Enrico Caruso recorded his last work for Victor Records.
1925
B.B. King was born on a cotton plantation between Itta Bena and Indianola, Mississippi; died in Las Vegas, Nevada May 14, 2015 two weeks after being placed in home hospice care of dehydration.
September 16, 1938
“Boogie Woogie” was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
September 16, 1955
Elvis performed at the City Auditorium, Asheville, North Carolina.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
September 16, 1959
The first package tour organized by Dick Clark and veteran Rock ‘n’ Roll promoter Irvin Feld kicks off a 52 day run with Paul Anka, Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Duane Eddy, The Drifters, Annette Funicello and LaVern Baker.
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
September 16, 1960
Johnny Burnette records the original version of “You’re 16”, which will rise to #8 in the US. Fourteen years later, Ringo Starr would take the same song to #1.
Flaming Star
September 16, 1961
Elvis Presley’s single “Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad” hit #4 in the U.K.
September 16, 1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair
September 16, 1963
“She Loves You”, with its flip side, “I’ll Get You” by The Beatles is released by Swan Records in the US. Although it is currently number one in the UK, “She Loves You” is ignored Stateside until 1964 when it would reach the top of the US Pop chart.
The Beach Boys album “Surfer Girl” was released.
Elvis Presley received the songs that director Gene Nelson and musical director Fred Karger had chosen for “Kissin’ Cousins.”
September 16, 1964
The Rock and Roll show Shindig debuts on ABC-TV with The Righteous Brothers, Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers and Bobby Sherman.
September 16, 1965
“The Dean Martin Show” premiered on NBC-TV, featuring his recent hit “Everybody Loves Somebody” as its theme song. The laid-back, largely improvised weekly variety series ran for ten years.
The second season of “Shindig!” was opened with the Rolling Stones performing “Satisfaction.” The Kinks, Byrds and Everly Brothers also appeared on the season opener.
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
September 16, 1966
Member of Parliament Tom Drilberg asked Britain’s House of Commons to officially “deplore” the action of a magistrate who’d earlier called The Rolling Stones “complete morons…who wear filthy clothes.”
The Metropolitan Opera opened its new opera house at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The opening performance was Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
September 16, 1967
A British radio station mistakenly announces that Engelbert Humperdinck died in a car crash. In fact, he was alive and well and touring in support of his current UK #1 single, “The Last Waltz”
Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded 11 takes of ‘Your Mother Should Know’, giving the song a stronger beat, but ,the version was not used at the time on the Magical Mystery Tour album, but was later included on the compilation Anthology 2.
Jimi Hendrix’s debut LP, Are You Experienced? entered the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, where it stayed for 106 weeks, including 77 weeks in the Top 40. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No.15 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and two years later it was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in the United States.
Elvis Presley’s single “There’s Always Me” hit #56 in the U.S.
September 16, 1968
Elvis spent most of September in Palm Springs.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
September 16, 1970
England’s Rock and Roll magazine, Melody Maker named Led Zeppelin as England’s “Best Group”, replacing The Beatles, who had held that honor for eight years. Melody Maker stopped publication in December, 2000 after 73 years.
Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scotts in London for what would become the guitarist’s last ever public appearance.
September 16, 1971
Led Zeppelin played at the Honolulu Civic Auditorium in Hawai’i.
Elvis bought 2 guns from Kerr’s Sports Shop.
September 16, 1973
Charlie Rich released the single “The Most Beautiful Girl”.
Elvis finally had Sonny West call the Colonel. Sonny didn’t overhear the conversation they had, but no matter what, the problem seemed to be solved. Elvis then left for Palm Springs.
September 16, 1974
Bob Dylan began recording his album Blood on the Tracks.
Elvis went to the Tennessee Karate Institute to put on an exhibition with Red.
along for the event Dave Hebler and Ricky Stanley
Red West and Marty Lacker, Memphis Mafia and Linda Thompson
Opera singer Maria Callas died of heart failure at the age of 53.
Marc Bolan (T. Rex) died in a car accident at the age of 29.
The Rolling Stones released the album Love You Live in the U.S.
1978
Filming began on “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.” It is likely the movie would not have been made without the help of former Beatle George Harrison, who set up Handmade Films to help fund it at a cost of £3 million, a move later described by Python Eric Idle as the “world’s most expensive cinema ticket.”
The Grateful Dead recorded a concert at the pyramids in Egypt.
1979
The first Rap record makes it onto vinyl when the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded over the instrumental break from Chic’s “Good Times”. The single becomes a Disco smash.
Don’t Look Back reached #1 on the Album chart for Boston. They jumped over the Rolling Stones album Some Girls like it was standing still (which it was). Foreigner stayed at 3 with Double Vision while the “Grease” Soundtrack was #4.
1989
Don’t Look Back reached #1 on the Album chart for Boston. They jumped over the Rolling Stones album Some Girls like it was standing still (which it was). Foreigner stayed at 3 with Double Vision while the “Grease” Soundtrack was #4.
11 years after Saturday Night Fever and 31 years after they began their career, the Bee Gees reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “One”.
Gloria Estefan had the #1 song with “Don’t Wanna’ Lose You”, Milli Vanilli had #2–“Girl I’m Gonna’ Miss You” and Warrant was at 3 with “Heaven”. The rest of the Top 10: New Kids on the Block and “Hangin’ Tough”, Surface with “Shower Me With Your Love”, Paula Abdul’s former #1 “Cold Hearted” was at #6, Cher’s comeback song “If I Could Turn Back Time”, Skid Row with “18 And Life”, the Jeff Healey Band had song #9 with “Angel Eyes” and Madonna hit the Top 10 with “Cherish
1992
Barbra Streisand made her first live appearance in six years at a fundraiser for the U.S. Democratic party.
2013
Former Village People vocalist Victor Willis won a legal battle that began in 2011 to reclaim the rights to more than 30 of the Disco group’s hit songs. Willis, who portrayed a traffic cop in the band, left the group in 1979 and transferred his rights to 33 tracks, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “In the Navy”, to his publisher. After having a change of heart, he filed suit to win back ownership of the tunes.
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I’ve always had the biggest crush on Elvis since I was a little kid. I used to get the Elvis limited edition anything for my birthday. I love that he was a rebel for his era, and the way he lived. I just thought he was so cool. When I was younger, we couldn’t listen to rap, because it had so many curse words in it, so we’d listen to the oldie station and my mom would quiz us on the music. Whether it was the Beach Boys, the Beatles, John Lennon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elvis. You’d get all those classics and then Elvis would come on and I’d get so stoked! When I was younger, my favorite was “Jailhouse Rock”and “Hound Dog,” and then when I got older, I loved “Blue Suede Shoes.” I love to dance to that song.
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July 13, 1924
“Hillbilly singer” Vernon Dalhart recorded “The Wreck Of The Old 97.” It was the first Southern song to become a national success in the U.S., eventually selling more than 7 million copies.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
Memphis, Tennessee
1949 – 1977
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
1956
Elvis remained in Biloxi for most of July. Vernon and Gladys arrived in Biloxi too to visit their son.
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base with his parents, his grandmother Minnie, cousins Gene and Junior Smith, and friend Lamar Fike.
July 13, 1959
The movie “Hound-Dog Man,” starring Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Arthur O’Connell, and Dodie Stevens, began production.
Paul Anka‘s “Lonely Boy” was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100. Paul would also sing the song in the movie Girls Town, in which he starred with Mamie Van Doren and Mel Torme.
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Animals went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The House Of The Rising Sun.’ Recorded in one take, this was the first UK No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
Pink Floyd made their second appearance on BBC Top Of The Pops to promote their new single ‘See Emily Play’ which was hosted by Pete Murray. The single went on to peak at No.6 on the UK chart.
Black Sabbath played their first gig at a small backstreet Blues club in Birmingham, England. The group would develop into one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands of the 1970’s with such albums as “Paranoid”, “Masters of Reality” and “Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath”.
Steppenwolf‘s “Born To Be Wild” is released in the US, where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words “heavy metal thunder” is often credited with popularizing a new term for loud, guitar dominated music.
July 13, 1969
Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single ‘The Balled Of John and Yoko’ due to the line ‘Christ, you know it ain’t easy’, calling it offensive.
Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighth studio release, ‘Caribou’, and his third No.1 album. The album contained the singles, ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’, and ‘The Bitch Is Back’.
George McCrae started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Rock Your Baby’, his only US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. Regarded by some as the first Disco No.1. It was a New York City club hit first, becoming one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold ten million copies or more worldwide.
Eric Clapton‘s version of Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff” is released in America where it will become his only US #1. Clapton would later say “I tried to ask him (Marley) what the song was all about, but couldn’t understand much of his reply. I was just relieved that he liked what we had done.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
July 13, 1975
Elvis performed at the International Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.
Elvis Presley has his father Vernon fire three of his security crew, Sonny West, Red West and Dave Hebler. Sonny West and his cousin Red had been with Elvis since 1960. Hebler had been his self-defense instructor and personal bodyguard for four years.
Paul McCartney displayed 73 paintings at the Kunstforum Lyz gallery in the German town of Siegen. McCartney had been painting for the past 16 years (since he turned 40).
The Elvis Presley album “Artist of the Century” was released.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2010
Tom Jones received an apology from Island Records after a company executive’s e-mail branded his comeback album Praise & Blame a “sick joke.” However, the e-mail leak prompted some members of the UK press to suggest that it was actually a clever marketing stunt in the build-up to the July 26 release.
2015
Rapper 50 Cent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A report in the Wall Street Journal said the businessman and actor had assets and debts in the range of $10m to $50m (£6.5m- £32m). The news came out just days after a jury ruled that he must pay $5m to a woman suing over a sex tape case.
Clark County medical examiners issued a statement that said they had found no evidence to prove allegations by two of B.B. King’s adult children that the Blues legend had been poisoned, hastening their father’s death last May.
“Hound Dog” b/w “Don’t Be Cruel.” released – it was the first single that the A and B sides races each other up the chart.
Within a few weeks “Hound Dog” had risen to #2 on the Pop charts with sales of over one million.Soon after it was overtaken by “Don’t Be Cruel” which took #1 on all three main charts; Pop, Country, and R ‘n’ B.
“Don’t Be Cruel” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley in 1956. By the end of 1956 it had sold in excess of four million copies.[1][3]Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1956.
Between them, both songs remained at #1 on the Pop chart for a run of 11 weeks tying it with the 1950 Anton Karas hit “The Third Man Theme” and the 1951/1952 Johnnie Ray hit “Cry” for the longest stay at number one by a single record from late 1950 onward until 1992’s smash “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.
Enrico Caruso recorded his last work for Victor Records.
1925
B.B. King was born on a cotton plantation between Itta Bena and Indianola, Mississippi; died in Las Vegas, Nevada May 14, 2015 two weeks after being placed in home hospice care of dehydration.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
September 16, 1938
“Boogie Woogie” was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
Vernon Presley 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,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
1943
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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
1948
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
memphis after sept 48
Memphis, Tennessee
1948-1953 – Humes High School
Sept. 12, 1948-Sept. 20, 1949
572 Poplar Avenue
Sept 20 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
September 1952
Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer – He worked the 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM shift as an assembler.
1953
398 Cypress Street (rented from January 7 to April 1953
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base.
September 16, 1959
The first package tour organized by Dick Clark and veteran Rock ‘n’ Roll promoter Irvin Feld kicks off a 52 day run with Paul Anka, Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Duane Eddy, The Drifters, Annette Funicello and LaVern Baker.
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
September 16, 1960
Johnny Burnette records the original version of “You’re 16”, which will rise to #8 in the US. Fourteen years later, Ringo Starr would take the same song to #1.
“She Loves You”, with its flip side, “I’ll Get You” by The Beatles is released by Swan Records in the US. Although it is currently number one in the UK, “She Loves You” is ignored Stateside until 1964 when it would reach the top of the US Pop chart.
“The Dean Martin Show” premiered on NBC-TV, featuring his recent hit “Everybody Loves Somebody” as its theme song. The laid-back, largely improvised weekly variety series ran for ten years.
The second season of “Shindig!” was opened with the Rolling Stones performing “Satisfaction.” The Kinks, Byrds and Everly Brothers also appeared on the season opener.
Member of Parliament Tom Drilberg asked Britain’s House of Commons to officially “deplore” the action of a magistrate who’d earlier called The Rolling Stones “complete morons…who wear filthy clothes.”
The Metropolitan Opera opened its new opera house at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The opening performance was Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
September 16, 1967
A British radio station mistakenly announces that Engelbert Humperdinck died in a car crash. In fact, he was alive and well and touring in support of his current UK #1 single, “The Last Waltz”
Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded 11 takes of ‘Your Mother Should Know’, giving the song a stronger beat, but ,the version was not used at the time on the Magical Mystery Tour album, but was later included on the compilation Anthology 2.
Jimi Hendrix’s debut LP, Are You Experienced? entered the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, where it stayed for 106 weeks, including 77 weeks in the Top 40. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No.15 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and two years later it was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in the United States.
Elvis Presley’s single “There’s Always Me” hit #56 in the U.S.
September 16, 1968
Elvis spent most of September in Palm Springs.
September 16, 1969
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
September 16, 1970
England’s Rock and Roll magazine, Melody Maker named Led Zeppelin as England’s “Best Group”, replacing The Beatles, who had held that honor for eight years. Melody Maker stopped publication in December, 2000 after 73 years.
Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scotts in London for what would become the guitarist’s last ever public appearance.
September 16, 1971
Led Zeppelin played at the Honolulu Civic Auditorium in Hawai’i.
Elvis bought 2 guns from Kerr’s Sports Shop.
September 16, 1972
Three Dog Night reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time with a song written in 1955 called “Black and White”. In the UK however, the record failed to chart at all.
The Eagles were in concert at the Curtis Hixon Convention Hall in Tampa, Florida.
Mac Davis reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart with “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me”.
Three Dog Night jumped from 9 to 1 with their 10th Top 10 and 14th hit–“Black And White”. Mac Davis was up with “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” and Gilbert O’Sullivan finally relinquished the #1 spot after six weeks with “Alone Again (Naturally)”. Chicago jumped from 10 to 4 with “Saturday In The Park”. The rest of the Top 10: “Back Stabbers” from the O’Jays, the Hollies were on their way down with “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress), Gary Glitter and “Rock And Roll Part 2”, Looking Glass was at 8 with “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)”, Elton John scored another Top 10 hit with “Honky Cat” and Al Green had “I’m Still In Love With You”.
The “New Musical Express” reported that “Elvis Says No To Britain.” Colonel Parker had cited unsuitable venues as the reason.
Elvis left Las Vegas, returned to Los Angeles, where he would remain for almost 2 weeks.
September 16, 1973
Charlie Rich released the single “The Most Beautiful Girl”.
Elvis finally had Sonny West call the Colonel. Sonny didn’t overhear the conversation they had, but no matter what, the problem seemed to be solved. Elvis then left for Palm Springs.
September 16, 1974
Bob Dylan began recording his album Blood on the Tracks.
Elvis went to the Tennessee Karate Institute to put on an exhibition with Red.
along for the event Dave Hebler and Ricky Stanley
Red West and Marty Lacker, Memphis Mafia and Linda Thompson
Opera singer Maria Callas died of heart failure at the age of 53.
Marc Bolan (T. Rex) died in a car accident at the age of 29.
The Rolling Stones released the album Love You Live in the U.S.
1978
Filming began on “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.” It is likely the movie would not have been made without the help of former Beatle George Harrison, who set up Handmade Films to help fund it at a cost of £3 million, a move later described by Python Eric Idle as the “world’s most expensive cinema ticket.”
The Grateful Dead recorded a concert at the pyramids in Egypt.
1979
The first Rap record makes it onto vinyl when the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded over the instrumental break from Chic’s “Good Times”. The single becomes a Disco smash.
Don’t Look Back reached #1 on the Album chart for Boston. They jumped over the Rolling Stones album Some Girls like it was standing still (which it was). Foreigner stayed at 3 with Double Vision while the “Grease” Soundtrack was #4.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1985
Kate Bush released her fifth studio album Hounds of Love. The album’s lead single, ‘Running Up That Hill’, became one of Bush’s biggest hits and the album produced three further successful singles, ‘Cloudbusting’, ‘Hounds of Love’, and ‘The Big Sky’. NME placed Hounds of Love 48th on their “500 Greatest Albums of All-Time” list.
1988
Former Clash drummer Topper Headon was released from jail after serving ten months of a fifteen month sentence on a narcotics charge.
1989
Don’t Look Back reached #1 on the Album chart for Boston. They jumped over the Rolling Stones album Some Girls like it was standing still (which it was). Foreigner stayed at 3 with Double Vision while the “Grease” Soundtrack was #4.
11 years after Saturday Night Fever and 31 years after they began their career, the Bee Gees reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “One”.
Gloria Estefan had the #1 song with “Don’t Wanna’ Lose You”, Milli Vanilli had #2–“Girl I’m Gonna’ Miss You” and Warrant was at 3 with “Heaven”. The rest of the Top 10: New Kids on the Block and “Hangin’ Tough”, Surface with “Shower Me With Your Love”, Paula Abdul’s former #1 “Cold Hearted” was at #6, Cher’s comeback song “If I Could Turn Back Time”, Skid Row with “18 And Life”, the Jeff Healey Band had song #9 with “Angel Eyes” and Madonna hit the Top 10 with “Cherish
“When we sat around the bar of the Holiday Inn after the show last night, Dean told stories about playing touch football against Elvis Presley`s neighborhood team in 1963, when Elvis was living in California (“I`d say to one of our linebackers, `All right, you guard Presley on this next play,` and he would just look at Elvis in awe as Elvis went out for a pass.“).”
Barbra Streisand made her first live appearance in six years at a fundraiser for the U.S. Democratic party.
1993
Thomas Kaye, singer-songwriter and keyboard player for Jay & the Americans and later a producer, died in Warwick, New York after taking an overdose of painkillers
1996
Actor /dancer/screenwriter Gene Nelson died of cancer at 76.
(Gentleman’s Agreement, Oklahoma!, The West Point Story, Tea for Two, Lullaby of Broadway, I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now, This Is the Army, She’s Working Her Way Through College, The Atomic Man, Apartment for Peggy)/director (The Donna Reed Show, Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, Kissin’ Cousins, Harum Scarum, The Cool Ones)
1997
Usher released his second album My Way on LaFace Records.
1998
The members of Mott The Hoople played together for the first time in 24 years at the Virgin Megastore on London’s Oxford Street.
A notebook belonging to former Beatles roadie Mal Evans containing the lyrics to “Hey Jude” sold for 111,500 Pounds at a Sotheby’s auction. Other notable items purchased were a two-tone denim jacket belonging to John Lennon that went for 9,200 Pounds and the Union Jack dress worn by Spice Girl Ginger Spice, which sold for 41,320 Pounds.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
Sheb Wooley, best remembered for his 1958 #1 hit, “The Purple People Eater”, died of leukemia at the age of 82. As an actor, he appeared in more than 60 films, including High Noon and Giant. He also appeared as Pete Nolan in the US television series Rawhide.
Elvis Presley’s estate closed Elvis Presley’s Memphis restaurant-nightclub. The venture had been open for six years.
2004
The coroner’s report revealed that Rick James (“Superfreak”) had nine drugs in his system when he died in August, including cocaine, methamphetamine, Valium and Vicodin.
2006
Bob Dylan was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Modern Times.’ Entering the U.S. charts at No.1, making it Dylan’s first album to reach that position since 1976’s Desire, 30 years prior. At 65, Dylan became the oldest living musician to top the Billboard albums chart. (85 year-old Tony Bennett broke this record in 2011 with his Duets album). The record also reached number one in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.
2009
Mary Travers from Folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary, passed away after suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72. Mary’s lead vocal can be heard on the group’s biggest hit, 1969’s ‘Leaving On A Jet Plane’.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Hyde Park was the amazing BBC Radio 2 “Forever Elvis” concert attended by Pricilla Presley. Stars, led by Tom Jones, sang Elvis songs with the BBC Concert Orchestra in tribute to The King. The climax of the show was a stunning version of the Viva Elvis arrangement of ‘Suspicious Minds’ with the band and orchestra brilliantly accompanying The King!
2013
Former Village People vocalist Victor Willis won a legal battle that began in 2011 to reclaim the rights to more than 30 of the Disco group’s hit songs. Willis, who portrayed a traffic cop in the band, left the group in 1979 and transferred his rights to 33 tracks, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “In the Navy”, to his publisher. After having a change of heart, he filed suit to win back ownership of the tunes.
2014
American singer Ariana Grande was at No.1 on the US album chart with My Everything the singers second studio album. The album also debuted at No.1 in Australia and Canada and peaked in the top ten of twenty countries worldwide.
The George Strait live album “The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium” was released. The show was the last of George Strait’s last tour.
2015
Sotheby’s announced that they would be auctioning Janis Joplin’s pearl-white 1965 Porsche 365c 1600 Cabriolet next December. Joplin drove the car, painted with a kaleidoscopic Flower Power mural, until her death in October, 1970.
Elvis Presley’s Granddaughter Riley Keough Snaps Sassy Photo With ‘Girl Band’ Friends
Mad Max: Fury Road star Riley Keough returned to Instagram for the first time in several weeks to share a new photo with two of her friends. The Golden Globe nominee is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley and is Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter. Her new photo earned plenty of […]
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I’ve always had the biggest crush on Elvis since I was a little kid. I used to get the Elvis limited edition anything for my birthday. I love that he was a rebel for his era, and the way he lived. I just thought he was so cool. When I was younger, we couldn’t listen to rap, because it had so many curse words in it, so we’d listen to the oldie station and my mom would quiz us on the music. Whether it was the Beach Boys, the Beatles, John Lennon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elvis. You’d get all those classics and then Elvis would come on and I’d get so stoked! When I was younger, my favorite was “Jailhouse Rock”and “Hound Dog,” and then when I got older, I loved “Blue Suede Shoes.” I love to dance to that song.
Hans Christian Andersen dies of liver cancer at age 70. His stories inspired songs by Kate Bush and Sinead O’Connor.
1901
Born on this day, Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpet. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 ‘Hello Dolly!’, 1968 UK No.1 ‘What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ Died 6th July 1971.
1921
Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis is born in Farmersville, Texas. Along with drummer Buddy Rich, he was part of the backing band for comeback albums by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
1927
At the Taylor Christian Hat Factory in Bristol, Tennessee, Jimmie Rodgers, later revered as “The Father of Country Music,” made his first recordings, “The Soldier’s Sweetheart” and “Sleep, Baby, Sleep.” Three days earlier, the Carter Family – Sara, Alvin Pleasant ‘A.P.,’ and Maybelle – made their first recordings, “Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow,” “Little Log Cabin By The Sea,” “The Poor Orphan Child,” and “The Storms Are On The Ocean,” at the same location.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley 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,
1941
Singer-songwriter Timi Yuro is born Rosemary Timothy Yuro in Chicago, Illinois. Known for the 1961 hit “Hurt.”
1942
The movie Holiday Inn premieres in New York, introducing Bing Crosby’s holiday classic “White Christmas.”
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
1943
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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 20 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
August 1952
Elvis worked at the Upholsterers Specialties Company.
398 Cypress Street (rented from January 7 to April 1953
Other acts were Webb Pierce, consistently voted the nations’ number one star of Country music,Red Sovine, a Decca Record artist, formerly of KWKH in Shreveport, Bud Deckleman, MGM recording star, Charlie Feathers also of SUN Records, and Miss Wanda Jackson Oklahoma City’s contribution to Folk Music.
The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
August 4, 1956
The Platters score their second Billboard #1 with their version of “My Prayer”. The song was originally a French tune written in 1926 by Georges Boulanger called “Avant de Mourir” that had English lyrics added in 1939. Both Glenn Miller and The Ink Spots had hits with it that year.
The Everly Brothers make their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform their upcoming release, “Wake Up Little Susie”, a song which would be banned from some radio stations because it was about two teenagers who ” accidentally fell asleep together”. The Everly Brothers also sang “Bye Bye Love” during their second appearance on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show,” guest-hosted by Dan Dailey. Frankie Lymon, the Kirby Stone Four and Jay Lawrence also performed on the program.
The Presleys lived at Graceland,
The Military Service Disruption
August 4, 1958
Billboard magazine changed the name of its weekly music chart from the Top 100 to the Hot 100. Their first number one was “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson, his sixth hit record in the US. The initial chart had “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson at #1, followed by “Patricia” from Perez Prado and Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash”. Elvis Presley came in fourth with “Hard Headed Woman”. The rest of the very first Top 10: “When” from the Kalin Twins, Duane Eddy’s great instrumental “Rebel-Rouser”, “Yakety Yak” by the Coasters, “My True Love” from Jack Scott at #8, “Willie And The Hand Jive” from Johnny Otis Show and “Fever”, the great song from Peggy Lee.
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base with his parents, his grandmother Minnie, cousins Gene and Junior Smith, and friend Lamar Fike.
August 4, 1959
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
August 4, 1960
Flaming Star Elvis was fitted with contact lenses to change his blue eyes to brown for his role as Pacer Burton for his role in Flaming Star. In the end he kept his own blue eyes; being Elvis doing a movie, rather than an actor as a film character.
The Rolling Stones played the first of 22 weekly shows at Ealing Jazz Club in Ealing, London. They were known as The Rollin’ Stones during this period.
Bobby Vinton made it four weeks in a row at #1 with “Roses Are Red”, but Neil Sedaka was racing up from #8 to #2 to challenge with “Breaking Up is Hard To Do”. Brian Hyland’s “Sealed With A Kiss” was song #3, followed by “The Wah Watusi” by Orlons. The rest of the Top 10: “Ahab, The Arab” by Ray Stevens, Speedy Gonzales” from Pat Boone, Ray Charles’ former #1 “I Can’t Stop Loving You” at #7, Little Eva moved from 14 to 8 with “The Loco-Motion” (written by Stanley, Idaho’s Carole King), David Rose had #9–“The Stripper” and Richard Chamberlain reached #10 with the “Theme From “Dr. Kildare”.
August 4, 1963
UK music weekly The NME reported that The Beatles could score their first US hit with ‘From Me To You’ as the single was ‘bubbling under’ on the charts at No.116.
The Beatles appeared at the Queen’s Theatre in Blackpool. So many fans crowded around the theatre, blocking every entrance, that The Beatles had to go through a construction area, up and across some scaffolding to the roof of the theatre, from where they were lowered through a trap door.
The Beatles appear on the US record charts for the first time as “From Me To You” debuts at #116.
The Kinks single “You Really Got Me” was released in the U.K. With a distorted guitar sound accomplished by taking a razor blade to an amplifier, it becomes their first hit, spending two weeks at #1 UK in September.
The Troggs had the top U.K. song–“With A Girl Like You”.
Another of the historic days in the Rock Era as the Animals released the single “The House Of The Rising Sun” on this date.
John Lennon’s comment that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus Christ” was re-printed in an American teen magazine called Datebook and was widely reported in North America. The statement, made to London Evening Standard journalist Maureen Cleave several months earlier, caused a public outcry in the US and led to mass destruction of Beatle records. Thirty five radio stations banned all Beatles songs and even the Ku Klux Klan made threats against the group. What Lennon actually said was “Christianity will go. It will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that, I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus Christ now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.”
A ban on the broadcast of Beatles records in South Africa and on some U.S. radio stations went into effect in response to John Lennon saying the band was more popular than Jesus. The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s ban on Beatles records lasted for five years, until after the group had disbanded, but continued in subsequent years on John Lennon’s solo recordings.
A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl’s father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. In subsequent years, the record has been recognised as one of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s. When reviewed, by the two main UK music papers in the UK, Record Mirror and NME both gave the album four stars out of five. The album which was recorded at Abbey Road studios, London during the same time that The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper peaked at No.6 on the UK album chart and failed to chart in the US.
The second day of the two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Blue Cheer, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Grateful Dead, Illinois Speed Press, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Byrds. Over 100,000 fans attended the festival.
Jim Morrison was arrested for public drunkenness in Los Angeles after being found lying unconscious on a resident’s doorstep.
Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson marries his second wife, Barbara Charren, in Los Angeles. They divorce four years later.
The rehearsals for the filming of That’s The Way It It started today and went on the following three days, with the singers scheduled at 1.00 p.m. and the entire group at 7.00 p.m.
August 4, 1971
August 4, 1972
The movie Super Fly is released, along with a soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield that becomes a soul music landmark, taking on the drug culture portrayed in the film with vivid commentary.
Elvis performed at the Showroom, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, which was the opening night of this engagement.
Date:
04 August 1972
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
2,200
Costume:
Powder Blue suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
A Big Hunk O’ Love
Never Been To Spain
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Love Me Tender
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
What Now My Love
Love Me
Little Sister/Get Back
Blue Suede Shoes
One Night
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me Me
Hound Dog
My WayBand Introductions
My Babe Elvis introduces Sammy Davis Jr & Paul Anka
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Engagement – Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 7 – Las Vegas August 4th – September 4th 1972
Four months after it had won an Academy Award, “The Morning After”, the love theme from the movie The Poseidon Adventure, topped the Billboard chart. Although many performers were considered, the song’s writers, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, chose an unknown singer named Maureen McGovern, who was working as a secretary at the time. The song was not a hit in the UK.
The Carpenters led the Cashbox chart with “Yesterday Once More”, a #2 hit in the UK and on Billboard’s Hot 100. The record will become the duo’s largest selling record worldwide.
“Delta Dawn” by Helen Reddy was the new #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
Maureen McGovern made one of the top jumps to #1 in the Rock Era when “The Morning After” went from 9-1. Jim Croce fell after three weeks at #1 with “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”. Wings shot up from 21-3 with “Live And Let Die”, leapfrogging even Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water”. The rest of the Top 10: The Carpenters fell after peaking at 2 with “Yesterday Once More”, Seals & Crofts remained at 6 with “Diamond Girl”, Diana Ross had another solo smash with “Touch Me In The Morning” reaching the Top 10, the Stories were pretty much the story of the nation with “Brother Louie” rising from #20 to #8, Billy Preston (“Will It Go ‘Round In Circles”) and Three Dog Night (“Shambala”) were on their way down.
August 4, 1974
August 4, 1975
Led Zeppelin‘s vocalist Robert Plant and his family suffer severe injuries in a car accident while on vacation on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes. Plant, his wife, son and daughter suffer broken bones and assorted bruises. The accident delays the group’s Fall tour of the US for two full years.
August 4, 1976
Elvis performed at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Date:
04 August 1976
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Fayetteville, NC.
Cumberland County Memoria
Tickets:
7,000
Costume:
Bicentennial (blue) Suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra / C. C. Rider / I Got A Woman – Amen / Love Me / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear – Don’t Be Cruel / And I Love You So / Fever / America The Beautiful (with reprise) / Jailhouse Rock / Band Introductions / Early Morning Rain / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) / Bass Solo #1 (Blues – Jerry Scheff) / Bass Solo #2 (Battle Of New Orleans theme- Jerry Scheff) / Piano Solo (Tony Brown) / Electric Piano & Clavinet Solo (David Briggs) / Love Letters / School Day / Hurt #1 / Hurt #2 / Hound Dog / Hawaiian Wedding Song / My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me (Kathy Westmoreland) / Can’t Help Falling In Love 28. Closing Vamp
Recordings:
of this three disc set, disc 2 is of this concert August 3 and 5 being 1 and 3.
Elvis upstairs at Graceland to the balance of the month
The Wake and Aftermath
1979
The film “Rock & Roll High School” starring the Ramones premiered in New York, NY.
Maxine Nightingale returned to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “Lead Me On”.
“Bad Girls” by Donna Summer prevailed at #1 for a fourth week with Chic and “Good Times” in the runner-up position. Anita Ward with “Ring My Bell” was #3, Barbra Streisand moved up strong with “The Main Event/Fight” at #4 and John Stewart had his first solo hit with “Gold”. The rest of the Top 10: Newcomer the Knack was up from 18-6 with “My Sharona”, actor David Naughton had “Makin’ It” at #7, Dr. Hook registered their 14th hit and fifth Top 10 song–“When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman”, Donna Summer’s powerful “Hot Stuff” was at 9 and Cheap Trick fell with “I Want You To Want Me”.
Led Zeppelin played before 120,000 at Knebworth Park in Knebworth, England.
20,000 people, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald, attended a benefit tribute to the late Lowell George of Little Feat at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1980
Pink Floyd began a six-night stint performing “The Wall” at Earls Court in London.
After a five year hiatus, John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin recording their album “Double Fantasy” at New York’s Hit Factory Studio. The LP would go to number one in the US after its release in November, less than a month before Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment. “Double Fantasy” received the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984
Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with ‘Purple Rain’. His sixth studio album which features the hits ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
Purple Rain was the new #1 album from Prince, taking over from Born in the U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen.Sports from Huey Lewis & the News made it an outstanding top three. Victory by the Jacksons was up to #4, Can’t Slow Down by Lionel Richie was still at #5 and Heartbeat City from the Cars rolled in at #6. The rest of the Top 10: Out of the Cellar from Ratt, Soundtracks to“Ghostbusters” (moving 19-8) and “Breakin'”, and the Van Halen album 1984 at #10.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded the Fairness Doctrine, which had been in effect since its introduction in 1949. The doctrine had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues in an honest, equitable and balanced fashion.
1990
Mariah Carey’s started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Vision Of Love’, her debut release. ‘Vision Of Love’ was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 33rd annual ceremony, held on February 20, 1991: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, winning the latter.
M.C. Hammer (Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em) spent an eighth week at #1 on the Album chart with Wilson Phillips close behind.
1992
Thanks to controversy generated from the song “Cop Killer,” the self-titled album by Ice-T’s hardcore metal group Body Count is certified Gold for sales of 500,000 in the US.
MTV switched off its channel feed to 500,000 homes in Amsterdam after network provider A2000 demanded that MTV share its previously separate channel with two other operators and pay for distribution.
2000
Craig David scored his second UK No.1 single with ‘7 Days’. At the age of 19, he became the youngest male artist to score two No.1’s since Donny Osmond in 1973.
2001
The News Of The World reported that Mariah Carey had hired a private eye to spy on her ex husband, record boss Tommy Mottola. Investigator Jack Palladino told the paper that Mariah believed her ex husband was conducting a smear campaign against the singer.
2002
Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No.1 album with ‘The Rising’, also No.1 in the US.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2005
Yahoo Inc. announced that it was beginning a test of a new search engine feature that would search through millions of songs offered on popular Internet music services.
The iTunes Music Store in Japan officially opened with one million songs available.
American blues singer and guitarist Little Milton died. Milton had suffered a brain aneurysm on 25th July 2005 and had lapsed into a coma. He signed to Sun records in 1953 and had the 1965 US No.25 single ‘We’re Gonna Make It’.
2007
US singer, songwriter Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra’s most famous hits, including These Boots Were Made For Walkin’, Jackson and Did You Ever’ He also produced Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and Something Stupid – the duet Nancy recorded with her father Frank in 1967.
A Federal jury ruled that a 25-year-old Boston University graduate student must pay $675,000 to four music companies for illegally downloading and distributing more than two dozen songs. The man said that he would file for bankruptcy protection.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Taylor Swift released the single “Mine”.
Don Henley reached an out-of-court settlement with Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore who used parodies of two Eagles’ hits for an election campaign without permission. ‘All She Wants To Do Is Dance’ and ‘The Boys of Summer’ were used in campaign videos on YouTube as ‘All She Wants To Do Is Tax’ and ‘Hope Of November’.
The Beach Boys‘ publishing company, Rondor Music, was threatening to file a lawsuit against Katy Perry for using the lyrics to the band’s classic song, “California Girls” on her new song of the same name. A spokesman said “Using the words or melody in a new song taken from an original work is not appropriate under any circumstances, particularly from one as well known and iconic as ‘California Girls’.”
2011
Rapper Big Sean is arrested in Lewiston, New York, after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a Wiz Khalifa concert, where he was performing. He is eventually fined $750 for second degree unlawful imprisonment.
2014
The Eagles comeback album Hell Freezes Over was certified as having sold nine million copies in the U.S.
2015
Supertramp canceled their upcoming European tour so that leader Rick Davies could undergo treatment for myeloma. The band, who hadn’t played live in five years, was planning on hitting the road on November 3rd for a 25-city tour scheduled to wrap up with a sold-out show in Amsterdam on December 11th.
2017
“Despacito” becomes the most-watched YouTube video ever, passing the Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth collaboration “See You Again” with nearly 3 billion views in just seven months.
The Guardian– Now, 50 years on, Elvis Presley’s famed 1968 TV concert is getting a big-screen reboot, showing at 250 cinemas throughout Britain next week.
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Opera singer (#1 records Over There, Love Is Mine, I Pagliacci – Vesti La Giubba) Enrico Caruso died at the age of 48. The likely cause of death was peritonitis arising from a burst subrenal abscess.
1929
The classic song “Ain’t Misbehavin'” was recorded by Fats Waller
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley 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,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
1943
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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 20 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
June 3, 1951 to July 1, 1951
Elvis was employed as a machinist by “Precision Tool Co.”
April 17, 1952 to May 28, 1952
Elvis worked as an user at Loew’s State Theatre
1953
Skeeter Davis was injured in a car crash outside Cincinnati in which her singing partner, Betty Jack Davis, was killed.
Elvis had a temporary job as an assembler At M. B. Parker Company for the month of July, making 90-cents an hour or $36.00 a week.
398 Cypress Street (rented from January 7 to April 1953
The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
August 2, 1956
“Life” magazine contained an article entitled “Elvis Presley…He Can’t Be…But He Is.” The article reported that Elvis had grossed $6 million in record sales and that he was receiving 3,000 fan letters a week.
Elvis left for Miami in his new Lincoln.
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive
August 2, 1957
Touring with Clyde McPhatter, The Cadillacs, Edna McGriff, Otis Rush, Lee Andrews & The Hearts, Oscar & Oscar, The G-Clefs, Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared at the Howard Theater, Washington, DC. With “That’ll Be The Day” sitting at No. 2 on the US charts, this was Buddy’s first major tour.
Johnny Cash left his first record label, Sun, to sign a major-label contract with Columbia, where he would remain for the next 26 years.
Buddy Holly’s version of “Rave On” peaks at #5 on the UK chart. The record, which lasts only 1:47, is one of Holly’s last hits during his lifetime.
The Elvis Presley single “Hard-Headed Woman” hit #2 in the U.K.
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base with his parents, his grandmother Minnie, cousins Gene and Junior Smith, and friend Lamar Fike.
August 2, 1959
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
August 2, 1960
Johnny Kidd and The Pirates were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Shakin’ All Over’. Their only UK No.1. Kidd died in car crash in 1966. Many acts have covered the song, including: The Who,Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and The Guess Who.
Elvis began horseback- riding lessons each afternoon for the next two weeks in preparation for his role in Flaming Star.
August 2, 1961
The Beatles began their famous gig as headliners at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.
Aretha Franklin made her professional TV debut on American Bandstand.
Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year, engineered by Albert Grossman.
August 2, 1963
Jerry Lee Lewis accepted $9,500 to open Las Vegas’ new Thunderbird Hotel as he continued to attempt a career resurrection after the scandal of his marriage to 13-year-old second cousin Myra Gale Brown.
The Beatles appeared at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth. One of the supporting acts, billed as a ‘new and unknown London group’, was The Kinks.
After an intense search the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of an aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States announced Reeves’ death formally. The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstrom. Thousands of people travelled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves’ final resting place near Carthage, Texas.
A new group appeared on the scene on this date. Lovin’ Spoonful released their debut single “Do You Believe In Magic” to radio stations.
A week late, Elvis arrived at Paramount for preproduction on Paradise Hawaiian Style. After a cast insurance medical exam and wardrobe fittings, Elvis reported to Radio Recorders at 2.00 p.m. to do some vocals on some previously recorded instrumental tracks. He left at 2.30 a.m.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of five nights at the Salvation Club in New York City. During this period a typical set list included: Foxy Lady, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, Purple Haze and Burning Of The Midnight Amp.
The Doors started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hello I Love You’, the group’s second US No.1. The Doors scored 8 top 40 US hits from 67-71.
‘Wet Dream’, by Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo entered the UK singles chart. The song gained notoriety due to its lyrics which were of an explicit sexual nature, was banned by the BBC and most radio stations.
Badfinger recorded “Come And Get It”, produced in Abbey Road Studios by Paul McCartney.
Three Dog Night released the single “Easy To Be Hard”.
“Spinning Wheel” reached the top for Blood, Sweat & Tears on the Easy Listening chart.
Zager & Evans remained at #1 with their all-time classic “In The Year 2525”, while the great summer hit “Crystal Blue Persuasion” by Tommy James & the Shondells remained at #2 and “Spinning Wheel” by Blood, Sweat & Tears was next. All three have been members ofThe Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* (the first two still are.) Stevie Wonderwas at #4 with one of the top ballads of his career–“My Cherie Amour”. The rest of the Top 10: “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)” by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, Kenny Rogers & the First Edition moved from 15 to 6 with “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town”, Neil Diamond was up nicely (13-7) with “Sweet Caroline”, the Rolling Stones jumped 28-8 with “Honky Tonk Women”, Andy Kim was stuck at 9 with “Baby, I Love You” and the Beatles’ controversial “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” was done.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, B.B. King, Lighthouse, and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown performed on the second day at the Atlantic City Pop Festival at the Atlantic City Race Track in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Bob Dylan attends his ten-year high school reunion in Hibbing, Minnesota, but leaves when a drunk tries to pick a fight with him.
Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart for the 16th time with his version of ‘The Wonder Of You’ his sixteenth No.1. Ray Peterson recorded the original version in 1959 which gave him a Top 30 hit.
Elvis closed his engagement, which had broken all records again; with a Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Show.
Date:
02 August 1971
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Stateline NV.
Lake Tahoe Hotel
Tickets:
Unknown
Costume:
0
Track list:
Unknown
Recordings:
Date:
02 August 1971
Time:
Midnight
Venue:
Stateline NV.
Lake Tahoe Hotel
Tickets:
Unknown
Costume:
Star suit (White)
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
That’s All Right
Jailhouse Rock
Proud Mary
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Polk Salad Annie
Love Me
Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On/Rip It Up/Blue Suede Shoes
One Night
Hound Dog
Heartbreak Hotel
Suspicious Minds
I’m Leavin’
The Impossible Dream
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Bridge Over Troubled Water
I Was The One
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Brian Cole, an original member of The Association, died of a heroin overdose at the age of 28. He played bass on the hits “Windy”, “Cherish” and “Never My Love”.
Billy Preston first charted with “That’s the Way God Planned It”. His first big hit “Outa-Space” came three years later and then he hit #1 a year after that with “Will It Go ‘Round in Circles”
The rehearsals for opening night continued for all in the showroom, Las Vegas Hilton.
August 2, 1973
The Mamas and the Papas filed a lawsuit against Dunhill Records for over a million dollars in unpaid royalties.
August 2, 1974
Bob Dylan re-signed with Columbia Records after being in the Elektra tent for a couple of LP’s.
Mama Cass (the great lady of the Mamas & Papas) was cremated. Fellow members John and Michelle Phillips and Sonny Bono were on hand.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
August 2, 1975
The Eagles enjoy the second of their five Billboard #1 hits with “One Of These Nights”, as the album of the same name led the Hot 200 Albums chart. The single, which featured Don Felder‘s classic guitar solo, reached #23 in the UK.
Glen Campbell had the top Adult Contemporary song with “Rhinestone Cowboy”.
“Fight The Power, Part 1” was #1 for the Isley Brothers on the R&B chart.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band was up from #51 to #32 with their first hit “Get Down Tonight”.
The Eagles scored their second straight #1 with “One Of These Nights”. “I’m Not In Love” by 10cc was a pretty potent #2 while the Bee Gees were climbing fast with “Jive Talkin'”. Olivia Newton-John had song #4–“Please Mr. Please while the former #1 “The Hustle” from Van McCoy dropped to #5. The rest of the Top 10: Elton John’s great song “Someone Saved My Life Tonight”, Melissa Manchester was up with “Midnight Blue”, Wings were on their way down with the former #1 “Listen To What the Man Said”, Gwen McCrae had the #9 song “Rockin’ Chair” and Bazuka reached the list with “Dynomite”.
The Eagles also had the top album with One of These Nights. The Captain & Tennille moved up with Love Will Keep Us Together while the Isley Brothers were third with The Heat Is On. Elton John’s masterpiece Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was at #4 with another fine album–Venus and Mars by Wings at #5. The rest of the Top 10: Cut the Cake from the Average White Band, Made in the Shade from the Rolling Stones, James Taylorat 8 with Gorilla, Earth, Wind & Fire had #9–That’s the Way of the World and the Greatest Hits package from Cat Stevens moved into the Top 10.
Elvis attended the Memphis Grizzlies opening football game, with a busload of friends. Later in the evening Elvis screened some movies at the General Cinema in Whitehaven, where he would continue to screen films for the next three night.
August 2, 1976
Peter “Puddy” Watts, road manager with Pink Floyd died of a heroin overdose. Watts supplied the crazed laughter on the groups The Dark Side of The Moon album.
Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia.
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
And I Love You So
Jailhouse Rock
Fever
America Band Introductions
Early Morning Rain ( featuring John Wilkinson )
Whatd I Say ( featuring James Burton )
Johnny B Goode ( featuring James Burton )
Drum Solo ( featuring Ronnie Tutt )
Bass Solo ( featuring Jerry Scheff )
Piano Solo ( featuring Tony Brown )
Electric Piano Solo ( featuring David Briggs )
Love Letters/ School Day
What’d I Say
Johnny B. Goode
Love Letters
School Days
Love Me Tender
Hound Dog My Heavenly Father (by Kathy Westmoreland)
Walk That Lonesome Road ( JD Sumner And The Stamps Quartet )
Polk Salad Annie
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was fined £125 by a London court after he had been found carrying a knife at the 100 Club Punk Festival last September.
Elvis upstairs at Graceland util the 16th.
The Wake and Aftermath
1980
Although the movie Xanadu was a total flop, the soundtrack sold well and produced Olivia Newton-John‘s US number one hit “Magic”.
The Clash released their single ‘Bank Robber’ after it been available as an import only. The band’s record company CBS didn’t want to release the record saying it was not commercial enough.
Deep Purple hit #1 in the U.K. with their album Deepest Purple.
Emotional Rescue was the #1 album again for the Rolling Stones, holding off Glass Houses by Billy Joel, which was on its way up again. The highly underrated Hold Out by Jackson Browne was up from #9 to #3. The Soundtrack to the blockbuster “The Empire Strikes Back” was at #4 while one of the great soundtracks of the Rock Era–“Urban Cowboy” was at #5. The rest of the Top 10: Queen moved up from 16 to 6 with The Game, Pete Townshend had a great solo album Empty Glass, the Commodores were at 8 with Heroes,Diana Ross entered the Top 10 with Diana and McCartney II was at #10.
“Magic” by Olivia Newton-John took over the #1 spot from Billy Joel’s “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me”. It was Olivia’s 25th hit, 10th Top 10 and fourth #1. Elton John had a strong #3 with “Little Jeannie” while the Spinners remained at #4 for the third week with “Cupid/I’ve Loved You For A Long Time”. The rest of a solid Top 10: The Manhattans had song #5–“Shining Star”, the S.O.S. Band with “Take Your Time (Do It Right)”, Paul McCartney & Wings were at 7 with “Coming Up”, Rocky Burnette remained at 8 with “Tired Of Toein’ The Line”, the Rolling Stones registered their 19th Top 10 and 41st overall hit with “Emotional Rescue” while Christopher Cross’s beautiful “Sailing” cruised up from 17 to 10. 1982: Jose Feliciano married Susan Omillan.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983
James Jamerson died of complications stemming from cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure and pneumonia in Los Angeles, he was 47 years old. As one of The Funk Brothers he was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records’ hits in the 1960s and early 1970s including songs by Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and The Supremes. He eventually performed on nearly 30 No.1 pop hits.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1986
Former Chicago lead singer Peter Cetera of Sun Valley, Idaho climbed to #1 with “Glory Of Love”. Peter Gabriel’s stay at #1 was brief; he dropped with “Sledgehammer” while Kenny Loggins had #3–“Danger Zone”. Madonna’spowerful “Papa Don’t Preach” was at #4, another former #1 “Invisible Touch” byGenesis was at #5. The rest of the Top 10: “Mad About You” from former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle, “Love Touch” from Rod Stewart, “Nasty” by Janet Jacksonwas on its way down after peaking at #3, Jermaine Stewart said “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” and that was good enough for a Top 10 record while the Pet Shop Boys were at #10 with “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money).
The Soundtrack to “Top Gun” remained at #1 on the Album chart, holding off So from Peter Gabriel andInvisible Touch by Genesis. Janet Jackson’s great album Control was still in the Top 5, while Madonna moved from 9 to 5 with True Blue. The rest of the Top 10: Billy Ocean’s Love Zone, Patti LaBelle had The Winner in You at #7, the debut from Whitney Houstonwas still at #8 after an incredible 71 weeks on the chart, Bob Seger’s solid album Like a Rock, and the Moody Blues were at 10 with The Other Side of Life.
Chicago‘s former bassist Peter Cetera reached the top of the Billboard Pop chart with his first solo effort, “Glory Of Love”. The song, featured in the film The Karate Kid II, went to #3 in the UK.
Chris de burgh was at No.1 in the UK with ‘The Lady In Red’, it was his first No.1 after twenty-four single releases, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks.
1987
David Martin, bass player with Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs died of a heart attack aged 50. Martin co-wrote the group’s 1965 US No.2 & UK No.11 single ‘Wooly Bully’.
Billy Joel was in concert at the Lenin Sports and Concert Complex in Leningrad.
1991
Singer Rick James, who scored a 1981 hit with “Super Freak”, pleads innocent to charges he imprisoned, tortured and sexually assaulted his 21-year-old girlfriend, Tanya Hijazi in his California home. He would be arrested again in 1992 for similar charges and in 1994 was sentenced to five years and four months for cocaine use and assaulting two women. After serving two years, he was released from prison and continued his career.
1995
Peggy Lee gave her final major public peformance. George Shearing and Mel Torme also performed at the show at the Hollywood Bowl.
1996
The Eagles performed at the NYNEX Arena in Manchester, England.
1997
It took not one, not two, but three artists to record a #1 song as Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112 remained there with “I’ll Be Missing You”. Meredith Brooks placed “Bitch” at #2 for a fourth week while the Backstreet Boys had “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart).
The Soundtrack to “Men In Black” was #1 on the Album chart but Sarah McLachlan debuted at #2 with Surfacing. Missy Elliott debuted at #3 with Supa Dupa Fly. The Spice Girls were still in the Top 5 with Spice after 24 weeks. The rest of the Top 10: Prodigy with The Fat of the Land, Hanson had #6–Middle of Nowhere, God’s Property was next with their self-titled release, Tim McGraw had #8 with Everywhere, the Wallflowers had a fine album at #9 (Bringing Down the Horse) after 55 weeks while the durable Pieces of You by Jewel was still in the Top 10 after 75 weeks of release.
The Elvis Presley compilation album “Platinum – A Life In Music” hit #80 in the U.S.
Barry White was hospitalized in San Diego, California from exhaustion.
Jerome Smith from KC and the Sunshine Band died after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating. Had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘Get Down Tonight’ and the 1983 UK No.1 single ‘Give It Up.’
Rushworth & Dreaper in Liverpool, England closed their doors after 150 years. They had supplied instruments to the Beatles and other Liverpool groups.
2001
New Orleans International Airport was re-named Louis Armstrong Airport in honour of the New Orleans born trumpet player, singer and bandleader.
Ron Townson of the 5th Dimension died of heart failure in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 68.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
KISS and Aerosmith began their tour together at the Ctnow.com Meadows Music Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
The funeral for the late great of soul Barry White, who died July 4, was held in Los Angeles. Jermaine Jackson, Isaac Hayes and Tyrese were among those in attendance.
2004
Eric Clapton bought a controlling interest in Cordings, a men’s clothing store which opened in 1839 and had supplied riding boots to the Royal Family, to prevent it from closing.
Bono of U2 performed at the funeral of Susan Buffett, the late wife of billionaire Warren Buffett.
2006
LeToya (Jackson) had the #1 album with her self-titled release.
2007
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards signed a deal reportedly worth more than $7 million to write his autobiography. The book, which traces his life from cherubic choirboy to Rock ‘n’ Roll survivor, hit stores in the Fall of 2010.
Managers of Elvis Presley‘s famous home, Graceland, announced plans to overhaul its tourist complex with a new visitors center bigger than a football field, a convention hotel and high-tech museum displays.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2012
Jimmy Jones, who earned two Gold records in 1960 for “Handy Man” (#2) and “Good Timin'” (#3), passed away at the age of 82. Although he could only muster two more minor hits in America, he enjoyed three more chart entries in the UK and kept releasing singles until 1987.
2013
Nielsen SoundScan reported that U.S. album sales totaled 4.68 million for the week ending July 28, the lowest weekly total since the tracking system was formed in May, 1991.
2014
American singer Rosetta Hightower died aged 70. She was a member of The Orlons who formed in the late 1950s had five US Top 20 hits in the Sixties including ‘The Wah Watusi’, ‘Don’t Hang Up’ and ‘South Street’. Before they became The Orlons, they were an all-girl quintet called Audrey and the Teenettes. The Orlons provided back-up vocals on Dee Dee Sharp’s 1962 hit ‘Mashed Potato Time’ and second hit, ‘Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)’. In the late 1960s she joined the ranks of the then-popular female session singers who backed many hit songs. This group included Madeline Bell, Lesley Duncan, Kiki Dee, and Sue and Sunny. She recorded with Joe Cocker on his With a Little Help From My Friends album.
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Elvis Presley fans hoping to get their hands on some of the late star’s memorabilia will be excited to hear Graceland are holding an auction this month.
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ELVIS PRESLEY’s 1970 Las Vegas movie Elvis That’s The Way It Is, returns to cinemas for one night only this month, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Pat Boone Shares His Last Conversation with His Late Friend Elvis Presley
In a recent interview, Pat Boone shared his last conversation with Elvis Presley, who passed away in 1977 at the age of 42. Boone, 86, recalled meeting the “King of Rock and Roll” in 1995 during an interview with Fox News. The encounter happened in Cleveland, Ohio.
McCartney, Harrison, and Starr reunite The Beatles in 1994
In 1994, the surviving members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr got together to perform a short medley of The Beatles’ early work
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The Rolling Stones gathered no moss, eh
I remember everyone calling it “The Steel Wheelchair” tour then
A US patent is granted to inventor Guglielmo Marconi for transmitting electrical signals, leading to the invention of radio.
July 13, 1924
“Hillbilly singer” Vernon Dalhart recorded “The Wreck Of The Old 97.” It was the first Southern song to become a national success in the U.S., eventually selling more than 7 million copies.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley in prison ( May 25 1938 to February 6 1939)
,1939
Frank Sinatra releases “Melancholy Mood” and “From The Bottom Of My Heart.”
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
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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
Riley Puckett, one of the pioneers of recorded old-time country music, died in East Point, Ga., at age 52. His death was due to blood poisoning from an infected boil on his neck. Among Puckett’s many recordings was “Rock All Our Babies to Sleep,” said to be one of the first discs to feature a country yodeller.
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 20 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
June 3, 1951 to July 1, 1951
Elvis was employed as a machinist by “Precision Tool Co.”
April 17, 1952 to May 28, 1952
Elvis worked as an user at Loew’s State Theatre
1953
Elvis had a temporary job as an assembler At M. B. Parker Company for the month of July, making 90-cents an hour or $36.00 a week.
398 Cypress Street (rented from January 7 to April 1953
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
July 13, 1955
The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
July 13, 1956
“Hound Dog” b/w “Don’t Be Cruel.” released – it was the first single that the A and B sides races each other up the chart.
Within a few weeks “Hound Dog” had risen to #2 on the Pop charts with sales of over one million. Soon after it was overtaken by “Don’t Be Cruel” which took #1 on all three main charts; Pop, Country, and R ‘n’ B.
“Don’t Be Cruel” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley in 1956. By the end of 1956 it had sold in excess of four million copies.[1][3]Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1956.
Between them, both songs remained at #1 on the Pop chart for a run of 11 weeks tying it with the 1950 Anton Karas hit “The Third Man Theme” and the 1951/1952 Johnnie Ray hit “Cry” for the longest stay at number one by a single record from late 1950 onward until 1992’s smash “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.
Elvis remained in Biloxi for most of July. Vernon and Gladys arrived in Biloxi too to visit their son.
Buddy Holly nearly drowned trying to swim across a lake in the North Woods, near Rhinelander, Wisconsin while on tour.
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base with his parents, his grandmother Minnie, cousins Gene and Junior Smith, and friend Lamar Fike.
July 13, 1959
The movie “Hound-Dog Man,” starring Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Arthur O’Connell, and Dodie Stevens, began production.
Paul Anka‘s “Lonely Boy” was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100. Paul would also sing the song in the movie Girls Town, in which he starred with Mamie Van Doren and Mel Torme.
The Animals went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The House Of The Rising Sun.’ Recorded in one take, this was the first UK No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
Paul McCartney was presented with five Ivor Novello Awards at a lunch party at The Savoy, London. John Lennon refused to attend; Paul was 40 minutes late after he had forgotten about the engagement.
Pink Floyd made their second appearance on BBC Top Of The Pops to promote their new single ‘See Emily Play’ which was hosted by Pete Murray. The single went on to peak at No.6 on the UK chart.
The Who opened for Herman’s Hermits at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta.
Black Sabbath played their first gig at a small backstreet Blues club in Birmingham, England. The group would develop into one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands of the 1970’s with such albums as “Paranoid”, “Masters of Reality” and “Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath”.
Steppenwolf‘s “Born To Be Wild” is released in the US, where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words “heavy metal thunder” is often credited with popularizing a new term for loud, guitar dominated music.
Hugh Masekela’s instrumental “Grazing In The Grass” was the top R&B song.
The Doors had one of the fastest-rising songs of the decade as “Hello, I Love You” climbed from #77 to #22 on this date.
Herb Alpert remained at #1 for the fourth week in a row with “This Guy’s In Love With You”. Cliff Nobles & Company’s great instrumental “The Horse” was at #2 while the Rolling Stones were stopped at three with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. Gary Puckett (from Twin Falls, Idaho) & the Union Gap moved up to #4 with “Lady Willpower” while Hugh Masekela’s instrumental “Grazing In The Grass” was song #5. The rest of the Top 10: Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 with “The Look Of Love”, Merrilee Rush had #7–“Angel Of The Morning”, the 5th Dimension shot up from 17-8 with “Stoned Soul Picnic”, Shorty Long’s “Here Comes The Judge” was #9 and the Cowsills had the #10 song–“Indian Lake”.
July 13, 1969
Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single ‘The Balled Of John and Yoko’ due to the line ‘Christ, you know it ain’t easy’, calling it offensive.
Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, the Jeff Beck Group and Vanilla Fudge played at the Singer Bowl Music Festival in New York’s Flushing Meadows. One of the highlights was when lead guitarist Jimmy Page, lead singer Robert Plant, and drummer John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, and Rod Stewart and Ron Wood of Faces jammed with the Jeff Beck Group, playing “Jailhouse Rock”.
Eric Clapton invites Todd Rundgren to play guitar during the encore of Clapton’s concert at Madison Square Garden. Todd’s guitar rig isn’t working, so Clapton takes off his guitar, hands it to Todd, and steps aside to listen.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.
Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighth studio release, ‘Caribou’, and his third No.1 album. The album contained the singles, ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’, and ‘The Bitch Is Back’.
George McCrae started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Rock Your Baby’, his only US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. Regarded by some as the first Disco No.1. It was a New York City club hit first, becoming one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold ten million copies or more worldwide.
“Annie’s Song” by John Denver was #1 on the Adult chart for a second week.
After topping the Billboard Hot 100 last week, vocalist Flemming Williams led The Hues Corporation to the number one spot on the Cash Box Best Sellers chart with “Rock The Boat”. The record first appeared as though it would flop, as several months went by without much radio airplay or sales activity. It wasn’t until the song became a Disco club favorite in New York that Top 40 radio finally began playing the song.
Eric Clapton‘s version of Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff” is released in America where it will become his only US #1. Clapton would later say “I tried to ask him (Marley) what the song was all about, but couldn’t understand much of his reply. I was just relieved that he liked what we had done.
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners released their collaboration “Then Came You”.
George McCrae moved into the #1 slot with “Rock Your Baby” while John Denver was making a move (8-2) with “Annie’s Song”. The former #1 from the Hues Corporation, “Rock The Boat” moved down to 3. Gordon Lightfoot was at #4 with “Sundown”. The rest of the Top 10: “On And On” from Gladys Knight & the Pips, Elton John moved from 25-6 with “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods were at 7 with “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”, Anne Murray edged up with “You Won’t See Me”, the Hollies scored their 20th hit with “The Air That I Breathe” and the Righteous Brothers reminded us of the great stars in “Rock and Roll Heaven” at #10.
Caribou by Elton John took over as the #1 album after debuting at #5 in its first week. Another hot album was Back Home Again by John Denver, which moved from 17-2. Gordon Lightfoot was third with Sundown followed by Paul McCartney & Wings with Band on the Run. The Soundtrack to “The Sting” by Marvin Hamlisch was #5. The Rest of the Top 10: John Denver’s Greatest Hits at #6 in its 32nd week of release, Diamond Dogs from David Bowie, Journey to the Centre of the Earth by former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman at #8, Cat Stevens with Buddha and the Chocolate Box and Loggins & Messina On Stage at #10.
Elvis remained in Memphis for the rest of the month,
July 13, 1975
Elvis performed at the International Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.
Date:
13 Jul 1975
Time:
2.30pm
Venue:
Niagara Falls, NY.
Convention Center
Tickets:
11,500
Costume:
Silver Phoenix suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
The Wonder Of You
Burning Love
[band introductions]
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Why Me Lord
How Great Thou Art
Let Me Be There
Funny How Times Slip Away
Little Darlin’
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Date:
13 Jul 1975
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Niagara Falls, NY.
Convention Center
Tickets:
11,500
Costume:
Black Phoenix suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
The Wonder Of You
Burning Love
[band introductions]
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Why Me Lord
How Great Thou Art
Let Me Be There
Heartbreak Hotel
Funny How Time Slips Away
Little Darlin’
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Elvis Presley has his father Vernon fire three of his security crew, Sonny West, Red West and Dave Hebler. Hebler had been his self-defense instructor and personal bodyguard for four years. Sonny West had been with Elvis since 1960. Red West had been with Elvis since high school when he stopped bathroom bullies from cutting Elvis’ hair.
The BBC announced a ban on The Sex Pistols latest single ‘No One Is Innocent’, which featured vocals by Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of the recording, Biggs was living in Brazil, and was still wanted by the British authorities, but immune from extradition. Despite the lack of radio play, the song would still reach number seven on the UK chart. As for Biggs, he voluntarily returned to the United Kingdom in 2001 and spent several years in prison before being released on compassionate grounds in 2009.
1980
singer Bryan Ferry collapsed in France from a kidney infection. The remainder of a European tour by his group, “Roxy Music,” was cancelled.
1981
Pat Benatar released the single “Fire And Ice”.
Journey released “Who’s Crying Now”.
Bob Dylan suddenly met with the media and answered questions for two hours after seeing the transcript of an interview with an man who posed as Dylan in a Danish newspaper.
the first issue of the Canadian music industry magazine “The Record” was published. It was last printed in August 1999 before becoming a web-based publication. In March 2001, it was completely shut down.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
Philippe Wynne, lead singer of “The Spinners” from 1972-77, died of a heart attack while on stage in Oakland, Calif. “The Spinners”‘ close harmony ballads regularly hit the top of the pop and R&B charts from 1972-79. Their hits included “I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” and “Then Came You.”
1985
Survivor owned the top Adult Contemporary song for the fourth straight week with “The Search Is Over”.
Duran Duran became the first artists to have a No.1 on the US singles chart with a James Bond theme when ‘A View To A Kill’, went to the top of the charts.
At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world’s biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over £40million. TV pictures beamed to over 1.5bn people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.
George Michael sang lead vocals to Elton John’s performance of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” at the Live Aid Concert. Andrew Ridgeley was also on stage and performed background vocals.
In November 2004, the concert was released on DVD worldwide.
Tears for Fears bow out of performing at Live Aid, Bob Geldof’s star-studded charity concert for famine relief in Africa, after two members of their band quit. The group donates concert funds to the cause, but feels the weight of Geldof’s disapproval. TFF’s Roland Orzabal says, “He made us feel very guilty. All those millions of people dying, it was all our fault. I felt terrible. I tell you, I know how Hitler must have felt.” Blogger Nina notes – Hitler had no problem with masses dying, that was his idea.
Piggybacking on Live Aid, top Australian acts play a benefit concert in Sydney called Oz For Africa. INXS, Little River Band and Men At Work are all on the bill.
Elton John re-signed with MCA Records in America, his five-album deal being worth $8 million, the biggest advance in history at the time.
Madonna is featured in Penthouse magazine with pictures lifted from a soft-core porn film she had made years earlier. Most of these photos had already been published in Spin magazine.
1986
Stevie Nicks and Peter Frampton performed at the San Diego Sports Arena in California.
Joan Baez closed Toronto’s Mariposa Folk Festival, then appeared barefoot at a news conference. She said that the recent Amnesty International benefit concerts had overcome her usual state of being cynical about all-star events.
1987
Representatives of fifty of America’s largest record retailers were guests at Michael Jackson’s home in Encino, California to preview his new album, ‘Bad’. The LP would go on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
Madonna donated the US$400,000 proceeds from a Madison Square Garden concert to the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
1988
Sting gave a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to benefit the rainforests.
1990
Curtis Mayfield was seriously injured when a strong gust of wind blew a lighting scaffold down that hit Curtis in the back of the neck during an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Brooklyn, New York. Mayfield suffered a critical spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed below the neck.
1991
Bryan Adams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Everything I Do I Do It For You’ which featured on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It stayed at No.1 for a record-breaking 16 weeks, (breaking a record held since 1955), also a No.1 in the US (for 7 weeks) and a hit in 16 other countries. Won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture in 1992.
Bonnie Raitt debuted at #9 on the Album chart with Luck of the Draw.
INXS, Jesus Jones and Deborah Harry play to a crowd of 72,000 at Wembley Stadium in London, six years to the day Live Aid was held there. It is later released as the live album and video Live Baby Live.
1992
Jett Williams, illegitimate daughter of country legend Hank Williams, is granted partial royalties of his songs by a New York appeals court, adding to a ruling reached on July 5 that she should receive half of his estate. The court ruled Jett should receive one-quarter to one-third of the millions of dollars in royalties generated by her father’s music since 1982. Williams’s son, Hank Williams Jr., and widow, Billie Jean Williams Berlin, split the royalties before the ruling.
an estimated 60- to 100,000 “Deadheads” converged on the small Vermont town of Highgate, about 60 kilometres south of Montreal, for the start of the “Grateful Dead’s” summer concert tour. Police reported a 10-kilometre-long traffic jam on a nearby interstate highway.
bluesman Eddie Boyd died in Helsinki, Finland, at age 80. His 1952 recording of “Five Long Years” was a No. 1 R&B hit.
1995
Geddy Lee of Rush sang “Oh Canada” before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sony announces that it has accepted a $40 million buyout of George Michael’s contract, following the singer’s request. The company would retain the rights to his back catalog, a greatest hits album and would receive 3% of retail sales of his next two albums. Michael then signed with David Geffen’s new Dreamworks label in North America, and with Virgin Records for the rest of the world. In 1994, Michael lost a bid to break his multi-album contract with Sony, which he claimed amounted to “professional slavery.”
1996
Over 2,000 guitar players, including Chet Atkins and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, set a new world record for the largest jam session ever when they played “Heartbreak Hotel” for 75 straight minutes at Nashville’s Riverfront Park.
The previous record was set in Vancouver, Canada on May 7th, 1994, when Randy Bachman led 1,322 mostly-amateur guitarists in a performance that lasted 68 minutes.
The Eagles performed in Wembley Stadium in London.
about 240,000 people braved heat and rain to attend a 12-hour country music festival at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Among the performers were Alan Jackson, Hank Williams Jr. and Patty Loveless.
Metallica had the top album with Load, holding off Jagged Little Pill from Alanis Morissette, which was making yet another bid for #1 after 55 weeks The Fugees owned #3–The Score while Toni Braxton fell to 4 with Secrets and Keith Sweat debuted at 5 with his self-titled debut. The rest of the Top 10: Tracy Chapman’s New Beginning, E. 1999 Eternal from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Celine Dion at 8 with Falling Into You, the Soundtrack to “The Nutty Professor” at #9 and No Doubt slipped into the Top 10 with Tragic Kingdom..
1997
The Prodigy topped the U.K. album chart with The Fat of the Land.
John Denver‘s drunk driving trial ended in a hung jury, deadlocked 3-3. Denver’s defense attorney argued that the singer suffered from a thyroid condition that had distorted his blood alcohol tests.
1998
RealNetworks Inc. rolled out a test version of RealSystem G2. G2 is a streaming video and audio delivery system.
1999
Paul McCartney displayed 73 paintings at the Kunstforum Lyz gallery in the German town of Siegen. McCartney had been painting for the past 16 years (since he turned 40).
The Elvis Presley album “Artist of the Century” was released.
The Corrs had the #1 song in the U.K. with “Breathless”.
In Japan, Yoko Ono filed a lawsuit against Teito Rapid Transit Authority for copyright infringement for their unauthorized use of a ticket showing the portrait of John Lennon.
James Brown is formally charged with assaulting Russell Eubanks, an employee of South Carolina Electric and Gas, with a steak knife after Eubanks visited Brown’s Beech Island estate to check on reports that he was without electricity.
2001
The Eagles were in concert at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
2002
Green Day and No Doubt headlined the opening of the two-day T in the Park Festival in Kinross, Scotland.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
Prince released his new album N.E.W.S. as a digital download.
Ashanti had the #1 album with Chapter II.
Broadway singer Eileen Rodgers dies of lung cancer at age 73.
Compay Segundo, the Cuban musician who gained worldwide fame with the Buena Vista Social Club, died in Havana at age 95.
2004
Jimmy Buffett releases License To Chill, his 21st studio album. It’s mostly a collection of duets with fellow country stars, including Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, and George Strait. It’s also his first album to go to #1 in the US.
Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass player with The New York Dolls, died aged 55 after checking himself in to a Los Angeles emergency room, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukaemia, and died within two hours. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 ‘New York Dolls’ and 1974 ‘Too Much Too Soon’. His estranged wife wanted to honour her late husband’s wishes and bury him next to former Dolls stars Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in Mount St Mary’s cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but officials at the morgue refused to release his body for burial because his remains were so decomposed. (His body had laid in a morgue for over a month).
Hal Carter, manager, agent and producer who worked with the Kinks, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, died of liver cancer in London at the age of 69.
2005
R. Kelly had the #1 album with TP.3 Reloaded.
2008
Joan Jett plays a murder victim on the “Reunion” episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Her character hosts a show called Rock ‘n Talk before she meets her demise.
Les Crane, who gave us “Desiderata”, died at the age of 74 in Greenbrae, California.
2009
blogger Kevin Cogill, who admitted to leaking part of the long-awaited “Guns N’ Roses” album “Chinese Democracy,” was sentenced to a year of probation. He also served two months of home confinement, subjected his computers to government scrutiny and recorded a public service announcement for the Recording Industry Association of America.
hundreds of fans gathered at O2 Arena in London to pay their respects to Michael Jackson, bringing candles, flowers and written tributes. It was supposed to be the first night of Jackson’s 50-concert run in London but he died suddenly on June 25 at the age of 50.
The sales for the shows went to ticket resellers rather than fans and many people bought to have a ticket to the last show he gave or the first he did not; in blogger Nina’s recollection of the time.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Tom Jones received an apology from Island Records after a company executive’s e-mail branded his comeback album Praise & Blame a “sick joke.” However, the e-mail leak prompted some members of the UK press to suggest that it was actually a clever marketing stunt in the build-up to the July 26 release.
2011
Jerry Ragovoy, a songwriter credited with songs made famous by “The Rolling Stones” (“Time is on My Side”), Janis Joplin (“Piece of My Heart”) and others, died from complications from a stroke. He was 80. Over the years, his songs were recorded by greats like Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Aretha Franklin. He also was a producer for artists including Diana Ross and Dionne Warwick.
2012
Roger Waters’ tour The Wall Live, topped worldwide concert ticket sales for the first half of 2012. The show based Pink Floyd’s hit 1970s album, took $158.1m (£102.3m) beating Bruce Springsteen and Madonna. Waters sold 1.4 million tickets according to Pollstar magazine, which tracks the live concert business.
Halifax-born jazz icon Charles “Bucky” Adams died at age 75. He received the African Nova Scotian Music Association’s lifetime achievement award in 2007. Refusing to leave home and his family, he turned down offers to play on the road with the likes of B.B. King. He shared the stage with musical giants like Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and others when they came to play in Nova Scotia.
2013
Glee star Cory Monteith is found dead in a Vancouver hotel room after accidentally ingesting a toxic combination of heroin and alcohol. The 31-year-old Canadian actor played Finn Hudson on the popular FOX musical series.
Rapper 50 Cent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A report in the Wall Street Journal said the businessman and actor had assets and debts in the range of $10m to $50m (£6.5m- £32m). The news came out just days after a jury ruled that he must pay $5m to a woman suing over a sex tape case.
Clark County medical examiners issued a statement that said they had found no evidence to prove allegations by two of B.B. King’s adult children that the Blues legend had been poisoned, hastening their father’s death last May.
Ringo Starr and his brother-in-law Joe Walsh joined Paul McCartney near the ending of a concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and played two Beatles classics, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Helter Skelter”. As he exited the stage, the drummer thanked the audience while McCartney saluted him with Starr’s catchphrase, “Peace and love.”
Question: Among some Elvis Presley items I inherited from a friend is an 11-inch-wide, 8-inch-high musical ceramic cookie jar marked “Vandor …
2020
Billboard magazine said its music charts will no longer count albums or singles sold in bundles with concert tickets, T-shirts or other memorabilia, a move designed to make the rankings better reflect fans’ listening habits and less prone to manipulation by record companies.
With the soaring popularity of branded merchandise and—until the pandemic—a booming live-music business, artists in recent years have increasingly offered CDs and digital downloads packaged with memorabilia or concert tickets. Such bundled sales are widely…
Billboard Charts to Stop Tallying Music Sold With T-Shirts, Tickets – WSJ
The magazine said its music charts will no longer count albums or singles sold in bundles with concert tickets, T-shirts or other memorabilia, a move designed to make the rankings better reflect fans’ listening habits.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Happiness Wasn’t There’ in Final Days Before His Death
Elvis Presley’s ‘happiness wasn’t there’ in his final days, former nurse and ‘Taking Care of Elvis’ author, Letetia Henley Kirk exclusively tells Closer.
Ed Hill Has Died: Ed Hill of The Stamps sadly passed away July 13, 2020. Edwin Lee Hill, son of a minister, was born in St. Louis, MO, and started singing at the early age of 15 with a group called “Humble Hearts” followed by The Prophets Quartet which would become regulars on the Gospel Singing Caravan TV series with the LeFevres, the Blue Ridge Quartet and the Johnson Sisters.
After Ed retired The Prophets, he enjoyed a lengthy tenure with Hovie Lister and The Statesmen. J.D. Sumner of the Stamps Quartet asked Ed to manage his talent agency and music companies, and in 1973 was asked to sing baritone temporarily until a permanent voice could be acquired. This “‘temporary” would become five years fulltime with the Stamps Quartet and with Elvis Presley.
In 1987, J.D. Sumner reorganized the Stamps Quartet from his existing Master’s V group, and J.D.
again asked Ed to become a member of his group. According to J.D., Ed was “one of the best quartet men I ever worked with.”
Ed, along with The Stamps were permanent members of the Elvis Presley Show until Elvis’ death in 1977.
Around 1974 Ed Hill took over Al Dvorin’s roll of announcing the end of every show.. “Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and good night!” . . . it was none other than Ed Hill himself. (News, Source;ElvisInfoNet)
Engineer Alan Parsons Recalls ‘Intimidating Experience’ of Working With The Beatles, Says Paul McCartney Was ‘Always Pretty Demanding’ | Music News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Alan also talks what makes a great artist and a great producer.
John Travolta’s ‘Grease’ Co-Star Olivia Newton-John Posts Poignant Tribute To His Late Wife Kelly Preston
The singer was close friends with her co-star’s wife and once worked with her on special project. Olivia-Newton John paid tribute to Kelly Preston following the actress’s death at age …
21-year-old Gladys Love Smith marries 17-year-old Vernon Elvis Presley.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley 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,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
1943
Perry Como signed his first RCA Victor contract, beginning a 44-year professional relationship with the label. Three days after signing, he cut his first record for the company, “Goodbye, Sue.” It peaked at #18 in the early autumn of 1943 and marked his first appearance on the record charts.
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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 20 1949 to January 7, 1950
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
January 7, 1950 to April 1953
398 Cypress Street
June 3, 1951 to July 1, 1951
Elvis was employed as a machinist by “Precision Tool Co.”
April 17, 1952 to May 28, 1952
Elvis worked as an user at Loew’s State Theatre
1953
398 Cypress Street (rented from January 7 to April 1953
, 1954
Guitarist Danny Cedrone died following a freak accident; 10 days after he had recorded the lead guitar break on ‘Rock Around the Clock’ with Bill Haley and His Comets. Session player Cedrone was paid $21 for his work on the session, as at that time Haley chose not to hire a full-time guitarist for his group. He died of a broken neck after falling down a staircase.
The UK music newspaper Record Mirror goes to press for the first time.
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
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
June 17, 1955
The stars were aligned as Eddie Fisher married Debbie Reynolds (“Tammy”). The couple would give berth to Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia of “Star Wars” fame).
After a month of booking gigs in larger venues in Dallas and Houston, Colonel Tom Parker arranged a meeting with Elvis Presley’s manager, Bob Neal, resulting in an agreement that saw the Colonel handle Presley’s gigs and career strategy from now on.
Elvis performed at Roundup Hall, High School Gym, Stamford, Texas.
Billboard magazine discontinues the Most Played in Jukeboxes chart, as the popularity of jukeboxes was on the decline and radio stations were incorporating more and more Rock ‘n’ Roll into their play lists.
At Radio Recorders in Hollywood, Pat Boone recorded “Remember You’re Mine.”
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
The Military Service Disruption
June 17, 1958
In New York, Bobby Darin recorded “Early In The Morning,” which was released as being by the Ding Dongs on the Brunswick label, then as the Rinky-Dinks on Atco.
Liberace wins his libel case against the Daily Mirror at the High Court in London, and says afterwards “I cried all the way to the bank.” The paper published an article claiming the pianist was homosexual.
Elvis in Paris with Lamar, Rex and Charlie Hodge.
After a press conference Elvis was mobbed sitting at a sidewalk café.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet performed “Take Five” on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Robert Goulet, the Highwaymen, Gloria Lynne, Nipsey Russell, and Frank Gorshin also appeared.
After long negotiations between Elvis and Priscilla’s parents in which Elvis had convinced them to allow Priscilla to fly to Los Angeles, Priscilla finally arrived from Germany for a 2 week visit.
June 17, 1963
The Rolling Stones released their first UK single, “Come On”, which would peak at #21.
June 17, 1964
The Supremes released their first big hit single, “Where Did Our Love Go.” On August 22, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for two weeks.
Jay And The Americans record the Tex-Mex hit, “Come A Little Bit Closer”, which would climb to number 3 in the US by the following November.
June 17, 1965
The Kinks and the Moody Blues made their US concert debut at the Academy of Music in New York City.
Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles completed work on the new Paul McCartney song ‘Yesterday’ with the overdubbing of an additional vocal track by McCartney and a string quartet. They also recorded ‘Act Naturally’ for Ringo’s vocal contribution on the ‘Help!’ album and the song ‘Wait’, in four takes. ‘Wait’ will not be included on ‘Help!’, it was included on the following LP, Rubber Soul
Elvis had the #1 song in the U.K.–“Crying In The Chapel”.
In Kintyre, Scotland, Paul McCartney bought the farm that inspired his 1977 song “Mull Of Kintyre.
At EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles finished recording “Got To Get You Into My Life.” Paul McCartney later disclosed that the song is about marijuana, not a person.
The Hollies released the single “Bus Stop”.
June 17, 1967
Moby Grape release all five singles from their debut album: “Changes,” “Sitting By The Window,” “8:05,” “Omaha,” and “Hey Grandma.”
The Hollies‘ “Carrie Ann” is released in the US, where it will reach #9.
Liberty Records runs an ad in the British music magazine New Musical Express that reads: “Liberty wants talent. Artists/composers/singers/musicians to form a new group.” Among the thousands of applicants are lyricist Bernie Taupin and musician Elton John. The label teams them up, resulting in one of the greatest songwriting duos in rock history.
In New York’s Central Park, Barbra Streisand sang for 135,000 fans at a free concert that was recorded and later released as a CBS-TV special and a soundtrack album called “A Happening In Central Park.”
“Groovin'” by the Young Rascals entered the #1 position in its ninth week on the chart, taking over from Aretha Franklin’s “Respect”. The Turtles were moving with “She’d Rather Be With Me” but Engelbert Humperdinck was standing still with “Release Me” at #4. Jefferson Airplane’s great song “Somebody To Love” came in fifth. The rest of the Top 10: “Little Bit O’ Soul” from the Music Explosion, the Association shot up from 12 to 7 with “Windy”, the Temptations had “All I Need” at 8, the Happenings fell to 9 with “I Got Rhythm” and Tommy James & the Shondells scored another Top 10 with “Mirage”.
Sounds Like was the new #1 album for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass with Revenge from Bill Cosby moving to 2. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin fell to 3 and the former #1 album More of the Monkees was at 4. The rest of the Top 10: Born Free from Andy Williams was at #5, the Monkees moved from 197 to 6(!) with Headquarters, the Mamas & Papas Deliver was #7, Surrealistic Pillow came in eighth for Jefferson Airplane, Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho had the #9 album–Greatest Hits, and Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits barely made the Top 10.
June 17, 1968
The Ohio Express are awarded a Gold record for their Bubble Gum hit, “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy.”
Elvis reported to rehearsals at the NBC studios in Burbank, California, at 1.00 p.m. for a meeting with Billy Goldenberg, Steven Binder’s musical arranger. From 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. there was a dance rehearsal with Jaime Rogers. Lance LeGault was present also, and helped Elvis with his dance sequences. This schedule was repeated the next two days.
From Elvis in Memphis is released to favorable reviews. The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200, number two on the country charts and number one in the United Kingdom, and its single “In the Ghetto” reached number three on the BillboardHot 100. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1970. In later years, it garnered further favorable reviews, while it was ranked number 190 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Carole King went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Tapestry’ for the first of 15 consecutive weeks. The album contained ‘It’s Too Late’, ‘I Feel the Earth Move’, ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’’ and ‘You’ve Got a Friend’. The cover photograph taken at King’s Laurel Canyon home shows her sitting in a window frame, holding a tapestry she hand-stitched herself, with her cat Telemachus at her feet.
June 17, 1972
The Rolling Stones album Exile On Main Street started a four-week run at the top of the US charts. The double album, regularly regarded as one of the band’s best, features Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Happy and Tumbling Dice.
Don McLean had his first UK No.1 single with ‘Vincent.’ The song was written about the 19th century artist Vincent Van Gogh. The song is played daily at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Neil Diamond remained at #1 for the third week on the Easy Listening chart with “Song Sung Blue”.
Five people were arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. The men all worked for the re-election of President Richard Nixon.
Elvis performed at the Chicago Stadium, Chicago at 2.30 and 8.00 p.m.
Date:
17 Jun 1972
Time:
2.30pm
Venue:
Chicago, IL.
Chicago Stadium
Tickets:
15,000
Costume:
White two piece suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
That’s All Right
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me Tender
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
You’ve Lost That Loving Feelin’
Polk Salad Annie
Love Me
All Shook Up
Heartbreak Hotel
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
One Night
Reconsider Baby
It’s Now Or Never
Johnny B. Goode
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Hound Dog
Suspicious Minds
[band introductions]
My Babe
Something
Release Me
How Great Thou Art
Funny How Time Slips Away Away
An American Trilogy
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Date:
17 Jun 1972
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Chicago, IL.
Chicago Stadium
Tickets:
20,000
Costume:
Lightblue Nail Studded suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
That’s All Right
Proud Mary
Never Been To Spain
Until It’s Time For You To Go
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Polk Salad Annie
Love Me
All Shook Up
Heartbreak Hotel
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
Little Sister/Get Back
I’ll Remember You
Hound Dog
Suspicious Minds
[band introductions]
For The Good Times
A Big Hunk O’ Love
An American Trilogy
Funny How Time Slips Away Away
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Dolly Parton recorded ‘I Will Always Love You’ in RCA’s Studio “B” in Nashville. Written for her one-time partner and mentor, Porter Wagoner, (the two were splitting professionally at the time). Dolly Parton would not agree to the Col and Elvis Presley songwriter percent and recorded the song used in the Parton/Burt Reynold’s Best Little Whorehouse in Texas movie. Whitney Houston would have a #1 with it as well.
The song was later a world-wide hit for Whitney Houston from her movie The Bodyguard.
Elvis attended screenings at either the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night of the month until he had to go on tour again on the twentieth.
June 17, 1974
Elvis performed at the Louisiana State University Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date:
17 Jun 1974
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Baton Rouge, LA.
Louisiana State University
Tickets:
15,000
Costume:
American Eagle
Track list:
2001 Theme
C C Rider
Hound Dog
Why Me Lord ?
Love Me Tender
I Cant Stop Loving You
Help Me
An American Trilogy ** Tracklist Is Incomplete. Taken From Review
Blondie released their debut single ‘X Offender’. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry, the title of the song was originally ‘Sex Offender’, written about an 18-year-old boy being arrested for having sex with his younger girlfriend. Debbie Harry changed the lyrics so that the song was about a prostitute being attracted to the police officer that had arrested her. Private Stock, the band’s label insisted that the single be changed to ‘X Offender’ because they were nervous about the original title.
Ian Dury played his last gig with Kilburn and the High Roads before starting his solo career. The show at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow also had The Sex Pistols and The Stranglers on the bill.
June 17, 1977
After Jimmy Helms pulled out of a gig at Shoreditch College, the members of the social committee decided to call upon famous local, Elton John who lived up the road and ask if he would perform. Elton did the gig for two bottles of wine.
NBC-TV’s “The Midnight Special” featured guest host Neil Sedaka and performances by Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, George Benson, Carole Bayer Sager, and Kenny Rogers.
Crosby, Stills & Nash were back to a trio–they mounted a comeback this time without Neil Young–with the album CSN, which they released on this date.
After Jimmy Helms pulled out of a gig at Shoreditch College, the members of the social committee decided to call upon famous local, Elton John who lived up the road and ask if he would perform. Elton did the gig for two bottles of wine.
Elvis performed at the Southwest Missouri State University Hammons Center, Springfield, Missouri. This was the first show of his final tour.
Date:
17 Jun 1977
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Springfield, MO.
Southwest Mississippi University Hammons Centre
Tickets:
9,000
Costume:
Mexican Sundial Suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
Fairy Tale
You Gave Me A Mountain
Jailhouse Rock
O Sole Mio/It’s Now Or Never
Big Boss Man
Heartbreak Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes
And I Love You So
My Way
[band introductions]
Early Morning Rain
What’d I Say
School Days
Hound Dog
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Personal problems prevented Grace Slick from going on stage with Jefferson Starship at a concert in St. Goarhausen, West Germany. Fans rioted, causing more than $1 million in damage. Two days later, Slick quit the Starship and Marty Balin took over as lead vocalist.
Andy Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of Billboard’s Hot 100 to have his first three releases reach number one when “Shadow Dancing” hit the top of the chart. Since then, Michael Jackson had four number ones in a row and Mariah Carey had five. “Shadow Dancing” would be the best selling single in the US in 1978, but was only a #42 hit in the UK.
You’re The One That I Want’ by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John started a nine week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The song was from the film Grease.
from Boston, Massachusetts–the Cars
r that had arrested her. Private Stock, the band’s label insisted that the single be changed to ‘X Offender’ because they were nervous about the original title.
Ian Dury played his last gig with Kilburn and the High Roads before starting his solo career. The show at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow also had The Sex Pistols and The Stranglers on the bill.
June 17, 1977
After Jimmy Helms pulled out of a gig at Shoreditch College, the members of the social committee decided to call upon famous local, Elton John who lived up the road and ask if he would perform. Elton did the gig for two bottles of wine.
NBC-TV’s “The Midnight Special” featured guest host Neil Sedaka and performances by Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, George Benson, Carole Bayer Sager, and Kenny Rogers.
After Jimmy Helms pulled out of a gig at Shoreditch College, the members of the social committee decided to call upon famous local, Elton John who lived up the road and ask if he would perform. Elton did the gig for two bottles of wine.
Elvis performed at the Southwest Missouri State University Hammons Center, Springfield, Missouri. This was the first show of his final tour.
Date:
17 Jun 1977
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Springfield, MO.
Southwest Mississippi University Hammons Centre
Tickets:
9,000
Costume:
Mexican Sundial Suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
Fairy Tale
You Gave Me A Mountain
Jailhouse Rock
O Sole Mio/It’s Now Or Never
Big Boss Man
Heartbreak Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes
And I Love You So
My Way
[band introductions]
Early Morning Rain
What’d I Say
School Days
Hound Dog
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Andy Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of Billboard’s Hot 100 to have his first three releases reach number one when “Shadow Dancing” hit the top of the chart. Since then, Michael Jackson had four number ones in a row and Mariah Carey had five. “Shadow Dancing” would be the best selling single in the US in 1978, but was only a #42 hit in the UK.
You’re The One That I Want’ by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John started a nine week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The song was from the film Grease.
“Just What I Needed” was The Cars debut single.
Andy Gibb reached the pinnacle with “Shadow Dancing”, becoming the first solo artist in history to reach #1 with his first three releases. It would remain as the #1 song for eight weeks. “You’re The One That I Want” from Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta was second with Gerry Rafferty at 3 with “Baker Street”. Bonnie Tyler climbed to 4 with “It’s A Heartache” and “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” from Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams fell to #5. The rest of the Top 10: ABBA had another smash with “Take A Chance On Me”, Chuck Mangione was on his way down with “Feels So Good”, George Benson had #8–“On Broadway”, Carly Simon climbed from 16 to 9 with “You Belong To Me” and Sweet enjoyed their fourth Top 10 hit with “Love Is Like Oxygen”.
two of the top-selling albums of all time were out at the exact same time. The Soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” took over from Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and that soundtrack remained at #1 for the 22nd consecutive week. Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione wasn’t even close to the top even though it was #2, London Town from Wings was #3 and Showdown by the Isley Brothers came in fourth. The rest of the Top 10: Earth from Jefferson Starship, Gerry Rafferty moved from 14-6 with City to City, the Soundtrack to “FM” was 7, So Full of Love from the O’Jays entered the Top 10, Johnny Mathis had #9–You Light Up My Life and the Commodores had #10 with Natural High.
1979
Anita Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Ring My Bell’. The only hit for the gospel singer from Memphis, making her a One Hit Wonder.
1980
Led Zeppelin begins three week’s worth of shows in Europe. It will prove to be the group’s last tour.
Van Halen began a tour of the U.K. at the Newcastle City Hall.
1981
At Earls Court in London, Pink Floyd play the last of 31 performances of The Wall, a unique stage show where a giant wall is erected (and torn down) as the band plays the album in its entirety. It’s Roger Waters’ last concert with the band, which breaks up in 1983 and carries on without him a few years later.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1982
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on “The CBS Morning News” program.
1983
“Every Breath You Take” by the Police held down #1 in the U.K.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
Bob Dylan granted his first television interview in 19 years, agreeing to talk to Antoine de Caunes in Nice, France.
1985
The reclusive Bob Dylan took calls from fans on the syndicated radio show “Rockline.”
Singer Kate Smith (God Bless America, River Stay ‘Way From My Door, When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain)/radio-TV host died from complications of diabetes at the age of 79.
1987
Florida real estate agent Vittoria Holman sued Motley Crue and their concert promoter for hearing loss allegedly incurred at a concert in December 1985. Holman and her daughter had front row seats less than 10 feet (3 meters) from the speakers. The case was settled out of court with the band’s insurance company paying Holman over $30,000. (£18,200).
1988
Singer Jack Leonard,(Oh You Crazy Moon, I Never Mention Your Name, Marie, All the Things You Are, Our Love, Indian Summer, I Can Dream Can’t I?) a featured vocalist with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (1935-1939) before beginning a solo career, died of cancer at the age of 73.
1989
New Kids on the Block moved to #1 with “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”.
Ringo Starr announces that he will tour again as Ringo And The All-Starr Band. Members of the group include Clarence Clemons, Joe Walsh and Billy Preston.
Def Leppard’s album Hysteria tied Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen with its 96th consecutive week in the Top 40 of the Album chart.
1991
Comedian Minnie Pearl, who entertained Grand Ole Opry audiences for more than 50 years, suffered a stroke that ended her performing career. She spent her remaining years in a Nashville nursing home and died of complications from another stroke in 1996.
1992
The RIAA confirmed two millions in sales for the album box set “World Wide 50 Gold Award Hits, Volume 1.”
And platinum sales of the “Elvis Aron Presley” box set 8 LP or reissue 4 cds.
With the United States hosting the World Cup, the opening ceremonies are held at Soldier Field in Chicago. In one of the production numbers, Diana Ross sings “I’m Coming Out” while she takes a penalty kick. She misses, but the goal splits open anyway and she runs through to complete the bit.
1995
Bryan Adams owned the #1 song for the third week with “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?”. Michael & Janet Jackson debuted at #5 with “Scream/Childhood”. The rest of the Top 10: “This Is How We Do It” from Montell Jordan, “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By” from Method Man & Mary J. Blige, Adina Howard had #8 with “Freak Like Me’, Blessid Union of Souls was at #9 with “I Believe” and Hootie & the Blowfish remained at 10 with “Let Her Cry”.
1995
Rod Stewart broke an attendance record at Wembley Stadium in London when he played before 90,000 fans.
1997
Fans rioted at an Ozzfest concert in Columbus Ohio, after Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t perform due to throat problems. Angry fans broke windows, uprooted trees, and turned over a parked car.
2000
Eighteen months after Billboard starts factoring airplay into their Hot 100 chart, “Try Again” by Aaliyah becomes the first song to hit the top spot based on airplay alone, as the song is not available for purchase as a single.
2002
A remix of the Elvis Presley song “A Little Less Conversation” hit #1 in Britain.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
After playing a Las Vegas concert at the MGM Grand Arena (a bill shared by Christina Aguilera), Justin Timberlake continued the show at a tiny club, joined by former ‘N Sync members Lance Bass and Joey Fatone.
The DVD “The Journey – Elvis Presley” was released.
2004
Madonna announced on the television show 20/20 that she was changing her name to Esther.
2006
Shakira lands her first #1 hit on the Hot 100 when her single “Hips Don’t Lie,” featuring Wyclef Jean, reaches the top of the tally. It also breaks the record for the most-played pop song in a single week when it’s aired on American radio 9,637 times.
Queen Elizabeth II honored singer/songwriter/musician/TV personality Rolf Harris with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire). In 2014, Harris was found guilty of sexually assaulting a number of underage girls and was sentenced to six years in prison. As a consequence, his CBE, OBE and MBE honors bestowed by the Crown were revoked in March 2015.
Trouble continued for the Rolling Stones as Ron Wood entered a rehabilitation center for alcohol. But Wood was helpless as he went on a drinking binge with a 19-year-old Russian waitress in Ireland less than a month later.
2007
The Traveling Wilburys’ “Collection” rose to the top of the UK album chart. The Wilburys consisted of George Harrison, (Nelson Wilbury), Jeff Lynne, (Otis Wilbury), Roy Orbison, (Lefty Wilbury), Tom Petty, (Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.) and Bob Dylan, (Lucky Wilbury).
2008
Katy Perry‘s major-label debut album, One of the Boys, is released, featuring the hit single “I Kissed a Girl.” It’s not her first album: In 2001 she released a gospel album under her real name, Katy Hudson.
With Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week. It goes on to sell 3 million.
George Michael began his North American tour at the San Diego Sports Arena in California.
Welsh singer Duffy’s single Mercy was named song of the year at the Mojo magazine awards held in London. Best breakthrough act went to The Last Shadow Puppets – the side project of Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner. Other acts honoured at the reader-voted Mojo Honours included Led Zeppelin, Paul Weller, the Sex Pistols and Genesis. Ska band the Specials were welcomed into the Mojo Hall of Fame and former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty, won the inspiration award for his contribution to rock music.
2009
60-year-old Billy Joel and his third wife, 27-year-old Katie Lee Joel announced that were splitting up after nearly five years of marriage. Joel’s nine-year union with model Christie Brinkley ended in 1994. His nine-year marriage to Elizabeth Weber, for whom he wrote ‘Just The Way You Are’, ended in 1982. It’s believed that Billy had a prenuptial agreement to protect the millions his many hits have earned.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2011
A computer hacker who stole songs from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Leona Lewis, Kesha and Mariah Carey during 2009 and 2010 was sentenced to 18 months detention in Germany. A court heard how the teenager, who called himself DJ Stolen, earned more than 15,000 euros (£13,260) by breaking copyright laws and hacking personal information from a number of singers. The 18-year-old used software to steal unpublished songs and then offer them for sale on the internet. Anti-piracy teams in the UK and Germany noticed a growing number of pre-release tracks being leaked much earlier than normal. The teen was also ordered to have therapy for an addiction to the internet.
2012
Bruce Springsteen played his longest show when he turned in a three-hour-and-48-minute, 32-song, set at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. (This surpassed the previously longest show, Dec. 31, 1980 at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, which clocked in at 3:43).
2014
non-binary singer Sam Smith releases his debut album, In the Lonely Hour, in the US.
2015
In an interview with Forbes magazine, former Cream drummer Ginger Baker had some unkind words for Led Zeppelin. “Jimmy’s [Page] a good player, I don’t think Led Zeppelin filled the void that Cream left, but they made a lot of money.” About Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Baker said that he wasn’t “anywhere near what I am. He wasn’t a musician.” Baker also lashed out at the entire genre of Heavy Metal, saying “I loathe and detest Heavy Metal. I think it is an abortion.”
In Nashville, the Rolling Stones’ 15-city Zip Code tour stopped for a concert at LP Field. Brad Paisley was their opening act with Carrie Underwood and Joe Walsh as surprise guest performers.
2016
In an event which could only be described as “surprising,” 1980s Pop star Rick Astley scored his first U.K. #1 LP in 29 years with the album “50”. The effort marked Astley’s first studio album since 2005’s “Portrait”, which reached #26.
The Garth Brooks album “The Ultimate Hits” was certified Platinum.
2017
The announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honours list revealed thatPaul McCartney and J.K. Rowling, already a knight and a dame, respectively, would be further elevated in the British hierarchy with Companion of Honor awards. Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran and Academy Award-winner Olivia de Havilland, weeks shy of her 101st birthday, were among the others also recognized for their contributions to life in Britain.
After a nearly three year delay, a 2.5 acre piece of land called Jimi Hendrix Park opened in Seattle’s Central district. Within walking distance from the legendary guitarist’s childhood home, the park features plaques detailing Hendrix’s life and Hendrix-inspired sculptures.
Don Henley continued his solo tour with a concert at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago.
Nor, in naming Elvis, did Trillin mention Sam Phillips. … 706 Union Ave. with room for a tiny 18-by-30-foot studio and soon began putting out records on the new Sun label. … As if on cue, on June 26, 1954, a 19-year-old “good-looking boy … he had to keep patting down” came into the studio: Elvis Presley.
Anita Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Ring My Bell’. The only hit for the gospel singer from Memphis, making her a One Hit Wonder.
1980
Led Zeppelin begins three week’s worth of shows in Europe. It will prove to be the group’s last tour.
1981
At Earls Court in London, Pink Floyd play the last of 31 performances of The Wall, a unique stage show where a giant wall is erected (and torn down) as the band plays the album in its entirety. It’s Roger Waters’ last concert with the band, which breaks up in 1983 and carries on without him a few years later.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1982
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on “The CBS Morning News” program.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1985
The reclusive Bob Dylan took calls from fans on the syndicated radio show “Rockline.”
Singer Kate Smith (God Bless America, River Stay ‘Way From My Door, When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain)/radio-TV host died from complications of diabetes at the age of 79.
1987
Florida real estate agent Vittoria Holman sued Motley Crue and their concert promoter for hearing loss allegedly incurred at a concert in December 1985. Holman and her daughter had front row seats less than 10 feet (3 meters) from the speakers. The case was settled out of court with the band’s insurance company paying Holman over $30,000. (£18,200).
1988
Singer Jack Leonard,(Oh You Crazy Moon, I Never Mention Your Name, Marie, All the Things You Are, Our Love, Indian Summer, I Can Dream Can’t I?) a featured vocalist with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (1935-1939) before beginning a solo career, died of cancer at the age of 73.
1989
Ringo Starr announces that he will tour again as Ringo And The All-Starr Band. Members of the group include Clarence Clemons, Joe Walsh and Billy Preston.
1991
Comedian Minnie Pearl, who entertained Grand Ole Opry audiences for more than 50 years, suffered a stroke that ended her performing career. She spent her remaining years in a Nashville nursing home and died of complications from another stroke in 1996.
1992
The RIAA confirmed two millions in sales for the album box set “World Wide 50 Gold Award Hits, Volume 1.”
And platinum sales of the “Elvis Aron Presley” box set 8 LP or reissue 4 cds.
With the United States hosting the World Cup, the opening ceremonies are held at Soldier Field in Chicago. In one of the production numbers, Diana Ross sings “I’m Coming Out” while she takes a penalty kick. She misses, but the goal splits open anyway and she runs through to complete the bit.
1997
Fans rioted at an Ozzfest concert in Columbus Ohio, after Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t perform due to throat problems. Angry fans broke windows, uprooted trees, and turned over a parked car.
2000
Eighteen months after Billboard starts factoring airplay into their Hot 100 chart, “Try Again” by Aaliyah becomes the first song to hit the top spot based on airplay alone, as the song is not available for purchase as a single.
2002
A remix of the Elvis Presley song “A Little Less Conversation” hit #1 in Britain.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
The DVD “The Journey – Elvis Presley” was released.
2006
Shakira lands her first #1 hit on the Hot 100 when her single “Hips Don’t Lie,” featuring Wyclef Jean, reaches the top of the tally. It also breaks the record for the most-played pop song in a single week when it’s aired on American radio 9,637 times.
Queen Elizabeth II honored singer/songwriter/musician/TV personality Rolf Harris with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire). In 2014, Harris was found guilty of sexually assaulting a number of underage girls and was sentenced to six years in prison. As a consequence, his CBE, OBE and MBE honors bestowed by the Crown were revoked in March 2015.
2007
The Traveling Wilburys’ “Collection” rose to the top of the UK album chart. The Wilburys consisted of George Harrison, (Nelson Wilbury), Jeff Lynne, (Otis Wilbury), Roy Orbison, (Lefty Wilbury), Tom Petty, (Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.) and Bob Dylan, (Lucky Wilbury).
2008
Katy Perry‘s major-label debut album, One of the Boys, is released, featuring the hit single “I Kissed a Girl.” It’s not her first album: In 2001 she released a gospel album under her real name, Katy Hudson.
With Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week. It goes on to sell 3 million.
Welsh singer Duffy’s single Mercy was named song of the year at the Mojo magazine awards held in London. Best breakthrough act went to The Last Shadow Puppets – the side project of Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner. Other acts honoured at the reader-voted Mojo Honours included Led Zeppelin, Paul Weller, the Sex Pistols and Genesis. Ska band the Specials were welcomed into the Mojo Hall of Fame and former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty, won the inspiration award for his contribution to rock music.
2009
60-year-old Billy Joel and his third wife, 27-year-old Katie Lee Joel announced that were splitting up after nearly five years of marriage. Joel’s nine-year union with model Christie Brinkley ended in 1994. His nine-year marriage to Elizabeth Weber, for whom he wrote ‘Just The Way You Are’, ended in 1982. It’s believed that Billy had a prenuptial agreement to protect the millions his many hits have earned.
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2011
A computer hacker who stole songs from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Leona Lewis, Kesha and Mariah Carey during 2009 and 2010 was sentenced to 18 months detention in Germany. A court heard how the teenager, who called himself DJ Stolen, earned more than 15,000 euros (£13,260) by breaking copyright laws and hacking personal information from a number of singers. The 18-year-old used software to steal unpublished songs and then offer them for sale on the internet. Anti-piracy teams in the UK and Germany noticed a growing number of pre-release tracks being leaked much earlier than normal. The teen was also ordered to have therapy for an addiction to the internet.
2012
Bruce Springsteen played his longest show when he turned in a three-hour-and-48-minute, 32-song, set at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. (This surpassed the previously longest show, Dec. 31, 1980 at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, which clocked in at 3:43).
2014
non-binary singer Sam Smith releases his debut album, In the Lonely Hour, in the US.
2015
In an interview with Forbes magazine, former Cream drummer Ginger Baker had some unkind words for Led Zeppelin. “Jimmy’s [Page] a good player, I don’t think Led Zeppelin filled the void that Cream left, but they made a lot of money.” About Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Baker said that he wasn’t “anywhere near what I am. He wasn’t a musician.” Baker also lashed out at the entire genre of Heavy Metal, saying “I loathe and detest Heavy Metal. I think it is an abortion.”
In Nashville, the Rolling Stones’ 15-city Zip Code tour stopped for a concert at LP Field. Brad Paisley was their opening act with Carrie Underwood and Joe Walsh as surprise guest performers.
2016
In an event which could only be described as “surprising,” 1980s Pop star Rick Astley scored his first U.K. #1 LP in 29 years with the album “50”. The effort marked Astley’s first studio album since 2005’s “Portrait”, which reached #26.
The Garth Brooks album “The Ultimate Hits” was certified Platinum.
2017
An 50th anniversary edition of The Beatle’s “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” LP returned to the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 chart when it came in at #3.
The announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honours list revealed thatPaul McCartney and J.K. Rowling, already a knight and a dame, respectively, would be further elevated in the British hierarchy with Companion of Honor awards. Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran and Academy Award-winner Olivia de Havilland, weeks shy of her 101st birthday, were among the others also recognized for their contributions to life in Britain.
After a nearly three year delay, a 2.5 acre piece of land called Jimi Hendrix Park opened in Seattle’s Central district. Within walking distance from the legendary guitarist’s childhood home, the park features plaques detailing Hendrix’s life and Hendrix-inspired sculptures.
Don Henley continued his solo tour with a concert at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago.
Nor, in naming Elvis, did Trillin mention Sam Phillips. … 706 Union Ave. with room for a tiny 18-by-30-foot studio and soon began putting out records on the new Sun label. … As if on cue, on June 26, 1954, a 19-year-old “good-looking boy … he had to keep patting down” came into the studio: Elvis Presley.
Guglielmo Marconi was granted a patent for his electro-magnetic wave communication system, later to be called radio.
June 2, 1897
Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying “the report of my death was an exaggeration.” The 61-year-old author was responding to rumors that he had died.
June 2, 1924
Native Americans were granted American citizenship by the U.S. Congress.
Tupelo, Mississippi
1935-1948
1935-1940
306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.
, 1938
Vernon Presley 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,
1942
Kelly Street, a rented, small apartment.
1943
The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.
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
June 3, 1951 to July 1, 1951
Elvis was employed as a machinist by “Precision Tool Co.”
April 17, 1952 to May 28, 1952
Elvis worked as an user at Loew’s State Theatre
June 2, 1953
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in Westminster Abbey in London, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI. It was the first coronation to be televised.
Elvis Presley graduated from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, TN. He was the first of both family sides Presley and Smith to do so.
Elvis delivered supplies to job sites for Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour.
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
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
June 2, 1954
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy made the unsubstantiated charge that there were communists working in the Central Intelligence Agency and at American atomic weapons plants.
A sleepy Jazz tune called “Moonglow” by Morris Stoloff And The Columbia Pictures Orchestra pushed Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” out of the top spot on the Cashbox Best Sellers List.
Gene Vincent released the single “Be-Bop-A-Lula” on Capitol Records.
Elvis and Gene Smith flew to Oakland, California, where they arrived at 4.00 a.m. and met with the band who drove the whole way.
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive
June 2, 1957
Johnnie Ray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Yes Tonight Josephine’, the US singers third and final UK No.1. Ray became deaf in his right ear at age 13 after an accident during a Boy Scout “blanket toss,” a variation of the trampoline. (Ray later performed wearing a hearing aid).
Jailhouse Rock Elvis filmed the scene in the prison coal yard.
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
Alan Freed kicks off his new Rock ‘n’ Roll radio show on WABC in New York, which will run from 7:15 PM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Military service – On Leave At Graceland May 31 to June 13 – photos of Elvis in the Graceland driveway.
Elvis in his driveway becomes a photo for the “A Date with Elvis” LP.
Fans greet Elvis at the Graceland Gates.
The Memphis Press covered the homecoming.
June 2, 1959
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
June 2, 1960
Bobby Darin performed for the first time at New York’s famed Copacabana night club. His shows on June 15 and 16 were recorded, edited and released in the album “Darin At The Copa.”
“Gidget Goes Hawaiian,” starring James Darren, Deborah Walley, Michael Callan, Carl Reiner, and Peggy Cass, opened in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters.
June 2, 1962
Owen Gray’s ‘Twist Baby’ became the first single released on UK based Island Records. The label became home to Free, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Bob Marley and U2.
Making believers out those who told him he would lose his fan base if he recorded Country And Western songs. The album it came from sold over a million copies, becoming the first Gold record for ABC-Paramount; Ray Charles started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Don Gibson penned country ballad ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’, also No.1 in the UK.
“Stranger On The Shore” was #1 for the seventh week on the Easy Listening chart for Mr. Acker Bilk, but dropped to #2 on the top ten, replaced by Ray CHarles I Can’t Stop Loving you.
The Rolling Stones played two gigs in one day. The first at Studio 51, Ken Colyer Club in Soho, London. The Stones played a regular Sunday afternoon gig at the club from 4 until 6.30 and were billed as Rhythm and Blues with The Rolling Stones. That evening they appeared at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey.
June 2, 1964
The Rolling Stones made their American television debut on “The Les Crane Show,” then a local program on WABC-TV in New York City.
At EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles recorded “Any Time At All,” “When I Get Home,” and “Things We Said Today.
Gerry and the Pacemakers began filming their movie debut, “Ferry Cross The Mersey,” which also starred singer Cilla Black.
The original Broadway cast album of “Hello Dolly!” was certified Gold.
June 2, 1965
James Brown released the single “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag.”
ABC-TV’s “Shindig!” featured performances by the Righteous Brothers, Diane Renay, Major Lance, and Patty Duke.
The movie “I’ll Take Sweden,” starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill, Frankie Avalon, and Tuesday Weld, had its world premiere.
Frank Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Strangers In The Night’, the singers second UK No.1. The song was originally composed by Avo Uvezian as ‘Broken Guitar’ and later under the title ‘Beddy Bye’ as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed. Sinatra ad-libbed the “Doo-be doo-be doo” closing scat. Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the cartoon dog Scooby-Doo, said that he got the inspiration to name his character from Sinatra’s ad-lib.
The Who were in concert at the Grona Lund in Stockholm, Sweden.
June 2, 1967
David Bowie released his first album, which contained the single, “Love You ‘Til Tuesday”. Although the LP got positive reviews, neither it or the single sold well.
The Beatles released the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album in North America a day after the UK
June 2, 1968
Elvis and Priscilla returned from Hawaii to Los Angeles.
At EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, George Harrisonbegan recording “Isn’t It A Pity” for his “All Things Must Pass” album. It was also issued on a double A-side single with “My Sweet Lord.”
June 2, 1971
June 2, 1972
Dion And The Belmonts reunited for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. The performance was recorded and released as a live album the following year. They had parted company a dozen years earlier after which Dion had a successful solo career, while The Belmonts managed to chart only a couple of times.
June 2, 1973
Paul McCartney had both the No.1 positions on the US charts when ‘Red Rose Speedway’, went to the top of the album chart and ‘My Love’, started a four week run as the No.1 single.
Paul McCartney & Wings made it a triple crown with the new #1 song “My Love”. Elton John found himself at #2 with his biggest hit to that point with “Daniel”. Edgar Winter Group tumbled to 3 with “Frankenstein” while Sylvia’s solo hit “Pillow Talk” was at #4.
Paul Simon watched as his “Kodachrome” rapidly moved up the chart, moving from 57 to 28.
Elvis Presley’s live version of “Steamroller Blues” hit #17 in the U.S.
ELO began their first tour of the United States at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California.
Red Rose Speedway, the new album from Paul McCartney & Wings, pulled away from the competition in its fourth week of release, moving from 13 to 1. The album it displaced at #1 was the Beatles/1967-1970 (the “Blue” album).
June 2, 1974
June 2, 1975
The Bee Gees released the album that would launch them into superstardom, Main Course, on RSO Records.
Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama, at 4.30 and 8.30 p.m.
Photo by George Hill
Date:
02 Jun 1975
Time:
4.30pm
Venue:
Mobile, AL.
Municipal Auditorium
Tickets:
10,620
Costume:
Silver Phoenix suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel Hound Dog
The Wonder Of You
Burning Love
[band introductions]
Johnny B. Goode
School Days
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
I’ll Remember You
Why Me Lord
Let Me Be There
American Trilogy
Funny How Time Slips Away
Little Darlin’
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
After this show, Elvis fought with Linda Thompson regarding the amount of his money she spent. They spoke of breaking up.
Iconic Elvis image would be used as a cover for “Elvis Presley Blvd”, recorded “live” at Graceland.
Date:
02 Jun 1975
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Mobile, AL.
Municipal Auditorium
Tickets:
10,620
Costume:
Indian feather suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel Hound Dog
The Wonder Of You
[band introductions]
School Days
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
I’ll Remember You
Let Me Be There
American Trilogy
Funny How Time Slips Away
Little Darlin’
Mystery Train/Tiger Man
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Wings set a new world record when they performed in front of 67,100 fans in Seattle, the largest attendance for an indoor crowd.
Elvis performed at the Civic Center Coliseum, El Paso, Texas.
Elvis and Guitarist James Burton – photo by Bud Sanders
Date:
02 Jun 1976
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
El Paso, TX.
Civic Center Grand Hall
Tickets:
9,000
Costume:
Bicentennial (white) Suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
You Gave Me A Mountain
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel
Help Me
Fever
Jailhouse Rock
And I Love You So
Polk Salad Annie
[band introductions]
Early Morning Rain
What’d I Say?
Love Letters
School Days
Hurt (plus reprise)
Hound Dog
Funny How Time Slips Away
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
“An Excitement Frenzy – It’s Elvis in Person” by Barbara Funkhouser
El Paso Times (June 3, 1976) (Concert Review)
“Elvis Arrives Quietly Under Tight Security” by Francisco Trejo
El Paso Times (June 3, 1976) (Concert Review)
Red West, Dave Hebler, Dick Grob and an exhausted Elvis leave the building Photo Copyright;Keith Alverson
Engagement – Tour Ref: On Tour number 21 – May 27th – June 6th 1976
Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama.
Date:
02 Jun 1977
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Mobile, AL.
Municipal Auditorium.
Tickets:
11,000
Costume:
Mexican Sundial Suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
Fairy Tale
You Gave Me A Mountain
Jailhouse Rock
It’s Now Or Never
Help Me
American Trilogy
Polk Salad Annie [band introductions]
Early Morning Rain
What’d I Say
Johnny B. Goode
School Days
I Really Don’t Want To Know
Hurt
Hound Dog
Unchained Melody
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
After the show, Elvis returned to Memphis – Elvis Left the Building with Dr Nick and Ginger Alden.
Bruce Springsteen released his fourth album, “Darkness On The Edge Of Town.”
Crystal Gayle hosted Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on The Midnight Special on NBC-TV.
1979
Donna Summer started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hot Stuff’, her second US No.1, it made No.11 in the UK.
“Hot Stuff” gave Donna Summer her third #1 song after “Last Dance” and “MacArthur Park”. “Hot Stuff” was one of a select few songs I called “Disco Rock”, for it really was a melding of two musical styles. Had more songs been like this, disco would have lasted much longer. Peaches & Herb relented from their hold on #1 with “Reunited” while the Bee Gees edged closer with “Love You Inside Out”. Supertramp had their first Top 10 with “The Logical Song”.
1981
Prince made his live British debut at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, (he would not play the UK again for five years).
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
Wham! had their first UK No.1 with ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.’ Written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo. Inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew’s parents, originally intended to read “wake me up before you go” but with “up” accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote “go” twice on purpose.
“Time After Time” from newcomer Cyndi Lauper on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching the #1 position.
Huey Lewis & the News had the fastest-rising song within the Top 10 with “The Heart Of Rock & Roll”, moving from 13 to 8.
1986
Peter Cetera released the single “Glory Of Love”.
1987
Whitney Houston released her follow-up album Whitney on Arista Records.
Dance band leader Sammy Kaye died of cancer at age 77. (Harbor Lights, The Old Lamp-Lighter, I’m A Big Girl Now, Chickery Chick, Daddy, Dream Valley, Love Walked In, Rosalie)
Former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was sentenced in Detroit to two years probation and 50 days of community service after being convicted of using cocaine. A bag containing cocaine residue was found with Ruffin’s personal papers when police raided a house in July 1987.
Adrienne Brown’s lawyer, Allen W. Johnson, introduced a novel defense at her trial where she was answering to charges of driving under the influence of drugs, speeding and criminal trespass. Johnson claimed that Adrienne’s status as the wife of James Brown, the “ambassador of Soul”, gave her diplomatic immunity. Johnson reconsidered and withdrew the motion the next day.
1989
Rolling Stone Bill Wyman secretly married 19-year-old Mandy Smith. Wyman’s 28-year-old son was best man. All other four Stones attended. The marriage lasted 17 months.
1990
Mariah Carey first appeared on the scene with “Vision Of Love”, her first chart hit.
“Do You Remember” by Phil Collins moved into the #1 slot on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1992
Singer k.d. lang’s interview with the Advocate, a gay and lesbian publication, speaking frankly about being a lesbian and her unrequited love for a married woman, inspiring “Constant Craving” is published.
1993
Ronald Ray Howard’s murder trial began in Austin, TX. Howard killed a state trooper after listening to Tupac Shakur’s “2Pacalypse Now” album. Howard was convicted and sentenced to death.
2000
The RIAA certified Garth Brooks’ “Double Live” at the 13 million level. This matched the highest-certified live album record held by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s “Live 1975-1985.”
2002
Jimmy Buffett flew his biplane into a runway sign at Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport, but was not injured. The Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said the plane was pushed off the runway by a gust of wind.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2003
After negative public reaction and protests from Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney agreed to drop his quest to have certain Beatles songwriting credits reversed to read McCartney-Lennon.
The New York Philharmonic announced that it would return to Carnegie Hall. The orchestra cited Carnegie’s acoustics as a key reason for the move.
2006
Vince Welnick, keyboard player for The Tubes and later The Grateful Dead, committed suicide. The 55-year-old musician stood on a hillside behind his Forestville home and drew a knife across his throat in front of his wife.
2008
American guitarist and singer Bo Diddley, (Ellas Otha Bates) died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida aged 79. The legendary singer and performer, was known for his homemade square guitar and his ‘shave and a haircut, two bits’ rhythm, which influenced artists from Buddy Holly to Bruce SpringsteenThe Rolling Stones and U2.
Cher launched a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming that the label shortchanged her and the heirs of her late ex-husband, Sonny Bono, by underpaying about $5 million in royalties. A UMG spokesman said “The claims are meritless and we are confident that we will prevail in court.”
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Paul McCartney received the Gershwin Prize for popular song from the Library of Congress by United States President Barack Obama at the White House.
2015
A 26-year-old Cordova, Tennessee man was handed a two-year suspended sentence with probation after stealing a pair of Elton John’s sunglasses from the Memphis Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last May.
2016
The limited edition vinyl pressing of the David Bowie album ChangesOneBowie was at No.1 on the UK’s Official Vinyl Album Chart. Bowie had four other vinyl albums on the chart; Blackstar at No.14, Hunky Dory at No. 17, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars at No. 18 and Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of David Bowie at No.23. Sales of vinyl records were up 32% to $416 million, their highest level since 1988, according to the RIAA.
2017
In Atlanta, Paul Simon continued his summer tour with a concert at Chastain Park Ampitheatre.
Neil Diamond continued the North American leg of his 50-Year Anniversary World Tour with a concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit.
Anton Dvorak’s opera “Rusalka” premiered in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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
The original Broadway production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!,” starring Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard Da Silva, and Celeste Holm, opened at New York’s St. James Theatre for 2212 performances.
1944
August 8, 1945 to July 18, 1946
Berry Street -“Doll” Smith lived here with the Presleys and then Minnie Mae Presley moved in.
1945
The original Broadway production of the Tennessee Williams play “The Glass Menagerie,” starring Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, Anthony Ross and Laurette Taylor, opened at New York’s Playhouse Theatre for 563 performances.
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
1949
RCA Victor introduces the 45 rpm single record, which had been in development since 1940. The 7 inch disc was designed to compete with the 33 1/3 LP introduced by Columbia a year earlier. Both formats offered better fidelity and longer playing time than the 78 rpm platter that was currently in use. Advertisements for new record players boasted that with 45 RPM records, the listener could hear up to ten records with speedy, silent, hardly noticeable changes.
The first 45 rpm released was “Texarkana Baby” by country & western singer Eddy Arnold. The disc was made of green vinyl, part of an early plan to color-code singles according to the genre of music they featured. Others included yellow for children’s songs and red for classical music.
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
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
March 31, 1954
The Presleys lived at 2414 Lamar Avenue, rented til the end of 1954 to mid-1955
Brenda Lee , at eleven-years old, made her television debut on ABC’s “Ozark Jamboree,” singing the Hank Williams song, “Jambalaya.”
A full-page in Billboard (another first for Elvis) on March 31 announced, “A Red Hot Star Is Born on RCA Victor Records!” The LP quickly rose to the top of the LP chart, where it stayed for 10 weeks. It became the first RCA album ever to sell over 300,000 copies on its initial release.
Presley had thirty-five R&B hits from 1956 through 1963 starting today with the R&B debut of “Heartbreak Hotel,” which reached #3. He was the most successful White artist on the Black charts and was #35 among the Top 500 R&B artists of all time.
Due to his impending stardom, Elvis would buy out of the remainder of his contract for $10,000 and the agreement to return at a future date for one final benefit appearance.
Elvis during his final Hayride appearance in the Municipal Auditorium – Mar. 31, 1956
Elvis performed his last regular appearance one the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport.
The other acts were Billy Walker, Johnny Cash, Jeanette Hicks, Buddy Attaway, Hoot & Curley, Buzz Busby & The Bayou Boys, Jack Ford and David Houston
In Little Rock, Arkansas, Sun labelmates Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins began their only tour together; also on the bill were Onie Wheeler, Glen Douglas.
Billed as the nation’s only atomic powered singer, Elvis Presley played two shows (2pm and 6pm), at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan in front of 24,000 fans. Elvis, Scotty, Bill and DJ made their second appearances in Detroit, at the Olympia Stadium, at 2.00 and 8.00 p.m, the opening acts were Rex Marlowe, June Day, Jimmy James, Frank Connors, Frankie Trent and The Jordanaires
Elvis backstage at Olympia Stadium. March 31, 1957
15,000 fans had seen Elvis the first time, the Detroit Free Press reported this time performed to at least 24,000.
Opening acts were Rex Marlowe, June Day, Jimmy James, Frank Connors, Frankie Trent and The Jordanaires
Elvis backstage with members of the Detroit Police Dept. women’s Division
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.
The Military Service Disruption
March 31, 1958
Chuck Berry‘s “Johnny B. Goode” is released. It would enter the Billboard charts six weeks later and rise to number 8 on the Hot 100 and number two on the R&B chart. The song’s original lyrics referred to Johnny as a “colored boy”, but Berry later acknowledged that he changed it to “country boy” to ensure radio play.
“Tequila” by the Champs took over at #1 on the R&B chart.
Military service at Fort Hood, TX, for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
March 31, 1959
On NBC-TV, “The Jimmie Rodgers Show” began its 21-week run with series regulars Connie Francis, the Kirby Stone Four, the Clay Warnick Singers, and Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra.
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
March 31, 1960
Lonnie Donegan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’, his third No.1. Donegan became the first British artist to enter the UK chart at No.1, the only other artist to achieve this feat at this time was Elvis Presley. The song which was recorded live at the Bristol Hippodrome was a music hall novelty song.
March 31, 1961
The Brooklyn Fox’s Easter Extravaganza included performances by the Marcel, the Shirelles, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs, Carla Thomas, Ben E. King, the Olympics, Chuck Jackson, the Capris, the Isley Brothers, and Rosie, formerly of the Originals.
The Beatles ventured to the South of England, appearing at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud. The Rebel Rousers joined them in a concert that would cost 5 schillings, or about 70 cents.
The Shirelles‘ “Soldier Boy” is released in the US on Sceptor Records. The tune becomes the group’s biggest hit, reaching number one, selling over a million copies and earning a Gold record.
Connie Francis had the #1 song on the Billboard singles chart with “Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You”. In the UK, it stalled at #33.
Connie Francis hit #1 in the U.S. with “Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You”. Bruce Channel gave way with “Hey! Baby” while Shelley Fabares was up nicely from 11 to 3 with “Johnny Angel”. Roy Orbison was up to 4 with “Dream Baby” while Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen dropped with the former #2 hit “Midnight In Moscow”. The rest of the Top 10: “Slow Twistin'” from Chubby Checker, Don & Juan with “What’s Your Name”, the Sensations fell with “Let Me In”, Elvis Presley registered his 28th Top 10 hit and 54th overall in just seven years with “Good Luck Charm”, which moved from 14-9 and Sam Cooke had #10–“Twistin’ The Night Away”.
on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show.” The McGuire Sisters, Rickie Layne and Velvel, and Dave Barry also performed on the program, while Jackie Wilson sang “Night” and “Baby Work Out”
March 31, 1964
The Beatles filmed a “live” television performance at the Scale Theatre for use in the movie A Hard Day’s Night. The songs that made it to the film were “I Should Have Known Better”, “And I Love Her”, “She Loves You”, and “Tell Me Why”.
The movie “Frankie and Johnny,” starring Elvis Presley and co-starring Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon, and Nancy Kovack, premiered in Baton Rouge, LA.
Elvis’ 20th motion picture Frankie and Johnny premiered in the US.
March 31, 1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began its first tour at the Astoria Theatre in London, but the debut was short-lived as Jimi was taken to a hospital for burns on his hands as a result of his new “gimmick” that included burning his guitar. The tour included American and British stars the Walker Brothers and Engelbert Humperdinck. Before the tour was over Jimi would be playing his guitar with his teeth along with his nightly burn-the-guitar ritual, which would have theater owners up in arms.
In Toronto, Gordon Lightfoot gave the first of his annual series of concerts at Massey Hall.
on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show. Frankie Laine, the Young Americans, Myron Cohen and Wayne & Shuster also performed on the program while Smokey Robinson & the Miracles sang a hits medley
Bobby Sherman starred in an episode of The F.B.I. on ABC-TV
John Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono left their “bed-in” at the Amsterdam Hilton to make a quick trip to Vienna for the premiere of Yoko’s new film “Rape,” a trip detailed in the next Beatles single, “The Ballad Of John And Yoko.”
Colonel Parker inks a new deal with RCA that will allow for three new releases per year on the label’s budget Camden imprint. The albums will feature ten tracks, mostly movie leftovers and some previously released material.
The “Tom Jones Live at Caesar’s Palace” album was certified Gold.
Filming of the MGM documentary continued, with Elvis and the musicians working through the tour repertoire.
The night ended with Elvis, Charlie Hodge, James Burton and J.D. Sumner gathering around the piano singing gospels.
March 31, 1973
Donny Osmond had the #1 song in the UK with his remake of the Johnny Mathis song “The Twelfth of Never”.
“Sing” rose to #1 on the Adult chart, giving the Carpenters their seventh #1 on that chart in four years, and the ninth song to reach either #1 or #2 during that time.
Gladys Knight & the Pips celebrated a third week at #1 on the R&B chart with “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye”), which wound up as one of The Top 10 R&B Songs of the 70’s*.
Roberta Flack returned to #1 for a fifth week with “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. Deodato was one step away with his great instrumental “Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)”. Gladys Knight & the Pips edged up with “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)” with previous #1 “Love Train” by the O’Jays stopping off at #4. The Four Tops moved up with their 32nd career hit–“Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)”. The rest of the Top 10: The new song from the Stylistics, “Break Up To Make Up”, Edward Bear dropped with “Last Song”, the Carpenters moved into the list with “Sing” and Vicki Lawrence jumped from 16 to 10 with “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”.
Ali wored the robe Elvis gave him, lost the fight and did not wear it again for boxing.
March 31, 1974
March 31, 1975
Hilton Hotel dinner and midnight shows.
Date:
31 Mar 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
It’s Midnight
Burning Love
Band Introductions / What’d I Say (James Burton) / Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) / Bass Solo (Duke Bardwell / Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) / Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs) / School Day /
My Boy
I’ll Remember You
Let Me Be ThereMy Heavenly Father Watches Over Me (Performed By Kathy Westmoreland)
How Great Thou Art
Hound Dog
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Date:
31 Mar 1975
Time:
Midnight
Venue:
Las Vegas, NV.
Hilton Hotel
Tickets:
1,600
Costume:
Darkblue two piece suit
Track list:
Also Sprach Zarathustra
See See Rider
I Got A Woman/Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
The Wonder Of You
Burning Love
Band Introductions / What’d I Say / Drums solo (by Ronnie Tutt) / Bass solo (by Duke Bardwell) / Piano solo (by Glen D. Hardin) / Electric Piano solo (by David Briggs) / School Day
Fairytale
I’ll Remember You
Let Me Be There
Hound Dog
Dialogue – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Little DarlingCelebrity introductions (Liberace)
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Hound Dog
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Recordings:
Streamlined Elvis still has That Old Magic by Dianna Sheram National Tattler
Portions of these shows were used in the Follow that Dream label “Southern Nights” a compilation concert CD
audience recording on cassette
Engagement – Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 12 – Las Vegas March 18th – April 1st 1975
Elvis Presley‘s concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is postponed during intermission when he is too ill to go onstage. Elvis was unable to go on with the tour and the last 3 shows of the tour were canceled.
Date:
31 Mar 1977
Time:
8.30pm
Venue:
Baton Rough, LA
Tickets:
CANCELLED!
Costume:
0
Track list:
0
Recordings:
0
Elvis learned that Red West and cousin Sonny West along with Dave Hebler signed a book deal for “Elvis What Happened”
The next day, he is admitted to a Memphis hospital for a six day stay, suffering from fatigue and intestinal flu.
Engagement – Tour Ref: On Tour number 29 – March 23rd – April 3rd 1977
Sister Sledge had the new #1 on the R&B chart with “He’s The Greatest Dancer”.
The new song from Peaches & Herb, “Reunited”, jumped from #66 to 26 on this date.
“Tragedy” from the Bee Gees remained at #1 giving the trio a total of 19 weeks at #1 in the last three years for five different chart-toppers. “I Will Survive” from Gloria Gaynor sat poised to take over while the Grammy Award winner from the Doobie Brothers, “What A Fool Believes” was third. Donna Summer combined with Brooklyn Dreams for song #4–“Heaven Knows”. The rest of the Top 10: “Shake Your Groove Thing” from Peaches & Herb, Dire Straits’ first single, “Sultans Of Swing”, was sixth, Rod Stewart’s former #1 “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, Amii Stewart roared from 15 to 8 with “Knock On Wood”, Bobby Caldwell with “What You Won’t Do for Love” and Melissa Manchester had her first Top 10 with “Don’t Cry Out Loud”.
For the fifth week, the great album Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees was #1. Holding off Minute By Minute from the Doobie Brothers and the self-titled Dire Straits album
1982
The Doobie Brothers announced they were breaking up after a farewell tour.
1983 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1983
MTV added Michael Jackson’s video for “Beat It” to its schedule, the first video by a black artist to be played on MTV.
Rockwell ruled for a fifth week on the R&B chart with “Somebody’s Watching Me”.
U2 appeared on the BBC-TV show Top of the Pops performing “Two Hearts Beat As One”.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1984
Kenny Loggins danced into the #1 spot with “Footloose”, leaping over Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me”. Van Halen’s reign was over with “Jump”, the Eurythmics were up to 4 with “Here Comes The Rain Again” and newcomer Cyndi Lauper fell with “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”. The rest of the Top 10: “I Want A New Drug” from Huey Lewis & the News, which was much higher in most markets, Phil Collins had a smash in “Against All Odds”, which moved from 12-7, the Pointer Sisters with “Automatic”, Hall & Oates were stuck at 9 with “Adult Education” and Culture Club had another Top 10 with “Miss Me Blind”.
With each week it remained #1, Thrillerby Michael Jackson extended the Rock Era record and made it tougher that another album will ever beat it. On this date, the count had reached 35 weeks at #1. 1984 from Van Halen was second, followed by the great “Footloose” Soundtrack. Colour By Numbers from Culture Club was next, with Can’t Slow Down by Lionel Richie and Sports from Huey Lewis & the News behind. The rest of the Top 10: Learning to Crawlfrom the Pretenders, Touch by the Eurythmics, the Police were still in it after 40 weeks with Synchronicity and Cyndi Lauper edged into the Top 10 with She’s So Unusual.
1986
O’Kelly Isley of The Isley Brothers died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 48. As a trio, the Isleys started as a Gospel group in the early 1950s, switching to R&B in the latter half of the decade. Their first big hit was “Shout” in 1959, followed in 1962 by the original version of “Twist and Shout”, later covered by the Beatles. The Isley Brothers’ biggest hit came in 1969 with the million-selling “It’s Your Thing.”
Heart released the single “Nothin’ At All”.
Elvis Presley’s “Crying In The Chapel,” recorded in 1960 and released as a single in 1965, was certified Gold.
1987
Prince released the album Sign O’ the Times on on his own Paisley Records.
1989
The World’s Largest Twist Party took place when 2,248 twisters joined singer Chubby Checker at Disneyland as part of their “Blast to the Past” celebration.
1990
The Elvis tribute – “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles was #1 again with Taylor Dayne giving pursuit with “Love Will Lead You Back”. Phil Collins was at 3 with his 11th consecutive Top 10 song–“I Wish It Would Rain Down”. Tommy Page moved to 4 with “I’ll Be Your Everything” and Lisa Stansfield continued to climb with “All Around The World”. The rest of the Top 10: “Don’t Wanna’ Fall In Love” moved from 12 to 6 for Jane Child, Janet Jackson’s former #1 “Escapade”, Madonna was running out of steam with “Keep It Together”, Technotronic had “Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)” and Luther Vandross was back with “Here And Now”.
David Bowie hit #1 on the U.K. Album chart with Changes Bowie.
Paula Abdul completed a nine-week run at #1 on the Album chart with Forever Your Girl, and all this after 89 weeks of release. Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 and Grammy winner Nick of Time from Bonnie Raitt provided competition, with Soul Provider by Michael Bolton in fourth.
At the Starplex Amphitheater in Dallas, Cher began her 55-date Heart of Stone World Tour. Her Heart of Stone tour would gross over $70 million.
1991
Whitney Houston performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Norfolk Naval Air Station for American soldiers returning from the Gulf War. Her recording of the anthem sold more than 750,000 records in only nine days.
1992
Bruce Springsteen released both Human Touch and Lucky Town albums on the same day
1994
Madonna caused trouble on the set of The Late Show With David Letterman. The network had to delete 13 offending words from the audio track before the show aired. An obviously annoyed Letterman told the singer “People don’t want language like that coming into their living room.” Madonna also handed Letterman a pair of her panties and told him to sniff them. He declined and stuffed them into his desk drawer. Robin Williams later described the segment as a “battle of wits with an unarmed woman.”
1995
Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. Saldivar had been fired for embezzlement.
Jimmy Page escaped injury when a fan rushed the stage at a Page And Plant concert at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he stabbed instead. After he was arrested, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.
1998
“Good Times” – made in 1967, and the only movie to star Sonny & Cher – had its home video debut and included a previously unreleased version of “I Got You Babe.”
The first Celebration of Female Artists Awards show took place at the Grosvenor House in London.
Celine Dion began the first of four weeks at the top of the U.K. Album chart with A New Day Has Come.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2004
Confessions by Usher soared to #1 on the Album chart after selling 1 million copies in its first week.
2006
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry announced that digital music sales almost tripled around the world in 2005, reaching $1.1 billion in value.
2010
A private detective’s search for Olivia Newton-John‘s former boyfriend, Patrick McDermott, was called off when McDermott sent photos and voice recordings to prove that he was alive and well. McDermott vanished at sea in 2005 and was believed to have drowned after a boating mishap, but has since been traced to the Mexican fishing village of Sayulita, where he was working as a deckhand. Newton-John split from McDermott the day before he disappeared and she went on to wed millionaire herb entrepreneur John Easterling in 2008.
Cher’s first child, Chaz Bono, asked a judge to formally change his name and gender following the sex change surgery he had last year. The 41-year-old, who was born Chastity Sun Bono, became Chaz Salvatore according to a petition filed in Los Angeles. Salvatore was his father Sonny Bono’s real first name.
2011 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2011
Australian band Men at Work lost an appeal against a ruling which found their 1983 hit single ‘Down Under’ was partly copied from a folk song. Australia’s Federal Court upheld the decision which stated part of the song’s melody came from the tune Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. Record label EMI argued the writers did not plagiarize because the inclusion of two bars from the tune was a tribute.
2015
Steven Tyler announced that he was working on his first solo country album. On April 6, it was announced that he had signed a record deal.
2016
In Denver, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band continued The River Tour with a concert at the Pepsi Center.
2017
Joe Walsh to Perform Concert During Weekend Tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland
Vanessa Hudgens rocks cute hoodie of Elvis Presley’s eyes
Forget Rappers, Drake Is Taking On Elvis Presley As The New “King” – Exclusive Hip Hop News,
Elvis Presley began studying it in the 1950s, above – battling with Red West in Graceland; incorporating karate into his 1960s movie fight scenes and his 1970s concert performances
Elvis certainly would have earned his early belts – but he really did lack the discipline as evidences by his manic retail therapy and general binging – of all his interests, Karate remained a passion over his lifetime.
Elvis with Shotokan Sensei Tetsuji Murakimi in Paris January 1960
. Elvis enjoyed being on the karate culture circuit and trained with many of the personalities of the era Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, Ed Parker and others.
Kang Rhee issued Elvis his upper black belt certifications and Elvis gave him a car.
In the 1970s, Elvis famously broke up a street fight and kicked a pack of cigarettes out of a guy’s shirt pocket.
Elvis designed his own patch.
Mike Stone was a karate name and Elvis convinced Priscilla to take up karate and instead, she took up with the instructor – leaving Elvis for Stone.
Elvis had been dissatisfied with his acting movie career and for a while, decided to produce a movie about karate – featuring all his pals.
The movie was never completed – however was eventually leaked to the fan base.
Like everyone else, the karate crowd exploited their Elvis connection.
Ed Parker used Elvis to promote his events when Elvis was alive and Dave Hebler was part of The Bodyguard book.
Elvis and Dave Hebler – Kenpo Karate 2016 Inductees: Both Elvis Presley, as well as his bodyguard Dave Hebler, have been nominated and accepted into the Kenpo Karate hall Of Fame.
The sold-out Kenpo Karate hall Of Fame dinner and induction was last Saturday, November 5, 2016 in Whittier CA. The Kenpo Karate Hall of Fame recognizes the legacy and lineage of Kenpo practitioners and their contributions to Kenpo Karate.
Elvis received his 8th Degree Black Belt certificate at the Tennessee Karate Institute in Memphis in September 1974.
“An Excitement Frenzy – It’s Elvis in Person” by Barbara Funkhouser
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