Elvis Presley – Girl Happy (CD)

Hollywood may not have been Elvis's natural habitat, but the soundtrack work he churned out in the mid-60s captured a particular moment in American pop that's easy to underestimate. Recorded in 1964 and released in 1965, *Girl Happy* finds Presley leaning into a breezy, beachside pop sound while still flashing the vocal charisma that made him untouchable. It's a time capsule of an era when Elvis ruled the charts on his own terms, even within the constraints of the studio machine.