Give us this October 22 our daily Elvis
Posted: October 22nd, 2025, 11:31 am
1883
The Metropolitan Opera House held its grand opening in New York.
1955
Scotty, Elvis and Bill at the Missouri Theatre in St. Louis Photo © John Hartford
https://scottymoore.net/stlouis.html#MOT
1956
During the evening Elvis rehearsed at home with the band and the Jordanaires for his second performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... rsals.html
1961
Kid Galahad production
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
, 1963
Kissin’ Cousins production
1965
The Rolling Stones release “Get Off My Cloud” in the UK. Two weeks later, it will be number one.
The Beatles had three sessions at EMI Studios in London. George Martin recorded the electric piano solo for “In My Life”. The group recorded three more takes of “Nowhere Man”, which they had started the night before, from 2:30 to 7 p.m. The Beatles completed work on “Nowhere Man” in the final session from 7-11 that night.
Elvis liked to watch films at the Memphian. This night he watched Dr. Strangelove again. More favourites of him were: King Rat, A Patch Of Blue, The Pawnbroker, Cleopatra, Johnny Nobody, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Thunderball and Dr. No.
1966
The Supremes became the first female group to have a No.1 album on the US chart with ‘The Supremes a Go Go’, knocking The Beatles Revolver from the top of the charts.
The Colonel manages to get Elvis’ RCA contract extended to 1972, despite a serious recent slump in record sales.
gee, I wonder who’s fault that was…
meanwhile, Elvis in Easy Come, Easy Go Production production
1967
The Who performed at the Saville Theatre in London.
Elvis in Stay Away, Joe production
1968
Elvis began with the production for his new and final MGM movie called Chautauqua. The Colonel was afraid this title would give difficulties with the advertisements so it was changed into The Trouble With Girls (and how to get into it).
The rehearsals started at 11.00 a.m.
1969
The four couples, Elvis and Priscilla, the Esposito’s, the Gambills and the Schillings, who were planning to go to Europe together flew to Miami instead and then on to Nassau. They stayed at the Paradise Island Hotel. Unfortunately the weather was that bad the whole bunch returned home earlier than intended.
1970
Elvis flew to Palm Springs for the weekend.
1971
Joan Baez received a Gold record for “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. It turned out to be her biggest hit, peaking at #3 in the US and #6 in the UK.
Elvis flew back to Palm Springs, where he remained for at least 4 days.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night.
1973
Olivia Newton-John released the single “Let Me Be There”
1976
Led Zeppelin released The Soundtrack to The Song Remains the Same as the movie opened nationwide in theaters. (Note: the film premiered on October 20 at Cinema 1 in New York City, according to the band’s official website.)
Elvis performed on tour at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois.
https://www.elvisconcerts.com/newspapers/press329.htm
CONCERT DATE: October 22 1976 (8:30 pm). Champaign IL.
Elvis Is an Oldie But Goodie
by Martha Hirsch
Champaign-Urbana Courier
October 23, 1976
An Elvis Presley concert is a boon to flashcube manufacturers in America. The sellout crowd at the Assembly Hall Friday night might used thousands of flashes in an effort to capture each creaky twitch of aging idol of early rock and roll. Elvis, although he can't quite boogy with his thickening waist, nonetheless deserved the screaming adulation for his showmanship alone. Time may not have made him sexier, but it taught him how to sell it and how to make his buyers love it even at a scalper's price of $25 for $12.50 tickets.
(nina notes: Inflation adjusted to 2025 12.50 is $69.94 with 25 being $139.89 - considering concert prices now, Elvis tickets were cheap)
His band was dressed in red sequined leisure suits. He brought 10 backup vocalists and a flunky with a unique function - which will be revealed in a few paragraphs. And Elvis Presley audience included people from all walks of concertgoing. Some of them looked like leftovers from a Jefferson Starship show. Others probably would have been equally comfortable with Lawrence Welk. There were number of families with children, a few middle-aged ladies with Elvis' name sequined on their T-shirts and a good portion of well-suited gentlemen who looked like stereotyped bank officers. Naturally, there were pretty young girls there, too. They stood in front of the stage and absolutely died whenever Elvis decided to slay them.
The band set up and turned up matter-of-factly during as intermission, which followed the warmup acts. Then an announcer came on and urged everyone to return to their seats "as quickly as possible so that Elvis can come on." Thousands scurried while those already seated laughed a little self-consciously at their eagerness. In darkness, the band began with the strains of Wagner's "Thus Spake Zarathustra," also known as the theme from the movie "2001." They squeezed out one phrase and -flash! - a colored spot illuminated some band member. It wasn't Elvis, yet.
Another few bars and - flash - another colored spot on the stage. Still not Elvis, and Lord how the tension mounted. When the white spot hit the doorway and Elvis himself sauntered out the crowd went predictably crazy and millions of watts in flashcubes winked in rapid succession, lighting the hall to its concrete rafters. He was dressed in a tight, white shiny suit with a sequined design on his back and legs. His shirt was opened at the neck, but his chest was not hairy. (Don't you want every detail?) He wore a heavy belt with a massive buckle, which was designed, one suspects, to disguise his somewhat fleshy belly. Yes its' true: Elvis is not exactly trim. However, those who sat behind the stage can testify that Elvis' rear still holds altogether.
With an acoustic guitar hanging from his neck as a prop, Elvis launched into his first numbers. He sang Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender and sounded like old times. Then the flunky swung into action. Elvis sang and inclined his head to this man in red, and the man draped a long white scarf around the king's neck. Then Elvis strolled to the edge of the stage and, mopping at a real or imagined drop of perspiration with the long, white scarf, he pulled it from his neck and dropped it into the hand of one of the girls at the edge of the stage. Then he inclined his head for another scarf and repeated the act - many times.
The young women who were thus favored frequently did little dances of sheer transported delight at receiving Elvis' personally sweated-upon scarf. A couple times - are you ready for this - Elvis dipped to one knee and kissed a waiting young woman. And when that happened, a grandmotherly voice cried out in a fit of jealous desire: "Those young things can't appreciate you."
more pics"
https://www.elvisconcerts.com/pictures/c761022.htm
1977
LP Charts: Elvis Presley’s Moody Blue was #8,
The album “Elvis’ Golden Records Vol. 3” hit #64 in the U.S.
Ronnie McDowell’s single “The King Is Gone” hit #13 in the U.S. The song was one of the most successful tribute records.
Ronnie McDowell performed “The King Is Gone” on “American Bandstand.” The song was a tribute to Elvis Presley.
1996
It was announced that, “The Beatles were now bigger than The Beatles”. The statement was based on sales so far this year, having sold 6,000,000 albums from their back catalogue and a combined total of 13,000,000 copies of ‘The Beatles Anthology 1’ and ‘The Beatles Anthology 2’. With the release of ‘The Beatles Anthology 3’ a week away, it was anticipated that total Beatles album sales for 1996 would exceed 20 million. A poll showed 41 percent of sales were to teenagers who were not born when The Beatles officially called it quits in 1970.
1997
Italy’s antitrust agency, the Guarantor for Competition fined the Italian divisions of BMG, EMI, PolyGram, Sony Music and Warner Music a total of 7.7 billion lire ($4.5 million), with the claim that they had formed a cartel to drown out competition.
2000
The Beatles Anthology was the #1 book on the New York Times‘ bestseller list for non-fiction
2005
Waterloo by ABBA was voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers in 31 countries across Europe voted during a special show in Copenhagen to celebrate the annual event’s 50th birthday.
2015
Priscilla Presley: ‘Elvis’s spirit speaks to me – it’s beautiful’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/ ... -beautiful
2017
Priscilla Presley becomes latest star to quit Scientology cult after joining 40 years ago when Elvis died
2018
Celeste Yarnall, hard-working actress who appeared with Elvis and in Star Trek has died
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... star-trek/
Elvis Presley group sues city over Graceland expansion plans
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local ... -606650410
Commentary: Elvis lives on through letters
https://swnewsmedia.com/chanhassen_vill ... 7e582.html
Shammi Kapoor deserved title ‘Elvis Presley of India’: Shatrughan Sinha
The Tribune – He was truly deserving of the title ‘Elvis Presley of India’. You live among us with your unforgettable songs, dances and movies! RIP.” Shammi …
2019
2019
https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/pris ... net-worth/
Priscilla Presley Net Worth: Elvis’ Former Wife Is Set for Life
She may be Elvis’ former wife, but Priscilla Presley’s net worth is impressive all thanks to her acting career and keeping the singer’s memory alive.
http://www.closerweekly.com
Lisa Marie’s Presley’s Portion Of The Elvis Music Fortune Was …
The Blast–Oct. 19, 2019
Lisa Marie Presley is still battling her ex-husband in their divorce, and recently it was revealed just how much was on the line when she tied the …
Bruce Springsteen Tells The Story About How He Once Broke …
ETCanada.com–Oct. 11, 2019
The Boss did a little breaking and entering in his early days. Bruce Springsteen says he “raided” Elvis Presley’s Graceland compound in 1975 …
Lisa Marie Presley Was Left ‘Financially Devastated’ Following …
PopCulture.com–Oct. 16, 2019
New court documents in Lisa Marie Presley‘s long-running legal battle with … Presley claimed that Siegel sold 85 percent of her interest in Elvis …
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity- ... g-20666782
Elton John confesses Elvis was disappointing to meet as he was in a ‘complete drug haze’ – Mirror Online
Sir Elton John has revealed why his meeting with the King of Rock and Roll was a wake-up call
http://www.mirror.co.uk
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-22/
The Metropolitan Opera House held its grand opening in New York.
1955
Scotty, Elvis and Bill at the Missouri Theatre in St. Louis Photo © John Hartford
https://scottymoore.net/stlouis.html#MOT
1956
During the evening Elvis rehearsed at home with the band and the Jordanaires for his second performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... rsals.html
1961
Kid Galahad production
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
, 1963
Kissin’ Cousins production
1965
The Rolling Stones release “Get Off My Cloud” in the UK. Two weeks later, it will be number one.
The Beatles had three sessions at EMI Studios in London. George Martin recorded the electric piano solo for “In My Life”. The group recorded three more takes of “Nowhere Man”, which they had started the night before, from 2:30 to 7 p.m. The Beatles completed work on “Nowhere Man” in the final session from 7-11 that night.
Elvis liked to watch films at the Memphian. This night he watched Dr. Strangelove again. More favourites of him were: King Rat, A Patch Of Blue, The Pawnbroker, Cleopatra, Johnny Nobody, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Thunderball and Dr. No.
1966
The Supremes became the first female group to have a No.1 album on the US chart with ‘The Supremes a Go Go’, knocking The Beatles Revolver from the top of the charts.
The Colonel manages to get Elvis’ RCA contract extended to 1972, despite a serious recent slump in record sales.
gee, I wonder who’s fault that was…
meanwhile, Elvis in Easy Come, Easy Go Production production
1967
The Who performed at the Saville Theatre in London.
Elvis in Stay Away, Joe production
1968
Elvis began with the production for his new and final MGM movie called Chautauqua. The Colonel was afraid this title would give difficulties with the advertisements so it was changed into The Trouble With Girls (and how to get into it).
The rehearsals started at 11.00 a.m.
1969
The four couples, Elvis and Priscilla, the Esposito’s, the Gambills and the Schillings, who were planning to go to Europe together flew to Miami instead and then on to Nassau. They stayed at the Paradise Island Hotel. Unfortunately the weather was that bad the whole bunch returned home earlier than intended.
1970
Elvis flew to Palm Springs for the weekend.
1971
Joan Baez received a Gold record for “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. It turned out to be her biggest hit, peaking at #3 in the US and #6 in the UK.
Elvis flew back to Palm Springs, where he remained for at least 4 days.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night.
1973
Olivia Newton-John released the single “Let Me Be There”
1976
Led Zeppelin released The Soundtrack to The Song Remains the Same as the movie opened nationwide in theaters. (Note: the film premiered on October 20 at Cinema 1 in New York City, according to the band’s official website.)
Elvis performed on tour at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois.
https://www.elvisconcerts.com/newspapers/press329.htm
CONCERT DATE: October 22 1976 (8:30 pm). Champaign IL.
Elvis Is an Oldie But Goodie
by Martha Hirsch
Champaign-Urbana Courier
October 23, 1976
An Elvis Presley concert is a boon to flashcube manufacturers in America. The sellout crowd at the Assembly Hall Friday night might used thousands of flashes in an effort to capture each creaky twitch of aging idol of early rock and roll. Elvis, although he can't quite boogy with his thickening waist, nonetheless deserved the screaming adulation for his showmanship alone. Time may not have made him sexier, but it taught him how to sell it and how to make his buyers love it even at a scalper's price of $25 for $12.50 tickets.
(nina notes: Inflation adjusted to 2025 12.50 is $69.94 with 25 being $139.89 - considering concert prices now, Elvis tickets were cheap)
His band was dressed in red sequined leisure suits. He brought 10 backup vocalists and a flunky with a unique function - which will be revealed in a few paragraphs. And Elvis Presley audience included people from all walks of concertgoing. Some of them looked like leftovers from a Jefferson Starship show. Others probably would have been equally comfortable with Lawrence Welk. There were number of families with children, a few middle-aged ladies with Elvis' name sequined on their T-shirts and a good portion of well-suited gentlemen who looked like stereotyped bank officers. Naturally, there were pretty young girls there, too. They stood in front of the stage and absolutely died whenever Elvis decided to slay them.
The band set up and turned up matter-of-factly during as intermission, which followed the warmup acts. Then an announcer came on and urged everyone to return to their seats "as quickly as possible so that Elvis can come on." Thousands scurried while those already seated laughed a little self-consciously at their eagerness. In darkness, the band began with the strains of Wagner's "Thus Spake Zarathustra," also known as the theme from the movie "2001." They squeezed out one phrase and -flash! - a colored spot illuminated some band member. It wasn't Elvis, yet.
Another few bars and - flash - another colored spot on the stage. Still not Elvis, and Lord how the tension mounted. When the white spot hit the doorway and Elvis himself sauntered out the crowd went predictably crazy and millions of watts in flashcubes winked in rapid succession, lighting the hall to its concrete rafters. He was dressed in a tight, white shiny suit with a sequined design on his back and legs. His shirt was opened at the neck, but his chest was not hairy. (Don't you want every detail?) He wore a heavy belt with a massive buckle, which was designed, one suspects, to disguise his somewhat fleshy belly. Yes its' true: Elvis is not exactly trim. However, those who sat behind the stage can testify that Elvis' rear still holds altogether.
With an acoustic guitar hanging from his neck as a prop, Elvis launched into his first numbers. He sang Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender and sounded like old times. Then the flunky swung into action. Elvis sang and inclined his head to this man in red, and the man draped a long white scarf around the king's neck. Then Elvis strolled to the edge of the stage and, mopping at a real or imagined drop of perspiration with the long, white scarf, he pulled it from his neck and dropped it into the hand of one of the girls at the edge of the stage. Then he inclined his head for another scarf and repeated the act - many times.
The young women who were thus favored frequently did little dances of sheer transported delight at receiving Elvis' personally sweated-upon scarf. A couple times - are you ready for this - Elvis dipped to one knee and kissed a waiting young woman. And when that happened, a grandmotherly voice cried out in a fit of jealous desire: "Those young things can't appreciate you."
more pics"
https://www.elvisconcerts.com/pictures/c761022.htm
1977
LP Charts: Elvis Presley’s Moody Blue was #8,
The album “Elvis’ Golden Records Vol. 3” hit #64 in the U.S.
Ronnie McDowell’s single “The King Is Gone” hit #13 in the U.S. The song was one of the most successful tribute records.
Ronnie McDowell performed “The King Is Gone” on “American Bandstand.” The song was a tribute to Elvis Presley.
1996
It was announced that, “The Beatles were now bigger than The Beatles”. The statement was based on sales so far this year, having sold 6,000,000 albums from their back catalogue and a combined total of 13,000,000 copies of ‘The Beatles Anthology 1’ and ‘The Beatles Anthology 2’. With the release of ‘The Beatles Anthology 3’ a week away, it was anticipated that total Beatles album sales for 1996 would exceed 20 million. A poll showed 41 percent of sales were to teenagers who were not born when The Beatles officially called it quits in 1970.
1997
Italy’s antitrust agency, the Guarantor for Competition fined the Italian divisions of BMG, EMI, PolyGram, Sony Music and Warner Music a total of 7.7 billion lire ($4.5 million), with the claim that they had formed a cartel to drown out competition.
2000
The Beatles Anthology was the #1 book on the New York Times‘ bestseller list for non-fiction
2005
Waterloo by ABBA was voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers in 31 countries across Europe voted during a special show in Copenhagen to celebrate the annual event’s 50th birthday.
2015
Priscilla Presley: ‘Elvis’s spirit speaks to me – it’s beautiful’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/ ... -beautiful
2017
Priscilla Presley becomes latest star to quit Scientology cult after joining 40 years ago when Elvis died
2018
Celeste Yarnall, hard-working actress who appeared with Elvis and in Star Trek has died
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... star-trek/
Elvis Presley group sues city over Graceland expansion plans
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local ... -606650410
Commentary: Elvis lives on through letters
https://swnewsmedia.com/chanhassen_vill ... 7e582.html
Shammi Kapoor deserved title ‘Elvis Presley of India’: Shatrughan Sinha
The Tribune – He was truly deserving of the title ‘Elvis Presley of India’. You live among us with your unforgettable songs, dances and movies! RIP.” Shammi …
2019
2019
https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/pris ... net-worth/
Priscilla Presley Net Worth: Elvis’ Former Wife Is Set for Life
She may be Elvis’ former wife, but Priscilla Presley’s net worth is impressive all thanks to her acting career and keeping the singer’s memory alive.
http://www.closerweekly.com
Lisa Marie’s Presley’s Portion Of The Elvis Music Fortune Was …
The Blast–Oct. 19, 2019
Lisa Marie Presley is still battling her ex-husband in their divorce, and recently it was revealed just how much was on the line when she tied the …
Bruce Springsteen Tells The Story About How He Once Broke …
ETCanada.com–Oct. 11, 2019
The Boss did a little breaking and entering in his early days. Bruce Springsteen says he “raided” Elvis Presley’s Graceland compound in 1975 …
Lisa Marie Presley Was Left ‘Financially Devastated’ Following …
PopCulture.com–Oct. 16, 2019
New court documents in Lisa Marie Presley‘s long-running legal battle with … Presley claimed that Siegel sold 85 percent of her interest in Elvis …
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity- ... g-20666782
Elton John confesses Elvis was disappointing to meet as he was in a ‘complete drug haze’ – Mirror Online
Sir Elton John has revealed why his meeting with the King of Rock and Roll was a wake-up call
http://www.mirror.co.uk
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-22/