Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Tickle Me is a 1965 American musical comedy Western film directed by Norman Taurog, written by Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds, and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco buster, with Julie Adams and Jocelyn Lane in supporting roles. Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film. It is the only Presley film released by Allied Artists Pictures, and it saved the studio from financial collapse and bankruptcy. The film made $5 million at the box office. For the first and only time in a Presley film, the soundtrack had no new material, utilizing album cuts dating back as early as 1960. Some of these tracks were overdubbed for the film. In one case, a different take was used ("I Feel That I've Known You Forever", featuring what appears to be a vocal done on the soundstage). In another, a song was presented without the harmony vocal and narration of the original release ("I'm Yours"). The cost-cutting experiment of recycling older recordings would not be repeated by Presley. However, another song from its recycled soundtrack, "(Such an) Easy Question", peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in July 1965.