Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1938
Vernon Presley in prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)
Memphis, Tennessee
1948-1977
1951
Jazz diva Dinah Washington charted with “Harbor Lights,” reaching #10 R&B. The Platters would take it to #15 (#8 pop) in 1960, having carefully studied Washington’s version.
Elvis recorded it as his first Sun Session and Sam Phillips was not impressed, that would take 2 more songs.
Elvis’ recording would not be released until RCA’s The Legendary Performer and various Sun Collections; and might explain why Elvis thought of himself as a sort of jazz singer much to 1950s jazz musician horror. Elvis blended from everything, he was a musical sponge.
September 21, 1953 to March 19, 1954
Elvis worked at Precision Tool company, operating a drill press for $1.55 a hour.
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
1955
Elvis performed at the Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas.
Elvis is introduced as the ‘Memphis Flash’ and described to the radio audience by announcer Frank Page as wearing crocodile–skin shoes with pink socks. He performed ‘That’s All Right’, ‘Hearts of Stone’, ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’, and ‘Fool, Fool, Fool’.
January 6, 1955 (Demo Session) ‘Cotton Club’ – Lubbock, Texas
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1956
Elvis performed at the Marianna, AR T.A. Futrall High School Gymnasium, Randolph, Mississippi.
This was the last time he ever appeared in a small auditorium.
1957
Elvis Presley made the last of his three appearances on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” He performed “Hound Dog,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Love Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Peace in the Valley,” “Too Much,” and “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again.”
Carol Burnett, Lonnie Satin, Arthur Worsley, Leny Eversong, and boxer Sugar Ray Robinson also appeared on the program.
Elvis performed at the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS Studios Maxine Elliot Theater, West Thirty-ninth Street, at 8.00 p.m.
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Elvis wore the same velvet shirt given to him by Natalie Wood, that he’d wore at the Tupelo Homecoming Concert, with a gold lame vest given to him as a Christmas present by Barbara Hearn.
Elvis performed the only sacred song ever done on the Sullivan show: Peace In The Valley for the Hungarian Revolution or maybe his mother.
Elvis was shot only from the waist up and at the conclusion of the show Elvis was thanked by Ed Sullivan by telling the audience: “this is a real decent, fine boy. We want to say that we’ve never had a pleasanter experience with a big name than we’ve had with you”. After the show Elvis took the midnight train back to Memphis.
At the end of the show, Ed Sullivan told the nation that Elvis was a “decent fine boy”; but the parental disapproval never went away, even after did 2 years of military service doing real service and costing the USA economy, big money in tax losses from him, the increase security of guarding a particular private and the cost of mail processed by the military.
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The Military Service Disruption
1959
Military Service in Germany
October 1958 to February 2, 1959: Hotel Grunwald in Bad Nauheim, Germany
1960
Military Service in Germany- in Paris on Leave
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
1961
A birthday party for Elvis on the set of Wild In The Country.. Cast and crew presented him with a plaque saying “Happy Birthday, King Karate.”
Feb 3 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
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1962
Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 album with ‘Blue Hawaii’; it spent a total of 18 weeks at the top of the charts.
The Tokens once again had the #1 song as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” resided there for a third week. Chubby Checker’s “The Twist”, after reaching #1 in 1960, gained new popularity and was now up to #2 again two years later. “Run To Him” from Bobby Vee slipped a bit, Joey Dee & the Starliters had “Peppermint Twist” and Elvis Presley moved up to #5 with yet another big hit–“Can’t Help Falling In Love”. The rest of the Top 10: “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” from Neil Sedaka, James Darren was down with “Goodbye Cruel World”, Leroy Van Dyke dropped with “Walk On By”, the Lettermen scored a Top 10 with “When I Fall In Love” and Ray Charles joined the group with “Unchain My Heart”.
1963
Priscilla Visit
1967
The barn behind Graceland was renovated to accommodate the many new horses. Soon it would be named: the House of the Rising Sun.
1969
Elvis met with Felton Jarvis at Graceland. Unlike always, there was the suggestion to use Chips Moman’s American Studio at 827 Thomas Street in Memphis. Since George Klein, Marty Lacker and Red West had connections there and Elvis liked the idea of recording a few miles from home, the decision was made.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
1970
Elvis flew to Los Angeles, accompanied by Priscilla and Lisa-Marie, to prepare himself for his upcoming Las Vegas engagement.
1976
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Elvis Presley and group in Vail, Colorado
The Wake and Aftermath
2004
The Elvis Presley DVD and CD “200 Cadillacs” were released.
EIN review: https://www.elvisinfonet.com/cdreview_200cadillacs.html
2005
US CD sales rose for the first time in four years. The CD format accounted for 98% of the 666 million albums sold, according to research company Nielsen Soundscan. A total of 140 million digital tracks were legally downloaded during 2004, equivalent to 14 million albums. R&B star Usher was the biggest-selling artist with his album ‘Confessions’ selling eight million copies. Other top sellers of the year were Norah Jones, Eminem and country stars Kenny Chesney and Gretchen Wilson. The UK recorded a record year for album sales in 2004, with 237 million sold The Scissor Sisters proved the most popular album of the year, followed by Keane and Maroon 5.
2006
A collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia bought by a council worker who embezzled nearly £600,000 was set to be sold to compensate the local authority. Julie Wall, 46, from Rippon Drive in Sleaford, was jailed for three years for the offence last October. The collection – which included rare recordings and foreign pressings of Elvis songs, was to be auctioned off by a High Court receiver to provide compensation.
This became a tv movie in 2008.
Caught in a Trap (2008) (TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243614/news
2009
The iTunes Music Store reached 6 billion songs sold.
2016
Jerry Springer Pours His Heart out Singing Elvis Presley
https://www.tmz.com/2017/01/06/jerry-sp ... y-karaoke/
Comedian/actor Pat Harrington, Jr. (One Day at a Time, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, Make Room for Daddy, Owen Marshall Counselor at Law, The President’s Analyst, Move Over Darling, The Wheeler Dealers, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes) and Easy Come Easy Go as an Elvis Sidekick/cartoon voicist (Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, A Garfield Christmas) died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 86.
2020
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... la-Presley
Elvis Presley’s HEARTBREAKING revelation about birth of …
Express.co.uk–7 hours ago
Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra first met when he was discharged from … Elvis became a father to his only child, daughter Lisa Marie Presley.
Pat Harrington Jr., ‘One Day at a Time’ Actor, Dead at 86 – Rolling Stone