“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…
DON’T CRY DADDY – RUBBERNECKIN’ EDITED NOV 10, 1969 SINGLE, AMERICAN SOUND STUDIOS Reference: 47-9768 Side A: Don’t Cry DaddyRecorded: January 15 (instrumental) and January 22 (vocals) 1969, American Sound studios in Memphis, TennesseeAuthor: Scott “Mac” Davis Side B: Rubberneckin’Recorded:…
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…
THE MILTON BERLE SHOW AND THE HOUND DOG PERFORMANCE CONTROVERSY On July 5, 1956, Elvis appears again on “The Milton Berle Show,” this time in the studio where the show usually takes place. With the backing of The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore…
“The Sound Of Your Cry” By Rosa García Mora “The clock by the bed ticks, too loudly in the quiet night I lie in the dark thinking I must leave before dawn Before you open your eyes and beg me…
My encounters with Elvis in 1959 and 1960Sigrid Schutz I live in Mainz and on 24.5.1959 I went on a day trip to Bad Nauheim with acquaintances who owned a car at the time. As a raving Elvis fan, I…
