Give us this October24 our Daily Elvis
Posted: October 24th, 2025, 11:44 am
Give Us This Day, October 24, Our Daily Elvis
1955
Together with local rockabilly Sonny Burgess, who would start for Sun the next year, Elvis performed at the Silver Moon Club, Newport, Arkansas.
https://scottymoore.net/batesville.html#silvermoonclub
At the same time Colonel Parker had sent a telegram to Sam Philips to tell him he’s got all authorization from Gladys and Vernon to negotiate for Elvis in order to buy his contract from Sun and asked what price Phillips wanted. Fateful day: Bob Neal, Sam Phillips, Coleman Tily, Presley and Col Parker
1956
Elvis receives his first letter from the local draft board concerning his draft status.
Elvis had to leave for New York, but before that he, his parents and Juan Juanico attended a special screening of a rough cut of Love Me Tender. Except for Elvis everyone was enthusiastic. Elvis was not satisfied by his acting.
1957
Chuck Willis, known as the Sheik of the Blues because he wore a turban, entered the R&B hit list with “C.C. Rider,” reaching #1 and #12 pop. The recording kicked off “The Stroll” dance craze and was originally called “See See Rider Blues” like the 1925 recording by Ma Rainey.
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
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Arkansas State College when chapter president Rick Husky, dreamed up an idea to initiate someone famous as an honorary member. Elvis Presley was the unanimous choice.
Rick Husky pins a TKE pledge pin on his newest fraternity brother Elvis Presley
in the 1970s, Rick Husky wrote the “streets of San Francisco” episode with the Memphis Mafia names and in the 1990s, was the producer of the Elvis tv series “Good Rocking Tonight” starring Micheal St Gerard.
Full story & more pictures:
https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis- ... lege.shtml
1961
Elvis had to attend a music meeting after which he was introduced to some fighters, to choose someone as his double in Kid Galahad.
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
1963
On the first day of their first foreign tour, The Beatles spent the day in Stockholm, Sweden, recording a performance for a radio program entitled “The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm”, (The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm). The Beatles, enthused by the chance to play before an audience that wasn’t screaming, played seven songs, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’ ‘Money’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’
Kissin’ Cousins production
1964
Tickle Me production
1965
Newsweek interviewed The Monkees. They are asked how the music is created. Singer Davy Jones tells them, “This isn’t a rock ‘n’ roll group. This is an act.”
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1968
Elvis recorded “Trouble with Girls” soundtrack songs
United Recorders – Hollywood, California
October 23 / 24 1968 (Wednesday / Thursday)
Chautauqua (instrumental) ////////-NA
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (movie version) XPA1 3976-06
Swing Down Sweet Chariot (movie version) XPA1 3977-10
Signs Of The Zodiac WPA5 2568-09
Almost XPA1 3978-31
The Whiffenpoof Song WPA5 2556-03
Violet WPA5 2557-03
1969
Vacation in Bahamas – Elvis poses with the Irish band at the resort, but does not sing.
1970
In a speech to a White House radio broadcasters conference, US President Richard Nixon appeals for Rock lyrics to be screened and those promoting drug use to be banned.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched almost every night movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown.
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis performed at the Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana.
review: https://www.elvisconcerts.com/newspapers/press145.htm
CONCERT DATE: October 24, 1976 (8:30 pm) Evansville, IN. Roberts Municipal.
Legend replaces zest for Elvis
By James Szymanski
The Evansville Press
October 25, 1976
A slight lift of his leg was all it took. Afleeting glance over the shoulder followed by a pirouette and a dreamy stare from his blue eyes freed primal screams from the front rows.
Then came the teasing from the stage as a diligent valet-musician wrapped silk scarves around the sweaty neck of the King, Elvis Presley. Time after time, he dried himself before a crush of women waiting to catch one of his annointed souvenirs.
It was just the kind of excitement they came to experience.
The sellout crowd of 13,600 who came to hear Elvis perform set a new Roberts Stadium record. Most of the fans who began arriving more than two hours before showtime were so overcome with hero worship that Presley didn't have to work too hard.
His 41-year-old body wasn't moving with the same speed or vigor it did when Presley was the heart-throb of every high school girl in the mid 1950s. His voice was atrong but his delivery was a little lackadaisical, especialy on some old favorites like "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
But Elvis did reach down with enough lusty, forceful wailing to assure even the most skeptical that the King is not dead.
His supply of wiggles has dwindled over the years, there was enough hip-churning in "Fever" to set off a white flash of bulbs from teh thousands of cameras in the audience. And he still managed to scale a few high notes, twice in fact, during "Hurt," his latest single recording.
Any other singer might have gotten only a lukewarm response for the same effort Elvis made, but then, Elvis is not just any other singer. What he has lost in energy and zest has been replaced by legendary status. What his fans came to applaud last night was more Elvis the Legend than Elvis the Singer.
Some women in the audience, however, felt a little more than respect for a legend. Mrs Susan Blythe, 32, of 725 Sheffield said minutes before the show, "I feel terrific just being here."
Carolyn Buechler, 19, a student at Indiana State University, waited for Elvis from her front row center seat. "I'm shaking all over," she said waiting for the house lights to dim.
Seventy year old Amelia Koch of 2719 Garvin was there out a grandmotherly affectin for Elvis. "I have lots of his records from when my grandson used to live at home," she said. "I like Elvis because he was so good to his mother and father. When he made it big, he wasn't afraid to mention them"
Despite earlier complaints about tickets being sold before the windows opened and large blocks of seats being given out early to companies, none of the persons questioned in the front rows said they got their tickets before they went on sale.
Most of the audience members questioned said they had to wait hours in line to get their $12.75 seats. A few, however, said they got lucky and were able to buy tickets that had been returned to the stadium ticket office.
One of the few sore spots amid the memories and the mayhem was the commercialism that pervaded the scene in and around the stadium. You could hardly walk a few steps from your car before being assaulted by vendors pushing everything from "I Love Elvis" banners to $5 paper portraits hawked as being "suitable for framing"
The audience seemed imaptient with the groups who preceded Elvis, Th eLas Vegas polish of the Hot Hilton Horns, a brassy show band, was like a little too much sugarfor the majority of Elvis fans.
Middle-aged husbands in pastel leisure suits kept checking their watches while a Canadian comic leaned on pat lines about kids smoking dope and his fear of flying. It wasn't until about a half hour into the show that the Sweet Inspirations, a soul-shaking trio of sisters shook the crowd from his polite indifference.
Except for "Love Me Tender," Elvis managed to work in most of his standards including "Jailhouse Rock," Don't Be Cruel," and "Fools Rush In."
After about an hour on stage, Elvis thanked the crowd for being a good audience, then rushed out the stadium tunnel behind a wall of hulking body guards.
see also a2018 article:
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news ... 711661002/
1981
Hollywood’s Edith Head, who won a record eight Academy Awards for costume design, died of bone marrow disease at 82. She did Viva Las Vegas
2000
Actress/singer and 3 time Elvis co-star Shelley Fabares was admitted to the hospital for a successful liver transplant after being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis.
2012
Forbes announced that Elizabeth Taylor topped their annual list of highest-earning dead celebrities, with her estate taking in $210 million, much of it from the auction of her jewels, costumes and artwork. Michael Jackson dropped to second place for 2012 with earnings of $145 million, followed by Elvis Presley with $55 million. Charles Schulz came in fourth with $37 million, then Bob Marley at $17 million.
2017
American pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino died aged 89 at his home in Harvey, Louisiana after a long-term illness. Domino attracted national attention with his first recording, ‘The Fat Man’, made in late 1949 for Imperial Records, an early rock-and-roll record. ‘The Fat Man’ sold one million copies by 1953 and it is widely considered the first rock-and-roll record to achieve this feat. Domino had 35 records in the US Billboard Top 40. Domino’s 1956 version of ‘Blueberry Hill’ was selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings worthy of preservation.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Honeymoon Hideaway’ selling for $5.9 million
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/24/e ... 9-million/
X-ray taken of Presley's hand on September 9, 1973, to go to auction next month
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 4-500.html
2018
Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special’ to Get 50th Anniversary Box Set …
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-24/
1955
Together with local rockabilly Sonny Burgess, who would start for Sun the next year, Elvis performed at the Silver Moon Club, Newport, Arkansas.
https://scottymoore.net/batesville.html#silvermoonclub
At the same time Colonel Parker had sent a telegram to Sam Philips to tell him he’s got all authorization from Gladys and Vernon to negotiate for Elvis in order to buy his contract from Sun and asked what price Phillips wanted. Fateful day: Bob Neal, Sam Phillips, Coleman Tily, Presley and Col Parker
1956
Elvis receives his first letter from the local draft board concerning his draft status.
Elvis had to leave for New York, but before that he, his parents and Juan Juanico attended a special screening of a rough cut of Love Me Tender. Except for Elvis everyone was enthusiastic. Elvis was not satisfied by his acting.
1957
Chuck Willis, known as the Sheik of the Blues because he wore a turban, entered the R&B hit list with “C.C. Rider,” reaching #1 and #12 pop. The recording kicked off “The Stroll” dance craze and was originally called “See See Rider Blues” like the 1925 recording by Ma Rainey.
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
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Arkansas State College when chapter president Rick Husky, dreamed up an idea to initiate someone famous as an honorary member. Elvis Presley was the unanimous choice.
Rick Husky pins a TKE pledge pin on his newest fraternity brother Elvis Presley
in the 1970s, Rick Husky wrote the “streets of San Francisco” episode with the Memphis Mafia names and in the 1990s, was the producer of the Elvis tv series “Good Rocking Tonight” starring Micheal St Gerard.
Full story & more pictures:
https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis- ... lege.shtml
1961
Elvis had to attend a music meeting after which he was introduced to some fighters, to choose someone as his double in Kid Galahad.
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
1963
On the first day of their first foreign tour, The Beatles spent the day in Stockholm, Sweden, recording a performance for a radio program entitled “The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm”, (The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm). The Beatles, enthused by the chance to play before an audience that wasn’t screaming, played seven songs, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’ ‘Money’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’
Kissin’ Cousins production
1964
Tickle Me production
1965
Newsweek interviewed The Monkees. They are asked how the music is created. Singer Davy Jones tells them, “This isn’t a rock ‘n’ roll group. This is an act.”
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1968
Elvis recorded “Trouble with Girls” soundtrack songs
United Recorders – Hollywood, California
October 23 / 24 1968 (Wednesday / Thursday)
Chautauqua (instrumental) ////////-NA
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (movie version) XPA1 3976-06
Swing Down Sweet Chariot (movie version) XPA1 3977-10
Signs Of The Zodiac WPA5 2568-09
Almost XPA1 3978-31
The Whiffenpoof Song WPA5 2556-03
Violet WPA5 2557-03
1969
Vacation in Bahamas – Elvis poses with the Irish band at the resort, but does not sing.
1970
In a speech to a White House radio broadcasters conference, US President Richard Nixon appeals for Rock lyrics to be screened and those promoting drug use to be banned.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched almost every night movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown.
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis performed at the Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana.
review: https://www.elvisconcerts.com/newspapers/press145.htm
CONCERT DATE: October 24, 1976 (8:30 pm) Evansville, IN. Roberts Municipal.
Legend replaces zest for Elvis
By James Szymanski
The Evansville Press
October 25, 1976
A slight lift of his leg was all it took. Afleeting glance over the shoulder followed by a pirouette and a dreamy stare from his blue eyes freed primal screams from the front rows.
Then came the teasing from the stage as a diligent valet-musician wrapped silk scarves around the sweaty neck of the King, Elvis Presley. Time after time, he dried himself before a crush of women waiting to catch one of his annointed souvenirs.
It was just the kind of excitement they came to experience.
The sellout crowd of 13,600 who came to hear Elvis perform set a new Roberts Stadium record. Most of the fans who began arriving more than two hours before showtime were so overcome with hero worship that Presley didn't have to work too hard.
His 41-year-old body wasn't moving with the same speed or vigor it did when Presley was the heart-throb of every high school girl in the mid 1950s. His voice was atrong but his delivery was a little lackadaisical, especialy on some old favorites like "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
But Elvis did reach down with enough lusty, forceful wailing to assure even the most skeptical that the King is not dead.
His supply of wiggles has dwindled over the years, there was enough hip-churning in "Fever" to set off a white flash of bulbs from teh thousands of cameras in the audience. And he still managed to scale a few high notes, twice in fact, during "Hurt," his latest single recording.
Any other singer might have gotten only a lukewarm response for the same effort Elvis made, but then, Elvis is not just any other singer. What he has lost in energy and zest has been replaced by legendary status. What his fans came to applaud last night was more Elvis the Legend than Elvis the Singer.
Some women in the audience, however, felt a little more than respect for a legend. Mrs Susan Blythe, 32, of 725 Sheffield said minutes before the show, "I feel terrific just being here."
Carolyn Buechler, 19, a student at Indiana State University, waited for Elvis from her front row center seat. "I'm shaking all over," she said waiting for the house lights to dim.
Seventy year old Amelia Koch of 2719 Garvin was there out a grandmotherly affectin for Elvis. "I have lots of his records from when my grandson used to live at home," she said. "I like Elvis because he was so good to his mother and father. When he made it big, he wasn't afraid to mention them"
Despite earlier complaints about tickets being sold before the windows opened and large blocks of seats being given out early to companies, none of the persons questioned in the front rows said they got their tickets before they went on sale.
Most of the audience members questioned said they had to wait hours in line to get their $12.75 seats. A few, however, said they got lucky and were able to buy tickets that had been returned to the stadium ticket office.
One of the few sore spots amid the memories and the mayhem was the commercialism that pervaded the scene in and around the stadium. You could hardly walk a few steps from your car before being assaulted by vendors pushing everything from "I Love Elvis" banners to $5 paper portraits hawked as being "suitable for framing"
The audience seemed imaptient with the groups who preceded Elvis, Th eLas Vegas polish of the Hot Hilton Horns, a brassy show band, was like a little too much sugarfor the majority of Elvis fans.
Middle-aged husbands in pastel leisure suits kept checking their watches while a Canadian comic leaned on pat lines about kids smoking dope and his fear of flying. It wasn't until about a half hour into the show that the Sweet Inspirations, a soul-shaking trio of sisters shook the crowd from his polite indifference.
Except for "Love Me Tender," Elvis managed to work in most of his standards including "Jailhouse Rock," Don't Be Cruel," and "Fools Rush In."
After about an hour on stage, Elvis thanked the crowd for being a good audience, then rushed out the stadium tunnel behind a wall of hulking body guards.
see also a2018 article:
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news ... 711661002/
1981
Hollywood’s Edith Head, who won a record eight Academy Awards for costume design, died of bone marrow disease at 82. She did Viva Las Vegas
2000
Actress/singer and 3 time Elvis co-star Shelley Fabares was admitted to the hospital for a successful liver transplant after being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis.
2012
Forbes announced that Elizabeth Taylor topped their annual list of highest-earning dead celebrities, with her estate taking in $210 million, much of it from the auction of her jewels, costumes and artwork. Michael Jackson dropped to second place for 2012 with earnings of $145 million, followed by Elvis Presley with $55 million. Charles Schulz came in fourth with $37 million, then Bob Marley at $17 million.
2017
American pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino died aged 89 at his home in Harvey, Louisiana after a long-term illness. Domino attracted national attention with his first recording, ‘The Fat Man’, made in late 1949 for Imperial Records, an early rock-and-roll record. ‘The Fat Man’ sold one million copies by 1953 and it is widely considered the first rock-and-roll record to achieve this feat. Domino had 35 records in the US Billboard Top 40. Domino’s 1956 version of ‘Blueberry Hill’ was selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings worthy of preservation.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Honeymoon Hideaway’ selling for $5.9 million
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/24/e ... 9-million/
X-ray taken of Presley's hand on September 9, 1973, to go to auction next month
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 4-500.html
2018
Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special’ to Get 50th Anniversary Box Set …
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-24/