LINK TO WATCH THE MOVIE KISSIN’ COUSINS Edited March 5, 1964. METRO GOLDWYN MAYER ELVIS, DOUBLE ELVIS PRESLEY as Josh Morgan/ Jodie TatumARTHUR O’CONNELL as Pappy TatumGLENDA FARRELL as Ma TatumJACK ALBERTSON as Capt. Robert SalboPAMELA AUSTIN as Selena TatumCYNTHIA…
NEW RECOGNITIONS ARRIVE The two-room Tupelo home where Elvis was born in 1935 opens to the public. The house was restored by the East Heights Garden Club of Tupelo. It was also around this time that a long stretch of…
The Elvis Presley phenomenon ” I read comic books and I was a comic book hero ,” Elvis said at the 1970 Ten Most Outstanding Young Americans awards ceremony. The appearance of Elvis Presley on the music market in the mid-1950s not…
ELVIS NAMED ONE OF THE NATION’S TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN Elvis is honored to be named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Junior Chamber). He is nervous…
FLAMING STAR– A Challenging Role for Presley –(Part 3) By Mariusz Ogieglo The leading female role – Clint’s crush, Roslyn Pierce, was initially given to the “first lady of horror in Britain ” * British actress Barbara Steele. “There were close to two…
ELVIS IS BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN Elvis returns to the Las Vegas International Hotel for another month-long engagement. This time, he breaks his own attendance record from the previous August. In February 1970 Elvis will begin wearing the one-piece…
I Got Lucky Edited 30-Sep-1971 Album, Studio B RCA Nashville – Radio Recorders Information I Got Lucky was released in October 1971. It was a new LP on the Camden (RCA) label. It was another LP of older Elvis material…
FLAMING STAR– A Challenging Role for Presley –(Part 2) By Mariusz Ogieglo The inclusion of Elvis in the cast of the new film did not arouse the same enthusiasm among everyone. Nunnally Johnson, upon learning that “his script would be…
RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN AND NEW PROJECTS Elvis is back in Las Vegas for his second engagement of the year. The Colonel is giving it the promotional name “Elvis Presley Summer Festival.” This is another month-long engagement at the…
Live a Little, Love a Little By Rosa García Mora Filming of the movie “Live a Little, Love a Little” took place during the months of March and April 1968. This year was very important in Elvis’ life both personally…
ELVIS RETURNS TO THE STAGE In July 1969, Elvis began preparing for his imminent return to the stage. He worked on his song list and at the same time put together the rhythm section that would accompany him at the…
…an extraordinary souvenir and a lesson about what it once meant to be a collector in Poland By Mariusz Ogieglo Elvis Presley left an indelible mark on the history of popular music. His songs, the way they were interpreted, and…
