The way she moves her hips to her fingertips
I feel I'm heaven bound
And when she starts to sway, I've gotta say
She really move the grass around

Rock-a-hula baby
Rock-a-hula baby
Got a hula lulu from Honolulu
That rock-a-hula baby of mine

Although I love to kiss my little hula miss
I never get the chance
I wanna hold her tight all through the night
But all she wants to do is dance

I bet that she could teach the palms along the beach
To sway when breezes blow
And birds up in the sky could learn to fly
By watchin' how my baby can go

LSP 2426, 1961, Blue Hawaii

Radio Recorders Blue Hawaii Hollywood, California, March 23, 1961

Rock-a-Hula Baby was recorded by Elvis on March 23, 1961, at Radio Recorders for his movie Blue Hawaii. RCA officially released take #5. The single release peaked at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart (for a nine-week stay). In the United Kingdom, Rock-a-Hula Baby went to number one and stayed at the top for four weeks. On the label, the song was listed as a "Twist Special". Rock-a-Hula Baby was written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman and Florence Kaye as an attempt to cash in on the Twist craze. Sales of over a million copies are claimed.