Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)

Blue Hawaii
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 1961
RecordedMarch 21–23, 1961
StudioRadio Recorders (Hollywood)
Genre
Length32:02
LabelRCA
ProducerSteve Sholes
Elvis Presley chronology
Something for Everybody
(1961)
Blue Hawaii
(1961)
Follow That Dream
(1962)
Singles from Blue Hawaii
  1. "Can't Help Falling in Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby"
    Released: November 21, 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Rough Guides[4]
Uncut[5]

Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by the American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961.[6] It is the soundtrack to the 1961 film of the same name starring Presley. In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2× Platinum on March 27, 1992, and 3× Platinum on July 30, 2002, by the Recording Industry Association of America.[7] In the UK, the album spent 18 weeks at no. 1 on the Record Retailers (RR) album chart. On the US Top Pop Albums chart, Blue Hawaii is second only to the soundtrack of West Side Story as the most successful soundtrack album of the 1960s.

  1. ^ "Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 891. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 123. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
  5. ^ Stanley, Bob (July 1997). "Viva Elvis!". Uncut. No. 2. p. 109.
  6. ^ "Blue Hawaii". Elvis - The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Searchable database". RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America. 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013. Note: Enter search for "Blue Hawaii"