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…
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…
GOODBYE TO GLADYS PRESLEY On August 8, Gladys Presley falls ill and returns to Memphis by train where she is hospitalized with acute hepatitis. Elvis is granted emergency leave and arrives in Memphis on the afternoon of August 12. He…
SOLDIER PRESLEY’S CONCERNS After the recording session in Nashville, Elvis returns to Fort Hood, where he continues his instruction and learning process. Everything and being in military service, the contact between manager and artist is permanent. The Colonel is in…
THE FILMING OF KING CREOLE In January 1958, once the Christmas holidays were over and his 23rd anniversary had been celebrated, Elvis left Memphis for California where he began filming his fourth film, an adaptation of the novel “A Stone…
ELVIS’S FIRST THREE PERFORMANCES IN THE ISLANDS In November 1957, Elvis boards the USS Matsonia bound for Honolulu. Col.Tom Parker has closed three performances that will take place between November 10 Elvis makes his first three appearances on an island…
CHARITY CONCERT IN HIS HOME CITY On September 27, Elvis returns once again to the city of his birth to perform. This time it is a benefit concert for the creation of the Elvis Presley Youth Recreation Center in Tupelo,…
LOVING YOU, THE PREMIERE On July 9, 1957, Elvis’s second film, “Loving You” premiered in Memphis. It opens nationwide on July 30 and charts in National Variety’s Cash Box Office Survey for four weeks, peaking at #7. Elvis skips the premiere, but…
THE KING OF ROCK&ROLL FINDS HIS HOME In March, Elvis buys the Graceland mansion, where he will live with his parents and paternal grandmother. The purchase costs $102,500. The house will allow Elvis and his family to enjoy more space and privacy,…
LAST APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW On January 6, 1957, Elvis made his third and last appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” It is in this appearance that Elvis is seen only from the waist up. It is curious that after…
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,…
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…
