FOLLOW THAT DREAM– from Hawaiian paradise to sunny Florida shores(Part 2) To top it all off, the author of the book didn’t see any room for Presley in the film adaptation of his book. It is even said that when…
FOLLOW THAT DREAM– from Hawaiian paradise to the sunny shores of Florida(Part 1) “Follow That Dream“… Reviewing the next, ninth film starring Elvis Presley right after its release, Bosley Crowther (or Francis Bosley Crowther Jr., for that was his full…
Elvis Presley Sunset Boulevard New box from Sony coming in August On August 1st, another themed set of Elvis Presley albums will go on sale. This five-disc box set, “Elvis Presley Sunset Boulevard,” will be produced by Sony and will…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(Part 14, the last) Blue Hawaii Los Angeles Times columnist John L. Scott noted in his November 1961 review that while Presley’s latest film, eventually retitled from “Hawaiian Beach Boy”…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 13) Contemporary studies on the film “Blue Hawaii” are full of memories of people – fans, island residents or local artists who had the opportunity to meet and talk…
“Easy Come, Easy Go” the last EP in Elvis Presley’s discography and the end of the collaboration with Hall B. Wallis “Easy Come, Easy Go” may not have been Presley’s most important film, and its soundtrack didn’t contain any timeless…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 12) Beach Boy Blues While the excitement of Elvis Presley’s Saturday concert at Bloch Arena had not yet subsided, the twenty-six-year-old rock’n’roll star once again found himself in the…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 11) Elvis Presley (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii)…. At around 6:30 p.m., less than an hour before the arena doors opened (people were admitted at 7:15 p.m.), the crowds on the…
BLUE HAWAII– Blue Hawaii, Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 10) Ticket sales officially began on Monday, March 13, 1961. The first tickets, priced at three, three and a half, five and ten dollars, were sold at…
“His Hand In Mine” History of the recording and release of the first gospel album performed by Elvis Presley Gospel music (the name comes from the words “God Spell” and means the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ) is…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 9) Such A Night The first days of December 1941 turned out to be some of the most tragic in the history of the entire modern history of North…
BLUE HAWAII– Postcard production and… the beginning of the Presley formula-(part 8) “Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii”… The slowly ending second day of work on the songs for “Blue Hawaii” was crowned by two recordings. Based on the old (the…
