Reception
The G.I. Blues soundtrack album was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1960 in the categories Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Original Cast From A Motion Picture Or Television and Best Vocal Performance Album, Male. Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson were both nominated in 1961 by the Writers Guild of America for G.I. Blues in the category of Best Written American Musical.
G.I. Blues reached No. 2 on Variety's weekly list of top grossing films in 1960.
It was noted in Variety that "the film seems to be a leftover from the frivolous musicals of the Second World War."
G.I. Blues was ranked 14th in Variety's annual national box-office ratings for 1960.
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