Emory Gordy Jr. is an acclaimed American musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar on classic tracks and tours with Elvis Presley in the early 1970s. Collaboration with Elvis Presley…The “Burning Love” Session: Emory Gordy Jr. played the iconic bassline on Elvis Presley’s 1972 hit single “Burning Love”, recorded at RCA’s Studio […] More
During the July 20, 1975 show, between songs Elvis was joking around and giving out scarves when he noticed a little girl standing on the far left of the stage. He walked over and knelt down on one knee in front of her. Realising she was blind, Elvis held her hands and spoke to her […] More
1.The Tiffany Omega Elvis was gifted the special ‘Omega by Tiffany & Co’ timepiece in 1961 by his record label (RCA) to celebrate his incredible achievement of having sold 75 million records – an unheard-of number by any musician before Elvis’ achievement. To mark the occasion, the case back of the 18k while gold watch […] More
Below is her story from February 18th 1970. “The first thing I said when he came out was just a whispered “Elvis!” He put his arms around me and gave me a nice warm hug. I told him I had waited 14 years for this and he said “Have you? That’s a long time to […] More
He bought some from Lanskys and some from the IC Costume Company. The brown Superfly coat featured on an episode of Pawn Stars. More
In 1970, under the gold lights of Las Vegas, The King sang one song that wasn’t a performance… it was a confession. “I’ve Lost You” wasn’t about a character. It was about Priscilla. It was about the marriage he could no longer save. Bass player Jerry Scheff later said, “He wasn’t singing lyrics… he was […] More
African American blues artists shaped Elvis Presley’s earliest hits so directly that his very first single was, quite literally, someone else’s song. Before “Elvis” meant sold-out arenas and gold records, it meant a nervous 19-year-old in a small Memphis studio, reworking a blues record that had already been sitting around for eight years, written and […] More
Hollywood ruined Elvis Presley’s acting career in slow motion, one formulaic musical comedy at a time. He didn’t start out chasing shallow beach movies and interchangeable love interests. He started out wanting to be taken seriously as an actor, the kind of performer people compared to James Dean and Marlon Brando. Somewhere along the way, […] More