Give us this day, September 20, our daily Elvis
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
1948
1010 North Green Street, in the Shakerag section of Tupelo.
memphis after sept 48
Memphis, Tennessee
1948-1953 – Humes High School
September 20, 1949
The Presley family was accepted into the Memphis Housing Authority’s Lauderdale Courts. This was just around the corner of the house they were living in. They had to pay $35 a month for a 2 bedroom, first floor apartment at 185 Winchester Street. Ruby Black, the mother of Bill Black, is the neighbour.
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
572 Poplar Avenue
185 Winchester Street, a two- bedroom apartment (number 328)
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
September 20, 1954
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
September 20, 1955
Elvis performed at the Danville Fairgrounds, Danville, Virginia.
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The Presleys lived at 1414 Getwell Street rented from mid-1955 to May, 11 1956.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
September 20, 1956
The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive
September 20, 1957
Buddy Holly released the single “Peggy Sue” backed with “Everyday”.
Elvis appeared on Memphis television station WKNO to promote traffic safety and driver education.
Elvis Australia and Elvis Presley 1957 | Elvis Australia
The Presleys lived at Graceland
The Military Service Disruption
September 20, 1958
Military Train Transport to New York: While Elvis was on the troop train bound for New York, several friends caught up with the train in Memphis, during refuelling. Elvis was introduced to a pretty girl from Mississippi, Jane Wilbanks, whom he soon called from Germany.
Romances: Janie Wilbanks
September 20, 1959
Military Service in Germany
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
September 20, 1960
September 20, 1961
September 20, 1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair
Romances: Ann-Margaret
September 20, 1963
September 20, 1964
3,682 fans paid per ticket to see The Beatles play a charity concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York City to wrap up their North American tour.
While CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” was airing video tape of the Beatles‘ February 16, 1964 appearance on the program, the band was on stage at the Paramount Theatre in New York City performing in the only benefit show during their three U.S. tours. All proceeds went to the United Cerebral Palsey and the Retarded Infants Services charities. A capacity crowd of 3,682 people paid $5.00 to $100 (1964 $100 in 2017 dollars: $792.00) per seat and the concert raised approximately $75,000.
September 20, 1965
September 20, 1966
George Harrison went to India for his first visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
September 20, 1967
Rick Nelson and wife celebrated the birth of twins Gunnar and Matthew, who would go on to form the group Nelson (“(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection”).
September 20, 1968
Led Zeppelin (recording under the name of The Yardbirds) started recording their debut album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England. The album took only about 36 hours of studio time to complete at a cost of around £1,782, with most of the tracks being recorded ‘live’ in the studio with very few overdubs.
Elvis spent most of September in Palm Springs.
September 20, 1969
“Share Your Love With Me” by Aretha Franklin ran its winning streak to five weeks at #1 on the R&B chart.
During a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.
Associated TV spends a million pounds to gain control of The Beatles‘ music publishing company, Northern Songs.
Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends The Archie’s started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Sugar Sugar. It became the longest running One Hit Wonder in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts. Although the record label gave credit to a fictional band called The Archies, it was singer Ron Dante who led a group of studio musicians to the top of the US pop chart with “Sugar Sugar”.
Blind Faith rose to #1 on the Album chart in the U.S. with their self-titled release. Johnny Cash at San Quentin fell and word of mouth was beginning to sell the great debut album Blood, Sweat & Tears. The Soundtrack to “Hair” came in fourth, just ahead of the mind-blowing move from 127 to #5 for Green River by CCR. The rest of the Top 10: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly in its 62nd week, the Best of Cream, Smash Hits from the Jimi Hendrix Experience at #8, The Soft Parade from the Doors, and the compilation Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Volume 2) by the Rolling Stones entered the Top 10.
UK music paper Melody Maker readers poll results were published. Winners included Eric Clapton who won best musician, Bob Dylan best male singer and best album for ‘Nashville Skyline’. Best group went to The Beatles, Best single went to Simon and Garfunkel for ‘The Boxer’ and Janis Joplin won Best female singer.
Elvis Presley had his biggest song in years and one of the fastest-risers as well–“Suspicious Minds”, which moved from #77 to #36 on this date.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
September 20, 1970
The Rolling Stones live album ‘Get Your Ya-Yas Out’ started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart. Recorded at New York’s Madison Sq Gardens on 27th & 28th Nov 1969, featuring ‘Jumpin Jack Flash’, ‘Honky Tonk Woman’ and ‘Midnight Rambler’.
Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 (£270), fine for public exposure and sixty days hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris France on July 3, 1971.
September 20, 1971
Peter Frampton quit Humble Pie to follow a solo career.
September 20, 1972
Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for the second time in four weeks for possession of cannabis, this time for growing it at their Scottish farmhouse near Campbeltown.
September 20, 1973
30 year old Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash, after playing a concert at North-western State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. His small charter plane, a Beechcraft D-18, hit a tree just after take-off in bad weather. He and Maury Muehleisen, his lead guitarist, both died in the crash, along with the members of the plane’s crew. Only a week before, Croce finished recording his third album, “I Got a Name”.
Elton John, Carole King, Jackson Browne and Neil Young & Crazy Horse opened the Roxy in style in Los Angeles.
September 20, 1974
September 20, 1975
Neil Sedaka and Elton John moved from 66 to 32 with “Bad Blood”.
The Bay City Rollers appeared on the Saturday Night Variety Show and performed their just released record, “Saturday Night”, which would climb to number one in the US by the first week of January.
‘Fame’ gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US. The song was co-written with John Lennon. Lennon’s voice is heard towards the ending of the song repeating the words: “Fame, Fame, Fame” from a fast track, through a regular track, to a slow track, before Bowie finished the lyrics.
Winners in this year’s Melody Makers Readers poll included, Robert Plant who won Best singer, Joni Mitchell, Best female singer, Yes won Best band, Genesis won Best live act, Best single, ‘I’m Not In Love, by 10cc, Best album Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin, and Brightest hope went to Camel.
Between the Lines by Janis Ian was the #1 album, displacing the Isley Brothers LP The Heat is On. Two new entries in the Top 10: Born to Run from Bruce Springsteen moved from #84 to #8 while Pick of the Litter gave the Spinners a Top 10 album.
September 20, 1976
The first of the two night 100 Club Punk Festival, Oxford St, London, featuring the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Sub Way Sect, Suzie (spelling on the poster), And The Banshees, The Buzzcocks, Vibrators and Stinky Toys. Admission £1.50
AC/DC released their third studio album ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after ‘Highway To Hell’ and ‘Back In Black’.
The Captain and Tennille musical variety show premiered on ABC TV. After just one season however, the duo felt they could no longer keep up with the heavy work load and asked to be released from their contract.
Elvis in Palm Springs, not to return to Memphis before the 26th.
The Wake and Aftermath
1977
Linda Ronstadt released her remake of the Buddy Holly classic “It’s So Easy”.
1978
The Who‘s “Who Are You” LP goes Gold. The single of the same name would later be used as the theme for the popular US TV show C.S.I.
1980
Kate Bush scored her first UK No.1 album with ‘Never For Ever.’ It was the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at No.1.
Dionne Warwick had one of The Top Adult Contemporary Songs of the 1980’s*–“No Night So Long”, which first reached #1 on this date.
The Game by Queen took over on the U.S. Album chart from the great album Hold Out by Jackson Browne. Diana from Diana Ross was third with the Rolling Stones tumbling with their former #1 Emotional Rescue. The Cars moved from 12-5 with their third album Panorama while the self-titled Christopher Cross was still at 6. The rest of the Top 10: George Benson’s Give Me the Night, two great movie soundtracks, “Xanadu” and “Urban Cowboy” and Pat Benatar’s breakthrough album Crimes of Passion moved from 16-10.
The eight-album boxed set “Elvis Aron Presley” hit #27 in the U.S.
Elvis Collectibles: Elvis Aaron Presley
1982
Weighing only 77 pounds, singer Karen Carpenter was hospitalized and fed intravenously as she began six weeks of treatment in New York City.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
1986
Huey Lewis And The News started a three week run at the top of the US singles chart with “Stuck With You”, a #12 hit in the UK. Huey Lewis & the News were on top of the AC chart with “Stuck With You”.
The Soundtrack to “Top Gun” took over the #1 position on the Album chart from Madonna’s True Blue. Huey Lewis had the only new entry but it was a big one–the great album Fore! moved from #42 to #10 in its second week of release.
Huey Lewis & the News grabbed the #1 spot with “Stuck With You” but Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson were close behind with their song “Friends And Lovers”. Lionel Richie fell after peaking at 2 with “Dancing On The Ceiling”. The rest of the Top 10: Run-D.M.C. with their remake of the Aerosmith classic “Walk This Way” (never remake classics…). The rest of the Top 10: Canada’s Glass Tiger with “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”, Daryl Hall’s solo hit “Dreamtime”, Janet Jackson had “When I Think Of You” which moved from 14 to 7, Stacey Q and “Two Of Hearts”, Berlin was down with their former #1 “Take My Breath Away” and Billy Ocean’s sixth but next-to-last Top 10 “Love Zone” was #10.
1992
Patty Smyth‘s duet with Eagles’ drummer Don Henley, “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”, peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it would stay for the next six weeks. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Vocal, Duo or Group, but lost to Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson’s rendition of “Beauty And The Beast”.
1993
The Beatles’ “1962-1966” and “1966-1970” were released on CD in the U.K.
1994
The Temptations receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1995
Natalie Merchant started her first solo tour after leaving the 10,000 Maniacs. She was supporting her first solo album “Tigerlily.”
1997
Elton John started a six week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Something About The Way You Look Tonight’, and ‘Candle In The Wind 97.’ A re-write of his 1974 hit about Marilyn Monroe. This version was raising funds for the Diana, Princess of Wales charity, following her death in Paris. It went on to become the biggest selling single in the world ever.
Jewel’s masterpiece album Pieces of You was still in the Top 10 on this date after 82 weeks of release; in fact, it was moving back up to #5.
1998
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum paid tribute to Robert Johnson with eight days of activities. Johnson only recorded 29 songs before dying in August of 1938.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2005
Singer/songwriter J.D. Fortune – born in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in Salt Springs, Nova Scotia – bested two other finalists to become the new lead singer of the band INXS after a worldwide search to find a replacement for the late Michael Hutchence. Auditions had been held on six continents as part of the TV reality series “Rock Star: INXS.”
2006
The Rolling Stones continued their tour A Bigger Bang with the fall segment beginning at Gillette Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
2009
Actor John Hart died at age 91. (The Lone Ranger, Rawhide, Last of the Mohicans, Blackenstein, Jack Armstrong, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Marnie, Viva Las Vegas, Captain Newman MD, It Happened at the World’s Fair, The Ten Commandments, The Fastest Guitar Alive, Riot on Sunset Strip)
2010 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
2010
Leonard Skinner, the Florida school teacher who inspired a group of high school students to use his mis-spelled name during their rise to fame as the Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away at a nursing home at the age of 77. Although the band did not get along with Mr. Skinner when he was their teacher, they eventually became friends.
2012
The family of the late Dan Hamilton, of Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds, won a significant jury verdict against publisher Music Force, who allegedly failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalty payments for the 1975, number one hit, “Fallin’ In Love”.
2013
Testimony ended in a long-running lawsuit claiming the promoter of Michael Jackson’s planned comeback concerts was negligent in hiring the doctor convicted of causing the death of the superstar.
2016
Elton John admitted during an appearance on the UK TV show Good Morning Britain that he was considering retiring from recording. He told the audience, “My records don’t sell anymore because people have enough Elton John records in their collection. I love making them, but it’s someone else’s turn now.”
2018
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