'Elvis wooed me with hit song'

An actress has told how she fell for Elvis Presley's charms when he wooed her with the song A Little Less Conversation.

Celeste Yarnall co-starred with Elvis in the 1968 film Live A Little, Love A Little and was the woman to whom he sang the now-famous song.

The 57-year-old says she is pleased the forgotten track has finally been given some recognition after it went to number one in the UK last week.

A remix of the song by Dutch DJ JXL rewrote pop history 25 years after Presley's death by giving him more number ones than any artist in the pop chart's 50-year history.

The song, Presley's 18th number one, broke the record he held with The Beatles when both tied on 17.

Los Angeles-based Yarnall reckons beating music rivals The Beatles would definitely have made Presley proud.

"There was always some rivalry between them so I think to be at the top of the charts would really make him proud," she said.

"It makes me proud too because I always think of the song as mine and Elvis' song. He never sang it to anyone else as far as I know."

Yarnall was 23 when she appeared with Presley in Live A Little, Love A Little.

Her character Ellen is romanced by the star at a party when he sweeps her off her feet by singing A Little Less Conversation and taking her in his arms for a dance.