He was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foley’s country song “Old Shep” during morning prayers. The contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, was his first public performance: dressed as a cowboy, the ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair […] More
He made 6 total appearances on this show beginning in January shortly after his 21st birthday. Heartbreak Hotel was released in late 1955 but when Elvis performed it on this show during his third appearance it sent the song straight to number one on all charts and was the first song to top the pop, […] More
Elvis first visited Hawaii in 1957 for a concert and fell in love with the island. He would go on to make it his second home, visiting any chance he got. Since then he’s had many concerts there including ‘Aloha From Hawaii,’ seen by 1.5 billion people globally, and filmed many movies there, including ‘Blue […] More
One of Elvis’ favorite colors were pink. He frequently wore pink shirts and colored his first Cadillac that he bought for his mother Gladys pink. This was considered abnormal for the 1950’s however Elvis liked flashy clothing and even during high school would wear “abnormal” clothes like high collars or bright colored shirts and pants. […] More
September 17, 1962 The filming resumed at MGM Studios in Hollywood. And Elvis had a long interview with Lloyd Shearer on the set. Elvis spoke of all the friends surrounding him. He was stating: “it is important to surround yourself with people who can give you a little happiness”. He also spoke about his interest […] More
That painting in the top left corner pictured in the first photo & to the right when Elvis is seated is still in that exact spot today! Joyce Gentry presenting Elvis with a crown from her fan club. March 1960 at Graceland. March 20, 1960: Before traveling to Nashville to record at RCA Studio B, […] More
I will share all the information that I happen across of interviews with co stars from Elvis’ movies in this album. Elvis Presley, made 31 films as an actor between 1956 and 1969. Here’s a list of them in order of release. 1. Love Me Tender (1956) 2. Loving You (1957) 3. Jailhouse Rock (1957) […] More
Elvis wearing a shirt with eyelet embroidery gives an interview to BRAVO correspondent G. Thomas Beyl in his rented house at Goethestraße 14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. German teenager magazine BRAVO issue 1 from December 29, 1959 Interesting sidenote: BRAVO is still the biggest German teenager magazine to this day (first issued on August 26, […] More
Nancy Rooks mentioned that Elvis dated a light skinned coloured girl who worked for Vernon in the mid 70s when she was asked about whether she had seen signs of Elvis being racist. Nancy’s response, ” NO never. He treated me with the utmost respect and a lot of fans might be surprised to learn […] More
The owner was looking for a bid of $41,250 or more to purchase this when it sold on June 25 2016. I was not able to see the final bidding price but 41thousand US dollars is nothing to sneeze about!! A vibrant full-length bright red wool coat with black fur trim and red satin lining, […] More
Elvis Presley (aka Tulsa McLean) is pictured with his film choreographer Charles O’Curran (April 5, 1913 – June 26, 1984) on the set of his fifth movie, G.I. Blues at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA. (They had already worked together on Loving You and King Creole.) Elvis’s first post-Army movie was filmed from April 29 […] More
The ORIGINAL: Elvis with three-year-old Pam Ogles (born December 16, 1957) during a shooting break on the set of “Follow That Dream“ in Florida, July/ August 1961. Pam Ogles shared with her twin sister Pat the role of the little blonde girl in the movie. It didn’t matter what age a cast member was, Elvis […] More