“Sure, we were competing on the radio and with the kids, but we were friends and we were very friendly competitors all the way through. We were fellow Tennesseans. We matched each other record for record. We were both doing movies at 20th Century Fox at the same time visiting each other’s dressing rooms. We […] More
Amazing photo of Elvis at Ft. Hood prior to leaving for Germany. I was in the same unit at Ft. Hood photo from Luc Cox. Photo had been colorized but is 100% Elvis This incredible photo captures a moment in time that resonates with many Elvis Presley fans and military history enthusiasts. Taken at Fort […] More
Elvis woke up at his usual time around 4 p.m. on Monday, August 15. He spent the evening watching television, playing with Lisa Marie and then went to see his dentist, Lester Hoffman, around 11 p.m. Elvis came home from the dentist around half past midnight.As he drove his Stutz Blackhawk through Graceland, he greeted […] More
The emergency team at Memphis’s Baptist Memorial Hospital were alerted that someone important who had stopped breathing was coming in, so they were waiting outside. They pulled Elvis from the ambulance and ran with him into the emergency room with Charlie Hodge, Dr. Nick, and me at their heels.Charlie and I were escorted to a […] More
I’ve shared how August 16th, 1977, devastated me. Well, the 18th was equally as bad for me. During the 17 years I spent with Elvis, I could never put the words Elvis and death together. To be honest, I always thought Elvis would out live me. I couldn’t imagine a world without him, not even […] More
August 21, 1974 Chantal Dambremont from Belgium is an unconditional fan of Elvis, she gives him a gift… a gold chain This is her story of the meeting: On the 20th August, I was walking around in the Hilton Hotel, when we spotted Col Parker, I walked up to him and told him, I had […] More
When the beauty of the artist and the mystery of the environment that surrounds him converge, the photographer’s lens can leave us snapshots like these, in which we see Elvis on the disturbing terrace of the Hollywood Knickerbocker hotel.Elvis held a photo session, with photographer Ed Braslaff, on the terrace of the Hotel, on Saturday, […] More
On February 8, 1967, Elvis Presley made a bold and thrilling investment: he purchased the Circle G Ranch, a sprawling 163-acre property just minutes across the Tennessee state line from his beloved Graceland. Originally known as Twinkletown Farm, the ranch was acquired for a hefty $437,000, marking a significant expansion of Elvis’s interests and passions. […] More