Viva Las Vegas/Speedway/Harum Scarum CD

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VIVA LAS VEGAS:
Elvis is at the wheel. But Ann-Margret drives him wild.
Neon nights, tumbling dice, leggy showgirls - it's Vegas, baby, and you ain't nothing but a hound dog if the glittery thought of it doesn't have you belting out Viva Las Vegas!
In one of his most popular movies, Elvis Presley teams with Ann-Margret in the fun capital of America. He's a Grand Prix driver, she's a hotel swimming instructor and radiators are on overboil from their first meeting. Veteran director George Sidney, who guided Ann-Margaret in the prior year's Bye Bye Birdie, combines the high-roller title track, the stars' duet on The Lady Loves Me, her sultry Appreciation and the King's What'd I Say.

HARUM SCARUM:
Elvis in a land of Arabian daze and nights!
"Go East, Young Man," sings show-biz star and martial arts wiz Johnny Tyronne. To hear is to obey. A clandestine group called the Assassins kidnaps Johnny and whisks him to a remote Arabian realm isolated from the world for 2,000 years. Sheik meets desert chic when Elvis Presley plays Johnny and teams with former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley (Presley's Girl Happy co-star) in this tuneful frolic shot on original 1925 Cecil B. DeMille set from King of Kings and directed by movie musical veteran Gene Nelson. The kidnappers want Johnny to use his fighting finesse to kill a desert king. Johnny a hitman? No, he's a hit, man, a top singer of songs like Kismet, Harem Holiday and nine more, all part of the jammin', swashbucklin' fun of Harum Scarum.

SPEEDWAY:
He races. She chases. Yet love and laughter find a way when "World 600" stock car driver Elvis meets Internal Revenue Service collection agent Nancy Sinatra in Speedway.
"There Ain't Nothing like a Song", pedal-to-the-metal Elvis and go-go-booted Nancy sing. For the first time since he and Ann-Margret proclaimed Viva Las Vegas, Presley pairs with a high-octane singing, dancing, leading lady. Bill Bixby is the manager who mismanages Presley into a $145,000 jam with the IRS and laughs are further fueled by veteran TV funnymen Gale Gordon (The Lucy SHow) and Carl Ballantine (McHale's Navy). The supersonic songlist includes Let Yourself Go, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby and Your Groovy Self. Have a groovy time!