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Elvis biography - 1963
Late January/February 1963
Elvis records and films for his thirteenth film (another "formula" movie), "Fun in Acapulco".
April 1963
"It Happened at the World's Fair" opens nationally and does relatively well at the box office, though its plot is the most frivolous of any Elvis film so far. And the soundtrack album goes top five.
Non-movie recordings and hits continue through this period.
July 1963
Elvis records the music, then, on location in Las Vegas and in a Hollywood studio, he films for his fourteenth motion picture, "Viva Las Vegas", co-starring Ann-Margret. (It would be his fifteenth movie to be released as "Kissin' Cousins", which he would shoot next, would actually be released before "Viva Las Vegas".)
October 1963
Elvis records and shoots for his fifteenth motion picture, "Kissin' Cousins".
Late November 1963
"Fun in Acapulco" opens nationally and quickly goes to number five at the box office. The soundtrack goes to the top five on the pop chart.
After the 1963 number 1 'Devil In Disguise', a bleak period followed in which such minor songs as 'Bossa Nova Baby', 'Kiss Me Quick', 'Ain't That Lovin' You Baby' and 'Blue Christmas' became the rule rather than the exception. Significantly, his biggest success of the mid-60s, 'Crying In The Chapel', had been recorded five years earlier, and part of its appeal came from the realization that it represented something ineffably lost.
In the wake of the Beatles' rise to fame and the beat boom explosion, Presley seemed a figure out of time. Nevertheless, in spite of the dated nature of many of his recordings, he could still invest power and emotion into classic songs.