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Blue Hawaii

Title

Blue Hawaii

Performer

Elvis Presley

Release Date

October 20, 1961

Genre

Rock and Roll

Producer

Steve Sholes

Record Label

RCA Victor

Record Description

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. 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. 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.

Files

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Citation

“Blue Hawaii,” The Bruce Lee Library Research Project, accessed September 19, 2024, https://www.bruceleelibrary.jamescbishop.com/lib/items/show/2301.