Today in Elvis History

On January 4 on the spur of the moment Elvis decides to fly to Colorado for a vacation. After checking into a Denver Hotel, Elvis dispatches Joe Esposito and two Denver Police officers, Jerry Kennedy and Ron Pietrafeso to Vail to find enough rental accommodation for the group. On January 8, Elvis spends the evening […] More

ON THIS DAY 49 YEARS AGO – Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia at 2.30 and 8.00 p.m. At 2:30PM there was a crowd of 11,000 and Elvis wore the “Red pinwheel suit” with “Gold Attendance belt” and white cape. At the 8PM show, there was 10,650 in attendance and Elvis wore the “Blue […] More

ON THIS DAY 61 YEARS AGO – Elvis was on a break from filming Paramount’s “G.I. Blues” in Hollywood, CA. He was pictured with Gene Smith, Joe Esposito, Lamar Fike and Colnel Parker’s right hand Tom Diskin as they spent the weekend at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, NV . Saturday, May 28, 1960 More

Goofing around with his costar Jennifer Holden during a break from filming Jailhouse Rock in 1957. Elvis (age 34) and American actor and musician William David Elliot (June 4, 1934 – September 30, 1983) chatting between takes whilst filming ‘Change of Habit’ (Universal) in 1969. More

Elvis used to come down to the gates at Graceland when he was home in Memphis…one Easter Sunday me a starry eyed 12 year old was lucky enough to be at the front of gate and had a small piece of paper and got his autograph several times when he said to me “if you don’t […] More