Billy Smith is the one person who knows Elvis Presley better than anyone. He is Elvis’s cousin and grew up with Elvis. He knew Elvis before fame and Elvis spent his whole life with Billy. From the time they were kids till the end. Billy was also one of the few who actually spent a […] More
Chance encounter with a fan on a lonely beach at the top east coast of Oahu during Elvis’s holidays in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 1969 (May 4 to 18). Elvis had booked the vacation under the name of Dr. John Carpenter, his character in the movie Change of Habit. The woman is a Ms. Rosentheen according […] More
Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla stand as he is introduced at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Rivermont on Jan. 16, 1971. Presley was being honored by the Jaycees of America as one of the Outstanding Young Men In America. DAVE DARNELL, THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL More
Priscilla has set the record straight, not once but many times. Priscilla shares, “I do not want to leave this world in the hands of other people writing my story. One of the myths being that my father made Elvis promise to marry me. That he made the call or that I made the call […] More
Elvis’ recorded “For Ol’ Times Sake”, originally recorded in Stax on 23 July 1973. The recipe to this original version of this obscure track is the simple yet unusual arrangement to the song combined with Elvis’ deliberately fragile vocal which portrays the emotion of the protagonists narrative. This is a practice which Elvis had applied […] More
1943 The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo. 1952 Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer – He worked the 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM shift as an assembler. 1954 Elvis worked at Crown Electric, until mid-October 1954 1955 Elvis performed at the […] More
Backstage in Rapid City, June 21 1977… Elvis lookes puffy, sick and very tired. Was this the same man who did The 1968 Comeback 9 years earlier? Unbelievable! Tours, tours and more tours and overmedication ahd destroyed a wonderful human being and a one of a kind entertainer. More
Perhaps the most surprising inclusion in Elvis’ new set list for his August 1974 Las Vegas engagement was “Down In The Alley”, a 1966 recording and not a hit of any kind. It lasted just the one show on the set list, opening night 19 August, before being dropped and Elvis never returned to it […] More