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Elvis biography - 1962
Non-movie-related recordings and hit records have continued through this period, with "Good Luck Charm" hitting number one in 1962 (his last number one pop hit until "Suspicious Minds" in 1969).
Late March/Late April, 1962
Elvis records and films in Hollywood, and does location filming in Hawaii for his eleventh motion picture, "Girls! Girls! Girls!".
May/June 1962
"Follow That Dream" opens nationally and gets to number five on the box office charts. It is warmly reviewed and does pretty well in sales.
Late August/September 1962
Elvis records and films for his twelfth motion picture, "It Happened at the World's Fair". Shooting is both in Hollywood and on location at the World's Fair in Seattle.
"Kid Galahad" opens nationally does relatively well with a brief stay in the top ten on the box office chart.
October 1962
In Mexico, riot behavior in a theater showing "GI Blues" prompts the Mexican government to ban Elvis movies. Torn seats, broken windows, and other damage is reported.
November 1962
"Girls! Girls! Girls!" opens nationally and rivals "Blue Hawaii" in box office success. This is the second film to use the "formula", and it works. The soundtrack album goes top five and yields the hit single "Return to Sender".
December 1962
Priscilla Beaulieu had flown from West Germany to visit Elvis in Los Angeles in the summer for their first time to see each other after his army discharge. In December her parents allow her to spend the Christmas holidays with him at Graceland in Memphis. She returns to her family briefly.