Give us this day, October 26, Our Daily Elvis
Posted: October 26th, 2025, 11:20 am
1935
Judy Garland, at the age of 12, sang on Wallace Berry’s radio show on NBC.
1955
First Elvis appeared at the Vigor High School, Mobile, Alabama, at 10.00 a.m. where the show was ended after half an hour because Elvis told an off-color joke, which the principal of the school didn’t appreciate.
Greater Gulf State Fair:At 3.30 and 7.30 p.m. Elvis performed at the Greater Golf States Fair, Prichard, Alabama along with Jack Cardwell, The Andrews Brothers, Little Jack Hill, Luke McDaniels, Bill Lewis
https://scottymoore.net/mobile.html#GGSF
1956
Elvis arrived in New York and rehearsed there with the Jordanaires for the Ed Sullivan Show.
Full article and more pictures!
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... rsals.html
The Colonel concluded a deal with RCA, permitting them to use Elvis’s name for promoting a record player called the Victrola phonogram. and you couldn’t take a selfie with it!
1957
The Elvis Presley single “Party” hit #2 in the U.K.
Elvis performed at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California at 3.00 and 8.15 p.m. with opening acts Howard Hardin, The Burns Twins & Evelyn, Joe Termini, Wells & The Four Fays, Paul Desmond, The Jordanaires
Elvis interviewed backstage before the 1st show at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium- Oct. 26, 1957
Photos courtesy Brian Petersen
https://scottymoore.net/sanfrancisco.html
Gene Smith and Elvis backstage before the 2nd show at the Civic Auditorium
Presley Here — Hip, Hip Hooray
By Carolyn Anspacher
Thousands of pre-conditioned San Francisco adolescents were “shook up” yesterday by Elvis Presley, the hip-waving vocalist from Memphis Tennessee.
Presley, wearing a pompadour, a pout, sideburns to his chin and a wine red suit, played at the Civic Auditorium to afternoon and evening audiences whose shrieks carried down to Market Street.
Claques of young girls, proudly wearing green ribbons marked “Official”, had been coached all morning to “give Elvis everything you’ve got”.
They gave screams, swoons, tears so wholeheartedly that not even they realized what was painfully apparent to Presley’s managers.
The afternoon was skimpy.
Whether the preponderantly female audience came to hear Presley sing or to watch his caricature of sex could not be determined. They roared through everyone of his 14 rock and roll offerings in such crescendo that three policemen and four firemen were forced to leave the building.
Thirty Pinkerton cops were on hand to protect the 22-year-old Presley from his public. The platoon was augmented by squads of strong arm men who shouted repeatedly that the audience would not be permitted near the 28-foot stage.
Presley did not appear before his palpitating admirers until the second half of a mediocre variety show.
For half an hour he held count in a dressing room surrounded by the winners of a “Why I like Elvis Presley” contest, officers of a “The King’s Klan” and “The Sideburn Set”; several disc jockeys and a few apathetic reporters.
Pasty faced and nervous, he wiped his sweating hands over the front of his tight trousers and grimaced at the group in front of him.
In response to what they took for a smile, the young girls huddled close together. One burst into tears. Seven snapped pictures of him. Three sketched him. Then they began raising their hands, as if they were in class, asking recognition.
In his husky drawl, Presley said he didn’t know when he was going in the Army. He was 1-A, he said, and waiting to be called.
No, he said, he didn’t wear a wig.
No, he never did say he didn’t need the press anymore.
“Who are you mad about now?” one girl asked.
Presley twitched slightly. “No one in particular,” he said.
“What’s your ultimate ambition?”, another girl asked.
“My ultimate ambition,” he said,” is to become an actor. I couldn’t handle anything real heavy now. I’ll have to work up to it.”
“Are you studying drama?”, he was asked.
Presley twitched again.
“I’m not studying anything”, he said. “I figure it’s experience that counts, not studying. I never had any lessons I just take things as they come and when this comes up I’ll make the best of it.”
Then came an interlude of photographing. After that Presley autographed everything handed to him — shoes, programs, handkerchiefs, scarfs, bits of paper. They all read: “Loving You”, Elvis.”
He called all his young admirers “Honey” and absently rubbed their shoulders and necks.
Three minutes before he burst on stage he confided one chilling note:
At Christmas time an album of seasonal songs, sung by Presley, will be released. The only song he hasn’t monkeyed with, he said, is “Silent Night.”
“It’ll be a rock and roll Christmas”, he said.
The girls screamed.
1960
Elvis rented Libertyland Amusement park – Anita Wood and Elvis on the dodge’em ride
1961
Elvis began recording 6 songs for Kid Galahad’ soundtrack at Radio Recorders. He worked from 6.00 p.m. till 4.25 a.m
Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, California
October 26 / 27 1961 (Thursday)
King Of The Whole Wide World (alternate master) WPA5 2551-31
A Whistling Tune N2PB 3136-SP
Home Is Where The Heart Is N2PB 3134-21
Riding The Rainbow ////////-09
Riding The Rainbow ////////-07
Riding The Rainbow (composite) N2PB 3133-SP
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
1963
Kissin’ Cousins
1964
The Beach Boys released the single “Dance, Dance, Dance”.
The Beatles finished work for their upcoming album Beatles for Sale by recording “Honey Don’t” in five takes. While in the studio, Carl Perkins, who had written Ringo Starr’s vocal part, paid the Beatles a visit.
Tickle Me
1965
The Beatles are awarded the prestigious MBE (Members of the Most Honorable Order of the British Empire ) medal at Buckingham Palace. Many former recipients gave theirs back in protest, to which John Lennon responded “Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people.” He continued: “We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.” When asked how he enjoyed meeting Queen Elizabeth II, John said “She’s much nicer than she is in the photos.”
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Stay Away Joe
1968
Trouble With Girls; Elvis spent every weekend during filming in his house in Palm Springs.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night . Elvis returning to Graceland:
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis performed at the University of Ohio, Dayton, Ohio.
In The Star appeared an article by Steve Dunleavy (Red and Sonny West’s collaborator) with parts of the telephone conversation earlier that month between Elvis and Red, which Red had taped. The headline was: ” Elvis Dramatic Plea To His Ex-Bodyguards: Don’t Write That Book About Me”. This all was a terrible way to wake up for Elvis, that what he had considered to be a private thing between him and his friends was now fully out of control and well known to all.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... er-26.html
1992
Cissy Houston, Odetta, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Lucy Simon (Carly’s sister), Lesley Gore, Maureen McGovern, and the Roaches recorded “America the Beautiful” and “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” as the Clintones for torchlight parades across America to promote the Women Light the Way for Change cause.
2004
Elvis Presley came top of a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities. Forbes.com listed the Top 5 dead music earners; 1. Elvis Presley $40m (£22m), 2. John Lennon $21m (£11m), 3. George Harrison $7m (£3.8m), 4. Bob Marley $7m and at 5. George and Ira Gershwin $6m.
2005
Lisa Marie Presley’s video “IDIOT” made it’s world premiere on Entertainment Tonight.
2010
Forbes Magazine released its annual list of the Top Earning Dead Celebrities. Michael Jackson led the way at $275 million, Elvis Presley was second at $60 million and John Lennon was fifth at $17 million.
2016
https://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/art ... 187435.php
2o17
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/r ... nk-sinatra
2019
https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1086527 ... la-presley
Elvis Presley Biopic Casts The Society’s Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley | E! News Canada
She will join Austin Butler, who was confirmed last month to play the role of the King of Rock and Roll.
https://popculture.com/celebrity/2019/1 ... -lingerie/
Elvis Presley’s Granddaughter Riley Keough Rocks Black Lingerie in New Photo Shoot
Riley Keough is strutting herself in black lingerie. The 30-year-old actress and director took to Instagram to show off her matching set from The Kit brand, gazing at the camera and lying on her back on a cement floor, propping her left leg up on her right knee. She offered no caption on the post
Elvis Presley act ‘too comical’ for Ipswich tribute competition – BBC News
A postman admits his act is “low budget” but he hoped to win the prize money for charity.
http://www.bbc.com
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-26/
Judy Garland, at the age of 12, sang on Wallace Berry’s radio show on NBC.
1955
First Elvis appeared at the Vigor High School, Mobile, Alabama, at 10.00 a.m. where the show was ended after half an hour because Elvis told an off-color joke, which the principal of the school didn’t appreciate.
Greater Gulf State Fair:At 3.30 and 7.30 p.m. Elvis performed at the Greater Golf States Fair, Prichard, Alabama along with Jack Cardwell, The Andrews Brothers, Little Jack Hill, Luke McDaniels, Bill Lewis
https://scottymoore.net/mobile.html#GGSF
1956
Elvis arrived in New York and rehearsed there with the Jordanaires for the Ed Sullivan Show.
Full article and more pictures!
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... rsals.html
The Colonel concluded a deal with RCA, permitting them to use Elvis’s name for promoting a record player called the Victrola phonogram. and you couldn’t take a selfie with it!
1957
The Elvis Presley single “Party” hit #2 in the U.K.
Elvis performed at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California at 3.00 and 8.15 p.m. with opening acts Howard Hardin, The Burns Twins & Evelyn, Joe Termini, Wells & The Four Fays, Paul Desmond, The Jordanaires
Elvis interviewed backstage before the 1st show at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium- Oct. 26, 1957
Photos courtesy Brian Petersen
https://scottymoore.net/sanfrancisco.html
Gene Smith and Elvis backstage before the 2nd show at the Civic Auditorium
Presley Here — Hip, Hip Hooray
By Carolyn Anspacher
Thousands of pre-conditioned San Francisco adolescents were “shook up” yesterday by Elvis Presley, the hip-waving vocalist from Memphis Tennessee.
Presley, wearing a pompadour, a pout, sideburns to his chin and a wine red suit, played at the Civic Auditorium to afternoon and evening audiences whose shrieks carried down to Market Street.
Claques of young girls, proudly wearing green ribbons marked “Official”, had been coached all morning to “give Elvis everything you’ve got”.
They gave screams, swoons, tears so wholeheartedly that not even they realized what was painfully apparent to Presley’s managers.
The afternoon was skimpy.
Whether the preponderantly female audience came to hear Presley sing or to watch his caricature of sex could not be determined. They roared through everyone of his 14 rock and roll offerings in such crescendo that three policemen and four firemen were forced to leave the building.
Thirty Pinkerton cops were on hand to protect the 22-year-old Presley from his public. The platoon was augmented by squads of strong arm men who shouted repeatedly that the audience would not be permitted near the 28-foot stage.
Presley did not appear before his palpitating admirers until the second half of a mediocre variety show.
For half an hour he held count in a dressing room surrounded by the winners of a “Why I like Elvis Presley” contest, officers of a “The King’s Klan” and “The Sideburn Set”; several disc jockeys and a few apathetic reporters.
Pasty faced and nervous, he wiped his sweating hands over the front of his tight trousers and grimaced at the group in front of him.
In response to what they took for a smile, the young girls huddled close together. One burst into tears. Seven snapped pictures of him. Three sketched him. Then they began raising their hands, as if they were in class, asking recognition.
In his husky drawl, Presley said he didn’t know when he was going in the Army. He was 1-A, he said, and waiting to be called.
No, he said, he didn’t wear a wig.
No, he never did say he didn’t need the press anymore.
“Who are you mad about now?” one girl asked.
Presley twitched slightly. “No one in particular,” he said.
“What’s your ultimate ambition?”, another girl asked.
“My ultimate ambition,” he said,” is to become an actor. I couldn’t handle anything real heavy now. I’ll have to work up to it.”
“Are you studying drama?”, he was asked.
Presley twitched again.
“I’m not studying anything”, he said. “I figure it’s experience that counts, not studying. I never had any lessons I just take things as they come and when this comes up I’ll make the best of it.”
Then came an interlude of photographing. After that Presley autographed everything handed to him — shoes, programs, handkerchiefs, scarfs, bits of paper. They all read: “Loving You”, Elvis.”
He called all his young admirers “Honey” and absently rubbed their shoulders and necks.
Three minutes before he burst on stage he confided one chilling note:
At Christmas time an album of seasonal songs, sung by Presley, will be released. The only song he hasn’t monkeyed with, he said, is “Silent Night.”
“It’ll be a rock and roll Christmas”, he said.
The girls screamed.
1960
Elvis rented Libertyland Amusement park – Anita Wood and Elvis on the dodge’em ride
1961
Elvis began recording 6 songs for Kid Galahad’ soundtrack at Radio Recorders. He worked from 6.00 p.m. till 4.25 a.m
Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, California
October 26 / 27 1961 (Thursday)
King Of The Whole Wide World (alternate master) WPA5 2551-31
A Whistling Tune N2PB 3136-SP
Home Is Where The Heart Is N2PB 3134-21
Riding The Rainbow ////////-09
Riding The Rainbow ////////-07
Riding The Rainbow (composite) N2PB 3133-SP
1962
It Happened at the World’s Fair production
1963
Kissin’ Cousins
1964
The Beach Boys released the single “Dance, Dance, Dance”.
The Beatles finished work for their upcoming album Beatles for Sale by recording “Honey Don’t” in five takes. While in the studio, Carl Perkins, who had written Ringo Starr’s vocal part, paid the Beatles a visit.
Tickle Me
1965
The Beatles are awarded the prestigious MBE (Members of the Most Honorable Order of the British Empire ) medal at Buckingham Palace. Many former recipients gave theirs back in protest, to which John Lennon responded “Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people.” He continued: “We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.” When asked how he enjoyed meeting Queen Elizabeth II, John said “She’s much nicer than she is in the photos.”
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Stay Away Joe
1968
Trouble With Girls; Elvis spent every weekend during filming in his house in Palm Springs.
1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night . Elvis returning to Graceland:
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis performed at the University of Ohio, Dayton, Ohio.
In The Star appeared an article by Steve Dunleavy (Red and Sonny West’s collaborator) with parts of the telephone conversation earlier that month between Elvis and Red, which Red had taped. The headline was: ” Elvis Dramatic Plea To His Ex-Bodyguards: Don’t Write That Book About Me”. This all was a terrible way to wake up for Elvis, that what he had considered to be a private thing between him and his friends was now fully out of control and well known to all.
https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... er-26.html
1992
Cissy Houston, Odetta, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Lucy Simon (Carly’s sister), Lesley Gore, Maureen McGovern, and the Roaches recorded “America the Beautiful” and “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” as the Clintones for torchlight parades across America to promote the Women Light the Way for Change cause.
2004
Elvis Presley came top of a list of the highest-earning dead celebrities. Forbes.com listed the Top 5 dead music earners; 1. Elvis Presley $40m (£22m), 2. John Lennon $21m (£11m), 3. George Harrison $7m (£3.8m), 4. Bob Marley $7m and at 5. George and Ira Gershwin $6m.
2005
Lisa Marie Presley’s video “IDIOT” made it’s world premiere on Entertainment Tonight.
2010
Forbes Magazine released its annual list of the Top Earning Dead Celebrities. Michael Jackson led the way at $275 million, Elvis Presley was second at $60 million and John Lennon was fifth at $17 million.
2016
https://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/art ... 187435.php
2o17
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/r ... nk-sinatra
2019
https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1086527 ... la-presley
Elvis Presley Biopic Casts The Society’s Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley | E! News Canada
She will join Austin Butler, who was confirmed last month to play the role of the King of Rock and Roll.
https://popculture.com/celebrity/2019/1 ... -lingerie/
Elvis Presley’s Granddaughter Riley Keough Rocks Black Lingerie in New Photo Shoot
Riley Keough is strutting herself in black lingerie. The 30-year-old actress and director took to Instagram to show off her matching set from The Kit brand, gazing at the camera and lying on her back on a cement floor, propping her left leg up on her right knee. She offered no caption on the post
Elvis Presley act ‘too comical’ for Ipswich tribute competition – BBC News
A postman admits his act is “low budget” but he hoped to win the prize money for charity.
http://www.bbc.com
full post
https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-26/