NEW STARTING POINT, HOW GREAT THOU ART Metro Goldwyn Mayer decides to extend Elvis’s contract to make four more films. The company is satisfied with the profits that Elvis’s films bring to it, so the contract with MGM will expire…
Mark James is dead… By Mariusz Ogieglo The author of Elvis Presley’s unforgettable hits has died On June 8 this year, Mark James (actually Francis Rodney Zambon) died at the age of 83 – an American composer and lyricist whose…
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE BEATLES On August 2, 1965, Elvis recorded the soundtrack for his 21st film under the title, “Paradise, Hawaiian Style” and then went to Hawaii for location filming. It was a new film for Paramount Pictures and…
One city. One artist and… some of the most important musical moments in his career By Mariusz Ogieglo “Hello Memphis! “, Elvis Presley shouted from the Mid South Coliseum stage in March 1974. Exactly fifty years later, the official publisher of…
THE MYSTERY OF SUPPOSE By Rosa García Mora The song Suppose was composed by Sylvia Dee and George Goehring and officially recorded by Elvis on March 20, 1967 and was released on the album “From Nashville to Memphis.” On June…
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE EDITED 21-MAR-1971 ALBUM, STUDIO B RCA NASHVILLE – DECCA STUDIOS – AMERICAN SOUND STUDIOS – RADIO RECORDERS Information Released in March 1971, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” was a new LP from the Camden (RCA) series. Recently…
ELVIS’ BIBLE SOLD FOR USD 120,000 The Bible that was on Elvis Presley’s bedroom nightstand the night he died at Graceland has been sold at auction. It sold for $120,000 at Kruse GWS Auctions over Memorial Day weekend. He received…
FILMING CONTINUES: HARUM SCARUM – FRANKY AND JOHNNY On January 8, 1965, Elvis celebrated his 30th birthday. Elvis continues his film career full time. He practically no longer makes recordings for albums that are not related to his films. On…
GIBlues-Come see the new Elvis! –(Part 11, last) By Mariusz Ogieglo GI Blues Filmed in the spring of 1960, Presley’s fifth film was first shown in Dallas at the Majestic Theater there. The preview took place on Thursday, August 18,…
RAGS TO RICHES – WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD EDITED 22-FEB-1971. SINGLE, STUDIO B RCA NASHVILLE Reference:47-9980 Side A: Rags To RichesRecorded: September 22, 1970, RCA Studio B, Nashville, TennesseeAuthor: Alder & Ross Side B: Where Did They Go, LordRecorded:…
ELVIS AND THE NBC-TV SPECIAL OF 1968 Even though this Special received outstanding ratings, it did not change things immediately for Elvis. Contrary to popular belief, Presley did not immediately abandon movies and began the next phase of his career…
MOVIES, MOVIES AND MORE MOVIES Elvis records the soundtrack for his 17th film, titled “Girl Happy“, which features Shelley Fabares and former Miss United States, Mary Ann Mobley, as main co-stars. “Viva Las Vegas” opens nationwide on June 17, 1964…
