I read (past tense) a lot of Elvis books. These are mine: the binders on the bottom contain magazines.
There were two that really stood out, because they were not really about Elvis, but about how we were and are about Elvis.
The Personal Journey of a Young Man re-creating his family vacations as a college road trip, lead to his realization how how embedded Elvis Presley is in American culture, the from lowest tacky to the artistic perfection: and mostly: the media.
It is from this book that the “give us this day, our daily Elvis” mantra chant acknowledgement of encountering Elvis as one goes about one’s day:
Thomas Edison finished designing his phonograph and gave the plans to mechanic John Kreusi to build. A skeptical Kreusi bet Edison two dollars that the device would never work.
1923
The Irving Berlin song “That International Rag” is copyrighted.
in the 1950s ,there were two very different artists
He also wrote music for pianos that had been “prepared” by having screws and nails placed in them. He was gay. His life partner from 1943 until his death was choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009). Cage died of a stroke in New York City. John Cage – Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1992
Composer John Cage dies of a stroke at age 79 in Manhattan, New York.
RCA and the RIAA presented Elvis Presley’s estate with 110 gold and platinum records.
Blogger Nina Notes: Cage is kept alive artificially at universities for his revolution work in music, while Elvis is the first and last entertainer everyone had an opinion of.
Cage created masterworks while Presley Performed Perfectly, including Parody.
Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken. It was …
… music piece in the world is being performed in the city of Halberstadt in Germany: John Cage’s composition for organ ORGAN2/ASLSP – As SLow aS Possible …
Here is a free, open textbook website of Artist and Musician Biographies, designed for the course AAEP 1600, Art and Music since 1945 and available for …
May 4, 2013 – An 87-year-old Phoenix woman is finally getting her college degree with a little help from the “King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Presley. Helen Joan …
Offered by University of Rochester. … This course covers the music of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi …
Scott Joplin signs a contract for a royalty of 1% per copy, with a minimum sales price of $.25, for “The Maple Leaf Rag.”
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
Memphis, Tennessee
1948-1953 – Humes High School
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
August 10, 1955
Two weeks after it cracked the Billboard R&B Top Ten, Chuck Berry‘s “Maybellene” enters the Pop chart at #23. It will peak at #5 and is now considered one of the pioneering Rock ‘n’ Roll singles..
on Tour with The Browns, Elvis performed at the Baseball Park, Gladewater, Texas.
August 10, 1956
Elvis performed at the Florida Theater, Jacksonville, Florida at 3.30, 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. After the first show Elvis was warned by judge Marion Gooding to tone down his act, which Elvis would only wiggle his pinkie finger as the judge did on that stage and in the 1968 TV special.
Jimmy Velvet pretends to be Elvis with Elvis watching his guitar.
In Jacksonville they were scheduled to play six shows over a two day period at the Florida Theater. When they arrived they were greeted with unsigned warrants prepared by Juvenile Court Judge Marion Gooding charging Elvis with impairing the morals of minors. The judge told them he was upset over what had happened during their last visit (hysterical fans nearly ripped Elvis’ clothes off) and he wanted to prevent a recurrence. If Elvis did those hip-gyrating movements for which he was famous, Gooding warned, he would sign the warrants and Elvis would be taken straight to jail.
With threats of criminal prosecution, Elvis and his management arranged for legal representation when he performed at the theatre. A young attorney by the name of Clarence Wood was hired to represent him. Clarence sat just off stage and was there just in case Judge Gooding decided to issue an arrest warrant at the concert and took the assignment in stride noting that Elvis was just a young man trying to entertain his fans
When they did the concerts, the police were out in force, armed with movie cameras. Elvis did what he was told, but all that nervous energy had to come out in some way. “That’s where the curled lip and the little finger thing really got started”, said Scotty. “He stood there flat footed and did the whole show.” The judge was delighted with the performance. Later, Elvis told reporters he was unhappy about the controversy. “I don’t do no dirty body movements,” he told a reporter
August 10, 1959
The Four male members of The Platters were arrested after a gig in Cincinnati after being found with four 19 year old women, (3 of them white), in various stages of undress. The scandal resulted in radio stations across the US removing Platters records from their playlists.
The Elvis Presley single “(You’re The) Devil in Disguise” peaked at number three in the US on the Billboard singles chart on August 10, 1963 and number nine on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues singles chart, becoming his last top ten single on the Rhythm and Blues charts. The song also topped Japan’s Utamatic record chart in the fall of 1963.
The Beatles had four singles re-released in the US: ‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’, ‘Please, Please Me’, ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘Twist And Shout.’
Mick Jagger was fined £32 in Liverpool for driving without insurance and breaking the speed limit. His solicitor explained that Jagger was on ‘an errand of mercy’, driving to see two fans injured in a car crash.
One day after the killing of actress Sharon Tate and four others, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered by members of the Charles Manson cult.
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
1970 Jim Morrison’s trial for allegedly exposing himself onstage in Miami begins. He would be found guilty and Judge Goodman would sentence Jim to six months of hard labor and a $500 fine for public exposure and sixty days of hard labor for profanity. His lawyer filed an immediate appeal and Jim was freed on the $50,000 bond. Morrison would die in Paris, France on July 3, 1971 before his legal problems could be resolved. In December, 2010, the Florida Clemency Board would grant a full pardon.
That’s the Way It Is Production: This was the opening night of the engagement which was opened with a dinner show, the rest of the 4 week engagement would be the Dinner/Midnight routine.
After party: Elvis with Clyde McPhatter of The Drifters
During their Wings Over Europe Tour, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Sweden for possession of drugs. McCartney joked the arrest would “make good publicity” for the tour.
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows
August 10, 1973
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows
August 10, 1974
Elvis traded his Baldwin for the Story and Clark piano which is presently still at Graceland.
August 10, 1975
Palm Springs where Elvis and group remained for three days. (10, 11 and 12th)
August 10, 1977
Elvis screened a number of films at the General Cinemas in Whitehaven, including The Spy Who Loved Me.
The Wake and Aftermath
1985
Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran was air lifted to safety when his boat ‘Drum’ overturned while racing off the English coast. Le Bon was trapped under the hull with five other crew members for twenty minutes, until being rescued by the Royal Navy.
2002
Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage were married in Hawaii. Cage filed for divorce four months later. She was previously wed to musician Danny Keough and second Michael Jackson. Cage would file for divorce after just 108 days of marriage, on November 25th, 2002 and the union was officially dissolved on May 26, 2004. The divorce proceeding lasted longer than the marriage.
Lisa Marie was unaware Cage was a massive Elvis fan.
Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. She was previously wed to Scientology member and musician Danny Keough and later Michael Jackson. Cage would file for divorce after just 108 days of marriage, on November 25th, 2002 and the union was officially dissolved on May 26, 2004. The divorce proceeding lasted longer than the marriage.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2004
The iTunes Music Store became the first store to have a catalog of more than one million songs.
2006
R&B singer-songwriter Barbara George dies of a lung infection, paired with a history of liver disease and Hepatitis C, at age 63 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Known for the 1961 hit “I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More).”
2008
American singer-songwriter Katy Perry went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Kissed A Girl’. The track was a worldwide hit topping the charts in over than 20 countries
US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 65. Police were called to his home after his wife found him unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hayes won an Oscar for the 1971 hit Theme From Shaft as was also known as the voice of Chef from the hit cartoon show, South Park. He was married four times and had 12 children.
Insane Clown Posse takes exception to the FBI naming their fans, collectively known as “Juggalos,” as a criminal gang in the FBI’s “2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Report.” At the annual Gathering of the Juggalos event in Illinois, they announce intentions to sue the FBI. Despite this, the FBI continues to list Juggalos as an organized gang in later years.
Adam Charles Hovey Juggalos aren’t a gang. I might not be one, but this is some common sense stuff.
nina tryggvason
i am not saying they are. I am saying the law enforcement is bigoted.
Adam Charles Hovey
In this sense, yes. Keep in mind though, not all law enforcement supports that position.
nina tryggvason
the law enforcement of the status quo is easily threatened by people who are not doing anything wrong.
‘Louie Louie’: Indecipherable, Or Indecent? An FBI Investigation : NPR The Kingsmen’s 1963 version of the song was a huge hit — though no one could make out the words. Some fevered imaginations and misheard lines led to an FBI investigation into alleged obscenity. www.npr.org
Vernon Presley in prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
August 9, 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric, until mid-October 1954
The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented til the end of 1954 to mid-1955
August 9, 1955
Elvis performed at the Rodeo Arena, Henderson, Texas, along with The Browns.
Scotty on Guitar, Elvis singing with guitar and Bill on Bass, hands in the air, sometimes riding the bass like it was a hog, part of the wild Presley show.
Scotty and Bill were seasoned performers and Elvis played off both of them on stage. as they worked their way from the bottom to the top of the bill
Later he would surround himself with back up singers, and then orchestras and several groups, who would be the opening acts.
Britain’s answer to Elvis, 17 year old Cliff Richard, signed a record deal with EMI records. Also on this day Cliff Richard started a four-week residency at Butlins Holiday Camp in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex as Cliff Richard and the Drifters.
Gladys in the Hospital and Elvis on leave to see her:
he takes time for fans at Memphis Baptist Hospital
The movie Come September, starring first-time actor Bobby Darin and his wife Sandra Dee, opens in theaters. The pair met on set and married after a whirlwind romance.
At RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World studios in New York City, Sam Cooke recorded “Frankie and Johnny.”
The first ever edition of ‘Ready Steady Go! was shown on UK TV. Introduced by Keith Fordyce and 19 year-old Cathy McGowan. The first show featured The Searchers, Jet Harris, Pat Boone, Billy Fury and Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. The final show was in Dec 1966 after 175 episodes. Originally 30 minutes long, it expanded to 50 minutes the following year, and soon attracted the most popular artists, including The Beatles, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Rolling Stones, The Four Tops, The Kinks and many others.
The Rolling Stones appeared at the New Elizabeth Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester. Two policemen fainted and another was taken to hospital with broken ribs after trying to control over 3,000 screaming teenagers.
A British quartet called The Silkie record a Lennon / McCartney tune called “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”, on which John Lennon was the producer, Paul McCartney played guitar and George Harrison kept time on a tambourine. The song would reach #28 in the UK and #10 in the US, but their only chance to tour America evaporated when band members were unable to obtain the necessary visas and work permits.
Jerry Lee Lewis gets the crowd going into such a frenzy while performing at the Sunberry Jazz and Blues Festival in England, that festival officials halt his show and ask him to leave the stage.
Deep Purple, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ten Years After, The Nice, Ginger Baker, Traffic, John Mayall, Spencer Davis, Taste, Jerry Lee Lwis and Arthur Brown all appeared at the 3 day National Jazz & Blues Festival, Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury On Thames, England. Jerry Lee Lewis gets the crowd going into such a frenzy while performing at the Sunberry Jazz and Blues Festival in England, that festival officials halt his show and ask him to leave the stage. The festival was the precursor to the Reading Rock Festival and was the created by Harold Pendleton, the manager of the prestigious Marquee Club in Soho.
After the other Beatles had gone home for the evening (2.00 am), Paul McCartney stayed behind and recorded ‘Mother Nature’s Son’, taping 25 takes at Abbey Road studios. The song was included on The White Album.
Janis Joplin performs at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pink Floyd played the first of three nights at Eagles Auditorium in Seattle, Washington. They were supported by Blue Cheer, with lights by the Retinea Circus Light Company.
James Brown & the Famous Flames appeared at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California.
Disciples of cult leader Charles Manson entered the home of movie director Roman Polanski and brutally murdered Polanski’s wife, actress Sharon Tate, as well as director Voityck Frykowski, hair stylist Jay Sebring, student Steven Parent and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. The Elvis connection to this is that Memphis Mafia member, Larry Geller had worked for Jay Sebring in the hair dressing business. Plus Elvis was often the target of threats, he was as impacted as other wealthy famous and not famous people were.
Elvis Presley’s single “Clean Up Your Own Back Yard” hit #35 in the U.S. Written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange it was released as a 7″ single in 1969 with “The Fair Is Moving On” on the B-side, but not featured on any studio album. It reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was from the soundtrack of the film The Trouble with Girls, and was later included on the budget RCA Camden album Almost In Love.
Although The Trouble with Girls is set in the 1920s, several lyrics within this song are anachronistic for the era, such as a reference to “armchair quarterbacks”, a term not coined until the advent of television sports broadcasting decades later.
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
August 9, 1970
New Musical Express prints Roger’s rebuttal to Pete’s remarks in his interview of May 31st. Roger doesn’t hold back: “I never read such a load of bullshit in all my life.” He also adds that Pete, “talked himself up his own ass.” To Pete’s charge that Roger thought rock ‘n roll was just “making records, pulling birds, getting pissed and having a good time,” Roger counters that the last few bad gigs The Who had done was because Pete, John and Keith had been “…out boozing and balling all night and by the time it got to the show at night they were physically incapable of doing a good show.” The interview later appears in Creem magazine in the US.
That’s the Way It Is Production
August 9, 1971
The Who play the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, New York.
Elvis performed at the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas.
August 9, 1972
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows
August 9, 1973
Guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell leave McCartney’s Wings.
Four members of the jazz-rock group Chase, including leader Bill Chase, are killed in a plane crash near Jackson, Minnesota. The group had a hit with “Get It On” in 1971.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
August 9, 1975
Don Kirshner held the first Rock Music Award Show in Santa Monica, California. The Eagles, Stevie Wonder and Bad Company were among the winners.
Elvis attended the Grizzlies’ second game. After the game Elvis invited Jo Cathy to fly with him to Meachem Field, but when she turned him down he took another woman and flew to Palm Springs; remaing for three days.
August 9, 1977
Elvis at Graceland until the 16th
The Wake and Aftermath
1978
Muddy Waters performed at a White House picnic for U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
Bruce Springsteen played the Agora Theater in Cleveland on his Darkness tour. A well known show, and bootlegged extensively.
1985
Looking to capitalize on the success of the Motown 25 special, NBC debuts a variety series called Motown Revue, hosted by Smokey Robinson, which is cancelled after a five-week run.
1986
Queen gave what would be their last ever ‘live’ performance when they appeared at Knebworth Festival. Queen ended their Magic European tour at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, with over 120,000 fans witnessing what would be Queen’s last ever live performance. The last two songs they played for the 120-thousand fans in attendance were “We Are the Champions” and “God Save the Queen.” On this, their final tour, Queen played to legions of established fans, plus many new ones gained as a result of their show-stealing performance at Live Aid the previous year. The support acts were Belouis Some, Big Country and Status Quo.
Clay Millican performed a burnout in front of Graceland in the Elvis-themed Dragster. Millican was scheduled to race the car at the upcoming NHRA Mid-South Nationals and the U.S. Nationals.
Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital suffering from “severe exhaustion”. The 23-year-old singer was taken to University College London Hospital and later discharged. In the past few weeks she had pulled out of the T in the Park festival – also citing “exhaustion”, Liverpool’s Summer Pops event and concerts in Norway and Denmark.
Baltimore’s mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed today as the city’s official Frank Zappa Day, citing Zappa’s musical accomplishments as well as his defense of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Jurors, lawyers and Phil Spector himself visited Spector’s California mansion to get a firsthand look at the place where actress Lana Clarkson died four years earlier. Spector was on trial for the of murder of Clarkson, who had been shot after going home with him for a drink.
2008
Bo Diddley was given an honorary doctorate posthumously from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Full House actor Dave Coulier claims he’s the subject of his ex-girlfriend Alanis Morissette’s hit 1995 song “You Oughta Know.” Morissette won’t confirm or deny the mystery man’s identity, but tells Entertainment Weekly: “Fifty-five people can take credit for that song, and I’m always curious about why they’re doing it. But Dave is the most public about it.”
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August 8, 1964
A single by The Young World Singers called “Ringo For President” was released in the US. Ringo Starr comments: ‘I don’t believe I will have the time.’ Such was The Beatles drummer appeal that fans launched a “Ringo for President” campaign in the midst of the Johnson/Goldwater race.
A well-organized contingent – most of whose members were below the voting age of 21 – banded together to enter the drummer as a third-party write-in candidate for Commander in Chief.
This day in BeatleMania (as opposed to Elvisfandemonium)
August 6, 1960
The Beatles went to evaluate drummer Pete Best at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, England. Best was with the group the Blackjacks and was the son of Casbah owner Mona Best.
August 6, 1963
In the evening at Studio A of the Columbia Recording Studio, New York City, Bob Dylan recorded the first session produced by Tom Wilson for the album The Times They Are A-Changin’. Dylan’s third studio album was the first collection to feature only original compositions, the title track being one of Dylan’s most famous. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change.
The Beatles arrived in Jersey in the Channel Islands, where they spent the day go-carting and relaxing by the pool at The Revere Hotel before playing the first of four nights at the Springfield Ballroom. Some fans had found out where they were staying, but they were happy to chat and be photographed with them.
August 6, 1965
The Beatles released their fifth album in the UK, the soundtrack to Help!, their second film. The US release took place on August 13. The album was produced by George Martin. It contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles “Help!” and “Ticket to Ride”, appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side contained seven other releases including “Yesterday.”
August 6, 1966
Yesterday…and Today was the #1 album again from the Beatles, holding off Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra and Aftermath by the Rolling Stones.
Elvis Presley’s single “Love Letters” hit #6 in the U.K.
August 6, 1967
The Who spend two days at Talentmasters Studio in New York. Al Kooper joins the band on organ to record two versions of “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.” One is released in the U.S. on the B-side of “I Can See For Miles,” while the other remains in the vaults until the 1995 edition of The Who Sell Out. Also recorded is a studio version of “Summertime Blues,” an organ overdub on “Relax,” performed by Pete, and new vocals to replace the guide vocals on “I Can See For Miles.”
Whenever I see old pictures like this of Pete Best with the Beatles my immediate thought is they kicked him out because the group because he was too good looking and they were worried he would take all there girls 😂.
I have no idea why they actually kicked him out btw that’s just the initial thought I have when seeing old Pics of him cause you gotta admit he is (or at least was when he was young) a really good looking dude.12 Replies
that is pretty much why that happened. all eyes go to him, Ringo made John and george cuter. the group effect.
also Pete looks a bit like Stu Sutcliffe that danger vibe.
Oh wow that’s seriously the reason I had no idea that’s crazy that just a random thought I had was the actual reason that happened 😅 .
Also I would of gone with James Dean in the comparison but Stu works too.
reminding them of stu might have been a reason too. he died young, eh
Yeah wasn’t he only like 22 or something like that I know he died super young come to think of it James Dean did too.
It’s so sad dude such great talents always seem to die so young 😢.
yeah, Dean’s death almost resulted in Rebel without a Cause to be shelved instead of released. Giant had to film around it. Rock Hudson and Dean did not get along, very different acting styles.
Andy Warhol, who makes his mark on the music world as manager for the The Velvet Underground and designer of the Rolling StonesSticky Fingers album cover, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Blogger Nina Notes: Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame quote was an accurate prediction, I wonder how many think it is a good thing or a bad thing.
Andy Warhol and His “Elvis Presley” SeriesWarhol has featured Elvis Presley in at least 22 pieces of art. Next week, one of his paintings, “Triple Elvis (Ferus Type)”, will be up for auction.
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Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1940
Columbia Records cut the price of its 12-inch classical records. The records were priced $1.00. RCA Victor followed two weeks later. in 2020 dollars, $18.41
Memphis, Tennessee
1948-1953 – Humes High School
August 1952
Elvis worked at the Upholsterers Specialties Company.
August 6, 1953
Elvis applied for a job as a delivery boy but was not hired. The same happened at Kroger’s grocery store.
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
August 6, 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric, until mid-October 1954
August 6, 1955
“A Fool For You” by Ray Charles & His Band topped the R&B chart.
Thats All Right Blue Moon Of Kentucky Good Rocking Tonight Baby Lets Play house
The other act was Duke Of Paducah
Elvis’ appearance at this “12th Annual White River Carnival” elicits an indignant letter from local promoter Ed Lyon, who writes to the Colonel that Elvis was guilty of unprofessional behavior, told off–color jokes, and “stormed off stage” after singing just four songs, thereby “ruin[ing]” the show. Lyon demands an “adjustment,” and the Colonel swiftly complies with a refund of $50, writing Bob Neal a scathing letter on August 22 about the necessity of establishing professional standards. Elvis is “young, inexperienced, and it takes a lot more than a couple of hot records in a certain territory to become a big–name artist,” the Colonel lectures Neal, whom he blames both implicitly and explicitly for this foul–up in the education of a young artist.*
August 6, 1956
Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon and Connie Francis (singing for actress Tuesday Weld) began work on the movie Rock, Rock, Rock!
The other acts were Frank Connors, Phil Maraquin, Nancy Ford, The Jordanaires, and The Headliners
From the review” The singing did not seem to be what the teen-agers particularly were interested in, for every time the sultry sideburned singer would bump his hip, the frenzy would mount. Often he would just shimmy without singing, without playing the guitar. Several times he clutched the curtain as he shook and once got down on his hands and knees, his long hair tossed in his face, and did his bumps toward the audience from that position.“
June Juanico, 18-year-old girl who is accompanying him on his tour, brought him a paper cup of water. While she was getting the water, I asked, “Is June just one of your 25 regulars?” Elvis looked disgusted and said the press made it up. “She means more to me than any other girl has,” he said, “but I haven’t known her very long.”3
The Beatles went to evaluate drummer Pete Best at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, England. Best was with the group the Blackjacks and was the son of Casbah owner Mona Best.
August 6, 1962
Anita Wood announced in the paper that she and Elvis had broken up. She moved out of Graceland and returned home to Jackson, Tennessee, because, she said: ” It is evident that Elvis is not yet ready to settle down.”
In the evening at Studio A of the Columbia Recording Studio, New York City, Bob Dylan recorded the first session produced by Tom Wilson for the album The Times They Are A-Changin’. Dylan’s third studio album was the first collection to feature only original compositions, the title track being one of Dylan’s most famous. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change.
The Beatles arrived in Jersey in the Channel Islands, where they spent the day go-carting and relaxing by the pool at The Revere Hotel before playing the first of four nights at the Springfield Ballroom. Some fans had found out where they were staying, but they were happy to chat and be photographed with them.
Back in Memphis Priscilla started reading press reports of the romance between Elvis and Ann-Margret.
The Beatles released their fifth album in the UK, the soundtrack to Help!, their second film. The US release took place on August 13. The album was produced by George Martin. It contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles “Help!” and “Ticket to Ride”, appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side contained seven other releases including “Yesterday.”
Yesterday…and Today was the #1 album again from the Beatles, holding off Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra and Aftermath by the Rolling Stones. What Now My Love from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was #4.
Elvis Presley’s single “Love Letters” hit #6 in the U.K.
During filming of Double Trouble Elvis would spend most weekend in either Las Vegas or Palm Springs.
August 6, 1967
The Who spend two days at Talentmasters Studio in New York. Al Kooper joins the band on organ to record two versions of “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.” One is released in the U.S. on the B-side of “I Can See For Miles,” while the other remains in the vaults until the 1995 edition of The Who Sell Out. Also recorded is a studio version of “Summertime Blues,” an organ overdub on “Relax,” performed by Pete, and new vocals to replace the guide vocals on “I Can See For Miles.”
Sly & the Family Stone released the single “Hot Fun In The Summertime”.
Led Zeppelin appeared at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California.
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows.
August 6, 1970
Elvis Presley at a Nancy Sinatra show at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada
Charlie Hodge and Elvis, and Elvis with Priscilla
August 6, 1972
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows.
August 6, 1973
Stevie Wonder was seriously hurt in a car accident with a logging truck near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that put him in a coma for four days and also permanently robbed him of his sense of smell.
Elvis performed at the Showroom, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, which was opening night of this engagement.
August 6, 1974
ABBA scored their first US top 10 hit when ‘Waterloo’ went to No.6. ‘Waterloo’ was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with ‘Ring Ring’ the previous year in the Swedish pre-selection contest.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
August 6, 1975
The Spinners released the single “Games People Play”.
The Rolling Stones appeared at the Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia.
Elvis presented his dentist with a new Cadillac Seville.
August 6, 1976
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released the single “Blinded By The Light”
Robin Trower performed at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.
Late in the evening Elvis returned home to Memphis after the tour.
August 6, 1977
Elvis upstairs at Graceland until the 16th.
1987
The movie Who’s That Girl starring Madonna premiered at Times Square in New York City. This movie featured an Elvis Jailhouse Rock poster in Madonna’s jail cell.
Nike takes out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times responding to the controversy over their use of The Beatles song “Revolution” in a commercial.
1994
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley made a public appearance in Budapest. Jackson was shooting a video.
1997
In a Spinal Tap moment, U2‘s giant lemon they are supposed to emerge from onstage doesn’t open at a show in Oslo.
2001
Whitney Houston became one of the highest-paid musicians in the world after signing a new deal with Arista records, said to be worth more than $100m.
2002
The “Elvis, Then & Now” magazine went on sale.
2013
Elvis Presley‘s recording sessions at Stax Records in Memphis were released together for the first time. Titled “Elvis at Stax: Deluxe Edition”, the three-CD box set also featured out-takes and rare photos from the July and December 1973 sessions, which originally produced three separate albums.
Gainesville Times–Aug. 3, 2019Roy Gaddy performs Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, as Elvis Presley as he and 19 other Elvis tribute artists compete for the top spot during the 16th Big E Festival …
wreg.com–Aug. 1, 2019Elvis Presley Enterprises says online bidding is now open for The Auction at Graceland, part of the Elvis Week celebration in August.U.S. News & World Report
CityNews–Jul. 10, 2019A GMC pickup Presley used on his Circle G Ranch in Mississippi has been restored. The Artifacts of Hollywood auction takes place on Aug. 31.
YourTango–2 hours agoWhen we think of Elvis Presley’s love life, one name comes to mind: Priscilla Presley …. According to her son, when Elvis died on August 16, 1977, “she was … Frank Sinatra’s then 19-year-old daughter on March 3, 1960 at the …
Miami Beach Times–Aug. 3, 2019Frank Sinatra was the first to illuminate the stage, followed by the likes of Sammy Davis Jr., Ann Miller, Elvis Presley and Tony Bennet. Liv has …
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The Cheat Sheet–Aug. 4, 2019They reportedly tied the knot on Aug. 3 in a small ceremony that we can’t wait to tell you about. … and by that, we mean that the ceremony went down at a Las Vegas chapel and was officiated by an Elvis Presley impersonator.2020
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That night, Elvis also autographed a dressing room wall, which was later damaged by flooding. The photo above is the corner of the stall where his signature was found. It has since been removed from the wall and is now being preserved for safe-keeping.
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Elvis Presley’s single “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” hit #3 in the U.K.
August 3, 1976
Elvis performed at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Also Sprach Zarathustra See See Rider I Got A Woman/Amen Love Me If You Love Me You Gave Me A Mountain All Shook Up Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel And I Love You So Jailhouse Rock Fever Polk Salad Annie band introductions: Early Morning Rain / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) / Bass Solo (Blues – Jerry Scheff) / Piano Solo (Tony Brown) / Electric Piano & Clavinet Solo (David Briggs) / Love Letters / School Day Hurt with reprise Hound Dog incomplete Funny How Time Slips Away Can’t Help Falling In Love
On Tuesday night the doberman pinscher guard dog, after six years’ blameless service, went berserk: within minutes Mabel, a 1909 German-made Steiff teddy bear once owned by Elvis Presley, more recently the pride and joy of an English aristocrat, lay mortally wounded.
Barney went on to rampage through hundreds of rare teddies, all on loan to Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset, and so valuable that the insurers had insisted on a guard dog to protect the premises at night. The aftermath, according to shocked staff, was appalling: shattered limbs, gouged eyes, ears torn off, and pools of sawdust everywhere.
“Up to 100 bears were involved in the massacre,” Daniel Medley, general manager of Wookey Hole Caves, said last night. “It was a dreadful scene.”
A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, “Girls, I’ll see you backstage.” Fans chased Elvis into the dressing room, tearing off his clothes and shoes.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
July 31, 1956
Elvis Presley received a speeding ticket in Hattiesburg, MS. He was on his way to Memphis.
Elvis made a phone call to DJ Dewey Phillips and told him that making movies was hard work.
The Military Service Disruption
July 31, 1959
Cliff Richard And The Drifters had their first British number one when “Living Doll” started a six week run at the top of the UK singles chart. The record would eventually sell over 500,000 copies. After the song peaked at #30 on the Hot 100, The Drifters would change their name to The Shadows to avoid a conflict with the American group of the same name.
“The Rolling Stones” concert in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was stopped after only 12 minutes because of rioting fans.
Jim Reeves, whose biggest hit was 1960’s “He’ll Have To Go”, was killed when the small plane he was piloting crashed near Nashville. He was 39. Also killed in the crash was Reeves’s pianist, Dean Manuel. Several of Reeves’ hits, including “Four Walls” in 1957 and “He’ll Have to Go” in 1960, scored well on both the pop and country charts. After Reeves’ death, his widow continued to release his material well into the 1980s, adn he continued to chart with “Distant Drums” fighting the Beatles’ double-sided “Yellow Submarine” and “Eleanor Rigby” for the #1 spot in the UK.
Elvis Presley comes to Vegas! Making his first live concert appearance since March 25, 1961, he plays the International Hotel in Las Vegas, the first of 57 shows that help revive his career and earn him $1.5 million.
On the menu: an Elvis special, polk salad with corn muffins & honey.
After the final full-dress rehearsal
The Sweet Inspirations opened the show at 8.15 p.m.
Elvis did not step up stage until 10.15 p.m. due to a panic attack of stage fright.
the audience was press and mostly celebrities including Dick Clark, Burt Bacharach and Wayne Newton
Following the well-received performance, manager Colonel Tom Parker renegotiated Elvis’ contract on a tablecloth in the hotel coffee shop. The new agreement guaranteed the singer $1 million a year for the next five years, for just two months of Vegas concerts a year, thereby giving him time for concert tours around the country.
the contract failed to take into account inflation, and the salary increases for the tour staff and bands, and Parker took half, leaving Elvis to pay all the taxes.
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the 70s and 8 tracks matchbooks are to pencils.
two way communication media, before youtube and podcasts
July 31, 1970
Elvis flew to Las Vegas on a chartered jet.
That’s the Way It Is Production
July 31, 1971
a 22-year-old security guard was stabbed to death by an ex-convict at Forest Hills Stadium in New York just before a show by “The Who.” The ex-con, Kerry Flaherty, had allegedly been denied admission to the concert.
The documentary film Gimme Shelter, which includes footage of the disastrous concert at Altamont, California, premiered at the Rialto Cinema in London.
Elton John released the single “Honky Cat” on Uni Records.
The album “Love Letters From Elvis” hit #7 in the U.K.
Three songs from this album were released on singles. The single “Life / Only Believe” was released in March 1971 and reached only #53 on the US Billboard Singles chart. It was Elvis’s lowest chart position for a single since “Almost in Love” had reached #95 in late 1968. “Heart Of Rome” was placed on the B-side of the non-album track “I’m Leavin’” released as a single in August 1971 it reached #23 in the UK and #83 in Australia.
Elvis began at 9.00 p.m. with a three days rehearsal for Vegas at the RCA studio on Sunset.
July 31, 1974
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
July 31, 1976
Elvis performed at the Hampton Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia.
July 31, 1977
The Starland Vocal Band Show, a variety series hosted by the group famous for the hit “Afternoon Delight,” debuts on CBS. It lasts just six episodes.
Elvis upstairs at Graceland
The Wake and Aftermath
1984
Eric Clapton left Roger Waters’ tour in Canada after just two weeks. Venues were undersold until Waters did the tour in 1985 without Clapton.
1987
a San Francisco judge ruled that soul singer Dave Prater and his new partner, Sam Daniels, couldn’t bill themselves as “Sam and Dave.” The judge also said a club where the duo was performing had to post a sign saying that Prater was not performing with his original partner, Sam Moore.
doing something vs watching something passively
1995
Courtney Love and her band “Hole” quit about halfway through a “Lollapalooza” show in Pittsburgh after someone threw a shotgun shell casing on the stage. Love’s husband, “Nirvana” lead singer Kurt Cobain, had used a shotgun to kill himself the previous year.
Former Culture Club singer Boy George (O’Dowd) was ordered to do community service by picking up trash on New York City streets after pleading guilty last March to false reporting of an incident. He called police with a bogus report of a burglary at his lower Manhattan apartment in October and the responding officers found cocaine inside.
a federal jury ordered Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum to pay US$675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. On July 9, 2010, a federal judge reduced the amount to $67,500, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the penalty. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Tenenbaum’s appeal.
2016
Justin Timberlake accepts the Decade Award at the Teen Choice Awards, the first time the award is given out. He says, “As a former teen, who’s made a few choices along the way, I’m here to tell you that you and your choices matter.”
2019
Woodstock 50, which at one point had Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Santana and John Fogerty on board, is officially cancelled because of legal and logistical problems. Originally, acts like Santana, John Fogerty, John Sebastian, Malanie, The Zombies, Canned Heat, David Crosby and dozens of other artists were scheduled to perform. Santana and Fogerty celebrate the anniversary with shows at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, where the original Woodstock took place.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected proposals that it set up specific controls over radio and TV programs.
1963
July 29, 1963
Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’. His 14th UK No.1.
In 1963, when the song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury, the celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song “a miss” stating on the new song that Elvis Presley was “like Bing Crosby now.”
With the US charts full of Hot Rod songs, Capitol Records sends disc jockeys a list of car terms and phrases to help promote The Beach Boys‘ “Little Deuce Coupe”.
Yeah,love it,A “deuce” is a car produced by Ford in 1932 (the “2” in 1932 is the “deuce”). Most of them had big V8 engines and were popular for drag racing. They weren’t just coupes – they also came as roadsters and sedans.🚗 👍 Mike Love sang lead on this track. The line at the end of the song, “There’s one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy,” means that the singer won a race with his Little Deuce Coupe, earning him his opponent’s car. The “pink slip” is the vehicle’s registration, so “racing for pink slips” means the winner gets the other car.🏆
yeah. 🙂. I know.
the movie grease explained that lols
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this also explains the “wrapped up like a deuce” line in that other song.. but deuce is also Canadian slang for poop eh.
Yep,Throughout history, artists have been causing controversy, attempting to subvert the dominant structures in society, and provoking people to see life differently,and that’s the point!
yes. in deed and agreed.
1966 The U.S. teen magazine Datebook reprinted the John Lennon Jesus quote from an interview published in the London Evening Standard newspaper, and The Beatles Record Burnings Began.
1968 The Byrds left on their tour of South Africa without Gram Parsons. He had refused to set foot in a country where apartheid was official policy. He then formed “The Flying Burrito Brothers.” Gram Parsons died in 1973 at age 26.
1986
Reportedly, RCA Records let go of John Denver, one of RCA’s biggest-ever artists, after the singer recorded “What Are We Making Weapons For?” The new owner of RCA was General Electric, one of the largest defense contractors in the United States.
2003
The Rolling Stones, Guess Who, AC/DC, Rush, the Isley Brothers and Justin Timberlake performed at a one-day festival at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to give a boost to tourism after the outbreak of the SARS virus. The crowd was estimated at 450,000.
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Beach Boys “Little Deuce Coupe”http://beachboyssongs.com
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