“One time my sister Linda, my wife Louise and I had been down with Elvis to see the old Circle G Ranch in Mississippi and were on our way back to Memphis in Elvis’s Stutz Bearcat. We passed a little boy, maybe ten or eleven years old by the side of Highway 51. It was […] More
Charlie Hodge, “He told me, he said, “You know why I stopped going with Ann?” I said, No, why?” He said, “Because I knew I was gonna marry Priscilla.” So he broke it off himself. You see, he was beginning to feel things for Ann. And like I said, he knew he was going to […] More
Las Vegas. January 1972. Hilton Hotel. Season 6. The new year began and Elvis’ appearance in Las Vegas in January 1972 would finally provide an opportunity for live recordings of the new season’s Las Vegas performances at the Hilton Hotel. Felton Jarvis made a series of live recordings with the intention of making another live […] More
“Photographed by photographer Cliff Kenison aboard the Southern Pacific Sunset Ltd. train crossing the southwest city limits of Redlands at San Timoteo Canyon, CA on Wednesday, April 20, 1960. E.P. was interested in Redlands and lamented that it no longer had a train station. To his fans he wrote the following, ‘Redlands, I’m sorry we […] More
I thought the new documentary, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis, was well presented. I always enjoy seeing archival footage from earlier decades. I loved how the critics questioned whether or not Elvis still “had it.” We all knew he did. It was a God given talent. No one could take […] More
The attendance for these 2 show was record-breaking: 37,398 people. This was even more than the year before with the Rolling Stones. The total profit was over $300,000. An absolute success for Elvis Presley. He was once again the figure of the moment, the critics were unanimous… Elvis was still the King. Again a short […] More
I felt Elvis needed some fun and some distraction, so I suggested we go to the Monday-night wrestling matches at Ellis Auditorium. A guy from our neighborhood who had gone to Humes was the stage manager on those nights, and he brought us in the back door and sat us in a VIP section on […] More
Elvis took the stage at 8:30pm in front of 8,500 people. Elvis wore his Chief Jumpsuit with the Second Belt! This was also the last show of Elvis’ 52nd Tour! CONCERT DATE: November 30, 1976 (8:30 pm). Anaheim CA. A less heavy Elvis show Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times December 2, 1976 Between handing out […] More
Elvis took the stage at 9:00pm in front of 2,200 people. Elvis wore his Embroidered Arabian Jumpsuit with his V-Neck Belt! 5.12.76 22:00 hours show (KING OF SWORDS SUIT) THE TWISTED ANKLE SHOW? R/T 80 minutes (Bootleg released as PRESLEY AT THE HILTON after Geren’s TM & TM article in 1993) There may be a […] More
Elvis took the stage at 9:00pm in front of 2,200 people. Elvis wore his Chief Jumpsuit with the Second Belt! 6.12.76 22:00 hours show (INDIAN FEATHER COSTUME) HELP ELVIS GET THROUGH THE NIGHT R/T 70 minutes. Elvis comes out sounding good tonight, but memorably cuts the show short after songs by Kathy Westmoreland and Saun […] More
His ex-daughter-in-law Priscilla Presley and his granddaughter Lisa Marie Presley visit him in hospital. From Vernon Presley’s January 1978 exclusive interview to Nancy Anderson of “Good Housekeeping”, the interview was first published in the January 1978 issue: “As the daughter of an Air Force officer, Priscilla was raised to be disciplined and strong-willed, but she’s […] More
erry Schilling: Well, you know when I first went to work for Elvis back in ’64, it was a screened-in porch. And Elvis had it converted to like a den, where we used to watch football games. And one day, Vernon Presley, his father, came back and said, ‘Elvis, I just saw the ugliest furniture in the […] More