<P> Being used to later working hours, coupled with his traumatic experience during his overnight flight, the recording session was bad . Take after take was ruined for one reason or another and the band was not relaxed . Presley, usually a very quick study with a song, couldn't get the lyrics right . After 17 takes during three hours, Sholes decided Presley and the band weren't able to record properly and sent them home . </P> <P> After the session, Sholes listened to the takes again . He wasn't happy with the results of what he considered to be an unprofessional and wasted session . It had cost $1,000 to fly Presley and his band in by a private flight, and Sholes let Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, know that he was unsatisfied with the work and required material urgently for a second album . He knew that with Presley's busy touring schedule it could be months before RCA Victor got him back into a studio . Performing what was a very rare and generally unsuccessful procedure for the 1950s, Sholes took parts of two takes he liked (takes 14 and 17), cut and spliced them together to create a take worthy of release . His cuts were so seamless, nobody at RCA Victor could tell it wasn't from a single take . </P> <P> "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" was backed with "My Baby Left Me" and was released on May 4, 1956 . Pre-orders of over 300,000 were the biggest ever in the history of the company . At the time of its release, Presley had three songs in the Top 20: "Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One," "My Baby Left Me", and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You". On June 5, 1956, Presley performed the song on The Milton Berle Show, as well as an early version of "Hound Dog" that resulted in both overwhelmingly favorable audience reaction and outrage . </P> <P> Despite the heated public controversy, the single was generally well received, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Top 100 popular music singles chart, and scoring No. 1 on the country music chart . The song earned a second Gold record for Presley, with sales in excess of 1.3 million . </P>

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