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April 14, 1865
Just after 10 p.m. at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shot U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Booth was hunted down and shot as he hid in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia. Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. the next day.
1922
Jeanette Vreeland sang the first radio concert from an airplane as she flew over New York City.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley awaiting prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)
,1939
The novel “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck was first published.
Vernon Presley in prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
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 – Humes High School
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
1953
Lita Roza was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘(How Much) Is That Doggie In Window.’ The 27 year old singer was the NME readers’ Top Female artist of 1953 and with this single became the first British female singer to top the UK singles Chart, (and the first Liverpudlian to do so).
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
1954
The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented til the end of 1954 to mid-1955
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The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
Singer Elvis Presley, looking tired and somewhat dejected, leaning over railing in recording studio during break from cutting new record. (Photo by Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Singer Elvis Presley (2R) in recording studio. (Photo by Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
While Elvis was in the studio he was presented with a gold record for “Heartbreak Hotel”.
Elvis with his 1st Gold Record – Apr. 14, 1956
After the session Elvis and the band took a flight back to Memphis where in the evening Elvis stopped by Dewey Philips’ radio show at the Hotel Chisca.
The Presleys lived at at 1414 Getwell Street until May 11 1956 – Audobon Drive March 1957
1957
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
The Military Service Disruption
1958
The Champs celebrated a third week at #1 on the R&B chart with “Tequila”.
Military service at Fort Hood, TX, for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys lived at Graceland
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Elvis Presley in Germany | The German Way & More
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
1960
The original Broadway production of the musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” starring Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Gautier, Paul Lynde, Kay Medford, and Michael J. Pollard, opened at New York’s Martin Beck Theater for 607 performances.
At Bell Sound Studio in New York City, Lloyd Price recorded “Question.”
Berry Gordy merged Tamla Records and Motown Records to form the famous Motown Record corporation.
1961
At RCA’s Music Center of the World studios in Hollywood, Sam Cooke recorded “Cupid.”
1962
“Johnny Angel” spent a second week at #1 on this date; it was the big hit for Shelley Fabares.
1963
The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience. The name of the club derived from Bo Diddley’s1960 song ‘Doing the Craw-Daddy’, which The Rolling Stones regularly performed as part of their set. In turn the club would inspire the name of the American music magazine Crawdaddy!
1964
1965
Millie Small appeared on ABC-TV’s “Shindig!” and performed her song “My Boy Lollipop.” Other guests on the show included Jerry Lee Lewis, April & Nino, and Neil Sedaka.
Elvis Presley’s 17th feature film, “Girl Happy,” co-starring Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, and Gary Crosby, opened in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters.
1966
The Spencer Davis Group was at #1 in the U.K. with “Somebody Help Me”.
The Beatles finished recording “Paperback Writer”, a song they had started the previous night without rehearsal.
Roy Orbison, the Walker Brothers and Lulu performed at the Colston Hall in Bristol, England.
Spinout post production
1967
David Bowie’s novelty record ‘The Laughing Gnome’ was released in the UK. The track consisted of the singer meeting and conversing with the creature of the title, whose sped-up voice (created by Bowie and studio engineer Gus Dudgeon) delivered several puns on the word “gnome”. The song became a hit when reissued in 1973, despite it being radically different to his material at the time, the single made No. 6 in the UK charts.
The Bee Gees released their first single, “New York Mining Disaster 1941,” with a promotional slogan from their record label heralding them as “The most significant talent since the Beatles.” It would climb to #10 in the UK and #14 in the US. The song is unusual in that the title never appears in the lyrics, although the originally planned title, “Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones”, is heard in the chorus. There actually had been a mining disaster in New York, but it was in 1939, not 1941. The Bee Gees would later say they were inspired to write the song by a 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales.
ABC-TV aired the final episode of the rock music variety show “Where The Action Is.” starring Paul Revere & the Raiders.
1969
The “33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee” TV special, starring The Monkees, aired on NBC.
The recording of ‘The Ballad Of John and Yoko’ took place, with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars and lead vocals. The song was banned from many radio stations as being blasphemous. On some stations, the word ‘Christ’ was edited in backwards to avoid the ban.
Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl) tied Katherine Hepburn (The Lion In Winter) for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
“coming soon” and “ask for” release variations.
“In the Ghetto” … The Song That Made Elvis Presley Relevant Again
In the Ghetto/Any Day Now released: The song was Presley’s first Top 10 hit in the US in four years, peaking at number 3, and his first UK Top 10 hit in three years, peaking at No. 2. It hit No. 1 on Cashbox. It was a number-one hit in West Germany, Ireland, Norway, Australia and New Zealand.
After Elvis Presley, the song has been performed by many other artists. Among them were, most notably, Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Manson, Susan Cadogan, Candi Staton, Dolly Parton, Bobby Blue Bland, Bobbie Gentry, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ian Stuart Donaldson, The Cranberries, Merle Haggard, Leatherface, Three Six Mafia, DNX vs. The Voice, Natalie Merchant, Bad Lieutenant, Fair Warning, Beats International, Eleanor Shanley, Chris Clark and Hecchi & Kethmer.
The song was recorded as a duet in 2007 by Lisa Marie Presley as a duet with her father to raise money for the Presley Foundation.
Elvis with Charlie Hodge in LA, talking to a fan during Change of Habit production.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
1970
CCR made their live debut in the U.K. at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The Chino Canyon estate was purchased by Elvis and Priscilla Presley on April 14, 1970. They put $20,000 as a down payment and financed $85,000 for a total purchase price of $105,000. When Elvis bought the house, it was 3500 square feet. After Elvis and Priscilla got divorced in 1973, Elvis expanded the house with an additional 2000 square feet for a party room, a new bedroom with two bathrooms, and a sauna.
1971
The Illinois Crime Commission issued a list of what it termed “drug-oriented records.” Included on the list were “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” by Procol Harum, “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane, and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by the Beatles.
Before his show in Greensboro, NC on April 14, 1972
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolin; This show was filmed and recorded for Elvis on Tour
Burning Love is performed live for the first time as a show highlight.
| Date: | 14 Apr 1972 |
| Time: | 8.30pm |
| Venue: | Greensboro, NC. Greensboro Coliseum |
| Tickets: | 16,300 |
| Costume: | Blue Owl suit |
| Track list: | Also Sprach Zarathustra See See Rider Proud Mary Never Been To Spain You Gave Me A Mountain Until It’s Time For You To Go Polk Salad Annie Love Me All Shook Up Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel Hound Dog Heartbreak Hotel A Big Hunk O’ Love Bridge Over Troubled Water Suspicious Minds Love Me Tender [band introductions] For The Good Times An American Trilogy Burning Love Release Me Funny How Time Slips Away Can’t Help Falling In Love |
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This show was filmed by MGM for the movie ‘On Tour’.
Before his show in Greensboro, NC on April 14, 1972
Backstage before his show in Greensboro, NC on April 14, 1972
Elvis Presley – The Greensboro Concert 1972 – Wikipedia
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1973
Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Houses Of The Holy also a No.1 in the US. The young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the photo shoot.
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando & Dawn was #1 for the second week in a row on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Barry White’s first career single, “I’m Gonna’ Love You Just A Little More, Baby”, debuted on the chart.
Diana Ross had the #1 album with the Soundtrack to “Lady Sings the Blues”.
“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence was #1 for the second week in a row. Gladys Knight & the Pips once again were at #2 with “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)”. The rest of the Top Ten as long titles were the order of the day–#3 “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Dawn, #4 was “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” by the Four Tops, the Carpenters moved into position #5 with “Sing”, War had #6 with “The Cisco Kid”, Anne Murray was at 7 with “Danny’s Song”, the Stylistics slipped to #8 with “Break Up to Make Up”, Roberta Flack’s former #1 “Killing Me Softly With His Song” was at #9 and Al Green cracked the top Ten with “Call Me (Come Back Home)”.
1974
At the Roundhouse in London, the Who’s Pete Townshend made his solo concert debut backed only by his own pre-recorded audio tapes.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones premiered at Ziegfeld Theater in New York City for invited guests. The movie opened to the general public the following day at the Ziegfeld. It was the first concert movie to feature quadrophonic sound
1975
Van McCoy released the single “The Hustle”.
Chicago released their single “Old Days”.
Art Garfunkel began a six-week run at #1 in the U.K. with his beautiful song “Bright Eyes” from the movie Watership Down. It would go on to become the biggest selling single of the year.
The Rolling Stones announced that singer/guitarist Ron Wood would join them for their upcoming tour. Wood joined the group as a full-time member later in the year.
1976
Bay City Roller singer Eric Faulkner almost died after swallowing Seconal and Valium tablets.
Stevie Wonder and Motown Records held a news conference to announce that he had signed a “$13 million-plus” contract to continue recording for Motown’s Tamla label.
1977
The Wake and Aftermath
1978
Art Garfunkel started a six week run at No.1 in the UK with the theme from the film ‘Watership Down’, ‘Bright Eyes’ which went on to become the biggest selling single of the year. The song was written by the man behind The Wombles, Mike Batt.
The Johnny Cash special “Spring Fever” aired on CBS-TV with guests Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cashand Ray Charles.
1979
With only drummer John Hartman and guitarist Patrick Simmons left over from the band that reached #1 in 1975 with “Black Water”, The Doobie Brothers scored their second Billboard chart topper with “What A Fool Believes”. It made #31 in the UK. The record, sung by Michael McDonald, would win Grammy Awards in 1980 for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
The Doobie Brothers had the top album with Minute By Minute. The self-titled Dire Straits was second, switching places with Spirits Having Flown from the Bee Gees. 2 Hot! from a new Peaches & Herb was fourth. The rest of the Top 10: Blondes Have More Fun from Rod Stewart, Gloria Gaynor with Love Tracks, Bad Company moved up to #7 with Desolation Angels, George Benson with Livin’ Inside Your Love, the Allman Brothers Band were back with Enlightened Rouges and Cheap Trick found the Top 10 with their breakthrough album, Cheap Trick Live At Budokan.
The Doobie Brothers took over at #1 on the Hot 100 with their first career #1–“What A Fool Believes”. Gloria Gaynor’s former #1 “I Will Survive” was at 2, Amii Stewart moved up to #3 with “Knock On Wood”, the debut from Dire Straits, “Sultans Of Swing”, was at #4 and Frank Mills’ catchy instrumental “Music Box Dancer” moved into the top five. The rest of the Top 10: The Bee Gees were at #6 with their former #1 “Tragedy”, Peaches & Herb were headed that way, going from 15-7 with “Reunited”, Blondie had song #8 with “Heart Of Glass”, Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman had a top Ten record with “Stumblin’ In” and the Little River Band was at #10 with “Lady”.
1980
A New Jersey State assemblyman introduced a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” the official state song. It was instead cited by legislators as the state’s “rock anthem.”
ABC aired Olivia Newton John’s TV special “Olivia’s Hollywood Nights,” with guest performers Elton John, the Carpenters, and Andy Gibb.
Gary Numan released The Touring Principle, the first rock videocassette available for purchase.
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983
Kenny Rogers’ “We’ve Got Tonight” album was certified Gold.
1981
Neil Diamond released the single “America” on the day the U.S. first Space Shuttle, Columbia, landed.
1983
Pete Farndon of the Pretenders died from drugs in London at the age of 29. Farndon had been fired from the group one year earlier because of his addiction.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
Billy Idol released the single “Eyes Without A Face”.
“Hello” by Lionel Richie led the way on the Adult Contemporary chart for the second out of an eventual six weeks at #1.
Thriller by Michael Jackson topped the Album chart for the 37th week, a record that still stands. The “Footloose” Soundtrack was second with 1984 from Van Halen and Can’t Slow Down from Lionel Richie right behind. Huey Lewis & the News completed a great Top Five with Sports. The rest of the Top 10: Culture Club with Colour By Numbers, the Eurythmics’ album Touch, the Scorpions crawled in at #8 with Love At First Sting, the Pretenders’ amazing album Learning to Crawl at #9 and Cyndi Lauper remained 10th with She’s So Unusual.
The Texas Board of Education began requiring that the state’s public school textbooks describe evolution as “theory rather than fact.”
1985
Phil Collins released the song “Sussudio”.
1986
Members of the First Church of the Nazarene in Ironton, Ohio, held a record burning after evangelist Jim Brown told them that the song “A Horse is a Horse,” the theme song from the U.S. TV show “Mr. Ed,” contained satanic messages when played backwards
1989
The Fine Young Cannibals released the single “Good Thing”.
Tom Petty released his first solo album “Full Moon Fever.”
1990
Madonna had the #1 song in the U.K. with “Vogue”.
Tommy Page had his first and only #1 with “I’ll Be Your Everything”. Jane Child was at 2 with “Don’t Wanna’ Fall In Love”, Lisa Stansfield remained at #3 with “All Around The World”, Sinead O’Connor was headed for the top with “Nothing Compares 2 (sic) U (sic)” and Taylor Dayne fell from #1 to #5 with “Love Will Lead You Back”.
Thurston Harris (“Little Bitty Pretty One” from 1957) died of a heart attack in Pomona, California at the age of 58.
1993
In Bosnia, Joan Baez performed for 700 people in war-torn Sarajevo.
Paul McCartney began a 24-date tour of North America at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
It was reported that Prince intended to re-record the entire catalog of his music and re-release it.
Tammy Wynette’s body was exhumed and an autopsy performed in an attempt to settle a dispute over how the country music legend died. No autopsy was conducted when Wynette was found dead on April 6, 1998. Her cause of death had been listed by the family doctor as resulting from a blood clot. The 1999 autopsy indicated heart failure. An official ruling in 2001 stated that Tammy Wynette died of natural causes.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
Former “American Bandstand” host, Dick Clark, revealed that he had had Type 2 diabetes since 1994, but kept it a secret from everyone except close friends and family.
2004
Dolly Parton received the Living Legend Medal from the U.S. Library of Congress for her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States.
Sophie B. Hawkins (“As I Lay Me Down”) won a lawsuit against a man selling pirated copies of her new album Wilderness.
Former American Bandstand host, Dick Clark, revealed that he has had type 2 diabetes since 1994, but kept it a secret from everyone except close friends and family.
2006
The Beatles announced they would digitally remaster their back catalog and sell the music online.
2007
Singer (Tiny Bubbles) Don Ho died of heart failure at 76.
Don Ho and Elvis Presley – Las Vegas 1969 – Elvis Presley Music
Hawaii’s Elvis was the accidental entertainer – Obituaries – smh.com.au
2008
Brian May, guitarist for Queen, was named chancellor of John Moore University in Liverpool, England.
2009
Former Beatle George Harrison was honoured with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Sir Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison’s widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idle, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and musician Tom Petty also attended the ceremony.
2010
Country music singer George Strait became the first act to place a record in the Top 10, on any of the Billboard magazine charts, for 30 consecutive years. His streak continued through 2012.
2011 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2012
Cleveland’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame welcomes Donovan, Laura Nyro, The Miracles, The Small Faces, The Comets, The Blue Caps, The Crickets and The Midnighters.
2013
Justin Bieber caused outrage after writing a message in a guestbook at the Anne Frank Museum, which stated he hoped the Holocaust victim would have been a fan. The 19-year-old wrote: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.” It provoked fierce online criticism of the Canadian singer, who was in Amsterdam as part of a tour.
2015
Percy Sledge, whose 1966 hit “When A Man Loves A Woman” topped both the Billboard Pop chart and R&B chart, died of liver cancer at the age of 74.
2017
Harry Styles’s debut single ‘Sign of the Times’ brok Ed Sheeran’s 13-week run at the top of the UK charts. The One Direction star achieved his first No.1 as a solo artist with this release – the first from his self-titled debut album.
The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival opened near Palm Springs, California. Scheduled headliners during the 4-day event spread over two weekends were Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar, with more than 160 other music acts slated to perform.
Neil Diamond continued the North American leg of his 50-Year Anniversary World Tour with a concert at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha.
Elvis on tv: Sun Records broadcasts a season one recap episode.
Released: ‘Elvis Las Vegas ’74’ 2 CD Set from FTD : FTD News : Elvis Presley. : ‘For Elvis Fans Only’ Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
this is really tempting, it includes the rare 1967 radio christmas special
which Co Parker had clearly planned for Elvis to do as the 1968 tv special
‘Elvis: His Songs Of Praise Vol. 2’ Hardcover Book + CD : FTD News : Elvis Presley. : ‘For Elvis Fans Only’ Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
2018
Bon Jovi, The Cars and The Moody Blues were among the inductees at the 33rd annual Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium. The Hall Of Fame Singles, a new category introduced this year, enshrined the records “Rocket 88” by Jackie Breston And His Delta Cats (1951), Link Wray And His Ray Men’s “Rumble” (1958), “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen (1963), Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967) and Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” (1968).
Elvis Presley: The Searcher is the definitive movie about The King
Saturday, April 14: HBO’s Documentary Dives Deep Into the Life and
HBO broadcasts part one of “Elvis the searcher” – two-part, three-and-a-half hour broadcast documentary.
2020
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