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…
“In The Ghetto” In 1969, when the world was still reeling from the wake of racism, inequality, and war, a legendary voice rose up to sing not of fleeting love or passing glory, but of a harsh, painful, and inevitable…
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…
Stitch Visits Graceland Stitch, co-star of “Lilo & Stitch,” visited Graceland today. The lovable, renegade alien and music lover of Elvis Presley, arrived at the gates of Graceland in a pink convertible before crossing the street to see the jumpsuits…
“Elvis a Humanitarian” Tuesday, February 4, 1958. Elvis was on the set of King Creole with a small fan on the Paramount set. The little boy would appear with Elvis in the cover photo of Paul Belard’s book “Elvis a…
“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…
Elvis And Photographer William Speer (1955) In the 1950s, William Speer ran a photography studio in Memphis. His specialty was glamorous black and white photography, featuring a variety of light and shadows. In his photographs, Speer tended to avoid, whenever…
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…
Elvis Always Benefactor On Christmas Eve… when most of us were spending that special night with our families, Elvis went to jail. He visited all the prisoners regardless of their race, gender, creed and regardless of the seriousness of the alleged…
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…
“The King” and “The Boss” Did you know that Bruce Springsteen (The Boss) can be seen wearing an Elvis (The King) Fan Club badge on the cover of his classic 1975 album “Born To Run”? Elvis’s image is on the…
