Pick a Day

While still stationed in Germany with the US Army, Private First Class Elvis Presley takes in a Bill Haley show for the troops at Stuttgart.

Elvis Presley's massive hit "Hound Dog" - with "Don't Be Cruel" on the flip side - becomes only the third record in history to sell more than 3 million copies, following Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer."

PFC Elvis Presley goes on maneuvers for the first time, with the 32nd Tank regiment near the border of Germany and Czechoslovakia.

While on leave from the US Army in Paris, Elvis Presley visits the famous Lido Club, performing an impromptu show there.

Elvis Presley's "A Big Hunk O' Love" hits #1.

Elvis Presley meets his future wife Priscilla Beaulieu at a party at his house in Germany, where he is serving in the US Army. They hit it off that night, with Elvis playing her some songs on guitar.

Elvis Presley's current stint in the Army means that for the first time in nearly five years, no Elvis single resides on the Billboard charts.

United States Army Corporal Elvis Presley (53310761) receives a promotion to Sergeant.

Elvis Presley is officially discharged from active duty in the US Army. He will be on reserve for four more years.

Elvis Presley scores his first #1 of the '60s (and 13th of his career) when "Stuck on You" hits the top spot in America.

The musical Bye Bye Birdie, inspired by the drafting of Elvis Presley into the Army, opens on Broadway.

Elvis Presley records "It's Now or Never" in Nashville at RCA Studio B. With a melody lifted from the 1907 song "O Sole Mio," it veers away from rock and roll but is a huge hit and the song Elvis later says is his favorite of all his recordings.

Working at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, Elvis Presley pulls an all-nighter, recording nine songs, finishing with "Are You Lonesome Tonight" in the wee hours of the morning. The mournful song becomes one of his biggest hits, going to #1 in America for six weeks.

On Frank Sinatra's TV variety show, it's the Welcome Home Elvis special to honor The King, who was recently discharged from the US Army. The famous singers perform a medley of "Love Me Tender" and "Witchcraft" together.

Production begins on Elvis Presley's first post-Army movie, G.I. Blues.

Elvis Presley receives a first degree black belt in karate.

Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never," with a melody based on the Italian song "O Sole Mio," hits #1 in America for the first of five weeks, bumping off "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" by Brian Hyland.

Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" a song written in 1926 that has been covered by a number of artists, hits #1 in America for the first of six weeks.

Elvis Presley's first post-Army film, G.I. Blues, is released in theaters.

While in Los Angeles during the filming of his seventh movie, Wild In The Country, Elvis Presley suffers a bit of road rage, pulling a gun on a group of passengers in another car who had supposedly insulted him.

Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" hits #1 in the UK, where it stays for eight weeks. The UK release was delayed because "O Sole Mio," on which the melody is based, is still under copyright in Britain, but not in America, where "It's Now Or Never" went to #1 in August.

Billboard reports on a spate of answer songs to Elvis Presley's hit "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," writing, "All of the answer disks are by fem artists, indicating the effect that Elvis still has his large, loyal and young female following."

Elvis Presley plays the first of two charity shows in Memphis. It's his first concert since entering the army in 1958.

Elvis Presley plays a benefit for the USA Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which turns out to be his last concert for eight years as he shifts his focus to movies.

Elvis Presley records "Can't Help Falling In Love" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, for the soundtrack of his movie Blue Hawaii.

Elvis Presley begins filming his ninth movie, Blue Hawaii, on location.

Elvis Presley's "Surrender" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

Elvis Presley records "Little Sister" at RCA Studio B in Nashville.

Elvis Presley's seventh movie, Wild In The Country, premieres in his hometown of Memphis.

The Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii opens in theaters. In the film, Elvis plays an Army veteran (which he is in real life) returning home to Hawaii.