ELVIS FOCUSES ON HIS FILM CAREER During the months of January and March 1963, recording and filming began for Elvis’s 13th film “Fun in Acapulco“, set in Mexico and featuring Ursula Andres. It is around this time, while Elvis is…
ELVIS AT THE SEATTLE WORLD’S FAIR “IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR” Priscilla, now 17 years old, lands in the US from Germany to visit Elvis. This will be the first time Priscilla has seen Elvis since he left Germany…
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! NEW FILM FOR 1962 In January 1962, Elvis signed a new contract with RCA that extended until 1966. He also celebrated his 27th birthday in Las Vegas at the Sahara Hotel where Col. Tom Parker had contacts…
THE BEST-SELLING RECORD OF ELVIS PRESLEY’S CAREER The soundtrack of “Blue Hawaii” enters the Billboard chart for a period of a year and a half, staying at number # 1 for 20 weeks, and only surpassed by “GI Blues” as…
COMBINING MUSICAL AND FILM CAREER “Wild in the Country,” co-starring Hope Lange, Millie Perkins and Tuesday Weld, made its national premiere on June 22, 1961 to mixed reviews. Like “Flaming Star,” it is a melodrama with few performances. musicals by…
LAST LIVE APPEARANCES UNTIL 1969 On February 25, 1961, Elvis appears in Memphis at a luncheon in his honor where he receives numerous recent awards and is shown to the press and other people who attend. A press conference follows.…
On September 8, 1960, filming and recording of the soundtrack for his sixth film, “Flaming Star,” for 20th Century Fox began. The film is a drama with just a couple of songs. Elvis plays the son of a white father…
NEW RECORDINGS AND THE TV SPECIAL WITH FRANK SINATRA STUCK ON YOU WOULD BE ELVIS’ FIRST Nº1 OF THE 60’S Elvis has his first recording session after Army on March 20, 1960. RCA is eager for its star to record…
LAST MONTHS IN GERMANY On January 8, 1960, Elvis did a second telephone interview with Dick Clark. Elvis throws a birthday party that includes 200 guests, including Priscila. Joe Esposito and others are presented with a trophy inscribed, “Elvis Presley.…
