 in Billboard Magazine's top 100 songs on their 100th-anniversary "Greatest Hits Chart". In an interview with Jan-Erik Kjeseth he said that he was in fact present when Elvis recorded the song. He was very impressed with Presley's attitude: "Elvis wanted everything to be right; almost to the point of having tears in his eyes because he - Elvis - felt himself to be struggling to get the result that he envisaged in his head''. Schroeder had more than 500 song recordings to his credit, including major records by dozens of artists such as Roy Orbison, Duane Eddy, Sammy Davis, Jr., Nat King Cole, Perry Como and Pat Boone. In the above-mentioned interview Schroeder said that he had in fact also participated in finalizing the hit song "It's My Party" (Lesley Gore). Together with his regular partner at the time, Wally Gold, he made corrections to an unfinished piece of material that another writer had brought in. When the work was done, Gold and Schroeder tossed a coin as to whose name should be listed among the credits. Schroeder "lost". Schroeder made a cameo appearance in the 1957 Warner Bros. rock and roll movie, Jamboree, as a songwriter. Schroeder also once appeared on the CBS television game show To Tell The Truth along with two imposters during the show's fifth season.

In the early 1960s, Schroeder was founder and president of Musicor Records. He discovered, managed and directed the career of Gene Pitney and produced "Town Without Pity", a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Song of 1961. With Hal David and Burt Bacharach he conceived the marriage of the Pitney sound with David and Bacharach's songs, producing a string of record successes including "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Only Love Can Break a Heart" and "24 Hours from Tulsa".

He and his wife Abby, discovered, guided and developed careers of many other performers and composers through their agency, including Barry White, Randy Newman, Al Kooper, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Jimi Hendrix. Schroeder married record company representative Abby Steinberg on October 31, 1967. Abby was the sister of PR Newswire president David Steinberg.

Aaron Schroeder died on December 2, 2009, in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 83. For the last five years, he was a resident of the Lillian Booth Actors' Home of the Actors Fund in Englewood. His death came after a long battle with primary progressive aphasia, a rare form of dementia.

Wally Gold (May 15, 1928 - June 7, 1998) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and music business executive from Teaneck, New Jersey. Gold was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Gold moved to Teaneck, New Jersey with his wife and two young sons and was soon joined by the addition of his daughter. He had five grandchildren.

Gold first performed as a saxophone player in the U.S. Navy band during World War II. After returning from Japan, he started college at Boston University where he formed the singing group The Four Esquires. Gold toured with The Four Esquires in the late 1950s and had two hit singles "Love Me Forever" and "Hideaway". They also appeared on The Patty Page Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.

By 1960, Gold joined Aaron Schroeder with whom he co-wrote two Elvis Presley Number 1 hits - "It's Now or Never" (1960) and "Good Luck Charm" (1962). During this period, Gold also co-wrote Lesley Gore's number 1 hit "It's My Party". Gold's songs have been recorded by scores of artists, including Duane Eddy's "Because They're Young" which peaked at #4, Gene Pitney's "Half Heaven - Half Heartache" (#12) and "Take Me Tonight", Nat King Cole's "Time and the River", as well as by Paul Petersen and Pat Boone. Gold has a total of 81 songs credited in the ASCAP database.

After leaving the music business, Gold worked as a travel agent until his death from colitis in 1998 at the age of 70.

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