1955
Elvis performed at the Curtis Gordon’s Ranch Club, Mobile, Alabama
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Bill Bullock of RCA wires the Colonel that $ 25.000 is as high as RCA can go for Elvis’ contract.
1956
Elvis Presley’s song “Love Me Tender” became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song “Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog” had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks.
Elvis was presented with a gold record for ‘Love Me Tender’.
Elvis attended a rehearsal for the show to unveil a big cut-out of him on the top of the Times Square Paramount Theater promoting the premiere of Love Me Tender. He also gave a press conference, which he handled in a “polite, personable, quick-witted and charming” manner.
About his influence on teenagers Elvis stated: ” My Bible tells me that what he sows he will also reap, and if I’m sowing evil and wickedness it will catch up with me. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this”.
Elvis got inoculated with the new polio vaccine as part of a public service announcement for the March of Dimes.
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At the Maxine Elliot Theater, West Thirty-ninth Street, at 8.00 p.m. Elvis Presley makes his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, where Elvis gets a Gold record for “Love Me Tender” – his first #1 without Scotty, Bill and DJ.
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1957
Elvis performed at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California and outraged not only the press, but also an audience filled with Hollywood celebrities and their children. Other acts were Howard Hardin, The Burns Twins & Evelyn, Joe Termini, Wells & The Four Fays, Paul Desmond, and The Jordanaires
The headlines declared: Elvis Presley Will Have to Clean Up His Show Or Go To Jail.
Even the Colonel was warned about consequences, but Elvis remained unfazed. He just said: “if I don’t dance tonight, maybe I don’t have to take a shower tonight”.
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1958
Military Service in Germany : Elvis wrote a letter to Anita Wood, describing himself as “a little lonely boy 5000 miles away”. Obviously very home sick Elvis continued: ” one in fact who would never love anyone in his life as he loved her and who looks forward to their marriage and a little Elvis”.
1960
Elvis Presley’s single “It’s Now Or Never” was released in Britain.
1961
Brian Epstein went to The Cavern Club to watch The Beatles’ lunchtime show. He would later say that he was “overwhelmed by their talent”, but in reality he had nothing to compare them to, as they were the first Pop group he had ever seen perform live. .
1962
The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany was the site of a historic Rock and Roll get together when The Beatles and Little Richard appeared for a two week engagement.
Elvis was doing It Happened At the World’s Fair Movie Production
1963
The Beach Boys’ “Be True To Your School” was released in the U.S.
Kissin Cousins Production
1964
The TeenAge Music International Show (later known as the TAMI Show) began at the Civic Center in Santa Barbara, California. The two-day event featured performances by the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, James Brown and the Famous Flames, Marvin Gaye, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Lesley Gore, Jan & Dean, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, the Miracles, the Rolling Stones, and the Supremes. The house band was a group of L.A. studio musicians later known as the Wrecking Crew (Hal Blaine, Jimmy Bond, Tommy Tedesco, Bill Aken, Glen Campbell, Lyle Ritz, Leon Russell, and Plas Johnson), led by Jack Nitzsche.
Tickle Me Production
1966
The British Musicians Union declares that they are against BBC Radio continuously broadcasting Pop music.
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Diana Ross And The Supremes‘ “Greatest Hits” started a five week run at #1 on the US album chart. Although original member Florence Ballard is pictured on the cover and sings on all the tracks, by the time the L.P. was released, she had been fired from the group and replaced by Cindy Birdsong.
Stay Away, Joe Production
1968
“The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It).” Production
1969
The number one song in the US on October 28, 1969 was Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley.
It was his eighteenth and last number-one single in the United States. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 91 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
1970
Elvis Presley’s single “Burning Love” hit #2 in the U.S.
Variety enthusiastically endorsed both the film and the new Elvis it featured. “Elvis Presley explodes again on the screen in ‘That’s the Way It Is,’” the review began. “Presley was the Pied Piper of the rock era, and this film shows that the parade hasn’t even begun to pass him by.” Noting the film was “handsomely and inventively assembled,” the reviewer concluded, “This is no quickie saturation item; a ton of money can be made from under-40 audiences in extended playoff.”
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1972
From October 8 to the end of the month, Elvis watched movies at the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night .
1973
David Cassidy was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Daydreamer / The Puppy Song’, the singers second No.1. ‘The Puppy Song’ was Cassidy’s version of the Harry Nilsson song.
1976
Since Elvis would return home any time from his 7th tour, the RCA recording truck was parked behind Graceland. The session known as “The Jungle Room sessions” began the next day.
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
2005
Elvis Presley led Forbes magazine’s list of Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities for the fifth consecutive year, earning $45 million in royalties. Charles Schulz, John Lennon, Andy Warhol, and Dr. Seuss followed Elvis on the list.
A new Tennessee license plate featuring Elvis was unveiled.
2013
Conrad Murray, the 60-year-old doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death, was released from jail after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence.
Meanwhile Dr Nick only lost his medical license for overprescribing to many patients and poor record keeping...
2016
Elvis Presley’s latest album, “The Wonder Of You”, set a new record for the artist with the most number one albums in the UK when it became the singer’s 13th LP to top the chart. Previously Elvis and Madonna were tied with 12 number one albums each.
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2017
Insider: Elvis Presley Was Desperate To Tour Overseas | X101 Always Classic
Congratulations India for eradicating polio
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2019
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San Antonio man served in the Army with Elvis Presley
When Larry Lupear thinks of Elvis Presley it’s not as the “King of Rock N’ Roll,” but as a fellow soldier in his unit; he has a photo of himself with the King taken more than 60 years ago to prove it.
Elvis Presley Biopic Casts Australian Actress In Pivotal Priscilla Presley Role
The as-yet-untitled Elvis Presley biopic starring Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler as Elvis has found its lead actress for the pivotal role of Elvis’ young love and wife, … https://www.inquisitr.com/5715450/elvis ... a-presley/
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Everything we know about Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic so far – Vogue Australia
The film will follow the artist’s decade-spanning career and drama-filled personal life.
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