Give us this October 20 our daily Elvis
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Give us this day, October 21, Our Daily Elvis
1908
A “Saturday Evening Post” advertisement offered a chance to buy a two-sided record from Columbia.
1955
Elvis performed at the Missouri Theatre , St. Louis, Missouri at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m on a show bill with Lester Wilburn
Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Johnnie & Jack, The Smokey Mountain Boys, The Tennessee MT Boys, P&P & His Jug Band
https://scottymoore.net/stlouis.html#MOT
1956
Elvis was visited by Juan Juanico for a couple of days. Because of the many fans around the house they stayed inside for most of the time. However during the night Elvis and June did go out to see some newsreel footage at the local theater. Unfortunately fans saw the limousine and vandalized it.
1957
Jailhouse Rock opens in USA theatres
“Jailhouse Rock” becomes Elvis Presley‘s ninth Billboard chart topper in the last year and a half. Rolling Stone magazine would later rank it as #67 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time and it was named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
1958
Buddy Holly was at the Pythian Temple Studios in New York for the last time, taping “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” (a number 1), “Raining In My Heart”, “Moondreams”, and “True Love Ways”.
At Master Recorders in Hollywood, Ricky Nelson recorded “It’s Late.” At a later date, the Jordanaires overdubbed background vocals for the track.
Elvis Presley released the single “One Night” b/w “I Got Stung.”
1961
for Kid Galahad, Elvis flew to Los Angeles with Joe Esposito, Charlie Hodge and Billy Smith. The other guys went by car.
Elvis hired Marty Lacker.
Also new in the house was Scatter, a chimpanzee. Elvis got the chimp from Captain Bill Killebrew. The monkey was trained to “drive a car” . Elvis and the guys really enjoyed the things the chimp did, unlike some of the girls around.
1962
Cliff Richard appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Kate Smith, Rip Taylor, Wayne & Shuster and Dave Barry also performed on the program.
Girls Girls Girls opens in theatres
Elvis in It Happened at the World’s Fair Production
1963
Kissin’ Cousins production
1964
The movie musical “My Fair Lady” made its world premier in New York.
Tickle Me production
1965
Wanting to improve on a previous recording session The Beatles started from scratch on a new song called ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’, finishing recordings in three takes. They also begin working on another new John Lennon song ‘Nowhere Man.’
Bill Black, leader of Bill Black’s Combo and Elvis Presley’s original bass player, died from a brain tumor. Black’s biggest solo hit was “White Silver Sands”, an instrumental that made it into the US Top Ten in 1960.
Elvis was quoted in the Commercial Appeal as saying that Bill ” was a great man and a person that everyone loved. This comes as such a shock to me that I can hardly explain how much I loved Bill”.
Elvis didn’t attend the funeral, as he was afraid of causing disruption.
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Elvis in Arizona for Stay Away, Joe Production
1968
The Trouble with Girls Production
1970
At the Schwartz and Ableser Jewelry Elvis picked up one more TCB pendant without the chain.
Only 2 days ago he had bought 12 and 1 day before another 10, all with the chains.
1971
Elvis arrives at the Laboratory for the Patrica Parker Paternity suit – Peter Parker, her baby, is not Elvis’.
1972
Seventeen years after having hits with some of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s most memorable classics, Chuck Berry his first and only US and UK was “My Ding-a-Ling”, a college novelty song about masturbation. It was recorded live at Coventry Lanchester Polytechnic in England as part of the Lanchester Arts Festival, for which Berry turned up an hour and a half late. It blocked Elvis’ Burning Love single from #1, and he’d not have another #1 during his lifetime.
Elvis Presley’s single “Burning Love” hit #7 in the U.K.
Rick Nelson entered the Top 10 with “Garden Party”, It was Nelson’s first Top 10 hit in nine years.
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown.
October 21, 1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1974
Queen’s single “Killer Queen” was released.
Dr Ghanem ordered a series of tests to determine the cause of Elvis’ intestinal problems. These turned up a ” nonpenetrating ulcer crater” along with “edematous mucosal folds”. Elvis stayed in a special wing of Dr. Ghanem’s home, for celebrity patients. Elvis had to go through a new “sleep diet”, consisted of liquid nourishment and sedated rest.
1975
As a collection of movie title tracks, an album especially for children and so forth. RCA had not yet responded to any of his suggestions, so now the Colonel went to RCA with a telegram from Elvis:
” I would like to work on an album for early ’76 release, where I would do a combination, part conventional and part live from Las Vegas, during my Dec. 2-15 engagement. This would give a much better flavor with all the new material. Best regards, Elvis” Nothing came from this suggestion.
Milo High flies Elvis’ aunt, Delta Biggs, and Mike McGregor to Boston to pick up Elvis’ chow. Get Lo, who has been recuperating at the New England Institute for Comparative Medicine veterinary hospital in West Boylston for almost three months.
1976
The 21st October show was in the city Kalamazoo Wings Stadium and Elvis wore the Ace Of Spades Suit for the first time since nearly two year to the date of its debut but this time with the V-Neck suit belt
1978
Grease was #1 for the 11th week on the Album chart.
1985
A television special called The Carl Perkins and Friends Show, marked the 30th anniversary of the song “Blue Suede Shoes”. The event featured Carl Perkins, the song’s writer, along with Dave Edmunds, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
1992
Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to Elvis’ second grandchild, first grandson. She and 1st husband Danny Keough name the baby Benjamin Storm Keough.
1997
The Guinness Book Of Records announced that Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind” (Princess Diana version) was now the biggest selling single record of all time in the US and the UK, with 31.8 million sales in the first 40 days after its release. The all-time sales leader world wide is Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”.
1998
U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, extending the duration of U.S. copyrights by 20 years. Copyrights had lasted for the life of the author plus 50 years. The new act allows copyrights to last the life of the author plus 70 years in the case of individual works, or 75 to 95 years in the case of works of corporate authorship and works first published before January 1, 1978.
2016
Sony releases the second Elvis with Symphony: The Wonder of You – and also concert tours with local orchestras.
The Wonder of You is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 21, 2016 by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Abbey Road Studios. It also features a duet with German singer Helene Fischer.
The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart earning a BPI Silver award in its debut week with sales of 63,500
It is Elvis’ 13th UK number-one album, making him the solo artist with most UK number-one albums (and overall only behind The Beatles with 15 number-one albums).[5] Elvis also extended the record for most UK top 10 albums, with The Wonder of You becoming his 52nd top 10 album.[6] It became the year’s 5th top selling album, and the biggest seller by a US artist, the top four being Adele “25”, Coldplay’s “A Head Full Of Dreams”, Justin Bieber’s “Purpose”, and Michael Ball & Alfie Boe’s “Together” (three UK artists and a Canadian). Finally, it was also the #2 album released in the UK in 2016, after “Together” and by extension, the top selling album released in 2016 by a non UK artist.
In the United States, the album debuted at #1 in the Billboard Classical Chart, making it Presley’s second stay at the top on that chart, after last year’s “If I can dream”. It has thus far remained inside that chart’s Top 20 for 21 weeks.
Worldwide, and according to the Mediatraffic Global Chart Report March 8, 2017, the album has thus far sold 725,000 units.
2018
Flaming Star Elvis Festival on October 19,2018 | CambridgeTimes.ca
Oct 18, 2018 – Oct 21, 2018 – Ocean City Elvis Festival
This annual four-day festival celebrates the life and music of Elvis Presley through live performances of his music.
Halloween comes early as Elvis visits Ocean City, zombies invade Milton
In Austria, sold the last Cadillac Elvis Presley
http://micetimes.asia/in-austria-sold-t ... s-presley/
Elton John on Why His Disappointing Meeting With Elvis Became a Wake-Up Call
During the 1970s, Elton John struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, even as he was at a creative peak. At that time, he finally met Elvis Presley, but the Elvis he met was not the Elvis of his childhood. John has called the June 1976 meeting with the late King of Rock and Roll a wake-up call in […]
popculture.com
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-21/
1908
A “Saturday Evening Post” advertisement offered a chance to buy a two-sided record from Columbia.
1955
Elvis performed at the Missouri Theatre , St. Louis, Missouri at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m on a show bill with Lester Wilburn
Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Johnnie & Jack, The Smokey Mountain Boys, The Tennessee MT Boys, P&P & His Jug Band
https://scottymoore.net/stlouis.html#MOT
1956
Elvis was visited by Juan Juanico for a couple of days. Because of the many fans around the house they stayed inside for most of the time. However during the night Elvis and June did go out to see some newsreel footage at the local theater. Unfortunately fans saw the limousine and vandalized it.
1957
Jailhouse Rock opens in USA theatres
“Jailhouse Rock” becomes Elvis Presley‘s ninth Billboard chart topper in the last year and a half. Rolling Stone magazine would later rank it as #67 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time and it was named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
1958
Buddy Holly was at the Pythian Temple Studios in New York for the last time, taping “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” (a number 1), “Raining In My Heart”, “Moondreams”, and “True Love Ways”.
At Master Recorders in Hollywood, Ricky Nelson recorded “It’s Late.” At a later date, the Jordanaires overdubbed background vocals for the track.
Elvis Presley released the single “One Night” b/w “I Got Stung.”
1961
for Kid Galahad, Elvis flew to Los Angeles with Joe Esposito, Charlie Hodge and Billy Smith. The other guys went by car.
Elvis hired Marty Lacker.
Also new in the house was Scatter, a chimpanzee. Elvis got the chimp from Captain Bill Killebrew. The monkey was trained to “drive a car” . Elvis and the guys really enjoyed the things the chimp did, unlike some of the girls around.
1962
Cliff Richard appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Kate Smith, Rip Taylor, Wayne & Shuster and Dave Barry also performed on the program.
Girls Girls Girls opens in theatres
Elvis in It Happened at the World’s Fair Production
1963
Kissin’ Cousins production
1964
The movie musical “My Fair Lady” made its world premier in New York.
Tickle Me production
1965
Wanting to improve on a previous recording session The Beatles started from scratch on a new song called ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’, finishing recordings in three takes. They also begin working on another new John Lennon song ‘Nowhere Man.’
Bill Black, leader of Bill Black’s Combo and Elvis Presley’s original bass player, died from a brain tumor. Black’s biggest solo hit was “White Silver Sands”, an instrumental that made it into the US Top Ten in 1960.
Elvis was quoted in the Commercial Appeal as saying that Bill ” was a great man and a person that everyone loved. This comes as such a shock to me that I can hardly explain how much I loved Bill”.
Elvis didn’t attend the funeral, as he was afraid of causing disruption.
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Elvis in Arizona for Stay Away, Joe Production
1968
The Trouble with Girls Production
1970
At the Schwartz and Ableser Jewelry Elvis picked up one more TCB pendant without the chain.
Only 2 days ago he had bought 12 and 1 day before another 10, all with the chains.
1971
Elvis arrives at the Laboratory for the Patrica Parker Paternity suit – Peter Parker, her baby, is not Elvis’.
1972
Seventeen years after having hits with some of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s most memorable classics, Chuck Berry his first and only US and UK was “My Ding-a-Ling”, a college novelty song about masturbation. It was recorded live at Coventry Lanchester Polytechnic in England as part of the Lanchester Arts Festival, for which Berry turned up an hour and a half late. It blocked Elvis’ Burning Love single from #1, and he’d not have another #1 during his lifetime.
Elvis Presley’s single “Burning Love” hit #7 in the U.K.
Rick Nelson entered the Top 10 with “Garden Party”, It was Nelson’s first Top 10 hit in nine years.
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown.
October 21, 1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1974
Queen’s single “Killer Queen” was released.
Dr Ghanem ordered a series of tests to determine the cause of Elvis’ intestinal problems. These turned up a ” nonpenetrating ulcer crater” along with “edematous mucosal folds”. Elvis stayed in a special wing of Dr. Ghanem’s home, for celebrity patients. Elvis had to go through a new “sleep diet”, consisted of liquid nourishment and sedated rest.
1975
As a collection of movie title tracks, an album especially for children and so forth. RCA had not yet responded to any of his suggestions, so now the Colonel went to RCA with a telegram from Elvis:
” I would like to work on an album for early ’76 release, where I would do a combination, part conventional and part live from Las Vegas, during my Dec. 2-15 engagement. This would give a much better flavor with all the new material. Best regards, Elvis” Nothing came from this suggestion.
Milo High flies Elvis’ aunt, Delta Biggs, and Mike McGregor to Boston to pick up Elvis’ chow. Get Lo, who has been recuperating at the New England Institute for Comparative Medicine veterinary hospital in West Boylston for almost three months.
1976
The 21st October show was in the city Kalamazoo Wings Stadium and Elvis wore the Ace Of Spades Suit for the first time since nearly two year to the date of its debut but this time with the V-Neck suit belt
1978
Grease was #1 for the 11th week on the Album chart.
1985
A television special called The Carl Perkins and Friends Show, marked the 30th anniversary of the song “Blue Suede Shoes”. The event featured Carl Perkins, the song’s writer, along with Dave Edmunds, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
1992
Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to Elvis’ second grandchild, first grandson. She and 1st husband Danny Keough name the baby Benjamin Storm Keough.
1997
The Guinness Book Of Records announced that Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind” (Princess Diana version) was now the biggest selling single record of all time in the US and the UK, with 31.8 million sales in the first 40 days after its release. The all-time sales leader world wide is Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”.
1998
U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, extending the duration of U.S. copyrights by 20 years. Copyrights had lasted for the life of the author plus 50 years. The new act allows copyrights to last the life of the author plus 70 years in the case of individual works, or 75 to 95 years in the case of works of corporate authorship and works first published before January 1, 1978.
2016
Sony releases the second Elvis with Symphony: The Wonder of You – and also concert tours with local orchestras.
The Wonder of You is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 21, 2016 by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Abbey Road Studios. It also features a duet with German singer Helene Fischer.
The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart earning a BPI Silver award in its debut week with sales of 63,500
It is Elvis’ 13th UK number-one album, making him the solo artist with most UK number-one albums (and overall only behind The Beatles with 15 number-one albums).[5] Elvis also extended the record for most UK top 10 albums, with The Wonder of You becoming his 52nd top 10 album.[6] It became the year’s 5th top selling album, and the biggest seller by a US artist, the top four being Adele “25”, Coldplay’s “A Head Full Of Dreams”, Justin Bieber’s “Purpose”, and Michael Ball & Alfie Boe’s “Together” (three UK artists and a Canadian). Finally, it was also the #2 album released in the UK in 2016, after “Together” and by extension, the top selling album released in 2016 by a non UK artist.
In the United States, the album debuted at #1 in the Billboard Classical Chart, making it Presley’s second stay at the top on that chart, after last year’s “If I can dream”. It has thus far remained inside that chart’s Top 20 for 21 weeks.
Worldwide, and according to the Mediatraffic Global Chart Report March 8, 2017, the album has thus far sold 725,000 units.
2018
Flaming Star Elvis Festival on October 19,2018 | CambridgeTimes.ca
Oct 18, 2018 – Oct 21, 2018 – Ocean City Elvis Festival
This annual four-day festival celebrates the life and music of Elvis Presley through live performances of his music.
Halloween comes early as Elvis visits Ocean City, zombies invade Milton
In Austria, sold the last Cadillac Elvis Presley
http://micetimes.asia/in-austria-sold-t ... s-presley/
Elton John on Why His Disappointing Meeting With Elvis Became a Wake-Up Call
During the 1970s, Elton John struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, even as he was at a creative peak. At that time, he finally met Elvis Presley, but the Elvis he met was not the Elvis of his childhood. John has called the June 1976 meeting with the late King of Rock and Roll a wake-up call in […]
popculture.com
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-21/