Give US this Day, October 29, Our Daily Elvis
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Give US this Day, October 29, Our Daily Elvis
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1952
Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer – He worked the 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM shift as an assembler.
1954
Eagle’s Nest – Photo by Clettes Presley
Elvis, Scotty and Bill played Eagle’s Nest Nest in Memphis, a nightclub over the changing room at the Clearpool complex. They performed Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Sittin On Top Of The World, Thats All Right; and the other acts were Tiny Dixon Band, Chuck Reed, Hugh Jeffries
https://scottymoore.net/eaglesnest.html
Oscar Davis, who was working at that time as the advance man for Colonel Parker, was attending the show.
Bob Neal brought Oscar Davis to the Eagle’s Nest on either October 29th “or the following night. Davis, a flamboyant vaudeville, carnival, and country music promoter a little down on his luck, was working at that time as an advance man for Colonel Tom Parker on an Eddy Arnold show booked into Memphis’ Ellis Auditorium for this weekend. Parker had continued to book Arnold in certain markets after his managerial split with the country music star the previous year.”
1955
After 5½ years on the Louisiana Hayride, Slim Whitman joined the Grand Ole Opry.
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips launches America’s first all-female radio station, WHER in Memphis.
Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, with George Jones
Johnny Horton and David Houston
https://scottymoore.net/shreveport.html
Meanwhile while the Colonel drove to Memphis to talk with Sam Philips about an agreement. The price for purchasing Elvis’ contract is set on $35.000, against a non-refundable deposit of $5,000 which the Colonel had to put down.
1956
A new ending for Love Me Tender was filmed at the Junco Studio. The new scene had a ghostly image hovering over the mourners walking away from the grave. It almost seemed Elvis’ hair was dyed black in this scene. While during the rest of the film his hair had its natural color.
1957
Elvis performed at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles. His show was filmed by the police, just to make sure it passed scrutiny. The other acts Howard Hardin, The Burns Twins & Evelyn, Joe Termini, Wells & The Four Fays, Paul Desmond, The Jordanaires
https://scottymoore.net/panpacific.html
In Los Angeles after his concert at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Elvis Presley met Ricky Nelson for the first time at the Beverly Wilshire hotel. Elvis said, “Man, I just love your new record,” referring to “Be-Bop Baby.” Presley also mentioned that he was a fan of his family’s “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” TV show, and he gave the young singer some advice about touring.
1958
The Platters released their incredible single “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”.
Doing Military Service in Germany, Elvis attended a second Bill Haley concert in Stuttgart.
1959
Cliff Richard and the Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Travellin’ Light’. Their 6th release and second No.1 hit.
Military Service: Elvis was discharged form the hospital and told to remain at home for 3 more days.
1960
Freddy Bienstock arrived at Graceland to go over the songs for the next recording session in Nashville with Elvis.
1961
JOINT PROCLAMATION declaring October 29, 1961, as “ELVIS PRESLEY DAY” in the City of Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee.
1962
The Beatles made their second appearance on the Granada TV program ‘People and Places.’ Filmed in Manchester, they performed two songs, ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘A Taste of Honey’.
it Happened At the World’s Fair production
1963
The Beatles, 0n the final day of their Swedish tour, recorded an appearance for the Sverige Television program ‘Drop In’ in Stockholm. They performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, and ‘Long Tall Sally
Elvis was in production for Kissin Cousins
1964
Tickle Me production
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Memphis Mayor William Ingram and Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington declared October 29, 1967, “Elvis Presley Day” in the city and state.
1968
The Trouble With Girls Production
1971
Elvis is back in Los Angeles, after a stay 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 .
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis Presley‘s final studio recording session is held at his Graceland mansion in a mobile studio sent by RCA. Even in that atmosphere, Elvis struggled through the process, which would produce the LP “From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee”.
Elvis spent a lot of time in his bedroom, where he invited some of the singers and musicians. He even gave away some old clothes.
Elvis spent some of the night riding motortrykes up and down the driveway
There was set up a studio in the “Jungle Room” to make a start with the first night recording session, running from 9.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. There were 3 songs recorded, including Way Down.
The Jungle Room, Graceland – Memphis, Tennessee
October 29 / 30 1976 (Friday / Saturday)
It’s Easy For You FWA5 1048-02
Way Down FWA5 1049-02
Pledging My Love FWA5 1050-06
1981
Rolling Stone Magazine the magazine began to serialize the Albert Goldman book
1997
The U.S. Senate passed the “La Cienega” bill. The bill closed a loophole in the 1909 copyright act that put most pre-1978 music copyrights in jeopardy.
2003
According to the results of a study by the Neilsen ratings company, a third of the sales of “Beatles 1” were to fans aged 19 to 24, skewing the band’s fan base even younger than it had been previously.
2009
Forbes Magazine reported that Michael Jackson had earned about 72 million dollars since his death on June 6th. That was good enough for third place on their list of dead celebrities making the most money. Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent came in first at $350 million, songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein were second with $235 million and Elvis Presley was fourth, earning $55 million. Nina Notes: Elvis’ earnings are not from investments or other forms of art he purchased and does not include his back catalog prior to 1973 – and is on Graceland tourism and licensing of Elvis, along with the post 1973 recordings.
2015
“If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” was released, featuring duets with Canadian singer Michael Bublé and Italian trio Il Volo The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, giving Elvis a record-equalling 12th UK number one. As of September 2016, the album had sold 1.6 million copies worldwide; It is also Presley’s 50th album to hit the UK top 10, and 59 years since his first number-one album on the chart, also a record. In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 after having entered the Billboard Classical Chart at number 17 the previous week.[7] Due to the inclusion of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this marked the first time a Presley record had entered that chart. It then jumped from #17 to #1 in its second week and held that position in its third week, while then successively remaining inside the top 15 positions for the next forty eight weeks. As of September 2016, the album had sold nearly 100,000 copies in the United States
2016
full post: https://ourdailyelvis.wordpress.com/201 ... ctober-29/
1952
Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer – He worked the 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM shift as an assembler.
1954
Eagle’s Nest – Photo by Clettes Presley
Elvis, Scotty and Bill played Eagle’s Nest Nest in Memphis, a nightclub over the changing room at the Clearpool complex. They performed Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Sittin On Top Of The World, Thats All Right; and the other acts were Tiny Dixon Band, Chuck Reed, Hugh Jeffries
https://scottymoore.net/eaglesnest.html
Oscar Davis, who was working at that time as the advance man for Colonel Parker, was attending the show.
Bob Neal brought Oscar Davis to the Eagle’s Nest on either October 29th “or the following night. Davis, a flamboyant vaudeville, carnival, and country music promoter a little down on his luck, was working at that time as an advance man for Colonel Tom Parker on an Eddy Arnold show booked into Memphis’ Ellis Auditorium for this weekend. Parker had continued to book Arnold in certain markets after his managerial split with the country music star the previous year.”
1955
After 5½ years on the Louisiana Hayride, Slim Whitman joined the Grand Ole Opry.
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips launches America’s first all-female radio station, WHER in Memphis.
Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, with George Jones
Johnny Horton and David Houston
https://scottymoore.net/shreveport.html
Meanwhile while the Colonel drove to Memphis to talk with Sam Philips about an agreement. The price for purchasing Elvis’ contract is set on $35.000, against a non-refundable deposit of $5,000 which the Colonel had to put down.
1956
A new ending for Love Me Tender was filmed at the Junco Studio. The new scene had a ghostly image hovering over the mourners walking away from the grave. It almost seemed Elvis’ hair was dyed black in this scene. While during the rest of the film his hair had its natural color.
1957
Elvis performed at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles. His show was filmed by the police, just to make sure it passed scrutiny. The other acts Howard Hardin, The Burns Twins & Evelyn, Joe Termini, Wells & The Four Fays, Paul Desmond, The Jordanaires
https://scottymoore.net/panpacific.html
In Los Angeles after his concert at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Elvis Presley met Ricky Nelson for the first time at the Beverly Wilshire hotel. Elvis said, “Man, I just love your new record,” referring to “Be-Bop Baby.” Presley also mentioned that he was a fan of his family’s “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” TV show, and he gave the young singer some advice about touring.
1958
The Platters released their incredible single “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”.
Doing Military Service in Germany, Elvis attended a second Bill Haley concert in Stuttgart.
1959
Cliff Richard and the Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Travellin’ Light’. Their 6th release and second No.1 hit.
Military Service: Elvis was discharged form the hospital and told to remain at home for 3 more days.
1960
Freddy Bienstock arrived at Graceland to go over the songs for the next recording session in Nashville with Elvis.
1961
JOINT PROCLAMATION declaring October 29, 1961, as “ELVIS PRESLEY DAY” in the City of Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee.
1962
The Beatles made their second appearance on the Granada TV program ‘People and Places.’ Filmed in Manchester, they performed two songs, ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘A Taste of Honey’.
it Happened At the World’s Fair production
1963
The Beatles, 0n the final day of their Swedish tour, recorded an appearance for the Sverige Television program ‘Drop In’ in Stockholm. They performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, and ‘Long Tall Sally
Elvis was in production for Kissin Cousins
1964
Tickle Me production
1966
Easy Come, Easy Go Production
1967
Memphis Mayor William Ingram and Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington declared October 29, 1967, “Elvis Presley Day” in the city and state.
1968
The Trouble With Girls Production
1971
Elvis is back in Los Angeles, after a stay 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 .
1973
Elvis in Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital. Linda Thompson stayed in the room with him.
1976
Elvis Presley‘s final studio recording session is held at his Graceland mansion in a mobile studio sent by RCA. Even in that atmosphere, Elvis struggled through the process, which would produce the LP “From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee”.
Elvis spent a lot of time in his bedroom, where he invited some of the singers and musicians. He even gave away some old clothes.
Elvis spent some of the night riding motortrykes up and down the driveway
There was set up a studio in the “Jungle Room” to make a start with the first night recording session, running from 9.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. There were 3 songs recorded, including Way Down.
The Jungle Room, Graceland – Memphis, Tennessee
October 29 / 30 1976 (Friday / Saturday)
It’s Easy For You FWA5 1048-02
Way Down FWA5 1049-02
Pledging My Love FWA5 1050-06
1981
Rolling Stone Magazine the magazine began to serialize the Albert Goldman book
1997
The U.S. Senate passed the “La Cienega” bill. The bill closed a loophole in the 1909 copyright act that put most pre-1978 music copyrights in jeopardy.
2003
According to the results of a study by the Neilsen ratings company, a third of the sales of “Beatles 1” were to fans aged 19 to 24, skewing the band’s fan base even younger than it had been previously.
2009
Forbes Magazine reported that Michael Jackson had earned about 72 million dollars since his death on June 6th. That was good enough for third place on their list of dead celebrities making the most money. Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent came in first at $350 million, songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein were second with $235 million and Elvis Presley was fourth, earning $55 million. Nina Notes: Elvis’ earnings are not from investments or other forms of art he purchased and does not include his back catalog prior to 1973 – and is on Graceland tourism and licensing of Elvis, along with the post 1973 recordings.
2015
“If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” was released, featuring duets with Canadian singer Michael Bublé and Italian trio Il Volo The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, giving Elvis a record-equalling 12th UK number one. As of September 2016, the album had sold 1.6 million copies worldwide; It is also Presley’s 50th album to hit the UK top 10, and 59 years since his first number-one album on the chart, also a record. In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 after having entered the Billboard Classical Chart at number 17 the previous week.[7] Due to the inclusion of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this marked the first time a Presley record had entered that chart. It then jumped from #17 to #1 in its second week and held that position in its third week, while then successively remaining inside the top 15 positions for the next forty eight weeks. As of September 2016, the album had sold nearly 100,000 copies in the United States
2016