Elvis received rave reviews in three features in the New York Times. “He looked like a prince from another planet, narrow-eyed, with high Indian cheek bones and a smooth brown skin untouched by his 37 years,” Chris Chase wrote in the Times. “When Elvis started to work with the mike, his right hand flailing air, […] More
Elvis decides to play guitar on this closer and tells the audience he “only knows three cords”. A woman jokes to him “that’s about it.’ Elvis responds to her “That’s about it” and she laughs. Elvis proceeds to begin ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT as a male fan screams RECONSIDER BABY. We splice into the soundboard […] More
Japanese actresses visiting Elvis while filming movie KING CREOLE Hideko Takamine was a Japanese actress who began as a child actor and maintained her fame in a career that spanned half a century. She is particularly known for her collaborations with director Mikio Naruse.Elvis with Yumi Shirakawa (白川 由美), Hideko Takamine (高峰 秀子), Satoko Minami […] More
What made him stand out was less his clothes as him – because he was extremely attractive and he had this louche quality about him, which shows in how he wore the clothes. They seemed to be less fitted as draped on him, which reflected the way he moved More
Elvis Presley and Bruce Lee did not have a direct personal relationship, but there is an interesting connection between the two iconic figures. Both Elvis and Bruce Lee were fans of martial arts, and they briefly crossed paths in the early 1970s. Bruce Lee was a martial artist, actor, and filmmaker known for his contributions […] More
“Anne is one of the nicest young actresses I’ve ever worked with. She worked very hard down there in Florida. We had a lot of time together when we weren’t working. We’d go back to the motel where the whole crew was staying, and watch TV or play black jack or Monopoly. We ate dinner […] More
1957 – Elvis Presley’s “Too Much” hit #6 in the U.K. 1959 – Elvis Presley was promoted to specialist Fourth Class Corporal. 1968 – The compilation album “Elvis’ Gold Records, Volume 4” hit #33 in the U.S. 1971 – Elvis’ birthplace in Tupelo, MS, was opened to the public. June 1, 1975: Elvis performed at the Von Braun Civic […] More
May 15, 1955 Elvis performed on the bill with Hank Snow, Faron Young, The Wilburn Brothers, Slim Whitman, Martha Carson, The Davis Sisters, Mother Maybelle, The Carter Sisters, Onie Wheeler and Jimmy Rogers Snow at the Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, Virginia at 3.00 and 8.00 p.m. May 15 1956 : Elvis Presley Ellis Auditorium Memphis, TN. 1957 – Elvis Presley inhaled a cap off one of his teeth. […] More
I remember a story (the 70s) where there were two “heavyset” women who came to Vegas, and they saw Elvis at the International Hotel.Sonny and Red were making fun of the women silently, so the women couldn’t hearthem. But, Elvis did. When the got upstairs, Elvis was so mad and humiliated that he gave Sonny […] More
A friend of mine who is a U.S. Navy chaplain shared this with me: “An Army chaplain here recently passed away (he was the dep chief of chaplains for the army back in the day). The guy who was assigned as his personal driver was none other than…Elvis Presley”. More
This suit was done with the last pieces of material they (the designers) had, because Elvis needed a suit in a rush. When the suit was finished, they nicknamed the suit the “Kitchen Sink Suit”, as they had used everything up for the suit except the kitchen sink.Elvis first started wearing this suit at the […] More