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Elvis Presley At The Movies: The Soundtracks &

The Posters

Elvis famously made a long succession of movies, with each of them

having progressively worse soundtracks - or did they? I've challenged

myself to find at least two half-decent songs from every movie (with

the exception of 'Charro!' which only featured the title track over the

credits), & I discovered quite a few hidden gems. This post has also

given me the opportunity to feature photos of the many wonderful

posters used to promote the movies at the time (click on images to

enlarge!)...

A B O U T M E

PETER CHECKSFIELD

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Wild In The Country (1961)

Best songs: Wild In The Country, I Slipped I Stumbled I Fell

Blue Hawaii (1961)

Best songs: Blue Hawaii, No More, Can't Help Falling In Love, Rock-

A-Hula Baby, Hawaiian Wedding Song

Follow That Dream (1962)

Best songs: What A Wonderful Life, Follow That Dream, Angel

Kid Galahad (1962)

Best songs: King Of The Whole Wide World, Riding The Rainbow, I

Got Lucky

Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

Best songs: Girls! Girls! Girls!, I Don't Wanna Be Tied, Return To

Sender

It Happened At The World's Fair (1962)

Best songs: Beyond The Bend, One Broken Heart For Sale

Fun In Acapulco (1963)

Best songs: I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here, Bossa Nova Baby, You

Can't Say No In Acapulco

Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Best songs: Catchin' On Fast , Once Is Enough, Kissin' Cousins (2)

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Best songs: Viva Las Vegas, C'mon Everybody, What'd I Say

Roustabout (1964)

Best songs: Roustabout, Wheels On My Heels, Little Egypt

Girl Happy (1965)

Best songs: Girl Happy, Puppet On A String

Tickle Me (1965)

Best songs: Long Lonely Highway, It Feels So Right, Dirty Dirty

Feeling, Slowly But Surely

Harum Scarum (1965)

Best songs: Harem Holiday, Shake That Tambourine, Hey Little Girl

Frankie And Johnny (1966)

Best songs: What Every Woman Lives For, Frankie And Johnny,

Hard Luck

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

Best songs: Paradise Hawaiian Style, Scratch My Back (Then I'll

Scratch Yours), A Dog's Life

Spinout (1966)

Best songs: Stop Look And Listen, I'll Be Back

Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

Best songs: Easy Come Easy Go, Sing You Children

Double Trouble (1967)

Best songs: Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), City By

Night

Clambake (1967)

Best songs: Clambake, You Don't Know Me, How Can You Lose What

You Never Had

Stay Away, Joe (1968)

Best songs: Stay Away, All I Needed Was The Rain

Speedway (1968)

Best songs: Let Yourself Go, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby

Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)

Best songs: Edge Of Reality, A Little Less Conversation

Charro! (1968)

Best song: Charro

The Trouble With Girls (1969)

Best songs: Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Clean Up Your Own

Backyard

Change Of Habit (1969)

Best songs: Change Of Habit, Rubberneckin'

Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)

Best songs: Mystery Train / Tiger Man, Patch It Up, Little Sister /

Get Back, Polk Salad Annie

Elvis On Tour (1972)

Best songs: Seperate Ways, Never Been To Spain, I Got A Woman /

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POSTED BY PETER CHECKSFIELD AT 11:02

LABELS: DVD, ELVIS PRESLEY, MOVIES, RHYTHM 'N ' BLUES, ROCK 'N ' ROLL

3 COMMENTS :

Chris Jarvis said...

Well done Peter.....

Nice collection of posters too.

It would be great to have a full set of originals!

Cheers from down under in OZ.

Chris

2 OCTOBER 2009 14:10

Peter Checksfield said...

Thanks...they're worth a LOT of money Chris! I particularly

love the 'King Creole' poster.

2 OCTOBER 2009 15:11

Tuomas Kurittu said...

Must have been quite a work to listen every Elvis movie

soundtrack... I've been big Elvis fan for over 20 years, but I

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still have seen only about 10-15 of his 33 movies. About half a

year ago I bought a DVD of 'Easy Come Easy Go', but I've yet

watched about 15 minutes of it, it's so dead boring. But

there's also some very good movies, like 'King Creole'

and 'Flaming Star' and some of Elvis's mid-sixties have quite

good soundtrack music, like 'Harum Scarum', 'Spinout'

and 'Double Trouble'.

3 OCTOBER 2009 15:16