Music History

The first sound film, The Jazz Singer, was released, with Al Jolson in the lead role. One of the first songs audiences heard in a sound film was “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin.

The musical film The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood after several changes of directors, scripts and cast. The film helped make Judy Garland's song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” famous.

The film The Wizard of Oz premiered in New York. Judy Garland became famous through the film, notably for the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.

The film “Holiday Inn” had its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in New York. The film introduced the famous song “White Christmas.”

Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon and Connie Francis began work on the film “Rock, Rock, Rock!”

Elvis Presley began the first day of filming his first movie, “The Reno Brothers”, later renamed “Love Me Tender”. The drama, set during and shortly after the American Civil War, tells the story of Clint Reno, the youngest of four brothers. Elvis originally had only a supporting role, but after his song “Love Me Tender” was added to the film, the movie was renamed after the song. It was the only Elvis film in which he was not the leading actor. He began work on the film just four days after “Don't Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” reached No. 1 on the U.S. chart. Elvis wanted to continue his film career and gradually created his own film subgenre known as the “Presley Picture”.

Elvis Presley began filming the movie “Love Me Tender”, originally titled “The Reno Brothers”. It was his first major film role.

Elvis Presley was released from filming the movie Love Me Tender because all work required to complete the production had been finished.

Filming began on the movie "Don't Knock the Rock", featuring Bill Haley.

The film “Loving You” starring Elvis Presley premiered in London.

Elvis Presley watched a special screening of the film Jailhouse Rock with his parents.

Bobby Darin signed a six-year film contract with Paramount, which was expected at the time to earn him $1 million. As he transitioned from a teenage idol to a more universal artist, he wanted to move beyond roles aimed solely at teenage audiences and insisted on quality acting and serious filmmaking.

The film A Private's Affair, starring Sal Mineo, premiered in New York. It also featured the song “The Same Old Army”.

MGM released the film Girls Town starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, and Ray Anthony. Paul Anka made his acting debut in the film and sang four songs: “Lonely Boy,” “It's Time to Cry,” “Girls Town Blues,” and “Ave Maria.” The Platters performed “Wish It Were Me” in the nightclub scene.

Elvis Presley was fitted with brown contact lenses for his role as Pacer Burton in the film “Flaming Star,” intended to change his naturally blue eyes to brown. He ultimately did not use them in the film.

Principal photography began on Elvis Presley's film Flaming Star at Conejo Movie Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California.

A preview screening of Elvis Presley's film G.I. Blues was held in Dallas, Texas.

The film “Flaming Star” was released during Elvis Presley’s Hollywood career.

Connie Francis began work on her acting debut when MGM began filming the movie “Where the Boys Are” in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The film became a box-office success, but the planned sequel “Where the Girls Are” was never made.

Elvis Presley was associated with the film Flaming Star.

The film “Come September,” starring Bobby Darin and his wife Sandra Dee, was released in cinemas.

The film Follow That Dream, starring Elvis Presley, was released as part of his film career. Elvis portrayed the lead role of Toby Kwimper, and the film was his first picture for the Mirisch Company.

The film Follow That Dream, starring Elvis Presley, was released in New York. Elvis portrayed the lead role of Toby Kwimper, a member of a family that settles along the Florida coast.

Elvis Presley's tenth feature film, "Kid Galahad", premiered in US cinemas. Elvis played an amateur boxer in the film. Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, and Charles Bronson also appeared in the film.

The film It Happened at the World's Fair starring Elvis Presley was released.

Production began in Seattle, Washington, on the film It Happened at the World's Fair. Elvis Presley arrived in Seattle for location filming and stayed in a suite on the 14th floor of the Doric New Washington Hotel.

Elvis Presley took part in filming the movie "It Happened at the World's Fair" in Seattle. MGM closed part of the World's Fair grounds to the public for filming, and after word spread that Elvis would be there, hundreds of fans and curious onlookers gathered around the closed area.

Elvis Presley filmed It Happened at the World’s Fair in Seattle; production ran from September 4 to 13.

Film „Beach Party“ s Frankiem Avalonem a Annette Funicello byl uveden v kinech po celých Spojených státech. Hudbu k filmu nahráli Dick Dale And The Del Tones a film do konce roku utržil 1,2 milionu dolarů.

Elvis Presley filmed a dance scene for the song “C'mon Everybody” at the University of Nevada gymnasium in Las Vegas for the film Viva Las Vegas.

Rehearsals and filming began for a dance scene in the film Viva Las Vegas and continued for two days. The scene was set in a Las Vegas nightclub, where Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret first danced to a version of “The Climb,” followed by Elvis singing “What'd I Say.”

The musical film Viva Las Vegas starring Elvis Presley was premiered.

The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, premiered in New York.

A Hard Day's Night was released in U.S. theaters and became a major film success for The Beatles.

Following the success of The Beatles film A Hard Day's Night, The Dave Clark Five signed a film deal with Warner Bros. for the project Catch Us If You Can, which was released in the US under the title Having A Wild Weekend and premiered in the UK in July 1965.

Disney released “Mary Poppins”, the Sherman brothers' musical starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It was Andrews' first film role, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title character.

Bobby Darin began filming his eighth movie, That Funny Feeling, in Hollywood, starring alongside his wife Sandra Dee.

During the filming of “Easy Come, Easy Go,” a freight train collided with a flatcar carrying filmmakers and actors due to faulty signaling. Jan Berry was thrown from the impact and suffered a complicated fracture of his left leg. Director Barry Shear was also seriously injured, and at least 12 to 17 people were injured in total. Paramount Pictures subsequently canceled the project, and the film was never completed.

Jan Berry broke his leg on the first day of filming “Easy Come, Easy Go,” and several other people were injured. Paramount subsequently canceled the film.

The Beatles' second film, Help!, premiered in New York, two weeks after its London premiere. The band members were not particularly happy with the film.