1955
New Orleans rhythm and blues musician Smiley Lewis recorded his composition “One Night (Of Sin).” Elvis Presley recorded a version of the song in January 1957 that was not released until 1983. Because Elvis’ manager and record company had reservations about the suggestive nature of the original lyrics, they were re-written and Elvis recorded a sanitized version, titled simply “One Night,” on February 23, 1957. It was issued as a single in October 1958 and eventually peaked at #4 on the Billboard singles chart.
Elvis performed at the Armory, Houston, Mississippi.
1956
While the band travelled north in Gladys’ Cadillac and lost a wheel bearing in Pennsylvania, Elvis flew back to New York City with Gene Smith, Nick Adams and some others.
1959
Military Service: Elvis was again hospitalized in the 97th General Hospital in Frankfort for tonsillitis, resulting in another hospital stay and three days’ sick leave at home.
1960
Elvis bought a monkey at Katz Drug Store for $123,55.
media on this day:
Elvis Seems Headed for Movie Stardom BY HEDDA HOPPER
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 24-When Elvis Presley was making “Flaming Star” at Twentieth Century-Fox recently his father came out to visit him. Elvis and a group of his friends were living in the Bel Air mansion, once by the late Ali Khan. Vernon Presley looked about him, shook his head and said: “What happened, son? Last thing I I was work- ing in a can factory and you were driving a truck. I just can t believe it.” . . . A lot of things about Elvis are unbelievable; for instance his transition from s in g i n g idol to model soldier. I was no great admirer of him untiI the day his colonel told me: ” I wish I had 10,000 soldiers just like him.”
Equally Elvis Presley phenomenal is his change-over from Sir Swivel to serious actor.
In Flaming Star, he plays a frontiersman in a stark . It’s an action film,” he told me, “with its emotions expressed In terms of action, hut I hope In time to be able to handle just straight emotion.” Equally remarkable to my thinking Is the attitude of producers and directors who accept him as an actor ofconsequence without patronage. . .: The boy from Memphis would like to he just a performer and a complete mystery otherwise; gives interviews as part of their job, but doesn’t discuss his private life. Few know of existence world popularity has forced upon him. lie has made 26 records and every one has had over a mil- lion pressings. But the 34 gold records he s had are proof that some have sold three or four million.
Since any public appearance Presley makes is apt to create a riot, this is how he lives: A hand-picked group of five or six young men around his own age-now 25-are continuously with him. They include his cousin, Gene Smith, and an army buddy from Chicago, Joe Esposito; the others are boyhood friends from Memphis. They live with him and work with him when he is away from home, and provide both a society and a barrier be- tween him and the clamoring public. They travel to and
From the studio with him each day in two Cadillacs driven bumper to bumper. He is neither contemptuous not afraid of his idolaters; this is done.to avoid incidents which might result. in’ public disapproval. Once the most controversial figure in American entertainment, he has the aura about him, although with little impetus from him in the last three years. It all arose from what he did on stage-never from his off-stage conduct. which has in- variably been correct and certainly private.
Tom Parker has had a problem preventing A teen-agers from being hurt of even disgraced in their attempt to get close to Elvis. Once In Birmingham, Ala., some fans lay down in the tracks and stopped his train. In New Orleans shell 65 policemen were unable to control the crowd, Elvis escaped over the- rooftops. In New York he s been forced to keep in a half dozen hotels fleeing from one to another as fan pressures built up. That – has been hurt or is due to Parker’s experience and organizational ability, developed as a circus man.
1961
Elvis completed some dubbing for Follow That Dream.
In the afternoon he had to attend a music meeting for Kid Galahad.
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
1963
The Beatles kicked off their first tour of Sweden by playing two shows at Nya Aulan, Sundstavagen, Karlstad, Sweden. The local pop reviewer was not impressed, saying The Beatles should be grateful to their screaming fans for drowning out the group’s terrible performance, adding that The Beatles “were of no musical importance whatsoever and that their local support group, The Phantoms, decidedly outshone them.”
Kissin’ Cousins production
1964
When the teenagers in the audience kept screaming after The Rolling Stones finished their first song, Ed Sullivan was forced to shout “Quiet!” multiple times before he could introduce the next act. When the band closed the show with “Time Is On My Side”, Sullivan exclaimed “Come on, let them hear it!”, which caused such an uproar, Ed’s short conversation with Mick Jagger was completely inaudible. Sullivan vowed that The Stones would never appear on his show again, but later relented. A riot brook out in the studio, prompting Sullivan’s infamous quote, ‘I promise you they’ll never be back on our show again.’ The Rolling Stones went on to make a further five appearances on Sullivan’s show between 1965 and 1969.
The British music industry honors The Beatles with five Ivor Novello Awards, including one for Most Outstanding Contribution To Music
Tickle Me production
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Stay Away Joe Production
1968
The Trouble with Girls Production
1970
Speaking at a US radio conference, President Nixon asked programmers to ban all songs containing drug references.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night .
1973
Rick Nelson was a guest star on The Streets of San Francisco on ABC-TV.
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis performed on tour at the Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
more pictures:
https://www.elvisconcerts.com/pictures/c761025.htm
CONCERT DATE: October 25, 1976. Fort Wayne, IN.
ELVIS PRESLEY MATURED AS "SWEETEST TOUGH GUY"
by Connie Trexler
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
October 26, 1976.
Elvis Presley is probably the sweetest tough guy this ol' world has brought forth.
In the Fifties he was threatening but tantalizing. When he hit his stride and became a legend in his own time, he was delicious. Lately he has been like a Viennese dessert - all puff and no nourishing substance
Review
Monday night at the Memorial Coliseum all the puff was trimmed away, and all that was left was pure delight for a full house of devoted fans.
Those saddening reports that Elvis had gone fat - in his attitude as well as in body - were probably true, but he seems to have overcome both physical and attitude problems. He seems to have matured into an excellent and sensitive artist.
Elvis cared about that audience's happiness Monday night. He postured and sneered and strutted about, but he did it for his own and the audience's pleasure not to glorify himself.
He didn't need to glorify himself with any little status games, though the respect his fellow performers gave him was obvious. When he came out, people screamed. When he turned toward the people seated behind the stage, they screamed and a meteor of flash bulbs went off. Elvis is a superstar - he got there by singing well and caring about pleasing his audiences, and it seems he's realized he'll stay on top if he keeps on pleasing those audiences with the good songs and high regard they deserve.
Elvis's voice was in fine shape Monday night. Through more than an hour on stage he sang cleanly and with all the expressiveness he is known for. "You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog" was greeted with peals of screams, and it was only the oldest of a long string of old favorites. The only one he may have missed was "Love Me Tender".
Not unremarkable was the power and high quality of "Hurtin", the song he featured on his latest album. The song pushes him to put out his best singing and expressing abilities, and he did both Monday night. The album should be selling briskly today in the Fort Wayne area.
The impression of the concert one cannot escape is that it was so much fun - fun to see Elvis at his best, fun to see everyone scurrying toward the stage and fun to hear the music performed live when the singer, the chorus and the band were all in top form. It's an energizing experience, and one it would be tempting to repeat often.
The band and chorus deserve as Elvis himself. The playing was crisp and clean, and the chorus, most of whom doubled as warm-up acts, did a good enough job that the people managed to look relaxed and happy and not like a choir.
It was a very friendly show, not marred at all by the high power status plays one might expect. The only bad move all evening was the 25-minute intermission before Elvis came on stage during which souvenirs were heavily hawked at the audience. Maybe the Coliseum is small enough that even with the high ticket prices the tour needs the concessions to make a profit, but it was a low blow after such short, interesting warm-up acts.
He is an impressive sight. He's lost all the fat that recently plagued him, and he looks as young and sassy as he ever did - without a single tinge of the forbidden which gave him such early notoriety. It is a tribute to his entertainment abilities that the lifestyle and music he first popularized have become the accepted standard now. He can be spiffy and respected now, because he's a winner. He can be nice, too, because he's a winner, and it's good to be able to say he is nice and gives his fans a nice concert evening.
1977
The album “Elvis – A Legendary Performer, Vol. 2” was certified gold and would later Platinum and 2× Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA
1990
The Elvis Presley album “How Great Thou Art” was released on CD,
The Elvis Presley compilation album “Known Only to Him: Elvis Gospel 1957-1971” was released.
1992
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by RCA. It was certified double platinum on by the RIAA on July 15, 1999.
2006
Forbes.com reported their sixth annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list. The top money maker was Kurt Cobain, followed by Elvis Presley. John Lennon was number four, Ray Charles was number eight, Johnny Cash was tenth, George Harrison was twelfth and Bob Marley was thirteenth. To land on the list, a star needed to make at least $7 million in the past twelve months.
2011
Michael Jackson topped Forbes Magazine‘s list of the top-earning deceased celebrities with $170 million in earnings over the past year. Elvis Presley placed second with $55 million. John Lennon tied for fifth with $12 million and George Harrison tied for 13th with $6 million.
2012
Forbes magazine reported that Elizabeth Taylor, who died in 2011 at 79 years old, topped their list of highest-earning dead celebrities by earning $210 million in the past year. Michael Jackson, who took in more than any living artist in the past 12 months, was second with $145 million. Elvis Presley ranked #3 with $55 million in earnings, Peanuts creator Charles Shulz earned $37 million and Bob Marley $17 million.
2017
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2018
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2019
2019
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The private jet of the King of Rock and Roll has been sitting idly for nearly 40 years now collecting rust. One anonymous person has decided to purchase the luxury jet, and we’ve g…
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Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe Among Top Ghosts Sightings in Los Angeles | Hollywood Reporter
Even after death, Rudolph Valentino, Elvis Pressley and Marilyn Monroe dominate the ghost-sighting charts (if there were any) and are spotted all over Los Angeles.
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Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley Relationship Timeline: Details
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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic Casts Its Priscilla Presley
Australian actress Olivia DeJonge has been cast as Priscilla Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley movie, according to Deadline.
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