306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
September 25, 1938
Vernon in prison
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
September 25, 1945
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
1948
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
Memphis, Tennessee
1949-1953
Sept. 12, 1948 – Sept. 20, 1949
Humes High School, Memphis, Tennessee
September 1952
Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer – He worked the 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM shift as an assembler.
572 Poplar Avenue
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
September 21, 1953 to March 19, 1954
Liberace made his debut in front of a sellout crowd at Carnegie Hall.
Elvis worked at Precision Tool company, operating a drill press for $1.55 a hour.
April 20, 1954 – mid October 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. He delivered supplies to the job sites and hoped to train to be an electrician. He stayed at Crown until mid-Oct
end of 1954 to mid-1955
2414 Lamar Avenue, rented
rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
1414 Getwell Street
Audobon Drive
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
September 25, 1954
Hank Williams Day was officially declared in Montgomery, Alabama.
Elvis received a telegram from RCA with official congratulations for an industry first when additional orders made the single Love Me Tender a gold record before it was even released. RCA got 918230 orders before even releasing the single.
September 25, 1957
The Military Service Disruption
September 25, 1958
USS Randall on Atlantic Ocean – Bunkmate: Charlie Hodge until Oct 1 In Germany
September 25, 1959
Military Service in Germany, Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Elvis had just hired Mike Keaton to come to California with the group and in the very early morning he asked Jerry Schilling too to come with them.
Elvis watched a movie again: Dr. Strangelove at the Memphian.
September 25, 1964
September 25, 1965
The Beatles, a half hour Saturday morning cartoon show featuring genuine Beatles songs but not their real voices, premieres on ABC-TV. The show would run through September 7, 1969.
A former member of The New Christy Minstrels, Barry McGuire led the US hit parade with “Eve Of Destruction”. The controversial doom and gloom theme of the record was enough to have it banned from airplay by some US radio stations. The backing musicians on the track were members of The Grass Roots.
Elvis flew home to Memphis and arrived at 6.00 a.m.
September 25, 1969
Elvis flew to Nashville with Charlie Hodge for an Overdub Recording session the next day.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
September 25, 1970
The Partridge Family TV show, starring David Cassidy debuts on ABC-TV.
September 25, 1971
September 25, 1972
September 25, 1973
September 25, 1974
September 25, 1975
41 year old Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Ironically, he was in the middle of singing one of his biggest hits, “Lonely Teardrops” and was two words into the line, “….my heart is crying” when he collapsed to the stage, striking his head heavily. He suffered brain damage and lapsed into a coma. Although he never uttered another word, he remained clinging to life for over eight years and died January 21st, 1984.
September 25, 1976
Elvis in Palm Springs, not to return to Memphis before the 26th.
The Wake and Aftermath
1977
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1982
Queen make a guest appearance on US TV’s Saturday Night Live, where they perform “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Under Pressure”.
1990
A street is named Little Richard Boulevard in the singer’s hometown of Macon, Georgia.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
August 6, 1938
Vernon in prison
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
August 6, 1945
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.
Mulbery Alley
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
Memphis, Tennessee
1949-1953
Sept. 12, 1948 – Sept. 20, 1949
Humes High School, Memphis, Tennessee
August 1952
Elvis worked at the Upholsterers Specialties Company.
572 Poplar Avenue
August 5, 1953
Elvis applied for a job as a delivery boy but was not hired. The same happened at Kroger’s grocery store.
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
April 20, 1954 – mid October 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. He delivered supplies to the job sites and hoped to train to be an electrician. He stayed at Crown until mid-Oct
end of 1954 to mid-1955
2414 Lamar Avenue, rented
rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
1414 Getwell Street
Audobon Drive
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
August 6, 1954
August 6, 1955
Elvis performed at the River Stadium, Batesville, Arkansas
Thats All Right
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Good Rocking Tonight
Baby Lets Play house
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.”
Opening Theme
Blue Suede Shoes
I Got A Woman
All Shook Up
Love Me Tender
Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Memories
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
Viva Las Vegas (excerpt)
Blue Hawaii (excerpt)Life Story Monolog
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Runaway
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Yesterday/Hey Jude
[band introductions]
In The Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Date:
06 August 1969
Time:
Midnight
Venue:
Las Vegas NV.
Int. Hotel
Tickets:
2,200
Costume:
Unknown
Track list:
Unknown
Recordings:
0
Engagement – Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 1 – Las Vegas July 31st – August 28th 1969
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, 1971
August 6, 1972
Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Vegas Shows.
Date:
06 August 1972
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
2,200
Costume:
White Two-Piece suit with Red Pockets
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
Proud Mary
Never Been To Spain
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
Polk Salad Annie
Love Me
Blue Suede Shoes
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
Little Sister
Hound Dog
A Big Hunk O’Love
My Way
Suspicious Minds
[band introductions]
What Now My Love
An American Trilogy
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Date:
06 August 1972
Time:
Midnight
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
2,200
Costume:
Unknown
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
Proud Mary
Until It’s Time For You To Go
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Polk Salad Annie
What Now My Love
Fever
Blue Suede Shoes
Heartbreak Hotel
Little Sister/Get Back
Suspicious Minds
My Way
[band introductions]
An American Trilogy
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Engagement – Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 7 – Las Vegas August 4th – September 4th 1972
Elvis performed at the Showroom, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, which was opening night of this engagement.
Date:
06 August 1973
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
2,200
Costume:
Rainbow
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
Trouble/Raised On Rock
Love Me
Steamroller Blues
What Now My Love
Blue Suede Shoes
Memphis Tennessee
Long Tall Sally/Mama Don’t Dance/Flip, Flop And Fly/Jailhouse Rock
Love Me Tender
Hound Dog
My Boy
Suspicious Minds
[band introductions]
Elvis introduces Petula Clark after introducing the band
I Can’t Stop Loving You
An American Trilogy
Bridge Over Troubled Water
How Great Thou Art
A Big Hunk O’ Love
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Engagement – Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 9 – Las Vegas August 6th – September 3rd 1973
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
Elvis presented his dentist with a new Cadillac Seville.
August 6, 1976
Late in the evening Elvis returned home to Memphis after the tour.
August 6, 1977
Elvis upstairs at Graceland to the balance of the month
The Wake and Aftermath
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1994
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley made a public appearance in Budapest. Jackson was shooting a video.
2002
The “Elvis, Then & Now” magazine went on sale.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
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.
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
July 7, 1938
Vernon in prison
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
July 7, 1945
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.
Mulbery Alley
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
Memphis, Tennessee
1949-1953
Humes High School, Memphis, Tennessee
Sept. 12, 1948 – Sept. 20, 1949
July 1953,
Aat M. B. Parker Company, Elvis had a temporary job as an assembler. He worked there until the job ran out at the end of the month, making 90-cents an hour or $36.00 a week.
“The Eddy Arnold Show,” a live 15-minute summer replacement for “The Dinah Shore Show,” began on NBC-TV. The program aired on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
April 20, 1954 – mid October 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. He delivered supplies to the job sites and hoped to train to be an electrician. He stayed at Crown until mid-Oct
end of 1954 to mid-1955
2414 Lamar Avenue, rented
rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
1414 Getwell Street
Audobon Drive
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
July 7, 1954
Two versions of “Sh-Boom” hit the US Top 10. The original version by a Black group called The Chords was at #9 and the cover version by a White group from Canada called The Crew Cuts was at #5.
Elvis Scotty and Bill were back in Sun Studio trying to cut a second song to complete a single with “That’s Allright Mama”.
Elvis purchased his second Pink Cadillac, a new 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with black roof, to replace the Cadillac that was burned. He had the car repainted by a neighbor who designed a pink color for Elvis and named the color ‘Elvis Rose’. This is the one that he gave to his mother, probably the most famous car in the world. Gladys Presley would always proudly point to it as ‘her’ car.
In San Jose, California, 12 people were injured when a riot broke out at a Fats Domino concert.
At the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Johnny Cash made his Grand Ole Opry debut performing three songs, including “I Walk The Line.” Backstage, he met his future wife, June Carter, for the first time.
Elvis drove down to Tupelo for the day.
July 7, 1957
Elvis was introduced to Anita Wood by George Klein.
Ricky Nelson‘s “Poor Little Fool” enters the US charts, where it will eventually reach number one. The record holds the distinction of being the first number-one song on Billboard‘s newly created Hot 100 chart, replacing the magazine’s Jockeys and Top 100 charts.
RCA releases Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis – his fifth live album in less than five years and the last to be issued in his lifetime. topped Billboard‘s Country chart and reached the top 40 of the Top LPs & Tape listings (now known as the Billboard 200). Although the live album was not a major commercial success, it did produce the singer’s third and final Grammy Award winner, “How Great Thou Art”, which won for best inspirational performance.
Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis was the first RCA Elvis release to not have Elvis on the cover.
In 2004, FTD Records re-released Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis containing the entire concert, which had included performances of songs such as “Suspicious Minds” and “Polk Salad Annie” that had been omitted from the 1974 LP to avoid repetition with Presley’s previous live albums. On March 17, 2014, close to the 40th anniversary of the concert, Sony/RCA Legacy re-released the album as a two-CD set.
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
July 6, 1938
Vernon in prison
1940-41
Reese Street, where the Presleys stayed with Vester and Clettes Presley and their daughter Patsy,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
July 6, 1945
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.
Mulbery Alley
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
Memphis, Tennessee
1949-1953
Humes High School, Memphis, Tennessee
Sept. 12, 1948 – Sept. 20, 1949
July 1953,
Aat M. B. Parker Company, Elvis had a temporary job as an assembler. He worked there until the job ran out at the end of the month, making 90-cents an hour or $36.00 a week.
Elvis worked at Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. He delivered supplies to the job sites and hoped to train to be an electrician. He stayed at Crown until mid-Oct
end of 1954 to mid-1955
2414 Lamar Avenue, rented
rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
1414 Getwell Street
Audobon Drive
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
July 6, 1954
Sam Phillips gave Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips an acetate of Elvis Presley’s “That’s All Right (Mama)” to play on his radio show.
During an interview with the Memphis Press-Scimitar, Elvis said about his new stepmother: ” She seems pretty nice. I only had one mother and that’s it. There’ll never be another. As long as she understands that, we wont’ have any trouble.”
July 6, 1961
Elvis arrived in a chartered bus in Crystal River, Florida for the start of the filming of Follow That Dream.
July 6, 1962
July 6, 1963
July 6, 1964
The Beatles film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ premiered at The Pavilion in London. Filmed during the height of Beatlemania, and written by Alun Owen, the film was made in the style of a mockumentary, describing a couple of days in the lives of the group.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
July 6, 1975
July 6, 1976
Elvis presented J.D.Sumner with a check for $25,000 to purchase a new touring bus for the Stamps.
July 6, 1977
Elvis Presley’s single “Way Down” was released. It initially peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 6, 1977 and had fallen to No. 53 on the chart for the week ending August 27, 1977. Thereafter, it reversed direction and reached an even higher peak at No. 18 on 24 September – 1 October 1977. “Way Down” reached No. 1 on the American Country chart the week he died.[1] Overseas, the song hit the UK Singles Chart a few weeks later
Elvis upstairs at Graceland to the balance of the month
The Wake and Aftermath
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2004
On the 40th anniversary of the world premiere of The Beatles film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, a private reunion of the cast and crew was hosted in London by DVD producer Martin Lewis. The screening was attended by Paul McCartney actors Victor Spinetti (the television director), John Junkin (the band’s road manager), David Janson (the small boy met by Ringo on his “walkabout”) and many of the crew members.
A specially designed Elvis 50th Anniversary NASCAR was unveiled at Sun Studio.
Pamela Clarke Keogh’s book “Elvis Presley: The Man. The Life. The Legend.” was released.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2015
Television and film producer (The Brink, Frank Sinatra: The Main Event, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Karate Kid, Diner, Nashville, Oh! God)/artist manager/concert promoter (Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, John Denver) Jerry Weintraub, former Chairman/CEO of United Artists, died after a bowel rupture triggered two heart attacks at age 77.
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.
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
Fats Domino released “Ain’t It A Shame.” While that is the original title, the song is more often called “Ain’t That A Shame,” the title Pat Boone used for his cover version.
Elvis left Breckenridge in the morning behind the wheel of his Cadillac. Elvis performed later that day at Owl Park, Gainesville, Texas, where he still was largely unknown and only drew a handful of people along with Frank Starr, The Rock-Away Boys, Onie Wheeler
The Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California demonstrated the first videotape recorder. Invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg and Charles Anderson, it recorded both images and sound
Maybe due to the flight problems of the other day or just because Elvis was tired, the session at RCA’s Nashville studio didn’t went very well. Just one song was recorded in 3 hours: ” I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”.
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
Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley mugs for the camera before boarding a plane headed to Memphis, Tennesee on April 14, 1956 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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
Military service at Fort Hood, TX, for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
In Germany, Elvis was drafted for another public relations oriented event when he was sent to Steinfurth as part of a work detail to help erect a memorial statue for veterans of WW I.
Elvis in Steinfurth am 14.04.1959 um 09:30 Uhr. Dieses Foto zeigt den Stadtkern mit der Kirche wo das Kriegerdenkmal abgebaut wurde.
Elvis bought a Welchsler stereo and some records in Bad Neuheim.
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
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.”
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!
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.
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.”
ABC-TV aired the final episode of the rock music variety show “Where The Action Is.”
Record producer Phil Spector married Ronettes lead singer Veronica “Ronnie” Bennett. She filed for divorce in 1972, citing several instances of alleged cruelty. The final decree was issued in 1974.
Elvis and Priscilla spent Easter in Palm Springs at their new rental house on Camino del Norte.
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.
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.
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 Habitproduction.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
1970
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.
David Bowie released ‘Starman’ as a single in the UK, which became his first hit since 1969’s ‘Space Oddity’ three years before. The song was a late addition to the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars included at the insistence of RCA’s Dennis Katz, who heard a demo and loved the track, believing it would make a great single. The lyrics describe Ziggy Stardust bringing a message of hope to Earth’s youth through the radio, salvation by an alien ‘Starman’.
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
Recordings:
This show was filmed by MGM for the movie ‘On Tour’.
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.
1974
At the Roundhouse in London, the Who’s Pete Townshendmade his solo concert debut backed only by his own pre-recorded audio tapes.
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.
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.
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983
Kenny Rogers’ “We’ve Got Tonight” album was certified Gold.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
The Texas Board of Education began requiring that the state’s public school textbooks describe evolution as “theory rather than fact.”
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
1993
In Bosnia, Joan Baez performed for 700 people in war-torn Sarajevo.
1999
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.
2007
Singer (Tiny Bubbles) Don Ho died of heart failure at 76.
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
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.
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.
Poet/writer (The Prophet) Kahlil Gibran died of cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis at the age of 48.
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
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
Singer Eddie Fisher was discharged from the U.S. Army and arrived home to a check of $330,000 – record royalties for the seven million of his records that were sold while he was on active duty in the Service.
“House of Wax,” the first color feature film in 3-D, starring Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, and Charles Bronson (billed as Charles Buchinsky), premiered at New York’s Paramount Theatre.
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
1954
The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented til the end of 1954 to mid-1955
April 10, 1955
Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tested his polio vaccine.
Elvis’ 4th Sun Records single on 45 and 78: Sun 217: Baby Let’s Play House/I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone released. The A Side was Elvis’ first national chart at #5 on the Billboard Country singles in July 1955.
John Lennon used the line, “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man,” from this song for the opening line of The Beatles song “Run for Your Life” from their 1965 album Rubber Soul.
In 2008, a Spankox remix of it made #84 in the UK.
At Sun, Elvis tried two versions of “I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone”. The slow version would be released on the Elvis A Golden Celebration box set in 1986.
The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
Nat King Cole is attacked by a group of five racial segregationists while singing onstage at the Municipal Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. The attackers were quickly arrested by police and Cole would return later that night for a second show.
Buddy, Jerry, Sonny and Elvis at the Coliseum – April 10, 1956 Photo courtesy Steve Bonner
Elvis performed at the Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas at 8.00 and 9.45 p.m.
Elvis’ Cadillac had been driven to Lubbock for use on the tour.
Elvis headlined with Faron Young, Wanda Jackson, Jimmy & Johnny, The Country Deputies, and Buddy Holly & The Two Tunes.
Faron Young and Elvis entertain fans backstage while Jane Giles, Elsie Medlin, Bob Montgomery and Valerie Harms look on
The Presleys lived at at 1414 Getwell Street until May 11 1956 – Audobon Drive March 1957
1957
In Hollywood, Pat Boone recorded “Love Letters In The Sand” at the Annex, and “Bernardine” at Radio Recorders.
16 year old Ricky Nelson sings his first record, a cover version of Fats Domino‘s “I’m Walking”, on his parents’ TV show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on ABC. Both versions reached #4 on the Billboard chart.
TV actor Ricky Nelson was on a date some time before, and Elvis Presley came on the radio; making his date swoon.
Ricky decided to make his own record and he had a Family TV sitcom.
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
The Military Service Disruption
1958
R&B singer/songwriter Chuck Willis died of peritonitis during surgery at the age of 30. (C.C. Rider, What Am I Living For)
Dick Clark devoted an hour of his American Bandstand TV show to the memory of Chuck Willis, who had died earlier in the day from peritonitis. Willis recorded hits that included: “C.C. Rider” (#12), “What Am I Living For” (#9) and “Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes” (#24).
Military service at Fort Hood, TX, for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Beatles‘ original bass player, 22 year old Stuart Sutcliffe, died of a brain hemorrhage. Sutcliffe was included in the band because he had the equipment and place to rehearse, although he couldn’t play very well. His girlfriend, Astrid Kirchherr, created The Beatle haircut for Stu, and John and Paul followed soon after. Sutcliffe can be heard on very early Beatle tracks included on “Anthology 1”. He left the band in 1961 to resume painting because his headaches were getting too severe to play.
Film director Michael Curtiz died of cancer at 75. (Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, White Christmas, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Captain Blood, The Sea Wolf, The Sea Hawk, Angels with Dirty Faces, Life with Father, Young Man with a Horn, Passage to Marseille, King Creole, The Comancheros, I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Jazz Singer, Mission to Moscow)
British acts started a run of seven weeks at the top of the US charts when Freddie and the Dreamers went to No.1 with ‘I’m Telling You Now’, followed by Wayne Fontana’s ‘Game Of Love’, Herman’s Hermits ‘Mr’s Brown’ and The Beatles‘Ticket To Ride.’
A British school in Wrexham, North Wales, asked parents to please keep children in school uniform and not to send them to school in ‘corduroy trousers’, like the ones worn by The Rolling Stones.
Paul McCartney attended a Beach Boys recording session in Hollywood.
The song “Somethin’ Stupid” by Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra became the first father-daughter recording to hit #1 on theBillboard pop chart.
In Studio A at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, Marvin Gayerecorded “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” Two months later in the same studio, Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded a more uptempo version of the song that was released in September 1967. The Gaye version was not released as a single until October 1968.
In Boston, at one of the band’s last concerts, the Doors’ Jim Morrison asked the audience if they’d like to see something of his “that rhymes with ‘sock,'” and then, more bluntly, screamed “Would you like to see my genitals?” The electricity in the stadium was switched off, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek pulled Morrison, who was already facing lewd conduct charges after a Miami concert, off the stage.
27 year-old Paul McCartney issued a press statement, announcing that The Beatles had split, (one week before the release of his solo album). McCartney said, “I have no future plans to record or appear with The Beatles again, or to write any music with John”. John Lennon, who had kept his much-earlier decision to leave The Beatles quiet for the sake of the others, was furious. When a reporter called Lennon to comment upon McCartney’s resignation, Lennon said, “Paul hasn’t left. I sacked him.”
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia and this show was filmed and recorded for Elvis on Tour
Date:
10 Apr 1972
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Richmond, VA.
Richmond Coliseum
Tickets:
11,500
Costume:
Red Burning Love 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
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Love Me Tender
It’s Over / Suspicious Minds
[band introductions]
For The Good Times
I Can’t Stop Loving You
An American Trilogy
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Funny How Time Slips Away Away
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Engagement – Tour Ref: On Tour number 5 – April 5th – April 19th 1972
Peter Frampton went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Frampton Comes Alive’, one of the biggest selling ‘live’ albums in rock history. It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 6 million copies in the US. Frampton Comes Alive! was voted “Album of the year” in the 1976 Rolling Stone readers poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks.
1977
The Wake and Aftermath
1982
“Ebony and Ivory”, a duet by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, debuts on the US charts at #29. It will eventually reach number one in both the US and UK, becoming Wonder’s first British chart topper. The song listed at #59 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of all time, but in October 2007 it was named “the worst duet in history” by BBC 6 Music listeners and these days gets little airplay on either side of the Atlantic.
The Laughing Version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight” hit #25 in the U.K. The song was recorded on July 31st, 1969.
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1985
Madonna kicked off her very first North American tour by playing the first of three nights at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington. The Beastie Boys opened for Madonna on this 40-date Virgin Tour.
1991
Peter Noone (Hermin’s hermits) guest-starred as a rock star on an episode of NBC-TV’s “Quantum Leap.”
1994
Over 5,000 fans attended a US public memorial service for Kurt Cobain at Seattle Flag Pavilion.
1999
A charity tribute concert for the late Linda McCartney was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Among the performers were Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde, George Michael, Elvis Costello and Sinead O’Connor.
2001
Bruce Springsteen won a court battle to keep the rights to his early songs. Ronald Winter of Masquerade Music had released the album ‘Before The Fame’ was found to be in breach of copyright. Springsteen was awarded more than £2m damages.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
Little Eva (Boyd), whose version of “The Loco-Motion” went all the way to #1 in the US in 1962, passed away at the age of 57 after a long illness.
2007
Johnny Cash’s last residence, a 14,000-square-foot house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was destroyed by a construction fire. Home to Johnny and June Carter Cash for 35 years, it had been purchased after Cash’s death by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and was undergoing renovation
2009
“Hannah Montana: The Movie,” starring Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment and Billy Ray Cyrus, opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters.
2011 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2014
Major record labels including Warner Music, Universal Music, Sony Music and Capitol Records filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the file sharing site Megaupload, asking for $13 million in damages.
The estate of Elvis Presley filed a lawsuit against Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A., the Italian company that manufactures Beretta guns, for using Presley’s image in an advertising campaign.
On May 25, SOFA Entertainment/UMe will release three DVD collections honoring Elvis Presley’s legacy on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and beyond its stage: The 3 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring Elvis Presley (2DVD), which includes all three entire episodes featuring Elvis; JUST ELVIS: All His Ed Sullivan Show Performances(1DVD), featuring just his iconic performances, including his infamous 1957 performance filmed from the waist up; and Elvis: The Great Performances(2DVD), which collects three previously released documentaries featuring appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and dozens of other great Elvis TV and film performances into one DVD collection: Center Stage, The Man And The Music, and From The Waist Up.
He appeared in his gold jacket, black pants and “gold slippers with rhinestones on the tassels”. Elvis headlined with Rex Marlowe, June Day, Jimmy James, Frank Connors, Frankie Trent, and The Jordanaires for opening acts.
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
The Military Service Disruption
April 1, 1958
Alan Freed’s “Big Beat Show” concert tour played the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, with performances by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Danny & the Juniors, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, the Diamonds, Billy & Lillie, the Chantels, Dicky Doo and the Don’ts, Jo Ann Campbell, Larry Williams, Ed Townsend, the Pastels, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
Military service at Fort Hood, TX, for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
In Germany, Elvis had rented a piano and spent a great deal of time singing and playing.
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
April 1, 1960
April 1, 1961
The Beatles began a three-month residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, playing 92 straight nights. The group played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours at weekends with a fifteen-minute break every hour. It was during this visit that Astrid Kirchherr cut Stuart Sutcliffe’s hair into the style destined to become known as the “Beatle haircut” which The Beatles later adopted themselves.
The Who recorded an appearance for Top Of The Pops at the Manchester television studio. The band then played a gig supporting Donovan at The Town Hall, Wembley, with Rod Stewart & the Soul Agents appearing at the bottom of the bill.
Pye Records released David Bowie’s first solo single, ‘Do Anything You Say’. Despite featuring Bowie’s backing band at the time, The Buzz, the single was to be the first simply credited to David Bowie, (which failed to chart). Bowie had previously recorded as David Jones and The Lower Third.
The Troggs use 45 minutes of spare studio time to record “Wild Thing” at Regent Sound Studio in London. The raw, simple little tune would climb to #2 in the UK and #1 in the US, selling over a million copies by the following June
John Lennon bought a copy of Timothy Leary’s The Psychedelic Experience and The Tibetan Book Of The Dead, where he read near the beginning of the book’s introduction; “When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream,” which captured Lennon’s imagination and became the first line of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, (which he recorded 5 days later).
Woodstock, the documentary on the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York, premieres in Hollywood. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Earls Court in London received over one million postal ticket applications for The Rolling Stones forthcoming six concerts as part of the group’s European tour.
As an April Fool’s joke, John Lennon and Yoko Ono issued a statement to the press that they were having dual sex change operations.
Only Ringo Starr is present at the final Beatles recording session, where 50 musicians recorded the orchestral scores for The Beatles tracks ‘The Long And Winding Road’ and ‘Across The Universe’ for the Phil Spector produced sessions. The bill for the 50 musicians was £1,126 and 5 shillings, ($1.914).
On ABC-TV’s “The Johnny Cash Show,” taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins,Shel Silverstein,and theCarter Family performed
The Bay City Rollers TV series Shang-A- Lang premiered on ITV in the UK. It featured the band in comedy sketches and performing their songs to a live studio audience made up of their teenage fans. This resulted in chaotic scenes at times as some members of the audience attempted to run onto the studio floor to meet their heroes. It ran for one 20-week series in 1975.
This was Elvis’ final night in Las Vegas which began with the postponed “invitation only” dinner show. The midnight show broke out in a wild water fight among singers and musicians.
Elvis’ Chow Getlow gets introduced to the audience.
The climax of the show were the Colonel and Lamar Fike who appeared on stage dressed as Santa Clauses.
Date:
01 Apr 1975
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
1,600
Costume:
Unknown
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
And I Love You So
Big Boss Man
The Wonder Of You
Burning Love
[band introductions] Elvis introduces Roy Clark and Conrad Hilton
The Great Pretender ( just an excerpt )
My Boy
I’ll Remember You
Let Me Be There
How Great Thou Art
Hound Dog
Fairytale
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Official release of the Dinner show Concert: Follow that Dream/Sony
Date:
01 Apr 1975
Time:
Midnight
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
1,600
Costume:
White two piece suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
And I Love You So
Big Boss Man
It’s Midnight
Burning Love
[band introductions]
What’d I Say
You Do Something To Me
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
The Wonder Of You
Let Me Be There
American Trilogy
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Jingle Bells
Mickey Mouse Mar
Little Darlin’
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
Steamroller Blues
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Elvis returned to Memphis in the early morning hours. He checked into the Memphis Baptist Hospital at 6.45 a.m for day 1 of a 6 day stay. Elvis had learned that Red West and cousin Sonny West along with Dave Hebler signed a book deal for “Elvis What Happened”
Date:
01 Apr 1977
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Mobile, AL
Tickets:
CANCELLED!
Engagement – Tour Ref: On Tour number 29 – March 23rd – April 3rd 1977
Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his ranting reverend father, Marvin Gaye, Sr., in their Los Angeles home. Marvin Jr. would have been forty-five the next day. The argument started after his parents squabbled over misplaced business documents, Gaye attempted to intervene, and was killed by his father using a gun he had given him four months before. Marvin Sr. was sentenced to six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered Marvin Sr. had a brain tumour.
1985
David Lee Roth quit Van Halen shortly after releasing his version of The Beach Boys ‘California Girls’, (which featured Carl Wilson on background vocals). He was replaced by Sammy Hagar later in the year.
1989
B.B. King with U2 charted pop with “When Love Comes To Town,” reaching #68 and becoming his last of thirty-six pop Top 100 entry.
Madonna scored her third UK No.1 album with ‘Like A Prayer.’ Also a US No.1 the album spent 70 weeks on the UK chart.
The Bangles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Eternal Flame’, also a No.1 in the UK and the biggest selling single of 1989 in Australia.
1993
Michael Jackson tried to buy the remains of Elvis’ twin brother, Jesse. (Blogger Nina Notes, the grave of Jessie Garon Presley has never been located in Tupleo)
1996
Isaac Hayes—-recording artist, musician, writer, producer, and actor—-put on another hat when he became the new WRKS-FM disc jockey in their 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. slot.
2002
In Oakland, California, Paul McCartney began his 19-date Driving USA North American tour at the Oakland Arena.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2005
During the first leg of their Vertigo World tour, U2 appeared at the Arrowhead Sports Arena in Anaheim, Southern California, with Kings Of Leon as the opening act. By the end of the 131 date tour, 4,619,021 tickets had been sold with a total gross of $389 million.
2007
Alanis Morissette released a tongue-in-cheek cover of The Black Eyed Peas’s ‘My Humps’, which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube video, in which she danced provocatively with a group of men received over 15m views.
2009
Following in the footsteps of Celine Dion, Cher, Elton John and Bette Midler, Carlos Santana announced that he has been booked to perform about 36 concerts per year at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The show was to be called The Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits.
2011 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2012
Madonna achieved her 12th UK #1 album with “MDNA” to overtake Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most chart-topping albums in Great Britain – until the Wonder of You Elvis release.
2013
A signed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions for $290,500 (£191,000). The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 (£19,700) originally estimated for the rare LP record. The UK Parlophone copy of the album included a high gloss cover and vinyl gatefold sleeve.
2017
After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony. The academy, which awards the coveted prize, ended prolonged speculation as to whether the 75-year-old troubadour would use a concert stopover in Stockholm to accept the gold medal and diploma awarded to him back in October.
The Commercial Appeal: On July 5, 1954, after having been partnered with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, a 19-year-old Elvis Presley was working through earnest ballads in Sam Phillips’ studio and not really getting anywhere. Then he started fooling around on …
