Fun in Acapulco (soundtrack)

Fun in Acapulco is the seventh soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2756, in November 1963.

The established stable of songwriters for Presley delivered songs to match, with titles like "Marguerita", "El Toro", "You Can't Say No In Acapulco", and "The Bullfighter Was A Lady".

[12] "Bossa Nova Baby" arrived in stores one month prior to the soundtrack, coupled with the track "Witchcraft" by rhythm and blues songwriter and arranger Dave Bartholomew and a hit for The Spiders in 1956.

"Tiny" Timbrell on acoustic guitar and mandolin and Dudley Brooks on piano, Wrecking Crew members Hal Blaine on drums and jazz guitarist Barney Kessel, LA session bassist Ray Siegel, Anthony Terran and Rudolf Loera on trumpets and Emil Radocchia on percussion.

[11] One song, "Guadalajara", was not done live in the studio as standard practice of the time, but instead recorded as a track on January 23, with Presley overdubbing his vocals at a later date.

The two bonus songs, "Love Me Tonight" and "Slowly But Surely", were recorded as part of a group of non-soundtrack sessions held at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee between May 26 and 28, 1963.

In the end Parker acquiesced, and allowed RCA Victor to release the soundtrack, but insisted on making Fun in Acapulco a good value album.

[21] In 1993 Fun in Acapulco was released on CD for the first time, as a "Double Feature" with the It Happened at the World's Fair soundtrack, although it lacked the two bonus songs.

[22] On January 26, 2010, a single-disc version of the original soundtrack remastered by Vic Anesini was released as part of events marking the 75th anniversary of Elvis' birth; this time it contained the bonus songs.

Take 7 of "Mexico" (an alternate master with Elvis singing additional lyrics) was released in 1999 on the official fan club label, Follow That Dream Records, as part of the compilation Out in Hollywood.

Fun in Acapulco was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in April 2003, this time containing the original album, the outtakes released up to that point, and numerous other unreleased takes.