Debra Paget is best remembered today by Elvis enthusiasts as Presley’s first leading lady in his 1956 debut film, Love Me Tender. Born Debralee Griffin on August 19, 1933, she later took the stage name “Paget” after her actress mother…
FREDDIE’S LOVE FOR ELVIS… The song that Freddie Mercury wrote in the bathroom and unites him with Elvis Presley. There are intersections and inspirational relationships that fuel creations, ideas and catapult great successes. Singers, actors, writers and artists know about…
“Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas” (1971) By Mahnuel Muñoz The voice is an indiscreet window into the soul of a singer and shamelessly shows the flowers and the trash. With Elvis it is a very obvious fact; Aside…
Elvis with Yvonne Lime – April 19, 1957 Article provided and taken from Facebook by Linda Zabriskie Johnson While making Loving You, Elvis went out with Yvonne Lime, an actress in the movie. Yvonne revealed what it was ‘really’ like…
ELVIS, DECEMBER 7, 1956 Elvis visited the “Goodwill Revue” again from WDIA (radio station) and was again warmly received. Elvis: “…his music is authentic. It comes straight from the heart.” On this December night, Elvis performed alongside some of his…
JAILHOUSE ROCK – Behind the Scenes of Elvis Presley’s Third Movie – (Part 12) By Mariusz Ogieglo Jailhouse Rock However, before the final slap fell on the set of the new MGM production, Tom Diskin informed Colonel Parker that Elvis…
DECEMBER 4, 1956 Carl Perkins had entered the Sun Records studios that day, accompanied by his brothers Clayton & Jay and drummer W. S. Holland, with the aim of recording “Matchbox”. Pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside of Memphis,…
JOE ESPOSITO “Diamond Joe” By De Tupelo a Memphis Joe Esposito met Elvis while doing military service. Joe was from Chicago and an accountant by profession, he was a very intelligent man with a great capacity to perform many…
ELVIS PRESLEY “1126” By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 26, 1977, at 8:30 p.m., on the stage of the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Elvis Presley gave his last concert, number 1,126 since his return to the stage in 1969. It…
ELVIS PRESLEY, FEB 25 (1970), HOUSTON By Linda Zabriskie Johnson Elvis Presley arrived in Houston on February 25, 1970. He used Kirk Kerkorian’s private jet, and was accompanied by his father, the Colonel and members of his backing crew. On…
In Graceland, we visit the Jungle Room, the TV room and other famous spaces in the King’s house, but one place we can’t see is the mysterious upstairs. Even in life, the first floor of Graceland was Elvis’s private space,…
JAILHOUSE ROCK behind the scenes of Elvis Presley’s third movie (Part 11) By Mariusz Ogieg?o A few days later, when the preliminary arrangements were completed, Elvis and the rest of the cast moved from the rehearsal room to the film…
