ELVIS AND JOE ESPOSITO
JOE ESPOSITO “Diamond Joe” By De Tupelo a Memphis Joe Esposito met Elvis while doing military service. Joe was from Chicago and an accountant by profession, he was a very intelligent man with a great capacity to perform many…
JOE ESPOSITO “Diamond Joe” By De Tupelo a Memphis Joe Esposito met Elvis while doing military service. Joe was from Chicago and an accountant by profession, he was a very intelligent man with a great capacity to perform many…
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE – TRYIN’ TO GET TO YOU EDITED AUG 30, 1956 SINGLE, SUN STUDIOS 1. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE 2. TRYIN’ TO GET TO YOU Reference: 20/47-6639 Side A: I Love You Because Recorded: July 5,…
THE BIRTH OF A MYTH In Tupelo, Mississippi, shortly before dawn, in a two-bedroom house built by her husband, Vernon Presley, and her brother-in-law, Gladys Presley gives birth to twin sons. The first, Jesse Garon, was stillborn. The second, Elvis…
ELVIS PRESLEY “1126” By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 26, 1977, at 8:30 p.m., on the stage of the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Elvis Presley gave his last concert, number 1,126 since his return to the stage in 1969. It…
ELVIS PRESLEY, FEB 25 (1970), HOUSTON By Linda Zabriskie Johnson Elvis Presley arrived in Houston on February 25, 1970. He used Kirk Kerkorian’s private jet, and was accompanied by his father, the Colonel and members of his backing crew. On…
In Graceland, we visit the Jungle Room, the TV room and other famous spaces in the King’s house, but one place we can’t see is the mysterious upstairs. Even in life, the first floor of Graceland was Elvis’s private space,…
JAILHOUSE ROCK behind the scenes of Elvis Presley’s third movie (Part 11) By Mariusz Ogieg?o A few days later, when the preliminary arrangements were completed, Elvis and the rest of the cast moved from the rehearsal room to the film…
ELVIS’S LOVE FOR CARS By Rosa García Mora Elvis’ love for cars and motor vehicles is known to everyone. His half-brother Billy Stanley, who was the son of Vernon’s second wife Dee, inherited his passion for cars. Billy had two…
LOVE ME TENDER EDITED NOVEMBER 15, 1956 20TH CENTURY FOX ELVIS PRESLEY as Clint Reno RICHARD EGAN as Vance Reno DEBRA PAGET as Cathy Reno ROBERT MIDDLETON as Mr. Siringo WILLIAM CAMPBELL as Brett Reno JAMES DRURY as Ray Reno…
RICHARD DAVIS By Linda Zabriskie Johnson There are characters that go unnoticed by people, who are there but are more discreet than the rest and who, curiously, are also part of the group that accompanied Elvis for years, such as…
NOVEMBER 21, 1955 – SUMMIT MEETING The deal that would forever change American popular culture didn’t happen overnight; The seeds were sown months in advance due to the increasing success of Elvis Presley, the ambition of Colonel Tom Parker, and…
JAILHOUSE ROCK – behind the scenes of Elvis Presley’s third movie (Part 10) By Mariusz Ogieg?o Intensive preparations for the shooting began right after the recordings at Radio Recorders were completed. On May 10, Elvis showed up at the…