ELVIS IN MEMPHIS, MARCH 1974
Elvis in Memphis, March 1974 By Rosa García Mora From March 1 to 20, 1974, Elvis went on what would be his 11th tour since his return to the stage in 1969. The concerts on March 16 and 17 took…
Rosa Garcia Mora
IN MAY 1957, ELVIS WAS HOSPITALIZED
IN MAY 1957, ELVIS WAS HOSPITALIZED By Rosa García Mora In May 1957, Elvis had to be hospitalized after suffering a serious accident that could have cost him his singing career. He was filming the movie Jailhouse Rock at the…
JULY 5, 1954. THE DAY ROCK AND ROLL WAS BORN
JULY 5, 1954. THE DAY ROCK AND ROLL WAS BORN. 70 YEARS AGO TODAY By Rosa García Mora … “I mopped the floor, did the advertising and even did the building work,” Marion Keisker said of the Memphis Union Avenue…
AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND
And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind By Rosa García Mora “And the Grass Won’t Pay No Mind” is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond in 1969. Neil, who had always greatly admired Elvis, had scheduled a recording…
JULY 15, 1970 – METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
JULY 15, 1970 – METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD By Rosa García Mora On July 15, 1970, we see Elvis during rehearsals, working on new material, for his upcoming shows in Las Vegas, in what would be his third season. These rehearsals…
INSIDE “LOVING YOU”
Inside “Loving You” By Rosa García Mora “I was fascinated by the way Elvis recorded on film, never worrying about arrangements, he and his guys would play spontaneously, getting better and better, improvising and working out numbers for hours. Finally,…
THE MYSTERY OF SUPPOSE
THE MYSTERY OF SUPPOSE By Rosa García Mora The song Suppose was composed by Sylvia Dee and George Goehring and officially recorded by Elvis on March 20, 1967 and was released on the album “From Nashville to Memphis.” On June…
ELVIS “FAME AND FORTUNE” (1960)
“At Elvis’s last concert in Philadelphia, before he went into the army, I had a run-in with him. Backstage, there were policemen waiting to escort him to his car. But before he left he said to me, ”Ben keep writing…
ELVIS HALLOWEEN PARTY 1957
ELVIS HALLOWEEN PARTY 1957. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! On October 31, 1957, Elvis attended a Halloween party in Hollywood, hosted by famed clothing designer Sy Devore, at Lucy’s New Orleans Restaurant in Los Angeles. Elvis, in a bright red sweater and a…
"SNOWBIRD" – THE STORY HOW ELVIS KNEW THIS SONG
“SNOWBIRD” THE STORY HOW ELVIS KNEW THIS SONG “… When I was young my heart was young then tooAnything that it would tell me,that’s the thing that I would doBut now I feel such emptiness withinFor the thing that I…
ELVIS' "EARS": FREDDY BIENSTOCK
ELVIS’ “EARS”: FREDDY BIENSTOCK Freddy Bienstock (04/24/1923 – 09/20/2009) was an American music publisher. He was born in Switzerland, then moved to Vienna with his family when he was three years old. Later, he immigrated to the US in 1938,…
