THE DIVORCE BETWEEN ELVIS AND PRISCILLA IS MADE OFFICIAL. BOTH LEAVE COURT TOGETHER In September, Elvis recorded several songs that were not finished at Stax Studios, as well as new songs, in order to finish the album “Raised On Rock”,…
ELVIS AT THE HOUSE OF SOUL MUSIC In May, the concert album Aloha from Hawaii goes to #1 on the pop charts. It is their first #1 album since the soundtrack to the 1965 film “Roustabout.” It will also be…
Elvis Presley Radio Station BACK TO ROUTINE AFTER THE TV SPECIAL After the television special, Elvis returns to Los Angeles and prepares for his next season in Las Vegas. The concerts will begin on January 26, 1973 and will end…
Elvis Presley Radio Station The soundtrack is released early and goes to #1 on the pop charts, staying on the chart at various positions for 52 weeks. The special begins with Elvis recording the song from his 1965 film “Paradise,…
Elvis Presley Radio Station THE TV SPECIAL AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER Elvis makes television and entertainment history with his special “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii – Via Satellite.” The show is performed at the Honolulu International Center Arena on…
Elvis Presley Radio Station NEW RELATIONSHIPS: ELVIS & LINDA THOMPSON On July 26, Elvis and Priscilla’s separation is finalized. The divorce is on the horizon. Elvis has begun seeing Linda Thompson, a young woman from Memphis, whom he has recently…
ELVIS BREAKS ALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN In June Elvis goes on tour again. He holds a press conference in New York on June 9. He looks tanned and in good shape, having recently been on vacation in…
HIS LATEST FILM, ELVIS ON TOUR, WINNER OF A GOLDEN GLOBE On January 26, 1972, Elvis began another successful engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton. The reviews were very good, thanks in part to a repertoire that included many new…
NEW RECOGNITIONS ARRIVE The two-room Tupelo home where Elvis was born in 1935 opens to the public. The house was restored by the East Heights Garden Club of Tupelo. It was also around this time that a long stretch of…
ELVIS NAMED ONE OF THE NATION’S TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN Elvis is honored to be named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Junior Chamber). He is nervous…
ELVIS IS BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN Elvis returns to the Las Vegas International Hotel for another month-long engagement. This time, he breaks his own attendance record from the previous August. In February 1970 Elvis will begin wearing the one-piece…
RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN AND NEW PROJECTS Elvis is back in Las Vegas for his second engagement of the year. The Colonel is giving it the promotional name “Elvis Presley Summer Festival.” This is another month-long engagement at the…
