I was in Vegas at the weekend and went to the hotel. All my security guard ‘friends’ remember me darn! They say security will be even tighter this time (if that’s possible), but that Elvis says to let a few fans through once in a while ‘Cause he doesn’t want them kept away from him. […] 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
64 years ago, Elvis Presley recorded his hit ballad ‘Love Me Tender’ for the film of the same name. It was August 24, 1956 when Elvis met with George Poulton, Ken Darby and other producers at 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles. This was the only recording of Love Me Tender made by the King […] More
On January 16, 1971 Elvis attended a day of functions culminating in an evening awards banquet where he and nine others accepted the honour of being named ‘one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation ‘ by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Jaycees).Elvis was nervous about his acceptance speech. He […] More
November 29, 19681174 Hillcrest Drive, Los Angeles, Ca. A meeting with Elvis & Priscillaby Hilda Johnson PART 1 (2) My girlfriend and I were excited as children in a candy store as we stood outside of the gates to Elvis´ home in Beverly Hills. We felt privileged just to be there and time passed by […] More
AUGUST 14, 1958 – Elvis Presley’s mother GLADYS PRESLEY (b. April 25, 1912 as Gladys Love Smith in Tupelo, Mississippi) died of a heart attack at age 46, brought on by acute hepatitis. At her funeral two days later Presley was so overcome with grief he was unable to stand and had to be supported. […] More