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Give us this day, December 16, our daily Elvis

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1955
The Jones Boys opened for Elvis and The Blue Moon Boys at Sweetwater, TX Municipal Auditorium

1957

The Memphis Draft Board announced that Elvis Presley would be receiving his draft notice soon.

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in the early 60s, Fans got a christmas card with a photo of the display and drawings of Graceland

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Elvis bought the Santa sleigh and 8 reindeer for $300 from Bain Sign Company in Memphis. They are still displayed on the Graceland lawn every year.

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An unidentified woman approached Elvis Presley at Goodfellows headquarters with a request: ‘Elvis, please autograph my arm!’ Elvis was at the headquarters to present the Press-Scimitar Goodfellows with 100 brand new $10 bills. Elvis let it be known that the Goodfellows had played Santa Claus for him seven years earlier. ‘Our family had it pretty rough that year,’ he recalled. ‘The Goodfellows made my Christmas for me’

1960

Wild in the Country production

1961

Elvis Presley’s soundtrack to “Blue Hawaii” reached #1 on the album charts. It remained at #1 for 20 weeks.

In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at the number one slot and 39 weeks in the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 3x Platinum on July 30, 2002 by the Recording Industry Association of America. On the US Top Pop Albums chart Blue Hawaii is second only to the soundtrack of West Side Story as the most successful album of the 1960s.

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Kid Galahad production

1967
Fan photos of Elvis with Joe Esposito – Elvis and Priscilla returned to Memphis.

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1968
The Trouble With Girls production

1970
Elvis rented the projection room at MGM to screen That’s The Way It Is.

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1973
Stax Studio: Elvis completed the masters for three songs:
Stax Studio – Memphis, Tennessee
December 16 / 17 1973 (Sunday / Monday)
If That Isn’t Love CPA5 1632-04
Spanish Eyes CPA5 1633-04
She Wears My Ring CPA5 1634-10

1975
Elvis went to the Las Vegas airport

1978
The reissue of “Elvis’ 40 Greatest Hits” hit #40 in the U.K.

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2004
It was reported that Lisa Marie Presley would keep Graceland but sell the bulk of the Elvis estate. The deal, worth approximately $100 million, included the rights to the Elvis Presley name and image. The agreement stated that Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. would sell 85 percent of its assets to businessman Robert F.X. Sillerman. The new publicly traded name would be called CKX Inc.

2014
Legendary American radio host Casey Kasem was laid to rest at Norway’s Vestre Gravlund Cemetery. After Kasem died June 15 at the age of 82, his wife Jean Kasem and daughter Kerri Kasem waged a public battle over the burial site. Jean wanted Kasem interred in Norway because of her own Norwegian heritage and because her plans to relocate there would allow her to visit him.

2016
Priscilla Presley brings ‘Elvis and Me’ to San Antonio tonight
Vintage Audio: Elvis Presley’s Last Performance on “The Louisiana …

2017
Lisa Marie Presley’s Estranged Husband Demands She Reveal Finances
Lisa Marie Presley’s estranged husband Michael Lockwood is All Shook Up over financial documents which he claims could unlock how much she rakes in from a trust paid by the estate of Elvis Presley.
Dec 15, 2017 – Dec 16, 2017 – Holiday Concert Weekend – Events

2018

Story image for elvis presley from Live for Live Music
https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/conce ... land-2019/

Elvis Presley Estate, Live Nation To Produce Wide Range Of Concerts …
Live for Live Music–22 hours ago
Artists of all genres are about to be received at Graceland. The former home of Elvis Presley, which is now a famous tourist attraction in …
2019
From Perkins to Presley: Blue Suede Shoes https://happymag.tv/perkins-to-presley- ... ede-shoes/
Happy Mag–10 hours ago
As Cash told it, he and Perkins were performing at a show in Amory, Mississippi alongside Elvis Presley. When Presley took to the stage, Cash …

Elvis Presley: ‘Who’s this son of ab****?’ Star’s surprising …
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... ie-Presley
Express.co.uk–7 hours ago
Elvis Presley welcomed daughter Lisa Marie Presley with Priscilla Presley back in 1968. Naturally, being raised by the King, Lisa Marie grew …

Inside Priscilla Presley’s Relationship With Daughter Lisa Marie
https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/inside- ... arie.html/
Showbiz Cheat Sheet–15 hours ago
Although Lisa Marie isn’t her mom’s only child, she is the sole heir to music legend Elvis Presley. When he died in 1977, he left an inheritance …
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10564756/ ... isa-marie/

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Michael Jackson ‘cradled baby dolls and bawled his eyes out because ex wife Lisa Marie Presley refused to have kids’ – The Sun
MICHAEL Jackson once revealed he used to hold baby dolls and cry after Lisa Marie Presley said didn’t want kids with him. The revelation has come from recordings between Jacko and pal, Rabb
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