The German "Bravo" magazine

NinaFromCanadaEh · Post by **NinaFromCanadaEh** » October 9th, 2025, 7:54 pm

MartyMcFly · Post by **MartyMcFly** » October 10th, 2025, 7:02 am

Bilbobaggins wrote: September 30th, 2025, 7:24 am Maybe some of you remember the German "Bravo" magazine. It has always been a supplier of many Elvis articles through the years. I have scans of, I think, all the Elvis articles from 1956 up to 1988. If you are interested I will post these scans, year by year.

The first batch is 1956. This year Elvis wasn't commonly known yet in Europe... but that soon would change...

1956-15 Portrait(1)2.jpg

1956-15 Schwarm von Millionen(1)2.jpg[/attachment66]

[attachment=1]1956-19 Dieser Mann ist ein singender Magnet(1)2.jpg

1956-19 Pulverdampf und heisse Lieder(1)2.jpg

These are great, thank you very much! I bought Bravo in my teens in the Eighties, if they had Elvis articles or posters.
The number one teen magazin in Germany.
Please continue sharing those old articles.

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 10th, 2025, 7:24 am

MartyMcFly wrote: October 10th, 2025, 7:02 am
Bilbobaggins wrote: September 30th, 2025, 7:24 am Maybe some of you remember the German "Bravo" magazine. It has always been a supplier of many Elvis articles through the years. I have scans of, I think, all the Elvis articles from 1956 up to 1988. If you are interested I will post these scans, year by year.

The first batch is 1956. This year Elvis wasn't commonly known yet in Europe... but that soon would change...

1956-15 Portrait(1)2.jpg

1956-15 Schwarm von Millionen(1)2.jpg[/attachment66]

[attachment=1]1956-19 Dieser Mann ist ein singender Magnet(1)2.jpg

1956-19 Pulverdampf und heisse Lieder(1)2.jpg
These are great, thank you very much! I bought Bravo in my teens in the Eighties, if they had Elvis articles or posters.
The number one teen magazin in Germany.
Please continue sharing those old articles.

Don't worry... I will

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 11th, 2025, 2:49 am

Arriving in 1958...

Issue 1, 1958. Elvis has a new romance...

Issue 3, 1958. The Kings of Hollywood...

Issue 4, 1958. Backcover...

Issue 4 1958. Buttonhunter Elvis... Elvis asks why a teenager is wearing the "I Hate Elvis" button...

Issue 10 1958. The sideburns are gone...

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 12th, 2025, 5:52 am

Issue 12 1958. A new Elvis?

Issue 14 1958. Who will be the king of hip music?

Issue 15 1958. Medical examination

Issue 23 1958. Backcover

Colin.Bee · Post by **Colin.Bee** » October 12th, 2025, 11:29 pm

That first spread is awesome!

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 13th, 2025, 1:23 am

Colin.Bee wrote: October 12th, 2025, 11:29 pm That first spread is awesome!

Indeed. These 50's layout are very nice. They really put their designing skills in those pages. I love the use of colours.

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 18th, 2025, 8:38 am

Time for issue 26, 1958. Show your decorations Elvis

Issue 27, 1958. King Creole

Issue 28, 1958. The Elvis Company

Issue 30, 1958. They are shooting real bullets on Elvis!

Issue 40, 1958. Backcover. Don't forget me...

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 20th, 2025, 2:14 am

Issue 41, 1958, Last kiss in America. Taking off to Germany...

Issue 42, 1958. I'm glad to be here. Arriving in Germany...

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 23rd, 2025, 8:48 am

Issue 43, 1958, Frontcover

Issue 43, 1958. It's all about Elvis

Issue 44, 1958, Elvis becomes German

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 23rd, 2025, 8:55 am

Issue 47, 1958, It's over with Rock and Roll Commando's

Issue 48, 1958, Cover

Issue 51, 1958, Elvis cleans his shoes

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 24th, 2025, 9:04 am

Arrived in 1959...

Issue 3, 1959. An Army-truck weekly for Elvis's fanmail.

A new car

Issue 7, 1959. Elvis donates blood

Issue 12, 1959. Rendezvous in Munich

Issue 16, 1959. Gossip story...

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 25th, 2025, 3:36 am

Again... I forgot to add a frontcover in the last post...

Here it is, issue 16 frontcover, a nice one:

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 25th, 2025, 3:56 am

Issue 34, 1959. Who will be the next lifesize poster of? (Bravo had several series of parts of a poster in their magazine. Once put together, they formed a big lifesize poster)

Issue 42, 1959. Frontcover. No article inside.

Issue 47, 1959. The most popular stars of 1959... in random order.

Issue 48, 1959. Announcing a series of interviews called "My day will come". They state: Even though the Presley management strongly forbids interviews, photo's or any visits with Elvis... Elvis did agree to a series of exclusive meetings and interviews with Bravo! The series will start next issue...

Bilbobaggins · Post by **Bilbobaggins** » October 25th, 2025, 4:08 am

Issue 49, 1959. The first part of the exclusive Bravo interview. Cover (again a nice one!) and the article.

Elvis talks freely about how he feels about Germany, girls and the future.