in 1977, on this day, Elvis Presley took enough pills to not have to be Elvis Presley anymore.
in 2020, Benjamin Keough took his own life owing to the pressure of being his grandson
in an era where “elvis impersonator” is a career choice on tax forms
and many stars began that way directly
while I no longer will update or correct errors and omissions
enjoy the main posts from the first year this blog began in october
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:
Elvis Presley Boulevard(1st Edition) From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost (Traveler) by Mark Winegardner, Mark Winegarden, Elvis Presley Boulevard Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1994 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-205-5, ISBN: 0-87113-205-2 |
see also: https://ntrygg.wordpress.com/elvis-index/
Our Daily Elvis 
Before his death on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley had 16 UK number singles. From his fifth to his fifteenth he had been the record holder. That was until The Beatles caught up and then overtook The King with 1969’s Get Back and The Ballad of John and Yoko.
Then in 1970, Elvis matched The Beatles’ 16 UK No 1s with The Wonder of You.
In 1977 the month after Elvis died, he had 27 albums and nine singles in the UK Top 100.
His final studio album Moody Blue, which was released on July 19, just weeks before he died, became UK No 3, while the record’s single Way Down took UK No 1.
This was the moment that Elvis matched The Beatles’ 17 UK No 1 singles, as the track stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks.
Then, in 2002, Elvis became the first artist to have 18 UK No 1 singles with A Little Less Conversation remixed by Junkie XL.
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1331156/Elvis-Presley-singles-UK-singles-charts-record-The-Beatles-UK-charts-record-Elvis-death
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