Today in Elvis History

Elvis is wearing what was known as the Penguin Suit, in August 1975. Elvis was wearing this suit in a meeting with guests backstage at the Hilton, which went longer than planned. So, with no time to change into the jumpsuit chosen for the show that night, he just wore the outfit he was already […] More

Elvis filed for divorce from Priscilla with it being finalized on October 9, 1973. These photographs capture Elvis and Priscilla walking out of court. Elvis appears to be heavy (i.e. gained weight). Priscilla appears to be fine. At times they held hands and, as one photograph confirms, Elvis reached over and kissed her. Priscilla would […] More

 – Elvis Presley made his first-ever public appearance at age 10 in a talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show at the Fairgrounds in the middle of town singing “Old Shep” while standing on a chair to reach the microphone. Since Elvis didn’t begin playing guitar for another year, he sang the tune without […] More

SEPTEMBER 5, 1956 – Elvis Presley surprised his mother with a gift of a pink Cadillac. In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, but after the failure of a brake lining, was destroyed […] More

Shopping Center in Memphis Tennessee. Johnny Cash was in the audience and after the show met Elvis for the first time.In Johnny’s own words:“There were a lot of white people listening to ‘race music’ behind closed doors. Of course, some of them (some of us) were quite open about it, most famously Elvis Presley. Elvis […] More

SEPTEMBER 13, 1959 – While stationed in Germany, US Army private Elvis Presley met 14 year-old Priscilla Beaulieu for the first time.Priscilla’s biological father James Wagner was a pilot who was killed in a plane crash when she was just an infant. Her mother, Norwegian-American Anna Lillian Iversen, then married Paul Beaulieu, a United States […] 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

FEBRUARY 6, 1939 – Elvis Presley’s father Vernon was released from the Parchman Farm penitentiary after serving eight months of a three year sentence for altering a check.Vernon Presley had married Gladys Love Smith on June 17, 1933. Elvis Presley’s parents actually eloped in the County of Pontotoc, Mississippi where Vernon was not known, both […] More

1954 Elvis performed in “Eagle`s Nest” Memphis 1955 Elvis performed in “The WRVA Theater” Richmond, Virginia at 2.30 p.m and 8.30 p.m. 1957 Hank Garland, a 26 guitar player, who had been working in Nashville signed on as Elvisnew guitar player and Vernon Presley sent Scotty and Bill their final payment.Their resignation was accepted as […] More