1926
The first issue of The Melody Maker magazine went on sale in the UK. Advertised as being for “all who are interested in the production of popular music,” the first issue featured dance band news, a story about ukuleles and how to read music by sight.
Tupelo, Mississippi (1935-1948)
1938
Vernon in prison
Memphis, Tennessee (1948-1977)
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
Johnny Ace, who died December 24, 1954 in a “be careful/it’s not loaded” “Russian Roulette” incident was buried at the Clayton Temple AME Church in Memphis. More than 5,000 mourners attended, including pallbearers Little Junior Parker, Wille Mae Thornton, Roscoe Gordon, and B.B. King. Ace was formerly in King’s band before joining the Beale Streeters.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
1956
Elvis and Red West returned to Memphis to began a 5 day tour with Johnny Cash and others.
Elvis performed at the High School, Charleston, Mississippi, where he was billed as “The King of Western Bop.”
1958
Elvis got a letter from the Colonel, who lectured him about the responsibilities of being a star. Elvis had complained about requests for local appearances and wanted his manager to deal with that.
The Military Service Disruption
1959
Military Service in Germany
October 1958 to February 2, 1959: Hotel Grunwald in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Elvis called George Klein in Memphis. He made regular calls to friends at home, especially Anita Wood.
1960
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Elvis requested leave to go to Paris.
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The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
1961
Elvis flew back to Los Angeles with Sonny West, Charlie Hodge, Alan Fortas, and Gene Smith for Wild in the Country to resume production.
1962
After refusing to sign an oath that says they have never been members of the Communist party, the American Folk group, The Weavers are removed from the line-up of NBC-TV’s Jack Parr Show.
1963
Priscilla Visit
1965
Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack from ‘Roustabout,’ Presley’s eighth No.1. It was his last LP released in both stereo and mono; with the mono version being rarer. It was certified Gold on May 20, 1988 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The album would be Presley’s final soundtrack to reach number one and his next number one album would be 1973’s Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite.
Elvis Presley’s soundtrack “Roustabout” was knocked out of first place the next week by the Beatles’ “Beatles ’65.”
1967
This was the date of Elvis’ new agreement with the Colonel, which for the first time explicitly recognized that they were engaged in what amounted to a partnership or joint venture.
1968
Elvis Gold Records volume 4 was released: a compilation of hit singles released between 1961 and 1967, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold on March 27, 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
1972
RCA released “Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old)” it reached number 12 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, selling over one million copies worldwide. It was certified Gold on December 1, 1977 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Elvis generally worked song by song and this was the only attempt at a cohesive album and the song snippets used as a bridge between tracks turned it into a concept album. This cover was more than the usual Elvis face shot of the 50s and 60s or the Jumpsuit Shots of the other 1970s albums, and is the only by Elvis statement cover: his iconic childhood picture, Americana Roots.
1974
RCA did a series of “Legendary Performer” for most of their label artists getting 1 LP of rare material not deemed suitable for release at the time of recording. Ultimately, four volumes of Presley’s outtakes and live recordings, along with interviews were released over the next decade in the RCA A Legendary Performer series, Elvis was the only artist besides Glenn Miller to have multiple volumes issued in that series.
There was also an LP sized book of newspaper clippings and studio paperwork.
It was certified Gold on January 8, 1975 and Platinum and 2x Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA. The album opens with his first recording from 1954, “That’s All Right“, the song that started his recording career at Sun Records.
The Wake and Aftermath
1990
Actor Alan Hale, Jr. died of thyroid cancer at the age of 71. (Gilligan’s Island, Biff Baker U.S.A., Casey Jones, Hang ‘Em High, Young At Heart, Johnny Dangerously, The North Avenue Irregulars, There Was a Crooked Man, Tiger By the Tail, Bullet for a Badman, Advance to the Rear, The Lady Takes a Flyer)
Robert Wagner and Alan Hale Jr with Elvis on October 5, 1956:
1993
For the fifth week, Whitney Houston was perched atop the R&B chart with “I Will Always Love You”, third week as #1 Adult contemporary and sixth week as #1 pop song
2007
The Essential Elvis Presley is a greatest hits collection by American rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. The album was released as a two-disc set on January 2, 2007 by RCA Records as a part of Sony BMG‘s The Essential series and was later released by RCA and Legacy Recordings as a Limited Edition 3.0 three-disc set.
In the Netherlands the album was released as The Dutch Collection, which topped the albums chart in that country, while The Essential Elvis Presley topped the albums chart in Sweden. Although not as successful as other releases in The Essential series, the album was certified gold in three countries. In the U.S. it was certified Gold on 8/4/2010 and Platinum on 3/3/2016 by the RIAA.
2015
Elvis Presley’s private planes to be auctioned off
2016
Elvis Presley Fans Pay Up To $1,500 A Night To Stay In This New Memphis Hotel Dedicated To The King
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Dear Stanley Brothers: if you had been doing your jobs, he might not have died that night
seriously, this is not a topic you want attention on eh?
2018
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For years, Austin-born Tex-Mex chain Chuy’s has celebrated the birthday of ElvisPresley with music, food, and fun. On Monday, Jan. 8 the chain will once again be throwing its annual Elvis Birthday Bash at all nine of the chain’s Houston locations.
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Elvis Presley performed twice in S.D. the year of his death
The King was coming.
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, was coming to perform in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City to celebrate its grand opening.
“Saws were buzzing, special lights positioned, stage sections assembled and concession items stockpiled at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center last week,” read an article by Jeri Gulbransen in the June 19, 1977, Rapid City Journal. “And the flurry of activity is scheduled to increase Monday and Tuesday in preparation for the grand opening concert starring Elvis Presley on Tuesday night.”
Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley on Jan. 8, 1935, in East Tupelo, Miss. He recorded his first single, “That’s All Right” on July 5, 1954, and was an international sensation by 1956. By the time he came to Rapid City in 1977, reviews seemed to focus more on Presley’s weight and sometimes bizarre behavior than on his singing. But to Gulbransen, Presley still wore the crown as the King of Rock.
“Elvis Presley sang, swiveled his hips, played the guitar, threw scarves, cracked a few jokes and gave the capacity audience at the grand opening of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center their money’s worth Tuesday night,” Gulbransen wrote of the June 21, 1977, performance in a review headlined “There’s no doubt about it – Elvis is still ‘king.’”
More than 10,000 people, most of them purchasing tickets for $15, attended the concert. Backstage, Rapid City Mayor Art LaCroix presented Presley with a plaque thanking him for giving the inaugural concert, and young Monique Brave gave Presley a hand-beaded medallion of life. He also received a T-shirt promoting the Boys Club Rent-A-Kid program.
But while Presley was presented with gifts, he arguably gave the audience more: seeing and hearing what Gulbransen described as a super performer in action.
“From ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and ‘Are you Lonesome Tonight’ to ‘If You Love Me Let Me Know,’ Elvis gave old favorites and newer songs a real crooning treatment.
“Although the gyrations that helped boost Elvis to popularity with teenage girls in the ‘50s are fewer and farther apart, the voice that continued to sell gold record after gold record sounded even better in person,” Gulbransen wrote.
The show in Rapid City, along with a show in Omaha, was recorded by RCA and CBS for a planned television special.
On June 22, 1977, a day after the Rapid City show, Presley performed at the Sioux Falls Arena.
“With a voice as distinctive as has ever blistered a concert hall, Elvis and his backup performers presented the capacity crowd of 8,189 with hand-clapping spirituals, down home country and western tunes full of cheatin’ hearts and the obligatory Presley standards like “Jailhouse Rock,” “Teddy Bear” and “It’s Now or Never.” And the crowd loved it,” wrote Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Entertainment Editor Hugh O’Gara.
The one-hour performance by Presley produced a display of pyrotechnics unrivaled since the Fourth of July as fans lit the Arena with flashbulbs, O’Gara wrote.
Fans rushed the stage clamoring for the blue scarves Presley tossed from around his neck and presented him with roses.
This was the second concert that Presley had played in Sioux Falls in less than a year. The King’s first concert in that city was on Oct. 18, 1976. Presley arrived on his private jet, and he and his entourage occupied the top three floors of the Holiday Inn City Centre.
O’Gara wrote of the 1976 concert, “Presley, fighting middle age spread and losing, is still as flashy, magnetic and outrageous as he was in 1957 when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show … from the waist up.”
The three South Dakota shows all seemed to follow the same pattern: performances by Presley’s band, a Gospel quartet, a comedian and a female trio, intermission and the arrival of Presley clad in a white gold-sequined jumpsuit.
The 1977 South Dakota concerts were among the last Presley gave. He died at age 42 in Memphis, Tenn., on Aug. 16, 1977. He still has a presence in the Mount Rushmore State, as a motorcycle belonging to The King can be seen at the Pioneer Auto Museum in Murdo and the National Music Museum in Vermillion preserves Presley’s C.F. Martin & Co.’s D-35 Dreadnaught guitar made in 1975 and played by him in 29 concerts between Oct. 17, 1976, and Feb. 14, 1977.
This moment in South Dakota history is provided by the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. Find more information at www.sdhsf.org. Contact info@sdhsf.org to submit a story idea.
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2020
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Elvis Presley birthday week: 5 ways to celebrate the King’s 85th
The Commercial Appeal
January 8 marks what would have been Elvis Presley’s 85th birthday. As is custom, Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises will mark the …
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Linda Thompson gifts Brody Jenner with ex Elvis Presley’s …
Page Six–Jan. 1, 2020
Linda Thompson gifts Brody Jenner with ex Elvis Presley’s necklace … once belonged to her ex-boyfriend, late musical legend Elvis Presley.
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Elvis Presley first met Frank Sinatra’s singer daughter Nancy Sinatra when he was discharged from the US Amed Forces in 1960. At the behest of her father, the legendary crooner, she met him off the plane with a gift and Frank’s regards as the King became a civilian. Speaking out about her relationship with Elvis in quotes on her official blog on NancySinatra.com, the These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ hitmaker called him “one of the funniest people ever”.
“His humor was silly and self-deprecating,” she said. “He made fun of himself which is a very endearing quality to have. We did have fun, that’s for sure.”
Elvis and Nancy would go on to star opposite each other in Norman Taurog’s Speedway in 1968, him playing NASCAR racer Steve Grayson and her the agent assigned to keep tabs on him after his gambling habits get him into trouble with the IRS who eventually falls for him.
Looking back on their friendship, Nancy said there was “flirting” but that it was just platonic.
“There was flirting, but just friendly flirting. Actually, we were like The Katzenjammer Kids,” she explained.
“We used to ride a bicycle built for two around the studio, the MGM lot.
“Speedway was Elvis at his peak, in his prime,” Nancy said. “He was beautiful.
“This movie and his ‘comeback’ special were his zenith. I mean, how gorgeous was he then? Wow!
“I feel kind of sorry for those who don’t get Elvis,” she added, sharing her praise for the rock ’n’ roll icon. “A little more open-minded study and they would discover a fabulous soul who contributed plenty to the history of American music.
He was the best at what he did and, like Frank, there will never be another to equal him.
“I treasure him. You will never know how much I miss him.”
Elvis’ relationships with women were many and complicated and he married just once, to actress Priscilla Presley.
The pair tied the knot in 1967 and welcomed their daughter Lisa Marie Presley a year later.
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Elvis Presley HOLOGRAM tour: Priscilla Presley speaks out on live show possibilities
ELVIS PRESLEY hologram tour could be a reality one day, but Priscilla Presley doesn’t think the technology is there yet.
By George Simpson, Film & Music Editor
The King of Rock and Roll has now been dead as long as he was alive, but his fandom keeps growing. Sadly, many will never know what it was like to see Elvis Presley perform live. The closest now is Elvis In Concert – Live on Screen which sees footage of the entertainer singing live accompanied by a real orchestra. But what about a hologram tour?
There are plans for Whitney Houston and ABBA hologram tours in the near future, with Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly already having been created and performed.
While a malfunctioning hologram of Elvis singing appeared in Blade Runner 2049, so the idea has certainly been around for some time.
Asked on This Morning in a recent interview, The King’s former wife Priscilla Presley isn’t convinced the technology is good enough yet but is open to the idea.
The 74-year-old said: “No, it hasn’t progressed really to what I feel would be him. It’s very difficult to get his image.”
Priscilla continued: “Very difficult because the way they do holograms is putting bits and pieces together.
“But I think you’re seeing the real deal on this screen.
“I don’t think a hologram can really match what you’re seeing.
“I haven’t really seen it that perfected. I’m not saying it’ll never be around because it may progress on everybody really. But right now it’s not in progress.”
Meanwhile, a request for a CGI recreation of Elvis to star in a new movie was rejected by his estate.
Instead, the film, called Finding Jack, will be led by one of James Dean who will somehow play an Army unit leader.
The soldier character is called Fletcher, “who attempts to rescue his beloved military dog Jack at the end of the war.”
Meanwhile, Elvis is getting a musical biopic from Baz Luhrmann starring Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’s Austin Butler.
Graceland auction to commemorate Elvis‘ 85th birthday
Memphis Business Journal–Dec. 31, 2019
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DOWN HOME FOOD: Remembering Elvis
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