Give us this October 6 our Daily Elvis
Posted: October 6th, 2025, 10:20 am
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Highlights
1866
Near Seymour, Indiana, the Reno Brothers Gang pulled off America’s first train robbery. They got away with about $16,000.There would be two movies in the 1950s: “Rage at Dawn” and “Love Me Tender”
1889
The Moulin Rouge in Paris opened its doors to the public for the first time. The cabaret is best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance.
1954
Elvis, Scotty and Bill played Eagle’s Nest in Memphis, a nightclub over the changing room at the Clearpool complex. The other acts were Tiny Dixon Band and The Eagles
1955
In the afternoon Elvis performed at the Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas; along with other acts:
Jimmy & Johnny, Johnny Horton, Betty Amos, Willie Birdbrain, Daldon & Lulu, Sonny Trammel and Ray Gomer
During the evening, Elvis was at the Skyline Club, Austin, Texas.
https://www.scottymoore.net/skyline.html
In October the band was put on a fixed salary of $200 a week when they worked, with a retainer of $100 when they weren’t.3 According to Scotty, Bob Neal told them it had been decided that their old verbal agreement, whereby Elvis received 50 percent and Scotty and Bill each received 25 percent, was no longer acceptable.
They had begun with Elvis as partners. Now they were nothing more than salaried sidemen. They never had a written contract, so they didn’t have a legal leg to stand on.
1957
Scotty Moore and Bill Black played Texas State Fair, Dallas, TX (4 shows daily from October 5 to 20)
1958
Elvis got permission to live off base with his family. The whole group moved to the Hilberts Park Hotel in Bad Nauheim. So every morning Elvis had to leave early for the base, to return to the hotel at 6.00 p.m.
Billboard magazine runs an article that states “Payola, that under-the-turntable device whereby record companies win plugs and influence disc jockeys, is fast growing into a monster that may yet destroy its creators. According to key record execs, jockey payola is so widespread that it’s no longer possible to measure its effectiveness.” Disc jockey Alan Freed‘s career will soon be ended by the scandal.
1964
Elvis showed up at Allied Artists for starting the work on Tickle Me.
1967
Elvis went to Las Vegas for a few days before heading to Arizona for Stay Away, Joe
1971
Elvis returned to Los Angeles and stayed for the first time at the Monovale House, where Priscilla, Lisa-Marie, Sonny and Judy West and Charlie Hodge were permanently staying.
1974
Elvis performed at the University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio. The first show was at 2.30 in the Blue Swirl Suit and the second at 8.30 p.m in the Chinese Dragon.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... ber-6.html
by Bob Heis
During the second show: After singing The Hawaiian Wedding Song with Kathy Westmoreland, Elvis jokes: “The whole ending was wrong. It wasn’t romantic enough. We have to re-shoot it!” and they go through the ending of the song again.
photo by Bob Heis
1975
Elvis paid over $30,000* in decorating bills for the house he had bought for Linda Thompson. Linda, more and more exhausted from the permanently demands for care by Elvis, had started to spend more and more time in California to start an acting career.
*(inflation adjustor to $177,036.07 in 2025 money)
2017
Released: Orchestral Christmas Elvis, the third in this series produced by Priscilla Presley.
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... october-6/
Highlights
1866
Near Seymour, Indiana, the Reno Brothers Gang pulled off America’s first train robbery. They got away with about $16,000.There would be two movies in the 1950s: “Rage at Dawn” and “Love Me Tender”
1889
The Moulin Rouge in Paris opened its doors to the public for the first time. The cabaret is best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance.
1954
Elvis, Scotty and Bill played Eagle’s Nest in Memphis, a nightclub over the changing room at the Clearpool complex. The other acts were Tiny Dixon Band and The Eagles
1955
In the afternoon Elvis performed at the Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas; along with other acts:
Jimmy & Johnny, Johnny Horton, Betty Amos, Willie Birdbrain, Daldon & Lulu, Sonny Trammel and Ray Gomer
During the evening, Elvis was at the Skyline Club, Austin, Texas.
https://www.scottymoore.net/skyline.html
In October the band was put on a fixed salary of $200 a week when they worked, with a retainer of $100 when they weren’t.3 According to Scotty, Bob Neal told them it had been decided that their old verbal agreement, whereby Elvis received 50 percent and Scotty and Bill each received 25 percent, was no longer acceptable.
They had begun with Elvis as partners. Now they were nothing more than salaried sidemen. They never had a written contract, so they didn’t have a legal leg to stand on.
1957
Scotty Moore and Bill Black played Texas State Fair, Dallas, TX (4 shows daily from October 5 to 20)
1958
Elvis got permission to live off base with his family. The whole group moved to the Hilberts Park Hotel in Bad Nauheim. So every morning Elvis had to leave early for the base, to return to the hotel at 6.00 p.m.
Billboard magazine runs an article that states “Payola, that under-the-turntable device whereby record companies win plugs and influence disc jockeys, is fast growing into a monster that may yet destroy its creators. According to key record execs, jockey payola is so widespread that it’s no longer possible to measure its effectiveness.” Disc jockey Alan Freed‘s career will soon be ended by the scandal.
1964
Elvis showed up at Allied Artists for starting the work on Tickle Me.
1967
Elvis went to Las Vegas for a few days before heading to Arizona for Stay Away, Joe
1971
Elvis returned to Los Angeles and stayed for the first time at the Monovale House, where Priscilla, Lisa-Marie, Sonny and Judy West and Charlie Hodge were permanently staying.
1974
Elvis performed at the University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio. The first show was at 2.30 in the Blue Swirl Suit and the second at 8.30 p.m in the Chinese Dragon.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... ber-6.html
by Bob HeisDuring the second show: After singing The Hawaiian Wedding Song with Kathy Westmoreland, Elvis jokes: “The whole ending was wrong. It wasn’t romantic enough. We have to re-shoot it!” and they go through the ending of the song again.
photo by Bob Heis
1975
Elvis paid over $30,000* in decorating bills for the house he had bought for Linda Thompson. Linda, more and more exhausted from the permanently demands for care by Elvis, had started to spend more and more time in California to start an acting career.
*(inflation adjustor to $177,036.07 in 2025 money)
2017
Released: Orchestral Christmas Elvis, the third in this series produced by Priscilla Presley.