April 20, 1954 – mid October 1954
Elvis worked at Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. He delivered supplies to the job sites and hoped to train to be an electrician. He stayed at Crown until mid-Oct
September 4, 1961
Elvis Presley had the fastest-rising song as “(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame” moved from 66 to 32.
September 4, 1962
Elvis arrived in Seattle for location shooting for It Happened At The World’s Fair. He checked into a suite on the 14th floor at the Doric New Washington Hotel. He was accompanied by Gene And Billy Smith, Alan Fortas, Red West, Ray Sitton and Joe Esposito. Two friends from Memphis, Richard Davis and Jimmy Kingsley, were hired as extra security, but at the end of their stay they were regular members of the group.
September 4, 1964
Elvis Presley’s single “Such a night” hit #13 in the U.K.
September 4, 1972
Elvis was present at a press conference with both the Colonel as well as the RCA president.
There was the announcement of the Aloha from Hawaii show, January 14th, the next year. Elvis left all the official business to the Colonel and the only thing he said was: It’s my favorite part of the business, a live concert.
September 4, 1973
In the meantime Elvis had flown in a gospel quartet from Nashville, with Donnie Sumner and Sherrill Nielsen. The idea to presented them to Tom Jones, but it didn’t work out with Tom Jones. Elvis, however, liked their singing and he hired them for $100,000 a year as his personal backup group. He called them Voice.
September 4, 1974
Elvis attends the Vikki Carr opening night at the Tropicana with Sheila Ryan.
Elvis heading to perform his matinee show in Lakeland, FL on September 4, 1976
