On September 8, 1960, filming and recording of the soundtrack for his sixth film, “Flaming Star,” for 20th Century Fox began. The film is a drama with just a couple of songs. Elvis plays the son of a white father…
OPENING NIGHT, JULY 31, 1969. RETURN TO THE STAGE By Rosa García Mora The year was 1969 in Elvis’s life. After his glorious recording sessions at the American Sound Studios and his last blows in Hollywood, Elvis was already prepared,…
NEW RECORDINGS AND THE TV SPECIAL WITH FRANK SINATRA STUCK ON YOU WOULD BE ELVIS’ FIRST Nº1 OF THE 60’S Elvis has his first recording session after Army on March 20, 1960. RCA is eager for its star to record…
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!- (Part 6) By Mariusz Ogieglo The session was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on April 27, 1960, but Elvis, dressed in a stylish black jacket, a red striped shirt, black pants, blue suede…
“Stranger In My Own Hometown” By Mahnuel Muñoz “Stranger In My Own Hometown” is a composition by Percy Mayfield (1920-1984), also the author of the Ray Charles classic “Hit The Road, Jack”. It is the lament of a man who,…
LAST MONTHS IN GERMANY On January 8, 1960, Elvis did a second telephone interview with Dick Clark. Elvis throws a birthday party that includes 200 guests, including Priscila. Joe Esposito and others are presented with a trophy inscribed, “Elvis Presley.…
Elvis, the social revolution By Rosa García Mora Elvis Presley performed at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles on October 28 and 29, 1957. Before the first concert, Elvis gave a press conference, as was usual, in which he kindly…
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!-(Part 5) By Mariusz Ogieglo Doin’ The Best I Can There are as many as eleven songs planned for the film. The songs were recorded during two recording sessions, in April and May 1960. Unfortunately,…
Those Stories That Reach the Soul.. Provided by Alfredo Ayul August 29, 1957. Elvis begins his second of three short tours that year. On August 28, Elvis boards The Empire Builder train. The trip would take them through several cities.…
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!-(Part 4) By Mariusz Ogieglo In addition to the actresses mentioned above, you could also see Erika Peters, Edit Angold, Britt Ekland, Leoda Richards, Bess Flowers, Marianna Gaba and Judith Rawlins. The most important male…
ELVIS AND PRISCILLA: FIRST MEETING On August 15, 1959, Captain Joseph Beaulieu moves from Texas to Wiesbaden Air Base, near Friedberg, Germany, accompanied by his wife and children, including his 14-year-old stepdaughter, Priscilla Ann. Priscilla is the only child from…
BOSSA NOVA BABY “Bossa Nova Baby” is a delicious musical nonsense and one of the biggest “guilty sins” for every Elvis fan in the position of vindicating the idol against the skeptics. What the hell is it? Everything except a…
