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…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS!-(Part 3) By Mariusz Ogieglo Elvis Is Back!Presley arrived in Los Angeles on April 20, 1960. He was accompanied on the trip by, among others, Charlie Hodge, whom the singer met during his military…
INTERVIEWS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE On January 8, Elvis is interviewed without cameras via transatlantic telephone by Dick Clark on “American Bandstand” on ABC-TV. The show serves to commemorate the star’s 24th birthday. Later in January, the family moves from…
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 7, 1976, Elvis recorded the song “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” in the “Jungle Room” at Graceland, an old ballad that Fred Rose wrote in 1945, so it…
