The year was 1960.

A payola scandal shocks the music world.

Movie fans are introduced to glorious Smell-O-Vision.

The 50-star flag is adopted.

And in G. I.

Blues, Elvis adopts an on-screen persona he knows well in real life - a singing G. I.

In West Germany.

Eager to open a stateside nightclub after his hitch in khakis, he takes part in a wager to raise the dough he needs.

The bet: he can melt the iceberg heart of a willowy dancer (Juliet Prowse).

But all bets may be off when real love intervenes...