KING CREOLE– Elvis’ best movie role –(Part 9) By Mariusz Ogieglo New Orleans Even before filming of “King Creole” began, the film’s director, Michael Curtiz, repeated that he was afraid of working with Presley. As he said, he was afraid that…
FEBRUARY 21, 1956 Elvis did 4 shows on February 21, 1956 at the Florida Theatre, Sarasota, FL. The Sarasota newspaper called Elvis Presley “the most talked about new personality in the last 10 years of recorded music” (the most talked-about…
THE MILTON BERLE SHOW AND THE HOUND DOG PERFORMANCE CONTROVERSY On July 5, 1956, Elvis appears again on “The Milton Berle Show,” this time in the studio where the show usually takes place. With the backing of The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore…
“The Sound Of Your Cry” By Rosa García Mora “The clock by the bed ticks, too loudly in the quiet night I lie in the dark thinking I must leave before dawn Before you open your eyes and beg me…
My encounters with Elvis in 1959 and 1960Sigrid Schutz I live in Mainz and on 24.5.1959 I went on a day trip to Bad Nauheim with acquaintances who owned a car at the time. As a raving Elvis fan, I…
FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS EDITED OCT 13, 1969 ALBUM, INTERNATIONAL HOTEL LAS VEGAS – AMERICAN SOUND STUDIOS INFORMATION Released in October 1969, this double LP could be considered a sequel to the “From Elvis In Memphis” LP. It…
KING CREOLE– Elvis’ best movie role –(Part 8) By Mariusz Ogieglo Recordings continued for almost the entire next day. ” Recording sessions are usually boring, unless the recording artist in the studio is a gentleman named Elvis Presley ,” remembered a Paramount…
On December 29, 1976, after offering his surprising recital in Dallas, Elvis appeared at the Birmingham Coliseum in Birmingham, Alabama. And once again he gives the public a performance remarkable for its energy, without reaching the dangerous voltage of the…
FIRST PERFORMANCES IN LAS VEGAS On April 3, 1956, Elvis appears on “The Milton Berle Show” on NBC. This special broadcast of the program takes place on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. It is the first of two performances…
DECEMBER 15, 1956 Last show for the Louisiana Hayride at the Hirsch Youth Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. ‘Shreveport Times’: “…the revolving minstrel was practically not heard due to the deafening screams from the 9,000 fans who filled the Hirsch. The…
ELVIS AND SCOTTY By Rosa García Mora Wherever you are, you’ll be playing your guitar like you used to. Your guitar was always a part of you. You will remember the day you met Elvis, when he came to your…
ELVIS, FEBRUARY 6, 1955 On February 6, ’55 Elvis performs at the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, but for all his local fame, he is listed below such established stars as Faron Young, Ferlin Huskey and Martha Carson, whose signature tune,…
