ALMOST IN LOVE – A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION EDITED 02-SEP-1968 SINGLE, WESTERN RECORDERS Reference: 47-9610 Side A: Almost In Love Recorded: March 7 and 11, 1968, Western Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California Author: Luis Bonfa, Randy Starr Side B:…
ELVIS BACK TO #1 ON BILLBOARD By Hugh McIntyre Elvis Presley is the King and his legacy has been assured for a long time. The rocker has nothing left to prove to the world, but his music lives on. Decades…
THAT’S ALL RIGHT MAMA, JULY 5, 1954.. EVERYTHING WOULD CHANGE. Elvis meets up with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, but nothing really important comes up until July 5, when after a tedious session, in which they play ballad after ballad,…
THE KING AND THE PRESIDENT By Mahnuel Muñoz On May 12, 1960, the “Frank Sinatra Timex Special” was broadcast on the ABC network. Frank’s guests on this extraordinary historical show were Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Nancy Sinatra, and…
YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY – LET YOURSELF GO EDITED MAY 20, 1968 SINGLE, M.G.M STUDIOS LET YOURSELF GO YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY Reference: 47-9547 Side A: Your Time Hasn’t Come Yet, Baby Recorded: June 20, 1967,…
LINK TO WATCH THE MOVIE GI BLUES EDITED AUGUST 17, 1960 PARAMOUNT PICTURES ELVIS’S FIRST FILM AFTER MILITARY SERVICE ELVIS PRESLEY as Tulsa McLean JULIET PROWSE as Lili ROBERT IVERS as Cookie JAMES DOUGLAS as Rick LETÍCIA ROMÁN as Tina…
ELVIS, DECEMBER 29, 1954 When WMPS radio DJ Bob Neal offered Elvis his professional services as manager, Presley immediately accepted. The contract with Bob Neal was for one year and it was signed on December 29, 1954. It stipulated that…
FLAMING STAR Flaming Star premiered in Los Angeles on December 20, 1960, and was released nationally the next day. It was double-billed with For the Love of Mike at many theatres. This movie, which starred Richard Basehart and Stu Erwin,…
SPEEDWAY EDITED APR 30, 1968 ALBUM, M.G.M STUDIOS MINE SUPPOSE SPEEDWAY GOIN’ HOME WESTERN UNION LET YOURSELF GO FIVE SLEEPY HEADS WHO ARE YOU (WHO AM I?) HE’S YOUR UNCLE NOT YOUR DAD YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY YOUR…
ELVIS – “THE WONDER OF YOU” By Rosa García Mora Elvis’ pianist, Glen. D. Hardin, heard the song “The Wonder Of You” and felt that it would be something very special in Elvis’s voice, so he asked its composer, Baker Knight, for…
AUDITION FOR SAM PHILLIPS On June 6, 1954, at the suggestion of Marion Keisker, who certainly believed in the young Presley’s possibilities, Sam Phillips called Elvis to return to the studio and try to sing a song that Sam hoped…
WHAT DID WE MISS IN 1958? All signed contracts had to be cancelled, but what would he have done if Uncle Sam hadn’t called him so suddenly? ‘Variety’ answered it in its 1957 Christmas issue: “Recruitment will cost you 450G.”…
