They say Elvis is leaving town tonight so we went to the gate around 8 pm Mr. Pepper was on guard and we went inside talking with him and the crowd outside the gates was huge. It was about 30 minutes after we got there that Elvis came down to the gate driving the golf […] More
Elvis was real fired up after he met Ginger. He lost some weight. His shows started getting real good again. Two nights before New Year’s Eve 1976 he came offstage and I said, “That’s the best show you ever done.” And he said, “Wait ’til tomorrow night.” Well, that one was even better, and when I […] More
Elvis Presley’s hairstyles weren’t just fashion statements, they became symbols of rebellion, charisma, and cultural transformation. His signature jet-black pompadour, often paired with dramatic sideburns, helped define the rock-and-roll aesthetic of the 1950s. It wasn’t just about looking cool (though he certainly did); it was about standing out in an era of conformity. The bold, sculpted style projected […] More
Picture take in June 1968 at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA where Elvis (age 33) was taping his “SINGER PRESENTS ELVIS” Comeback Special which was going to be broadcast on the NBC television network on December 3, 1968. The boy in the photo is one of the worker’s sons who was working on the ’68 […] More
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