Elvis Presley’s natural eye color was blue, but he wore brown contact lenses for the movie Flaming Star. Explanation In the musical western Flaming Star, Elvis played the son of a Kiowa Indian. Optometrist Morton Greenspoon used special effects lenses to change Elvis’s eye color from blue to brown. However, the contacts made Elvis’s eyes […] More
With her statuesque figure and enticing stage show she was the queen of burlesque in the 1950s and 1960s and enjoyed high profile relationships with male celebrities including Mickey Rooney, JFK, Engelbert Humperdinck, Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis. Tempest Storm has one of the greatest stage names for any burlesque performer ever, but that isn’t […] More
Emily “Cissy” Houston (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024) was an American pop singer of the 1960s and a two-time Grammy Award winner. Cissy Houston was born on September 30, 1933, into a large family. She was the youngest of eight children in the family of Nicholas Drinkard and Delia Mae McCaskill. In 1963, […] More
In 1964, Elvis donated President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s yacht, the USS Potomac, to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. The yacht was presented to Danny Thomas, the hospital’s founder, in Long Beach, California on February 14. ————————– How did the donation happen? What is the USS Potomac’s status today? The USS Potomac is now […] More
a logical progression. Hell, he looked like a casino. Wayne and the Riders landed at the Flamingo Hotel. Stars came. He palled around with Ann-Margaret and Evel Knievel. Opened for Elvis at the Hilton. Cochran maintained he upped Presley’s style when he gifted him a couple of extravagant Nudie suits–and when Wayne switched to jumpsuits, […] More
Elvis Presley owned a pearl white 1972 Stutz Blackhawk that he ordered after seeing it in a showroom in 1973. The car was delivered to his estate in Los Angeles later that year. How did Elvis get the car? What was the car like? Other famous owners Other famous owners of the Stutz Blackhawk included: Muhammad Ali, […] More
“Becoming a father made me realize a great deal more about life, My favorite memory is when Lisa was born and I first held her, you know She was so tiny and precious. I know all babies are beautiful to their parents, but she was special, I guess because I realized she was mine to […] More
Did you know that the guy you saw on the movie screen, wasn’t that much different than the real Elvis. Here’s the perfect example of that. In 1968 we were returning from the Circle G Ranch to Graceland, we had been riding horses all day. As we were driving along, Elvis said. Let’s stop and […] More