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Beatles dominated the charts while Elvis made movies

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Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles held the top five positions on the American pop charts, an unprecedented accomplishment. The British Invasion was fully underway. Meanwhile, the king of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley, was churning out two or three forgettable movies a year. On this day in 1964, his 14th film, "Kissin' Cousins" came out. It included songs like this one.