''Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' is the thirteenth
soundtrack album by American singer and musician
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
, released by
RCA Victor in
mono
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and
stereo, LPM/LSP 3643, in June 1966. It is the soundtrack to the 1966
film of the same name starring Presley.
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s took place at
Radio Recorders
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in
Hollywood, California
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, on July 26 and 27, and August 2, 1965. It peaked at number 15 on the
Top LP's chart.
Background
Presley found himself in 1965 recording
soundtrack
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albums for films that were almost a year away from release — gone were the days when the turnaround time from the final session for ''
Elvis Is Back!'' to its arrival in the shops was less than one week. While working on this album, his most recent film in the theaters was ''
Tickle Me
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Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film fo ...
'', and Presley had completed three more movies since then. With titles like "A Dog's Life" and "Queenie Wahine's Papaya" he openly ridiculed the material, wasting time before finally approaching the microphone to do the job.
[Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 201.] He begrudgingly accepted songs given him that he would have rejected outright years earlier. He always finished the work, but in essence Presley had become a hired hand in his own career.
[ Popular music, and particularly Rock n' Roll, was in a state of total change as an art form and Presley was 'lost in Hollywood'.
]
Content
No singles
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were issued from songs on ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style''. Ten songs were recorded at the sessions for the soundtrack, but only nine were used in the film. The omitted song, "Sand Castles," was included on the album to bring the running order to ten tracks. Sales for the album were under 250,000, a new low for Presley's LP catalogue. The good news was the single issued in June 1966 two days before the album, the 1945 Victor Young
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" backed with Clyde McPhatter's 1958 rhythm and blues
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hit "Come What May". It made a respectable number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and at least reflected Presley's actual tastes away from obligations to the soundtrack recordings. It was also his first contemporary record release in three years since " (You're the) Devil in Disguise" in June 1963, arriving in stores less than two weeks after it was recorded.
Reissues
In 2004 ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with numerous alternate takes.[Sources:
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Track listing
Original release
2004 Follow That Dream CD reissue
Personnel
* Elvis Presley – vocals
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* The Jordanaires
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– backing vocals
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* The Mello Men – backing vocals (on "Drums Of The Islands")
* Bernal Lewis – steel guitar
* Scotty Moore
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– electric guitar
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* Barney Kessel – electric guitar
* Charlie McCoy
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– acoustic guitar
* Howard Roberts
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Early years
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– electric guitar ("Sand Castles")
*Allan Hendrickson – electric guitar ("Sand Castles")
* Larry Muhoberac
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– piano
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* Ray Siegel – double bass
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* Keith Mitchell – bass guitar
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("Sand Castles")
* D.J. Fontana – drums
*Hal Blaine
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– drums
* Milt Holland
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– drums
* Victor Feldman
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– drums ("Sand Castles")
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1966 soundtrack albums
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RCA Records soundtracks
Musical film soundtracks
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