ELVIS PICTURES Elvis in 1951, at age 16, with his cousin Bobby James Smith (1941-1968), in the photo booth at Loew’s State Theatre, on Main Street, Memphis, where Elvis worked as an usher. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bobby was…
ELVIS PRESLEY HISTORY Elvis’s great-great-grandmother, Morning White Dove (1800-1835), was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. She married William Mansell, a settler from West Tennessee, in 1818. William’s father, Richard Mansell, had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mansell is a…
One night in the summer of ’53, as Elvis was sitting in the back of the “Flamingo,” a Beale Street nightclub, a young black pianist, Billy “The Kid” Emerson, approached him and they spent some time talking about music.…
A million orders for an album that hasn’t been released yet… Even if we agree with the critics who called Elvis’ first film role “small” (or even symbolic) and not “very demanding“, it must be noted here that Presley…
Elvis was never aware of the influence he had and continues to have on other artists, and the admiration they felt and feel for him. Always one of her biggest fears was, what would happen when he left… if…
LITTLE ROCK TOLD BY WHO WAS THERE T.H. Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas April 17, 1972. My mom nearly fainted when she saw the tickets and found out they were in ROW 3 on stage left. We had seen…
ELVIS PRESLEY HISTORY Elvis. Actor or singer? From the first moment the news that Elvis would appear in films leaked to the press, journalists had one question. Namely, will the famous (and for many, especially the elderly, controversial) vocalist sing…
ELVIS PRESLEY HISTORY ELVIS AND THE MADNESS OF HIS FANS With his magic, his sensuality and his rebelliousness on stage, in his beginnings, Elvis raised the most unbridled passions, unleashing hysteria, euphoria, and madness among his fans, who put their…
ELVIS AND THE BILLBOARD INTRODUCTION In this new installment we arrive at the year 1964, a year in which you can see how four boys from Liverpool. They conquer the United States, in a skilful maneuver guided by Brian Epstein,…
The 144-page book “That’ll Be The Day: The Birth Of Rock N’ Roll” by “Sona Books” is advertised for December 5, 2023 and is described in the following words: “…’That’ll Be The Day – The Birth Of Rock N’…
ELVIS PRESLEY HISTORY ELVIS PRESLEY – LOVE ME TENDER (Part 5) Presley was just as serious about acting as he was about Hollywood itself. ” All my life I wanted to be an actor ,” he said in interviews. ”…
ELVIS LEADER! Elvis Presley surpasses Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra in an incredible musical record. Almost half a century has passed since Elvis Presley died, but he is still the king of not only Rock’n’Roll, but also all solo…
