Give us this day, January 3, our daily Elvis

Tupelo, Mississippi

1935-1948

1935-1940

306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.

1938

Vernon in prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)

1939

1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,

1940

The “Southland Shuffle” was recorded on Bluebird Records by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra. Billy May was featured as a trumpet player.

1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.

1943

1944

August 8, 1945 to July 18, 1946
Berry Street -“Doll” Smith lived here with the Presleys and then Minnie Mae Presley moved in.

1946
Commerce Street, a rental

510 1/2 Maple Street, South Tupelo -the Presleys lived with Glady’s cousin Frank Richards and his wife, Leona.

1947

Mulbery Alley

Memphis, Tennessee

1948-1953

Sept. 12, 1948-Sept. 20, 1949

572 Poplar Avenue

Sept 2o 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)

January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street

January 3, 1953

Vernon and Gladys Presley paid $50 for a 1942 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe as a present for their son Elvis’ eighteenth birthday.

Elvis worked at Precision Tool company, operating a drill press for $1.55 a hour from September 21, 1953 to March 19, 1954

The Sun Records Rockabilly Era

January 3, 1954

The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented end of 1954 to mid-1955

January 3, 1955

The Presleys 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.

The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer

January 03, 1956

Elvis performed at the Booneville, MS Von Theatre (2 shows) at 6.00 and 8.00 p.m. Elvis was advertised as “The Folk Music Fireball.” Also on the bill: Johnny Cash and David Houston

The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive May 11 1956 to March 1957.

Engagement – Tour Ref: 1956

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January 3 1956

Von Theatre

Booneville MS

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January 3 1956

Von Theatre

Booneville MS

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January 3, 1957

Fats Domino records “I’m Walkin'”, a song he wrote after his car broke down and a fan shouted “Hey, look at Fats Domino, he’s walking!”. The record won’t be released for over a year, but would go on to reach #4 on the US Pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart in April of 1958.

The Presleys lived at Graceland

January 3, 1958

The Military Service Disruption

January 3, 1959

Phil Spector’s “The Teddy Bears” one hit wonder band appear on NBC’s Kraft Music Hall where they Billboard #1 hit, “To Know Him Is To Love Him”. Unfortunately for the Phil Spector led trio, this would be their last taste of singing success. A follow-up release called “Oh Why” would barely scrape the bottom of the chart and by next Fall, after four more flops, the group would split up. Annette Kleinbard would go on to a successful songwriting career, Marshall Leib would become a musical supervisor in the film industry, and Phil Spector would launch his legendary career as a music producer.

“I would give my neck to be back home. I am homesick all the time … I’m happy to do my part in the Army, but you’ll never know how much I want to get back home … back to the entertainment business one way or another the rest of my life … whether playing or as a stagehand. You will never know how wonderful old Memphis is until you’ve been away for a while.” — during a telephone interview while in Germany, January 3, 1959

Military Service in Germany

October 1958 to February 2, 1959: Hotel Grunwald in Bad Nauheim, Germany

January 3, 1960

Bobby Darin and Connie Francis pair up to sing “You Make Me Feel So Young” and “You’re The Top” on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Military Service in Germany

Feb 3 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany

The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment

January 3, 1961

Wild in the Country Production

January 3,1962

January 3, 1963

After placing thirty songs on the Billboard chart with Imperial Records, Rick Nelson signs a one million dollar, twenty year contract with Decca, where he will achieve six more Top 40 hits.

Billed as The “Love Me Do” Boys, The Beatles kick off a five day tour of Scotland at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin.

Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The Next Time / Bachelor Boy,’ both songs were from the film Summer Holiday. His sixth UK No.1.

Priscilla Visit

Romances: Priscilla

January 03, 1964

The Beatles were seen for the first time on a US TV show when a clip from the BBC’s The Mersey Sound, showing the group playing “She Loves You”, was shown on The Jack Paar Show. At that point, Parr was not a fan and made fun of their haircuts on the air.

Elvis went shopping for clothes at Lansky’s.

January 3,1965

A song called “Leader of the Laudromat” by The Detergents peaks at #19 on the Billboard Pop chart during its seven week run. The record was a spoof of The Shangri-Las’ “Leader Of The Pack” and the group was actually Ron Dante, Danny Jordan and Tommy Wynn, a trio of young songwriters and session singers who worked for Aldon Music. The writers of “Leader Of The Pack”, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and George “Shadow” Morton, would file a copyright lawsuit, which was settled out of court.

January 3,1966

January 03, 1967

The Beach Boys‘ Carl Wilson refused to report to the local draft board after getting his draft notice. He would eventually win conscientious objector status. The Beach Boys were still enjoying the success of their latest single, “Good Vibrations”, which hit number 1 in the US just a few weeks earlier.

The Bee Gees achieved their first recording success when a song called “Spicks and Specks” rose to the top of the Australian singles chart. Although it failed to make much of a splash in the UK or North America, it did reach #2 in Netherlands and #28 in Germany.

For a little while now horses were very popular with Elvis and the boys. They only rent out the Memphian for movies four times this month. Almost everything had to do with horseback riding these days. During the next 2 weeks Elvis would not only purchase his own favorite horse, which he renamed in Rising Sun, but he also bought a horse for his father.

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January 03, 1968

Elvis complained to RCA about the mastering of his new single Guitar Man. According to Elvis the sound was different than the sound he had achieved in the studio, where his voice was more integrated with the band.

January 3, 1969

Thirty thousand copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album “Two Virgins” were seized at a New Jersey airport because the cover showed the couple naked. A vice squad in Chicago shut down a record store displaying the album, causing the distributor, Tetragrammaton Records to sell the L.P. in a plain brown paper wrapper.

The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade

January 03, 1970

What would prove to be The Beatles‘ final recording session is held at EMI’s Abby Road Studios. The last song they ever played together was “I Me Mine”

Singer Davy Jones announces that he too is leaving The Monkees, after Peter Tork the previous year.

“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”, taken from the soundtrack of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, becomes BJ Thomas‘ third US Top Ten hit and his first number one. It made #38 in the UK.

Elvis spent over $3,900 to remodel 2 rooms and a bathroom in the basement of Graceland to be used as an apartment for Charlie Hodge.

January 3, 1971

January 3, 1972

Don McLean received a Gold record for his single “American Pie”, which reached #1 in the US and #2 in the UK, selling over three million copies.

January 3, 1973

January 03, 1974

Bob Dylan and The Band reunited for a US tour. Dylan was promoting his “Planet Waves” album while The Band had just released “Moondog Matinee” and the single, “Ain’t Got No Home”. The results of the tour were released six months later on “Before the Flood”, a live, double album.

Due to toothache, Elvis went to the dentist. An unofficial source of pills for him, described by Linda Thompson in her book.

January 3, 1975

January 3, 1976

The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Saturday Night.’ At the height of their US success, the Scottish group signed a deal to promote breakfast cereal.

Bob Dylan‘s song “Hurricane” topped out at #33 on the Billboard singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get former boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter released from jail. The song promoted Carter’s innocence and a movie about Carter’s life, starring Denzel Washington, was released in 2000.

January 03, 1977

Elvis flew Ginger and her family to Harrison, Arkansas, to attend the funeral of Ginger’s grandfather.

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Elvis and Ginger in Harrison, Arkansas at the funeral of Ginger’s grandfather on January 3, 1977

Romances: Ginger Alden

The Wake and Aftermath

1980

American rhythm and blues singer Amos Milburn died aged 52. Famous for his drinking songs including, ‘Let Me Go Home, Whiskey’ and ‘One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.’

1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism

1983 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley

1987

Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1989

The Arsenio Hall Show debuted on Fox TV with Luther Vandross singing the 1975 Major Harris hit, “Love Won’t Let Me Wait.”

1992

Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature, MC Lyte, Public Enemy, and the Geto Boys performed at Madison Square Garden in New York for what was billed as the World’s Greatest Rap Show Ever.

1998

B.B. King’s latest album, featuring thirteen duets with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Heavy D, Bonnie Raitt, Wille Nelson, and Van Morrison, reached #73 pop today.

2000

The “American Originals Part IV” exhibition at the National Archives Rotunda closed to the public. One of the letters featured was from Elvis Presley to U.S. President Nixon. It read, “Dear Mr. President, First I would like to introduce myself. I am Elvis Presley and admire you and have great respect for your office. I talked to Vice President Agnew in Palm Springs 3 weeks ago and expressed my concern for our country. . . Sir I can and will be of any service that I can to help the country out. . . .I can and will do more good if I were made a Federal agent at large. . . Respectfully Elvis Presley P.S. I believe that you Sir were one of the top ten outstanding men of America.”

Bio-Pic Review: Meets vs And

ElvisWorld: The Lost Weekend with Tricky Dick

Presley – Nixon Summit 45th Anniversary

2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley

2009

Great Britain’s commercial radio show Hit 40 UK announced that it will no longer use CD sales for its official figures. The networked Top 40 chart program, which broadcasts across 130 stations, will base its weekly charts solely on digital downloads.

2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough

2012

Gloria Estefan became the first female artist in the history of the Billboard Latin singles chart to enter at number one when “Hotel Nacional” debuted at the top.

Follow That Dream released the Elvis Country Legacy Edition, it combined the original “Elvis Country” and “Love Letters from Elvis” LPs with additional tracks.

2014

Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, died of complications from lung disease aged 74, in California. In their heyday between 1957 and 1962, the Everly Brothers had 19 Top 40 hits, including ‘Bye Bye Love’, ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ and ‘All I Have to Do Is Dream’ and influenced acts such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

2016

The King on screen: Elvis Presley birthday bash

2017

Fifty-year-old Janet Jackson welcomed her first child with her billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana.

Vinyl sales topped three million last year, the highest UK total in 25 years. More than 3.2 million records were sold in 2016, a rise of 53% on the previous year, according to the BPI, which represents the music industry. David Bowie’sBlackstar was the most popular album on vinyl, selling more than double the number of copies of 2015’s biggest-seller, Adele’s 25.

2018