Fun in Acapulco (album)
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| Soundtrack album / Studio album by Elvis Presley | ||||
| Released | November 1, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | January and May 1963 | |||
| Genre | Mexican music, pop | |||
| Length | 29:30 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Joseph Lilley | |||
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Fun in Acapulco is the nineteenth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2756, in November 1963 – the November 1 date is disputed. It is the soundtrack to the 1963 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on January 22 and 23, 1963; and at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26 and 27, 1963, we worked on the Movie "Tickle Me".. It peaked at number three on the Top LP's chart. The album, along with the accompanying film, would be Presley's last release before the arrival of Beatlemania.
The third of his tropical "travelogue films" for Paramount Pictures after Blue Hawaii and Girls! Girls! Girls! finds Elvis frolicing in Mexico. The standard stable of songwriters for Presley delivered songs to match, with titles like "Marguerita," "El Toro," "You Can't Say No In Acapulco," and "The Bullfighter Was A Lady." Included as well was the 1937 standard "Guadalajara" by Pepe Guízar. With the change from the normal routine, and with the addition of trumpet players Rudolph Loera and Anthony Terran, Presley engaged the material with greater enthusiasm than on recent soundtrack outings. Four of these songs would be included on the 1995 compilation Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II: the title track, "Mexico," "Marguerita," and the song released as the lead single, "Bossa Nova Baby".
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