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Elvis biography - 1965
March/April 1965
Elvis records the soundtrack and does the filming for his nineteenth motion picture, "Harum Scarum", which co-stars Mary Ann Mobley.
April 1965
"Girl Happy" opens nationally and does relatively good business. The soundtrack album goes top ten.
Non-movie record releases have continued during this period. Some do well.
May 1965
Elvis records music and does filming for his twentieth motion picture (to be released out of chronology as his twenty-first), "Frankie and Johnny", co-starring Donna Douglas. The sassy 'Frankie And Johnny' was expertly sung by Presley, as was his moving reading of Ketty Lester's 'Love Letters'.
July 1965
"Tickle Me" opens nationally.
Elvis donates $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, reportedly the largest single donation the organization had ever received. Accepting for the organization are Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Sinatra.
August 1965
Elvis records soundtrack music for his twenty-first motion picture, "Paradise, Hawaiian Style", (which will be released out of chronology as his twentieth) then goes to Hawaii for location shooting. During a break in filming, he visits the USS Arizona Memorial. The visit is covered by the press and prompts Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye to have the visit recognized in the Congressional Record.
Elvis returns to Hollywood for more shooting for the film.
August 27, 1965
The Beatles visit with Elvis for several hours at his home in California and have an informal jam session.
November 24, 1965
"Harum Scarum" opens nationally and hits number eleven at the box office, then falls, as has been the pattern for most of Elvis's movies during the past few years. (Hit fast, burn out quickly, but make a sizable profit and sell some records.) The soundtrack album goes to number eight.