The year 1960. A payola scandal shocks the music world. Movie fans are introduced to glorious smell-o-visions. The 50-star flag is adopted. And G.I. Blues, Elvis adopts an on-screen persona he knows well in real life a singin 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..