1953
Britain’s BBC restricts the airing of Frankie Laine’s “Answer Me” and Lee Lawrence’s “Crying In The Chapel” after religious groups object to the lyrics. In 1964, Elvis’ Crying in the Chapel would beat The Beatles for #1 song of the year.
1954
B.B. King charted with his fourth and final R&B with “You Upsets Me Baby,” #1 in four years out of only eight chart entries. Though B.B. would register seventy-five more R&B charters through 1992, he would never have another #1.
Elvis performed at the Shreveport, LA Louisiana Hayride. the other acts were Slim Whitman, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, Jimmy C Newman, J.E & Maxine Brown, Lump Lump Boys, Betty Amos, Jack Ford, Circle 6 Ranch Boys, Jeanette Hicks, Buddy Attaway, Hoot & Curley and Jerry & Dido Rowley
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Scotty, Bill and Elvis are forced to cover other artists, since they only had 2 singles out of their own. So this night Fool Fool Fool, and rip it up were sung in this show.
Since Elvis was still underage Vernon And Gladys had to sign for another contract running for one year. Elvis would get $18 per show and Scotty and Bill $12 each.
1955
Elvis performed at Biloxi, MS Biloxi Community House once at 2.00 and once at 8.00 p.m. to benefit the Daily Herald Doll & Toy Fund. Elvis sang I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry, Fool Fool Fool, Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Sittin On Top Of The World and did a commerical song for Southern Maid Donuts. other acts were Ernie Chaffin, Eddie Camp, Dan Seals, Jim Owen, Betty Ashley, Ann Raye
1957
sailing to hawaii
1960
Finally Elvis had persuaded Alan Fortas to rejoin the group and they all flew to Los Angeles to start with the preproduction of Wild In The Country. Elvis with Vernon and Dee, leaving Memphis for Hollywood where Elvis would do “Wild in the Country”
1961
Kid Galahad production
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair Production
1963
Fresh off Kissin Cousins, Elvis was joined by Priscilla at the MGM Studios.
Priscilla had read the reports in the press about the earlier Viva Las Vegas – Elvis and Ann-Margret: they were spotted riding motorcycles together.
1964
Tickle Me Production
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Stay Away Joe Production
1968
The Monkees‘ three quarter of a million dollar feature film, Head debuts in New York. Instead of being aimed at their target audience of teeny boppers, the flick contains a dark theme about the manipulation of the group, seemingly pointless walk-on appearances by inappropriate guests and scenes of Vietnam War atrocities. Reviews are harsh and the picture is a box office disaster.
Trouble with Girls Production
1971
Elvis Presley’s single “It’s Only Love” hit #51 in the U.S.
Elvis performed at the Cleveland Public Hall Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.
The afternoon show was in the Black Pinwheel with the Gold Attendance belt and the evening was the white pinwheel and lion head belt.
This was the first time that Al Dvorin took over as announcer. He would say at the end of each show the now famous words: “Elvis Has Left The Building” — a phrase first uttered by Horace Logan on the Hayride.
1990
The RIAA certified 150,000 sales of the Elvis Presley videos “Great Performances Volume 1 – Center Stage” and “Great Performances Volume 2 – Man And Music.”
2001
The album “The Country Side of Elvis” was released.
2015
Over 38 years after his death, Elvis Presley topped the UK album chart for a 12th time with “If I Can Dream”, a collection of Elvis classics featuring orchestral re-workings by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. That feat meant that Elvis has had more UK number one albums than any other male solo artist.
2018
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Newly-found letters, photos highlight Elvis' GI times in Grafenwoehr By MARCUS KLOECKNER MARTIN EGNASH STARS AND STRIPES • November 5, 2018
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — A special exhibition featuring newly recovered photos of Elvis Presley’s time as a soldier in Germany nearly 60 years ago has opened at a museum near the U.S. Army base in Grafenwoehr. The exhibit at Grafenwoehr’s Culture and Military museum, which opened Saturday and includes newly discovered pictures, documents and over 30 witness accounts, highlights Elvis’ military career. This includes his stay at Grafenwoehr, where Pfc. Presley conducted maneuver training, just as thousands of soldiers still do today. Birgit Ploessner, the curator who came up with the idea for the exhibit, told Stars and Stripes that intensive research had uncovered new facts connected with the King’s time here. “For a long time it was believed that Elvis was just twice in Grafenwoehr,” Ploessner said. But a book the museum recently found showed that Elvis was not just in town from November to December 1958 and in January and February 1960, but also in March 1959. Some of the new photos of Elvis’ time in Grafenwoehr include him playing the guitar to entertain fellow soldiers and signing autographs for locals. Local historians studied the photos and determined the buildings Elvis was in, many of which are still standing. They include a barracks in Camp Aachen and the post movie theater where Elvis met a local German girl, who he proceeded to have a short romantic fling with. The theater is still used by soldiers and families. The museum also tracked down a letter that was believed to be lost, which Elvis had written to Sepp Anderl Mueller, a reporter with the local newspaper Amberger Zeitung. When Elvis was in Hirschau, a town about 17 miles south of Grafenwoehr, he asked Mueller to send photos he had taken. “The reporter did so and Elvis wrote back to the reporter,” Ploessner said. “Unfortunately, when the reporter died, we did not know where the letter was.”
The museum recently found out that the reporter’s daughter had the letter. She gave it to the museum. Ploessner also said the museum tracked down more than 30 people who had met Elvis personally and interviewed them. She said that the Army was very cooperative in providing base access to assist the museum project. The exhibit, which includes the clothes worn by the rock n’ roll icon and an autographed beer coaster, also features a piano on which Elvis performed during a private concert at a local boarding house. Elvis spent a week at the boarding house together with his father. Since the owner allowed them to stay for free, he performed for the owner and his staff. Ploessner said that Elvis’ record company, RCA, wouldn’t let him perform. The King just ignored them. The exhibition will continue until March 31. Admission costs 4 euros for adults and 2 euros for children.
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Presley, Cash spotlighted in tribute concert
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“Elvis & Johnny,” featuring Joseph Hall as Elvis Presley and Paul Eve as Johnny Cash, will open at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the theater, 103 N.
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