THE FAIR IS MOVIN ON
THE FAIR IS MOVIN ON By Mahnuel Muñoz And again we return to that magical and timeless music that Elvis and his team created at American Sound studios. The king was a young man, but with enough life experiences under…
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OPENING NIGHT, JULY 31, 1969. RETURN TO THE STAGE
OPENING NIGHT, JULY 31, 1969. RETURN TO THE STAGE By Rosa García Mora The year was 1969 in Elvis’s life. After his glorious recording sessions at the American Sound Studios and his last blows in Hollywood, Elvis was already prepared,…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS! – (Part 6)
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!- (Part 6) By Mariusz Ogieglo The session was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on April 27, 1960, but Elvis, dressed in a stylish black jacket, a red striped shirt, black pants, blue suede…
STRANGER IN MY OWN HOMETOWN
“Stranger In My Own Hometown” By Mahnuel Muñoz “Stranger In My Own Hometown” is a composition by Percy Mayfield (1920-1984), also the author of the Ray Charles classic “Hit The Road, Jack”. It is the lament of a man who,…
ELVIS, THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
Elvis, the social revolution By Rosa García Mora Elvis Presley performed at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles on October 28 and 29, 1957. Before the first concert, Elvis gave a press conference, as was usual, in which he kindly…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS! – (Part 5)
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!-(Part 5) By Mariusz Ogieglo Doin’ The Best I Can There are as many as eleven songs planned for the film. The songs were recorded during two recording sessions, in April and May 1960. Unfortunately,…
THOSE STORIES THAT REACH THE SOUL..
Those Stories That Reach the Soul.. Provided by Alfredo Ayul August 29, 1957. Elvis begins his second of three short tours that year. On August 28, Elvis boards The Empire Builder train. The trip would take them through several cities.…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS!-(Part 4)
GI Blues– See the new Elvis!-(Part 4) By Mariusz Ogieglo In addition to the actresses mentioned above, you could also see Erika Peters, Edit Angold, Britt Ekland, Leoda Richards, Bess Flowers, Marianna Gaba and Judith Rawlins. The most important male…
BOSSA NOVA BABY
BOSSA NOVA BABY “Bossa Nova Baby” is a delicious musical nonsense and one of the biggest “guilty sins” for every Elvis fan in the position of vindicating the idol against the skeptics. What the hell is it? Everything except a…
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS!-(Part 3)
GI BLUES – SEE THE NEW ELVIS!-(Part 3) By Mariusz Ogieglo Elvis Is Back!Presley arrived in Los Angeles on April 20, 1960. He was accompanied on the trip by, among others, Charlie Hodge, whom the singer met during his military…
ELVIS PRESLEY – BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 7, 1976, Elvis recorded the song “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” in the “Jungle Room” at Graceland, an old ballad that Fred Rose wrote in 1945, so it…
ELVIS PRESLEY FALLS ON THE SET OF “ROUSTABOUT”
ELVIS PRESLEY, APRIL 7, 1964 Elvis Presley falls on the set of “Roustabout”, receives nine stitches in his right eye and as a result, Presley takes a day off. We consulted Hal Wallis and he tells us: “…we wrote a…
