Elvis ‘so funny’ on Speedway Nancy Sinatra’s emotional memories of the King | Films | Entertainment [Video]

Following two years army service in West Germany, Elvis Presley was welcomed home extravagantly.

Arriving back home Stateside, the King co-starred in 1960 TV special The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis.

The programme also happened to be the professional debut of the crooner’s daughter, fellow future music and movie star Nancy Sinatra, who was famously sent to the airport on Frank’s behalf to welcome Elvis home to the USA.

She would later ended up singing a duet on the TV special with her father of You Make Me Feel So Young/Old. And later on in the show, Elvis and Frank performed each other’s songs, Witchcraft and Love Me Tender, a verse at a time.

Then, some seven years later, Nancy and The King were reunited as they co-starred in 1968’s Speedway together, a movie that released 56 years old today.

The …