Elvis Presley - Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce - Movie version - Re-edited with Stereo audio

There has long been strong derision towards many of the songs contained within Elvis' movie soundtracks and whilst in some cases there could be argued that there is a level of justification, there are many where the songs are more a victim of being misunderstood. Not all are victims of a misunderstanding as some songs are guilty of being poorly written and it's inclusion in the movie at any random place only adds to the criticism. Examples of this are of course "Old MacDonald" from "Double Trouble" or "Who Needs Money" from Clambake but these two are far from being the only songs at which this could be attributed. On the other hand a good song cleverly placed within the plot of a movie can be the basis for a massive hit and there are many examples of this within Elvis' movies with "Jailhouse Rock", "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Return To Sender" amongst those of that variety, There is also a third type, a song which serves purely as a plot device, and as long as it moves the plot along in the desired manner and that it is adequately performed then it has served it's purpose. If the song is of a more than decent standard then that can be seen as a bonus especially considering that song would almost certainly be contained on any resulting movie album. It is the release of songs which work purely in the context of the movie on albums which are widely considered regular Elvis albums by the general public that only add to the confusion and derision of many of those songs. For example strictly speaking both "The Sound of Music" and "Fun In Acapulco" are soundtrack albums but whilst the former is widely accepted as just that, the latter is widely considered and Elvis album and so any poor or out of context albums contained therein reflect badly on Elvis and the album in question. A song which fits into category three as it works extremely well as a plot device and contains a nice melody is "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce", but it suffers from an overly long title. Despite it's title the song within the film is totally in context within the movie as it sees Elvis' character, Rusty Wells, use the song as way of introducing himself to Valerie Frank played by the ever charming Shelley Fabares. The entire scene is kept within the realms of probability as the main character is solely the lead singer of a combo, not moonlighting from something else as in many other Elvis movies, and the backing vocals are seen as being provided by the other members of his combo. Elvis recorded "Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce" on 15 June 1964 at RCA's Studio B in Hollywood to a backing track which had been recorded on 12 June. The song was originally almost two and a half minutes log but this was edited down by fifty seconds to the RCA master and by a further five seconds for insertion into the movie. As with all of these videos, to get the most out of the re-edited audio, I highly recommend you use ear /headphones and turn the volume up as much as you dare!