Recording sessions took place on July 2, 1961, at
RCA Studio B in
Nashville, Tennessee. Six songs were recorded for the film, and a distressed Presley insisted that the worst song, "Sound Advice," be omitted from release when it came time to assemble a soundtrack. "Sound Advice" would be placed on the compilation
Elvis for Everyone, and a sixth soundtrack song, "A Whistling Tune," would be saved for the next film
Kid Galahad, the version recorded at these sessions later released on
Collectors Gold in 1991. Presley sang a few lines of "On Top of Old Smokey" in the film, but the recording was made on the movie set. The issue of quality would continue to be a sore point in his soundtrack material for the remainder of his film career. Issued as an
extended play record, the
Follow That Dream soundtrack EP was released in April 1962 to coincide with the film's premiere. The record sold very well, especially for an EP in the Sixties. The title song received Top 40 radio airplay and reached No. 15 on the
Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It became a
platinum record. The extended play record was the
number-one EP in the UK for 20 weeks. ==Track listing==