ELVIS RELEASES HIS FIRST FILM: LOVE ME TENDER On November 15, Elvis’s first film, “Love Me Tender” under a contract that Colonel Tom Parker signs with the executives of Twentieth Century Fox, premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York,…
LET’S BE FRIENDS EDITED MARCH 31, 1970 ALBUM, STUDIO B RCA NASHVILLE – DECCA STUDIOS – AMERICAN SOUND STUDIOS – RADIO RECORDERS INFORMATION Published in April 1970, Let’s Be Friends was an LP of previously unreleased songs that came from…
KING CREOLE– Elvis’s best movie role –(Part 10) By Mariusz Ogieglo In early March, filming was moved from Los Angeles to New Orleans, a day’s journey away. However, before Elvis and the rest of the cast went on location filming in…
THE PRODIGAL SON COMES HOME September 26 is proclaimed Elvis Presley Day in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis’s parents join him in his return to the city of his birth, which now sees him arrive as a star. He performed two shows at the…
“It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen, the day I bought it I parked it outside my hotel and stayed up all night just looking at it.” Elvis Presley Elvis bought his first car as soon as…
Joyce Bova was a Capitol Hill staffer on the House Armed Services Committee when she first met Elvis in 1969 in Las Vegas during her vacation. The couple saw each other off and on, in various cities and even at…
KENTUCKY RAIN – MY LITTLE FRIEND EDITED JAN 28, 1970 SINGLE, AMERICAN SOUND STUDIOS Reference:47-9791 Side A: Kentucky RainRecorded: February 19, 1969, American Sound Studios, Memphis, TennesseeAuthor: Eddie Rabbitt Side B: My Little FriendRecorded: January 16, 1969, American Sound Studios,…
AUGUST 24, 1956 20th Century-Fox’s stage 1, Hollywood. Producer: Lionel Newman/ Arranger: Ken Darby/ Engineers: Bob Mayer/Ken Runyon Guitar: Vito Mumolo/ Accordion: Dom Frontieri/ Bass: Mike “Myer” Rubin/ Drums: Richard Cornell/ Vocals: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson/ Banjo: Luther Rountree, Charles…
LOVE ME TENDER: ELVIS DEBUTS ON THE BIG SCREEN Despite having already signed an agreement with Paramount Pictures producer Hal B. Wallis, on August 1, 1956, Elvis began filming (it would finish at the beginning of October) of his first…
“Ufff!! “I’m too scared to explode.” By Rosa García Mora Although the young Elvis, 21, would not have admitted it, you could feel it in him and hear it in his voice. Maybe because of the bright lights or the wee hours…
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…
