On the night of July 4, 1956, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana were tasked with spearheading a benefit concert in Russwood Park, Memphis in front of approximately 14,000 fans (although it is believed that the actual attendance may have been slightly less) in the early morning hours so that we could stand […] More
Essential Elvis: Any idea when Scatter died Richard? Richard: I can’t remember the exact year that Scatter died, but I can tell you how I think he died. We brought him back to Memphis and Elvis had a big iron cage built in the back yard. We built this nice little garage around it like […] More
In the summer of 1947, a woman walked into a drug store in Memphis, Tennessee, to drop off film to be developed when she realized she had one exposure left. She noticed a young boy outside the drugstore and asked him to pose with his bicycle so she could finish the roll and turn it […] More
May 1, 1967 Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. From Priscilla’s book, Elvis and Me: Elvis and I followed the Colonel’s plan, but as we raced through the day we both thought that if we had it to do over again, we would have given ourselves more time. We […] More
In early June 1957, during the filming of Jailhouse Rock, the MGM reception department received a cage from Australia intended for Elvis, with a baby kangaroo inside.Elvis and his friends arrived from the set as quickly as possible.Hollywood reserve agent Lee Gordon sent a Wallaby kangaroo from Australia to Elvis.What is a Wallaby? That’s what […] More
Few women can boast of having been kissed by music legend Elvis Presley, but 79-year-old Rose Knox-Peebles can – and she remembers the moment as one of the best moments of her life. The London-based writer and artist had gone to Las Vegas in 1970 to see Elvis perform, when the opportunity arose when he […] More
On January 15, 16 and 23, 1958, recording sessions for the movie “King Creole” took place. Elvis recorded at Hollywood Radio Recorders Studio B.On February 11, they started again at the Paramount Sound Stage, Hollywood.On January 10, 1958, Elvis, Scotty and the band checked into the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel to stay during the recording sessions.They […] More
Photos show Private Elvis Presley kissing fan Lillian Portnoy before leaving for Bremerhaven, Germany before leaving for Bremerhaven, Germany. Randall, Monday, September 22, 1958After completing his basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Elvis goes to Germany to fulfill his army duty.After training at Fort Hood, he was assigned to Presley 1. Private Medium Tank Battalion, […] More
He heard Elvis sing for the first time on a live radio broadcast from “Big D”. Jamboree in Dallas.Kay was 16 years old.Her aunt worked at KLIF radio station in Dallas and Kay went to visit her one day. The disc jockey who worked at the radio station didn’t know Elvis, but he had an […] More
On Sunday, September 3, 1956, Elvis flies to Memphis, accompanied by his friend Nick Adams and his cousin Gene Smith, using the name Clint Reno, the character in your first film “Love Me Tender”. Elvis had finished shooting the movie two days earlier, on Friday the 21st.Still at the Memphis Airport, you can see how […] More
In April 1965, he was running.One afternoon, Elvis’ hairdresser and spiritual advisor Larry Geller was drying his hair in the bathroom of his home on Perugia Way in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. Suddenly his cousin Billy Smith walked in and said: “Elvis, they’re here!”Elvis smiled and said to Larry, “Come on Larry, I have a surprise.”After […] More
This photograph of Elvis was taken in the backyard of his Bel-Air home at 525 Perugia Way, Los Angeles, CA (1961).Elvis lived in this house between 1961 and 1966. One of the many houses Elvis lived in throughout his life.Elvis is sitting on the couch used in the movie BLUE HAWAII when he performed the […] More