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Article and Photos: Elvis Presley : U.S. Jaycees: Ten Outstanding Young Men 1970

Elvis Presley : U.S. Jaycees: Ten Outstanding Young Men 1970.
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Vernon and Gladys Presley - Elvis Presley's Mother and Father

Elvis' Father Vernon Elvis Presley was born on April 10, 1916 in Fulton, Mississippi to Jesse (1896-1973) and Minnie Mae Hood, 'Grandma Dodger' Presley (1890-1980). Elvis' Mother Gladys Love Smith was born on April 25, 1912, Pontotoc County, Mississippi to Bob (1873-1931) and Doll Smith (1876-1935).
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Behind the Button: Elvis Presley's 'Cameo' on Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run

Did you know that Bruce Springsteen can be seen wearing an Elvis fan club badge on the cover of his classic 'Born To Run' album from 1975? Elvis' image is on the button placed on Bruce's guitar strap, a badge from the now-defunct New York-area Presley fan club called 'The King's Court'. Updated with new information.
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For Elvis, firearms not exactly hidden

Elvis' private jet, the Lisa Marie, had just landed after a Rochester-to-Binghamton, N.Y. flight. Grob, the chief of security, had just warned Elvis that they were in a restricted gun-carry area.
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109,608 Elvis Fans Visit Australia to Celebrate the 75th Anniversay of the Birth of Elvis Presley

109,608 Elvis fans visited Australia, online, on January 8, 9, 10, 2010 to celebrate the 75th Anniversay of the birth of the King Of Rock 'N' Roll. With the huge increase in visitor traffic Elvis Australia has recorded an all time high number of 'unique' visitors for the a month with over 380,000 people visiting our website. Normal monthly traffic is between 240,000 to 300,000 unique visitors per month, over 3 Million Elvis Fans per year.
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Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll Turns 75

Teenagers in the 1950s and '60s turned Elvis Presley into an icon. His shaking hips and curled lips sent rock 'n' roll shockwaves reverberating around the world and challenged prevailing notions about sex, race and class. As we celebrated what would have been his 75th birthday on January 8th, we should take note of the impact he had on the culture. He emerged from his impoverished childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to become America's pop culture superstar ... His controversial singing style, mixing blues, country (at the time called 'hillbilly'), and black and white gospel music with a sexually charged stage presence, made Presley 'Public Enemy Number One' for those who felt threatened by the tsunami of the changes that were occurring.
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Elvis a Hit with the Herald Sun Melbourne

Australia's No.1 selling newspaper, Melbourne's Herald Sun has an article today about the Elvis Presley: 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977 double CD in it's 'Hit' secton, page 50. The article which takes up most of the page is based on an interview with Elvis Australia's David Troedson. You can read this here.
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On The Elvis Trail with Suzi Quatro

... the Elvis story is especially potent, as we're all finding out again through the BBC's celebration of what would have been his 75th birthday this coming Friday, January 8th. I made two of Radio 2's contributions, the oral history show Don't Start Me Talking About... Elvis

(BBC) and Suzi Quatro's Elvis

(BBC).
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Elvis Presley: The American Sound Studios Sessions 1969

Graceland, the evening of Thursday January 9, 1969, one day after Elvis' 34th birthday. Elvis met with RCA producer, Felton Jarvis, in the Jungleroom to discuss going to Nashville to record what he hoped would put him back on top of the charts. Marty Lacker was sitting there in the Jungleroom that evening, seething, as he listened to Elvis and Felton finalize the dates for Nashville. He began to unconsciously shake his head back and forth. He fought back his frustration. Elvis snapped at him, 'What the hell's the matter with you?' and Lacker got the opening he needed to lay it on the line one last time: 'I just wish for once you'd try Chips Moman and his rhythm section, they're great Elvis'. And Elvis said, 'Well, maybe someday I will'.
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Alanna's Trash: Baby, baby, baby ... let me give you a warning ...

'Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him', reading the title, the book sounds good doesn't it? The problem is as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by it's cover, or in this case, by it's title.
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Merry Christmas Baby!

With video and photos of Elvis at Christmas, we wish you and your family a very merry Christmas as much more Elvis in 2010!

Elvis at Graceland at Christmas

(00:23) Elvis celebrating Christmas at Graceland.
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Interview with Priscilla Presley : December 15, 2009

Interview with Priscilla Presley

(04:31)
ET's Mark Steines interviews Priscilla Presley on set of the Cirque du Soleil show. They discuss her new Grandchildren, the Cirque du Soleil show and Elvis performing in Vegas. December 15, 2009.
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Ernst Jorgenson Talks About Elvis 75 Release

So what's the sense in the latest - 'Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight'? Ernst: With the new technology we can transfer the tape with a higher resolution. We can work with it in 24-bit, 32-bit environment, and make sure we get as close to the exact sound as the analog tape. We've taken every one of Elvis' 711 masters and tried to do a better job on them. On some the improvement will be more important than on others.
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Interview with Elvis Presley: October 28, 1957, Los Angeles

Interview with Elvis Presley just after the general press conference, but prior to his debut at the Pan-Pacific in Los Angeles. How do you write music if you don't read it? It's all a big hoax, honey. I never wrote a song in my life. I get one-third of the credit for recording it. It makes me look smarter than I am. I've never even had an idea for a song. Just once, maybe. When? I went to bed one night, had quite a dream, and woke up all shook up. I phoned a pal and told him about it. By morning, he had a new song, 'All Shook Up'.
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Photos & The Story: Elvis Presley on the set of Change Of Habit

Photos & The story: Elvis Presley on the set of Change Of Habit
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Interview with Rita Rogers

Elvis was gonna perform at the Armory and my friend and I, we were so excited to go and we went and everybody was screaming and all the girls and everything and then my friend wanted me to go back stage to get his autograph and I wouldn't go and she goes, 'Are you crazy?' and I go, 'I don't want to'. She goes, 'Why not?' I said, 'Because I'm gonna go to Hollywood and he is gonna be my friend' ... And she goes, 'You're crazy ...', because my name Aidieme, 'You're crazy Aidieme, you're never gonna be a movie star and you should go back. At least you get to see him in person'. And I wouldn't do it.
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Elvis Sails: Brooklyn Army Terminal September 22, 1958

Elvis Sails: Brooklyn Army Terminal September 22, 1958.
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In 1968, Elvis Presleys gold Cadillac raised big money in Australia

In its October 9, 1968, issue, Variety reported that, 'One of the biggest long-running attractions to hit Australia is not even a person but a car - Elvis' Gold Cadillac'. Bill Walsh, general manager for RCA Victor Records in the Southwest Pacific area, had arranged with Colonel Parker for Presley's car to be brought to Australia for a year-long tour to benefit the charitable causes of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales.
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Interview With Elvis Presley - August 28, 1956

Interview With Elvis Presley - August 28, 1956, Location: 20th Century-Fox studios, Hollywood, California.
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Jessie D. McDowell (J.D.) Presley - Elvis Presleys Grandfather

Elvis Presley's Grandfather, Jessie D. McDowell (J.D.) Presley was born on April 9, 1896. We tell his story in great detail and with compassion, and include audio of his two songs he recorded in 1958. For the first time we name Elvis' great-grandfather on his father side and publish a photo of Elvis' great grand-mother, Rosella. Includes new video, of Elvis' Grandfather Jesse D. Presley with his wife, Vera, on CBS TV in 1958 discussing his new record, his singing debut and hopes of becoming a success. Plus audio of Jessie singing.
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John Lennon and Elvis Presley

One day in 1975, he took me to his son, Sean's playroom, where he kept one of his prized possessions, a vintage jukebox. Plugging it in, he punched one Elvis Presley record after another and bopped around playfully. As Elvis sang Don't Be Cruel in the background, John recalled his first and only meeting with our mutual rock hero. It was a story he relished sharing as much as he did his Beatles memories.
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The Lisa Marie at Memphis International Airport on November 12, 1975

The Lisa Marie at Memphis International Airport on November 12, 1975. The Lisa Marie, the newest craft in Elvis Presley's small air fleet, is at Memphis International Airport on November 12, 1975, getting final touches before being put to use for touring. The converted Convair 880, formerly used by Delta Air Lines, is named for the entertainer's daughter. While not as elaborate as some reports have had it, the plane should be quite comfortable for the Memphian and his personal crew. It has a galley with stove, refrigerator and coffee maker, a private bedroom with queen-size bed, a dining room with eight chairs, two sitting rooms, two bathrooms with gold-plated fixtures and a shower in one, plus 29 seats for passengers.
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Elvis Presleys Gold Cadillac Tour of Australia 1968

Australian Elvis Presley Fan Clubs were advised in mid 1967 that Elvis' Gold Cadillac would be coming to Australia. The General Manager of the record division for RCA Australia, Mr Walsh, finalised all the arrangements with Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker, and so the Cadillac departed the States on the 8th of December 1967, arriving in Australia in early January 1968.
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It's A Star Car - The Age, Friday, January 19, 1968

It's A Star Car - A follow up article to Elvis' Gold Cadillac Tour of Australia 1968 originally published July 18, 2008 - Peering into the rear lounge section of Elvis Presley's gold 1960 Cadillac Seventy-five limousine, the Golden Girl sighed dreamily and thought aloud, 'If only he were here'. Joan Waters, 23, of Oakleigh, won the Victorian section of the Golden Girl Quest and will now stay with the car while it is on show in Melbourne to raise money for the Citizens' Welfare Service of Victoria.
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Elvis Presley on the set of Loving You

Photos: Elvis Presley on the set of Loving You and during the recording session for the movie.
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Tom Jones Remembers Elvis Presley

Somehow, I scraped together enough money to buy every new Presley release so that I could play them in the privacy of my bedroom - all the better to study his unique singing style.
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Freddy Bienstock - Music Publishing and Elvis Presley

Although Freddy Bienstock is not a household name, he is famous to many as the music publisher and plugger for Elvis Presley. But still, even to Elvis fans, he is something of a mystery figure. He is an essential component in the Elvis story. Just how important becomes clear when he said, quite matter of factly, 'For the first 12 years of Elvis' career with RCA, he wouldn't look at a song unless I had seen it first'.
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Tom Jones Shocked By Elvis

Tom Jones says he was once left shocked when he found Elvis' gun in his dressing room lavatory. The veteran singer struck up a close friendship with Elvis and they would often spend time together when they were in the same city on tour. But on one occasion, after Jones appeared at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, he was stunned to find a silver-plated Colt .45 automatic pistol on his toilet cistern after Presley had used the bathroom. Jones tried to discreetly hand it back, only to see Presley shrug off the incident.
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Interview with Charlie Hodge

Charlie Hodge .... I said, 'Hello, Is Elvis there? This is Charlie Hodge'. And Lamar said, 'Charlie Hodge?' And I heard Elvis yell, 'Yeah, Charlie, come on up'. And so, that's how we got together after we got to Germany.
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Ben Weisman - Why Elvis Recorded 57 Of My Songs

'I approached writing for Elvis differently than I did for any other artist. The songs had to have acombination of blues, country, rock and pop [what came to becalled 'rockabilly']. It was like walking in his musical shoes. With each new Elvis movie, more of my songs were being recorded. It became more and more exciting, for I was becoming the only songwriter to have so many songs recorded by him.
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Buddy Holly + Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Waylon Jennings & Elvis Presley

Charles Hardin Holley was born on this day September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. His name was misspelled, Buddy Holly, by a Decca Records executive on an early release and the new spelling stuck.

View Video Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash backstage 1955.
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Interview with Ray Walker of the Jordanaires

Interview with Ray Walker of the Jordanaires. We were looking the other way when Elvis came in. When I turned around, he stuck his hand out and said, 'I'm Elvis Presley'. I said, 'I know who you are. I'm Ray Walker'. Elvis replied to me, 'And I know who you are'. We stood there and talked, and the minute I looked in to his face all his fame left. I saw one of the nicest guys. I'm not really one to keep my mouth shut most of the time, as long as I know there's no harm, so during that all-night session I said to him, 'You know, your heart's going to take a beating in this business. And I've only been in it three weeks'. (Laughs) I really liked him right off. There was just an aura about him, he was one of the most impressive people I have ever met in my life.
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I Had The 'Master' Of Elvis's First Record For 30 Years Without Realising It!

In November 1998, I found out that a record I bought in Memphis in 1968 is actually the original master of Elvis Presley's first ever record. 'That's All Right Mama'. It was recorded on July 5th 1954 by Sam C. Phillips at the Sun Studios, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis and was originally released as Sun 209 on July 19th 1954.
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Interview with Shaun 'Sherrill' Nielsen

It's not a secret that Elvis loved the voice of tenor Shaun 'Sherrill' Nielsen. During a 1970 Las Vegas show, Presley introduced him as: 'The greatest tenor in Gospel music'.
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Elvis: 1956

Elvis 1956 - View photos and read about the few months in 1956 when photographer Alfred Wertheimer followed Elvis as he appeared on the Dorsey Brother Stage Show, performed two great concerts at the Mosque Theater on June 30, 1956; and the famous photo taken just before going on stage. Then the very next day, Elvis appears on 'The Steve Allen Show' and then the day after, Elvis records Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel before returning home by train to Memphis for a much-anticipated July 4 concert at 'Russwood Park'.
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Goldie Hawn talks about meeting Elvis Presley

Goldie Hawn talks about meeting Elvis Presley Pop Up Window

(1:13).
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Elvis' first great protest song

Hound Dog was Elvis' first great protest song. Social rebellion had been implicit in many of his greatest Sun performances - especially Good Rocking Tonight - and became explicit in Baby Let's Play House where his sexy, yet sinister vocal directly challenges the mores of Fifties America, warning his girl that college, school and Cadillacs didn't make her a better person. But 13 years before In The Ghetto, Elvis' aggressive, dynamic cover of Big Mama Thornton's R&B hit, was an epic expression of a working class hero's righteous anger against those who had judged, misunderstood and patronised him. Elvis' Hound Dog is, Rolling Stone proclaimed, 'a declaration of independence from one generation to its cold, rigid elders'.
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Ronnie Milsap talks about recording with Elvis Presley

Upon setting up shop in Memphis in the late 1960s, Ronnie Milsap joined forces with super-producer Chips Moman, and by decade's end, was tickling the ivories for none other than Elvis Presley. 'Oh, I was given total (artistic) freedom (on Kentucky Rain)', Milsap recalled. 'The only suggestion I got from Elvis was that he wanted to hear thunder roll on the piano. He basically said, 'Play what you feel'.
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Elvis

Here is a poem by club member Maxine Graybill that we really enjoyed and wanted to bring to you on this day, 32 years after Elvis passed and 12 since Maxine originally wrote it. 'I wrote this on a plane trip from Tampa to Memphis on the 20th Anniversary. A lady sat down next to me, asked where I was going. Memphis I said. Oh you have family there? Yes you could say that, I'm going up for Elvis week. She looked at me like I had suddenly grown an extra head. I politely excused myself and started to write. Hope you enjoy it ...'
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The Death Of Elvis Presley - August 16, 1977

The manner in which the major television networks handled the news of Elvis' death illustrated his enormous popularity and the tremendous impact he had on America, something few realized until he was gone.
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Elvis Presley (1935-1977): Echoes of Love

Elvis Presley (1935-1977): Echoes of Love - a 32 year old tribute to Elvis from Rolling Stone Magazine.
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Elvis Presley In The U.S. Army

On January 19, 1953, like all young American men of the time were required to do at age 18, Elvis Presley registered for the U.S. Selective Service System. Under the system, young men of good health were expected to be available to serve for two years of active duty and then four years in the reserves. Take our 20 page tour of Elvis Presley in the U.S. Army. Includes,

photos,

video,

audio, and information.
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Review - Elvis: Vegas '69 Hardcover Book

Elvis: Vegas '69 is a quality hardcover book and is without doubt the best book on Elvis Presley produced to-date ... And it is something altogether new .... It is not a photo book ... It is not an information book ... It is not an interview book. Yes it has all three elements - and in abundance - but the way it is formatted -- presented -- is completely new, refreshing, easy to read or just to flick though - (when time is limited) - and enjoy some great photos of Elvis, or read some quotes taken from the many interviews Ken has conducted.
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Review - Elvis 1957 Book (Elvis In Gold)

Elvis In Gold does start with it's first chapter showcasing Elvis posing for photos in his new Gold lame' suit -- including one with the suit's creator Nudie Cohen -- and gives us text with the story of the suit. But after these first pages, the book can be said to be a photo book of Elvis in 1957. And a high quality hardcover one at that! Not 100% essential but this is one book that will definitely be finding a home on my bookshelf.
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Review - From Elvis In Memphis Legacy Edition CD set by Tygrrius

When I first heard about the Legacy Edition of From Elvis In Memphis, now upgraded to include Back In Memphis and all of the other songs from the sessions, I was not planning to buy it. As much as I loved them, I had bought these songs countless times over. Then, a new press release announced that From Elvis In Memphis - Legacy Edition was going to include the original mono versions of all of the singles. There, Sony/RCA had hooked me -- I played the mono singles first on Disc 2, and once I heard the quality of their sound, I could hardly wait to go back to Disc 1 and play From Elvis In Memphis proper. I don't know what Sony/RCA did differently this time, but they finally got rid of that sort of muffled sound some of the Memphis tracks had before. Crystal clear. I'm loving this release! What a great surprise!
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This is the story : A Review of 'From Elvis in Memphis' Legacy Edition

It seems like every great artist has at least one album in their catalogue that is universally ignored due to the greatness of the album that proceeded it. Finally that is all changed on this Legacy Edition. History has placed the ten tracks on 'Back In Memphis' as near outtakes to the great 'From Elvis In Memphis' sides but a closer inspection not only reveals ten great tracks but one of the most cohesive records Elvis ever delivered.
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Elvis Presley's Ford Thunderbird - Proud to say he sold a T-bird to The King

Elvis Presley was a Cadillac man and everybody knew it. Ernie Barrasso talks about selling Elvis a red Thunderbird Landau. Ernie also talks about when Elvis rented out his Thunderbird Lounge in 1967 and 1968.
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How The Mystery of the Broken Elvis Records was solved in 1957

On January 5, 1957, Billboard magazine reported on a mysterious case of damaged Elvis records. How The Mystery of the Broken Elvis Records was solved -- Larry Kanaga, then vice-president and general manager of RCA's Record Division, heard the true story at a convention of record distributors in Indianapolis ...
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Roger Semon talks about Memphis Tennessee

Roger Semon talks about Memphis Tennessee

(0:43) and the Johnny Rivers story.
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Parallels in lives, deaths of Michael Jackson and Elvis - But Presley's path was trailblazing

The passing of Michael Jackson on Thursday afternoon reignited the occasional debate between Michael Jackson, the 'King of Pop' and Elvis Presley, 'The King' of rock and roll'. Presley's was a trailblazing path'. Where Elvis co-created a musical art form, Michael largely built on one. Where Elvis changed sexual mores in the conservative wake of World War II, Michael only made shocking crotch-grabbing movements. And where Elvis, expanding on James Dean's work, harnessed a burgeoning youth culture, Michael only drew more attention to it', says Nash'. He did it brilliantly ... but his cultural impact pales in comparison to Presley's'.
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