ELVIS AND PRISCILLA: FIRST MEETING On August 15, 1959, Captain Joseph Beaulieu moves from Texas to Wiesbaden Air Base, near Friedberg, Germany, accompanied by his wife and children, including his 14-year-old stepdaughter, Priscilla Ann. Priscilla is the only child from…
BOSSA NOVA BABY “Bossa Nova Baby” is a delicious musical nonsense and one of the biggest “guilty sins” for every Elvis fan in the position of vindicating the idol against the skeptics. What the hell is it? Everything except a…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS!-(Part 3) By Mariusz Ogieglo Elvis Is Back!Presley arrived in Los Angeles on April 20, 1960. He was accompanied on the trip by, among others, Charlie Hodge, whom the singer met during his military…
INTERVIEWS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE On January 8, Elvis is interviewed without cameras via transatlantic telephone by Dick Clark on “American Bandstand” on ABC-TV. The show serves to commemorate the star’s 24th birthday. Later in January, the family moves from…
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 7, 1976, Elvis recorded the song “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” in the “Jungle Room” at Graceland, an old ballad that Fred Rose wrote in 1945, so it…
ELVIS PRESLEY, APRIL 7, 1964 Elvis Presley falls on the set of “Roustabout”, receives nine stitches in his right eye and as a result, Presley takes a day off. We consulted Hal Wallis and he tells us: “…we wrote a…
GOODBYE TO GLADYS PRESLEY On August 8, Gladys Presley falls ill and returns to Memphis by train where she is hospitalized with acute hepatitis. Elvis is granted emergency leave and arrives in Memphis on the afternoon of August 12. He…
The day music was born By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 4, 1956, Elvis Presley and his group made their second appearance on the Dorsey brothers’ “Stage Show,” to set the screens on fire with their resounding versions of “Baby, Let’s…
WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS VOL.1 EDITED JULY 31, 1970 ALBUM, RCA STUDIOS NASHVILLE – RCA STUDIOS NEW YORK – RADIO RECORDERS – STUDIO B NASHVILLE Released in August 1970, World 50 Gold Award Hits Vol.1 was a 4-LP box…
The First Elvis Fan Club, 1956 By Rosa García Mora Kay Wheeler, first heard Elvis sing on a live radio broadcast from the ‘Big D. Jamboree’ in Dallas. Kay was 16 years old. Her aunt worked at Dallas radio station…
SOLDIER PRESLEY’S CONCERNS After the recording session in Nashville, Elvis returns to Fort Hood, where he continues his instruction and learning process. Everything and being in military service, the contact between manager and artist is permanent. The Colonel is in…
The amazing ability of Elvis Presley… By Mahnuel Muñoz Elvis Presley’s amazing ability to turn his songs into real places, situations and even real people is, in my opinion, what has earned him worldwide recognition in popular songs, even above…
