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G. I. Blues was Elvis’s fifth film. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and was the first of nine Elvis movies to be directed by Norman Taurog. It was released Nov. 23, 1960, and it was the first movie released after Elvis got out of the Army. The movie reached #2 on Variety’s weekly list of top-grossing films; it ranked #14 for the year 1960, grossing $4.3 million the last six weeks of the year. He played Tulsa McLean

While filming G. I. Blues, Elvis played host to the King and Queen of Nepal, the King and Queen of Thailand, and princesses from Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Reportedly, when the movie was shown in Mexico City, it caused a riot, where theater patrons ripped seats and broke windows. The Mexican government banned all future Elvis films.

Three sets of twins played Rick and Marla’s baby in the film.

Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana can be seen in the Rathskeller (a pub in the film).

This song is from Elvis’ fifth film, G. I. Blues; It was released Nov. 23, 1960 and co-starred Juliet Prowse. It was Elvis’ first film after being released from the Army. Juliet Prowse was engaged to Frank Sinatra, and also dated Elvis. All of Elvis’s scenes were filmed on the Paramount lot with the location shooting being done in West Germany.

G. I. Blues contained 11 songs: What’s She Really Like; G. I. Blues; Doin’ The Best I Can; Blue Suede Shoes (heard on jukebox); Frankfort Special; Shoppin’ Around; Tonight Is So Right For Love; Wooden Heart; Pocketful of Rainbows; Big Boots; and Didja Ever.

(words & music by sid tepper – roy bennett – aaron schroeder)
You got the huggin’est arms
The thrillin’est eyes
You’re just my style
And you’re just the right size
Gonna stop
Uh, shoppin’ around
I’m gonna stop
Shoppin’ around ’cause i found the girlie i’m lookin’ for
Oh, the very first time
You touched my lips
Took my little red book
And tore it to bits
Ain’t gonna be
Searchin’ no more
I’m gonna stop
Shoppin’ around ’cause i found the girlie i’m lookin’ for
Ain’t no other dolly i’m wantin’ to hold
Hey, hey, baby
I really am sold on you
Ooh, ooh, such a pretty little package
I never did see
Gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
I’m thrilled like never before
I’m gonna stop
Shoppin’ around ’cause i found the girlie i’m lookin’ for
Ain’t no other dolly i’m wantin’ to hold
Hey, hey, baby
I really am sold on you
Ooh, ooh, such a pretty little package
I never did see
Gonna wrap you up and take you home with me
I’m thrilled like never before
I’m gonna stop
Shoppin’ around ’cause i found the girlie i’m lookin’ for
I’m gonna stop
Uh shoppin’ around
I’m gonna stop
Uh shoppin’ around
I’m gonna stop
Shoppin’ around

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So Im walking in the rain,
Thumbing for a ride
On this lonely kentucky backroad
Ive loved you much too long
And my loves too strong
To let you go, never knowing
What went wrong

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
And up aheads another town
That Ill go walking thru
With the rain in my shoes,
Searchin for you
In the cold kentucky rain,
In the cold kentucky rain

Showed your photograph
To some old gray bearded man
Sitting on a bench
Outside a genral store
They said yes, shes been here
But their memory wasnt clear
Was it yesterday,
No, wait the day before

So I finly got a ride
With a preacher man who asked
Where you bound on such a dark afternoon?
As we drove on thru the rain
As he listened I explained
And he left me with a prayer
That Id find you

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Music on this album comprised songs that had appeared in the film of the same name. The song “Wooden Heart” was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where it was #1 for six weeks. In the United States, Joe Dowell recorded a cover version of “Wooden Heart” that topped the Billboard Hot 100. RCA later released “Wooden Heart” by Presley as the b-side of a single twice, once in 1964 on the back of a reissue of “Blue Christmas,” and again on the flip of a belated issue in 1965 of “Puppet On A String” from the Girl Happy movie. Four songs from this album appear on the 1995 soundtrack compilation: “G.I. Blues,” “Wooden Heart,” “Shoppin’ Around,” and “Doin’ the Best I Can.”

Due to copyright reasons, the European version of the soundtrack album and film substitutes the opening track “Tonight Is So Right for Love” with the song “Tonight’s All Right for Love,” adapted from a melody by 19th century waltz-king Johann Strauss. An American release of “Tonight’s All Right for Love” did not occur until it appeared on the compilation album Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 in 1974. The version of “Blue Suede Shoes” used on the soundtrack is a new recording of the song Presley first recorded in 1956, and is one of only a few songs that Presley would re-record in a studio setting during his career, others being “Love Letters” and “A Little Less Conversation.”

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