On January 2nd Elvis updated his contract with Colonel Parker. As before the manager got 25% of the regular payments from record companies and movie studios. But all other activities would be regarded as joint ventures and the earnings would be split 50/50. Also in January the king had Graceland's stables renovated. When his uncle Pat Biggs died, he put up his aunt Delta. Her mother Minnie, who also was the mom of Vernon, had been living in the mansion ever since Elvis had bought it in 1957. On January 24th Colonel Parker renegotiated his client's contract with RCA. The label received an option until 1980. Besides that the guaranteed payments were about to be reduced to 200,000 USD from 1970 onwards. Six years later they were supposed to stop completely. Parker acted 100% selfish, because due to his new arrangement with Elvis he only got 25% of the guaranteed payments, but 50% of the other ones. Nevertheless the king accepted the deal.

The first single of 1967 was "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall In Love". It just sold 300,000 units and never made it past number 33. The gospel album "How Great Thou Art" reached number 18, but sold less than 200,000 copies. However, it soon would turn out to be a constant seller and also earned the king his first Grammy Award.

On February 8th Elvis bought Twinkletown Farm. He paid 437,000 USD for the estate near Walls/Mississippi. He had the farm modified and renamed it to Circle G Farm. The singer was so caught up in his new hobby, that he postponed the recording sessions for the soundtrack of "Clambake". They now took place on February 22nd and 23rd. Three days later he still couldn't untie from the ranch and so Dr. George Nichopoulos gave him a medical certificate until March 6th. This time Elvis appeared on the movie set, but three days later he fell in his house in Bel Air and injured his had. Now he was sick for real and couldn't work until March 20th. It was suspected, that the accident had been caused by Elvis' increasing abuse of medication. Colonel Parker used the incident to clean up his client's environment. Joe Esposito was going to be the link between him and Elvis, Larry Geller, who had introduced the king to the ideas of new age and other relegious issues, was declared as persona non grata. The king had to get back on track, live healthier and focus on his career.

Elvis soon proved, that it didn't work out. When he finally reported to work, he had gained so many pounds, that his wardrobe had to be changed. He also didn't look well, at times his eyes were glassy. By now the singer couldn't hide his problems anymore.

On March 22nd Paramount's "Easy Come, Easy Go" was released. On the domestic market the movie grossed two million USD, as much as it had cost. The soundtrack ep sold an abysmal 30,000 units - worldwide! Even though "Easy Come, Easy Go" still was shown in a lot of cinemas, MGM released "Double Trouble" on April 5th. The movie just earned 1.6 million USD, as little as no other Presley flick before. The accordant soundtrack album peaked at number 47 of the charts and became the king's worst selling longplayer so far. The single "Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You'll Never Forget" barely moved 200,000 copies and stalled at number 68.

While his career was going downhill, he made positive headlines with his marriage of Priscilla Ann Beaulieu on May 1st. While it all looked great on the outside, Elvis wasn't too happy. The previous year he almost had to be extorted to get engaged and maybe only agreed to save his carreer. If the world had learned, that he had seduced a girl of 14 years and lived with her since she was 18, his clean-cut image would have imploded and his business partners would have turned away from him. Elvis obviously didn't care too much for the ceremony. He left the organization of the event to his manager, who turned it into a media event. Parker also used the opportunity to affront some of his client's buddies by not informing them or even revoking the invitation. Elvis let it all happen.

The conversations with Colonel Parker regarding his career and lifestyle appeared to have been successful. Elvis stayed away from his ranch and even kicked Larry Geller out of the Memphis Mafia and burned the majority of his spiritual and religious books. He also paid more attention to his health. On May 29th he and Priscilla hosted a second wedding reception. They invited all the people, who had not been present at the actual event and even once more wore their wedding dresses.

On June 19th Elvis began the production of "Speedway". Compared to his appearance in March on the set of "Clambake", the king had lost several pounds and looked much healthier. Before the shootings were wrapped up on August 18th, he informed the production crew, that his wife was pregnant. Because Elvis didn't visit the Circle G Farm anymore, Vernon started to sell the cattle, the pickup trucks and the mobile home. At the end of the month his son finally decided to sell the property. It had been a very short lived and very expensive hobby.

With "There's Always Me" and "Judy" RCA released a single with two songs from the six years old album "Something For Everybody". The 45 was anything but successful, nevertheless it sold a tad better than the previous one. On September 10th and 11th Elvis recorded songs for the release on future albums and singles. The soundtrack of his forthcoming movie "Stay Away, Joe" was taped on October 1st. The production of the movie began seven days later and lasted until November 28th.

To promote the forthcoming soundtack album "Clambake" RCA released the tracks "Big Boss Man" and "You Don't Know Me" on a single. On the Billboard Chart it peaked at number 38 and sold 350,000 units. The longplayer reached number 40 and sold in similar numbers as "Double Trouble". The movie was rolled out on November 22nd. It also didn't perform well at the box office. Appearantly the fans had gotten tired of the proceedings.

Even though none of the three Presley films of 1967 had been successful, Colonel Parker not just managed to make a deal with National General Pictures for a western project called "Charro!", but also made the studio pay 850,000 USD and grant a profit share of 50%. It was a b-movie, which was written, produced and directed by Charles Marquis Warren and the studio was keen to put a famous face on the poster. Elvis accepted not just because of the money, but also because the movie didn't include any songs and promised a different approach.