Music History Events: Movies
November 27, 1963 The Elvis Presley film Fun in Acapulco premieres. The soundtrack features the Top 10 hit "Bossa Nova Baby."
April 8, 1963 Patty Duke wins the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for The Miracle Worker.
April 3, 1963 Elvis Presley's It Happened At The World's Fair movie opens in Los Angeles (it opens nationally a week later).
March 1, 1963 Filming begins in Hollywood for Elvis Presley's 13th film, Fun In Acapulco.
November 21, 1962 Elvis Presley's 11th film, Girls! Girls! Girls!, opens in US theaters.
August 29, 1962 Elvis' 10th movie, Kid Galahad, opens in US theaters, featuring the King as an amateur boxer. Charles Bronson also stars.
April 11, 1962 Elvis Presley's Follow That Dream movie premieres in Ocala, Florida, near where it was filmed (it opens nationally six weeks later).
April 9, 1962 Henry Mancini wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for "Moon River" from Breakfast At Tiffany's.
April 7, 1962 Bobby Rydell wins the role of Hugo in the movie version of Bye Bye Birdie.
November 22, 1961 The Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii premieres.
June 22, 1961 Elvis Presley's Wild In The Country movie opens nationally.
June 21, 1961 The Hayley Mills movie The Parent Trap (with her hit "Let's Get Together") opens in theaters.
June 14, 1961 Elvis Presley's 7th movie, Wild In The Country, premieres in his hometown of Memphis.
June 8, 1961 Elvis Presley's movie Wild In The Country premieres in Memphis.
March 20, 1961 Elvis Presley begins filming his ninth movie, Blue Hawaii, on location.
December 20, 1960 Elvis Presley's movie Flaming Star opens.
November 23, 1960 Elvis Presley's first post-Army film, G.I. Blues, is officially released.
November 9, 1960 Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, Wild In The Country.
October 20, 1960 Elvis Presley's film G.I. Blues premieres.
May 13, 1960 The juvenile delinquent movie Platinum High School, starring Conway Twitty, opens in New York.
May 2, 1960 Production begins on Elvis Presley's first post-Army movie, G.I. Blues.
March 18, 1960 The film Rio Bravo, starring Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan and John Wayne, premieres in New York City.
October 5, 1959 The famously bad movie Girls' Town, featuring Paul Anka and Mel Tormé, premieres in US theaters.
July 13, 1959 The movie Hound Dog Man, starring Fabian and Dodie Stevens, goes into production.
April 22, 1959 The Alan Freed "Rock and Roll movie" Go, Johnny, Go premieres in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, The Cadillacs, and The Flamingos.
July 2, 1958 Elvis Presley's fourth movie, King Creole, opens while The King is serving in the Army. Elvis gets surprisingly good reviews for his acting.
June 7, 1958 The movie High School Confidential, featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, opens.
May 12, 1958 The movie Let's Rock, with Paul Anka, Danny & the Juniors and The Royal Teens, opens.
March 1, 1958 Elvis Presley begins filming the movie King Creole in New Orleans.
January 20, 1958 Elvis Presley receives his draft notice, which allows him a 60-day deferment to finish his film King Creole.
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