Blue Hawaii is a 1961 musical film , the first of three movies to be filmed in Hawaii starring Elvis Presley. Blue Hawaii was followed by "Girls! Girls! Girls!" in 1962 and "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" in 1965.
It could be argued that this film set the tone for Presley's future film career: pretty locations, gorgeous girls, and mediocre songs. Almost all of these musical-comedy films performed well, whereas more "serious" films such as Flaming Star, Wild in the Country and Charro, did poorly at the box office. Blue Hawaii on the other hand was one of Elvis' most successful films.
The "Blue Hawaii" soundtrack album was on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 79 weeks, spent 20 weeks at #1 on the Pop Albums chart, and sold more than 2-million copies [See: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996]
It could be argued that this film set the tone for Presley's future film career: pretty locations, gorgeous girls, and mediocre songs. Almost all of these musical-comedy films performed well, whereas more "serious" films such as Flaming Star, Wild in the Country and Charro, did poorly at the box office. Blue Hawaii on the other hand was one of Elvis' most successful films.
The "Blue Hawaii" soundtrack album was on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 79 weeks, spent 20 weeks at #1 on the Pop Albums chart, and sold more than 2-million copies [See: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996]
Blue Hawaii by Elvis Presley
From the Album Blue Hawaii - Collector's Edition
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Girls! Girls! Girls! (Elvis 2007 Box version) by Elvis Presley
From the Album Girls! Girls! Girls!
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