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Interview with Elvis Presley Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 30, 1957
Bob Chase WOWO Exclusive Interview with Elvis Presley Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 30, 1957.
Billy Joel, 'Elvis Presley Boulevard'
'Elvis Presley Boulevard' was the B-side to the single 'Allentown' released in 1982. It was a rare instance of a Billy Joel single being backed by a non-album track. The song is sort of lament about the hyper-commercialization of Elvis Presley after his death where they sell 'plastic souvenirs of Elvis on the cross'.
Interview With Elvis Presley | August 28, 1956
Interview With Elvis Presley. August 28, 1956. About the 'Criticism', About the Show, So I'm Never Nervous, Huh?, My Special Girl, What, No Singing Lessons?, The Green Scrapbook, My Greatest Ambition, My Sideburns, My True Religion, Have I Changed?, Who Am I Going to Act Like?, Do I Really Play the Guitar?, Do I Say All Those Things?, On Amusement Parks, Why Do I Sing Like I Do?, And Now, What Can I Say?, Fan Club Address Change.
Elvis: Let Me Be There 3 CD Set from FTD
FTD is pleased to announce as part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of 'Elvis: Let Me Be There'. This first new releases for 2023 has an estimated release date of March 6. Released as a 3-CD 5" digi-pak, this set features three 1974 concerts recorded at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas on January 28, 29, February 1, 1974.
From Elvis Presley Boulevard (Limited 2-LP Blue Vinyl Edition) from FTD
FTD Vinyl is pleased to announce the release of a special blue vinyl edition of From Elvis Presley Boulevard. Each double album is individually numbered and features great outtakes and masters recorded in the legendary Jungle Room. Songs include Hurt, For The Heart, Love Coming Down, I'll Never Fall In Love Again and The Last Farewell. Available only while stock of 3500 lasts!
For Ol' Times Sake: An Interview With Norbert Putnam About Elvis
What do Tony Joe White, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Ray Charles, Henry Mancini, Dan Fogelberg, and Elvis Presley have in common with each other, other than all being consummate musicians? The answer is obviously the subject of this article, but how they are all connected to this man is a world of wonder for the historically-minded music aficionado, mainly me. When the opportunity arose to speak with Norbert Putnam, I jumped at the chance. Very rarely does a window like this open to discuss music with the masters, because honestly, interviews are proverbially pimped to scribes like us to promote newer, younger artists … those who have a tendency to brood professionally, emulate authenticity, and basically make an ass of themselves on a regular basis. Even with the parameters set to interview Putnam about the new Elvis Presley release (and having only 20 minutes to do so), I knew beforehand this conversation would take a left turn or two … I was going to make sure of it. How can I not bring up JJ Cale, Tony Joe White, or any other legend Putnam has worked with? How can we not discuss 'Polk Salad Annie' and 'After Midnight' in the same conversation as 'Promised Land'? To me, it's just impossible.
Just A Boy From Tupelo Bringing Elvis To The Big Screen
Warner Bros. Pictures' 30-minute special 'Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen', which premiered on HBO Max on January 8th for Elvis Presley's birthday, will now be available to everyone on YouTube beginning today, February 2nd.
Released | Elvis On Tour 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set
RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released the Elvis On Tour box set, a newly-compiled 50th anniversary celebration of Elvis Presley's monumental 1972 concert trek (premiering unreleased live and studio material) - our order is on the way to us.
Elvis Movie Scores 8 Oscar Nominations
Just two days after Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin attended a memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley, their grief turned to celebrations when their 'ELVIS' movie was nominated for eight Oscars including best picture.
Lisa Marie Presley laid to rest at Graceland
Lisa Marie Presley has been laid to rest at Graceland after her death at age 54 on Jan. 12. The service for the late singer-songwriter began at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22 on the front lawn of Graceland, the former home of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley. She is survived by her mother, Priscilla Presley, and three of her children: actor Riley Keough, 33, and twins Finley Aaron Love and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, 14.Priscilla Presley, 77, spoke during her daughter's memorial, sharing a tribute she said that one of her granddaughters wrote.
Released | Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis - Opening Night 2 CD Set from MRS
UK Label 'Memphis Recording Service' (MRS) has released the Deluxe CD 'Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis - Opening Night 1972' and our order is on the way to us. 'Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis – Opening Night 1972' contains a thrilling new show - featuring a revised setlist - from Elvis' Opening Night at the Las Vegas Hilton on the 26 January 1972. The soundboard recording has been remastered and for the first time presented in true stereo. The accompanying booklet includes rare photographs and memorabilia along with introductory notes.
Elvis On Tour 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set | January Release
RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the Elvis On Tour box set, a newly-compiled 50th anniversary celebration of Elvis Presley's monumental 1972 concert trek (premiering unreleased live and studio material), on January 27, 2022. Fans can get their first taste of Elvis On Tour when the previously unreleased 'Burning Love (Rehearsal 2),' recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood in March 1972.
Lisa Marie Presley Memorial Service Information
Lisa Marie Presley's Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, January 22, at 9:00 am (Memphis time) on Graceland's Front Lawn. In addition to family and friends, the general public is invited to attend. Following the service, there will be a procession to view Lisa's final resting place in Meditation Garden. If you are unable to attend the service in Memphis, the ceremony will be available to watch online via Graceland's Livestream page.
Lisa Marie Presley's Sweetest Moments with Her Parents, Elvis and Priscilla
Lisa Marie Presley died on Jan. 12, 2023, at age 54. 'It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us', her mother Priscilla confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE. Take a look back at her sweetest moments with her mother Priscilla and her late father, Elvis.
Tributes to Lisa Marie Presley
Fans paid their respects at Graceland's gates on Friday, writing messages on the stone wall, leaving flowers and sharing memories of Elvis Presley's only child, who was one of the last remaining touchstones to the icon whose influence and significance still resonates more than 45 years after his own sudden death.
Lisa Marie Presley: How she turned personal tragedy into hope
Lisa Marie Presley, who has died at the age of 54, stepped out of her father's shadow with her music, but experienced 'more than anyone's fair share' of tragedy and heartbreak in her life. 'I've dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of nine years old', she wrote last August. She was just nine when her father Elvis Presley, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, died.
Lisa Marie Presley Has Died Following Cardiac Arrest
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of American rock legend Elvis, has died aged 54. Her mother Priscilla confirmed her daughter's death in a statement to People magazine on Thursday evening (local time). 'It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us', she said. 'She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment'.
Lisa Marie Presley Hospitalized after Cardiac Arrest
Lisa Marie Presley has been hospitalized after experiencing a medical emergency. Presley was transferred to a local hospital Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, the L.A. County Fire Dept. confirmed to Rolling Stone. She reportedly had CPR performed on her by paramedics when they arrived on the scene, according to TMZ. She regained a pulse and was transported to receive further medical care.
Cissy Houston Remembers Elvis Presley
In 1963 Cissy Houston and three other singers formed a backup group that became known as the Sweet Inspirations and performed around the country with various headliners. It was during Cissy Houston's soprano obbligato on 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' that Elvis started laughing at the mid night show on August 26, 1969.
Elvis Presley, the Musician
What instruments did Elvis play? He played guitar, bass and piano, and often toyed with instruments like the drums, accordion and ukulele. While he couldn't read or write music and had no formal lessons, he was a natural musician and played everything by ear. He could often hear a song, pick up an instrument, and play. He often played an instrument in his recordings, and always produced his own music. Elvis was simply born to create music and he was always learning new ways to do it.
Interview with Annett Wolf, co-producer of Elvis In Concert 1977
This is an interesting interview with Annett Wolf, one of the co-producers of Elvis In Concert in 1977. She supervised all of the backstage filming plus fan interviews, Vernon's interview.
Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis - Opening Night 2 CD Set from MRS
UK Label 'Memphis Recording Service' (MRS) will release a CD Deluxe titled 'Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis - Opening Night 1972' on 27th January 2023. 'Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis – Opening Night 1972' contains a thrilling new show - featuring a revised setlist - from Elvis' Opening Night at the Las Vegas Hilton on the 26 January 1972. The soundboard recording has been remastered and for the first time presented in true stereo. The accompanying booklet includes rare photographs and memorabilia along with introductory notes.
Interview with 'Aloha From Hawaii' director and producer, Marty Pasetta
Marty Pasetta produced and directed the Aloha TV special which became the most watched TV program ever, with over 1.5 billion people watching it worldwide. Marty actually told Elvis 'He's got to lose some weight' when they met in Las Vegas. Elvis spent the next three months dieting, taking vitamin injections, and rigorously working out with his Memphis karate instructor, Kang Rhee. Director Marty Pasetta reminisces about pitching his ideas for the Elvis Aloha from Hawaii special, the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite. Following is an interview with Marty and clips from the show.
Interview with Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson wrote the song, It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' early in 1962 inspired by the terminal illness of his father. He recorded the song himself and it became one of his biggest hits, reaching # 3 in the US pop chart and becoming the first of his records to make the country music charts, where it peaked at # 4. It earned him his first Grammy nomination, for Best Country & Western Recording, and was later recorded by over 100 performers including Elvis Presley in 1969 at his legendary American Sound Studios Sessions.
Elvis From Louisiana And Memphis 4-CD Set from FTD
FTD is pleased to announce its last release for 2022. It's hoped that this will ship w/c 12th December. As part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of 'Elvis From Louisiana And Memphis'. Released as a 4-CD 5" digi-pak, this set features three 1976 concerts recorded at Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana July 1, 1976, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 2, 1976 and Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee July 5, 1976.
Interview with Donna Butterworth (Elvis' co-star 'Paradise Hawaiian Style)
Interview with Donna Butterworth who played Jan Kohana in Paradise Hawaiian Style. Donna also appeared in the 1965 film 'The Family Jewels' with Jerry Lewis and received Golden Globe nomination for her role.
Elvis Presley amazed Paul Simon with 'unbelievable' cover
Elvis Presley covered many stunning songs throughout the years from some extremely popular artists. While performing in concert he lent his voice to such incredible tracks as Frank Sinatra's My Way, The Beatles' Something and Yesterday and even Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. But when he recorded one of Paul Simon's songs for an album, the singer-songwriter was gobsmacked.
Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87
Jerry Lee Lewis, the last surving member of the famed Million Dollar Quartet has died aged 87. Lewis achieved dazzling early success as a defining hero of rock'n'roll, when he muscled in among Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, creating rock'n'roll piano from honky-tonk and hymn, as if doing so were as natural as breathing, and commandeering rhythm and blues with a casual authority achieved by no other white performer except Elvis Presley. With Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Great Balls of Fire and High School Confidential, he made three of the genre's indispensable classics.
Interview with Steve Wynn
Interview with Steve Wynn, bother of Kenny who we recently featured an interview with. Steve Wynn graduated from The Manlius School, a private boys' school in upstate New York, in 1959. Wynn's father, Michael Weinberg, ran a string of bingo parlors in the eastern United States, and died of complications from heart surgery shortly before Wynn graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. At college, he studied Cultural Anthropology and English Literature. After college he took over running the family's bingo operation in Maryland. He did well enough at it to accumulate the money to buy a small stake in the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where he and his wife, Elaine, moved in 1967. Wynn managed to parlay his profits from a land deal in the early 1970s (the deal involved two established titans of the Las Vegas casino business, Howard Hughes and Caesars Palace) into a controlling interest in a dusty downtown casino, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas (he also owned The Golden Nugget in Atlantic City). Wynn renovated, revamped and expanded the Golden Nugget with enormous success, in the process attracting a new upscale clientele to downtown Las Vegas'. Steve Wynn literally helped build over half the casinos in Las Vegas and having a road was not good enough for him, in 2005 construction completed on The Wynn hotel.
Elvis Presley's private Graceland upstairs rooms
Graceland is open to the public these days but nobody is allowed upstairs - just as it was when Elvis was alive. During his 20 years living at Graceland, the upstairs was off-limits except for an invite from Elvis Presley himself. Even to this day, tours of the mansion – which have been on-going for 40 years – do not include The King's bedroom and the bathroom where he died. Nevertheless, Elvis' cousin Billy Smith has described the layout of the star's private haven. Billy spent his whole life by The King's side, both as a boy living on the grounds of Graceland, and then as an inner member of the star's Memphis Mafia.
Sofia Coppola will direct a Priscilla Presley Biopic based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir
Sofia Coppola will direct a Priscilla Presley Biopic based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me. Starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi, 'Priscilla' will chronicle Presley's torrid, one-of-a-kind romance with the king of rock and roll. Born Priscilla Ann Wagner in 1945, she was only 14 when she caught the eye of a then 24-year-old Elvis Presley during his military service in Germany. The pair eventually got married in 1967 and had a daughter, Lisa Marie, before separating in 1972. It's easy to see why Coppola would be drawn to interpreting her one-of-a-kind life for the screen.
Elvis Presley: Prodigy of SUN Records 800-page 2 x Hardcover Book Set in Slipcase
Erik Lorentzen, publisher of The Elvis Files volume 1 to 8 mammoth series of books (and many others) and co-author Robert van Beek set to release: Elvis Presley: Prodigy of SUN Records an 800-page two book formatted as an illustrated day-by-day travelogue and date book chronicling Elvis' early career and life through newspaper clippings, memorabilia and many unique and rare photos in superb quality - Date set for this Spring - over 45 years after Elvis' untimely demise.
Interview with Billy Swan
Well-known in music circles since the early 1960's as a top songwriter, sideman and producer, Swan's songs have been covered successfully by Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and many others; one of the first he wrote, Lover Please, was a #7 hit for Clyde McPhatter in 1962, and landed a Grammy for Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge in 1975. Billy Swan's initial hit single I Can Help sold over one-million copies in Europe and over two million worldwide. Elvis recorded I Can Help on March 10, 1975.
MRS 2 LP Release - Las Vegas International Presents Elvis - Now 1971
UK Memphis Recording Service will release its vinyl 180-gram 2LP version of 'Las Vegas International Presents Elvis - Now 1971' on 25th November 2022. Live performances are 28th January (Midnight) and the closing show 23rd February 1971 from Elvis' engagement at the Las Vegas International Hotel. The 2LP's also contain bonus tracks.
Elvis: It Happened At The World's Fair 2-LP Limited Edition from FTD
FTD Vinyl is pleased to announce the release of It Happened At The World's Fair 2-LP Limited Edition. Taking inspiration from RCA Victor's originally planned but subsequently aborted deluxe soundtrack release (LOC/LSO 1080), this 180 GRAM double vinyl soundtrack companion features original soundtrack masters and excellent alternative outtakes.
Elvis: Las Vegas '71 3-CD Set from FTD
As part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of Elvis: Las Vegas '71. Released as a 3-CD 5' digi-pak, this set features three 1971concerts recorded at the International Hotel on January 27 / 28 (Midnight shows) and January 29 (Dinner show). Recorded by Bill Porter, The tapes unfortunately have imperfections, but we have prioritized the historic importance and rarity of these recordings.
An ashtray for Elvis | Hollywood 1963
The journalist, Bo Hanson, had a tough time getting through the entire wall of agents and studios people, but was finally granted a ten minute interview. After waiting for two hours, the doors were thrown open and there he was: Elvis Presley. Bo Hanson later described the meeting in an article published in the Swedish magazine Allers, on May 3, 1964. He's so handsome, so beautiful in his white, tight pants, his bright red shirt and the most adorable little white bolero jacket, that it almost isn't true.
Interview with Shirley Dieu
Shirley Dieu met Elvis Presley in 1975. After becoming friends, she would spend the next 3 years touring and vacationing with him. In this exclusive Interview with Sergio Luiz Shirley tells her amazing story and how she became the 'Memphis Mafia Princess'. 'I don't think that Elvis took the vacation as a much-needed break. He had just gotten his plane The Lisa Marie and felt a certain freedom that he hadn't really had before. So since he loved Hawaii, he said 'Hey, I'm taking everyone to Hawaii. 'It was a last minute kind of thing ...'
'The Lisa Marie': Elvis Presley's Convair 880 Jet Airplane
On April 17, 1975 Elvis bought a Convair 880 Jet, recently taken out of service by Delta Airlines, for the then-substantial sum of $250,000. After refurbishing, the total exceeded $600,000. He immediately rechristened it the Lisa Marie.
John Lee Hooker talks about Elvis Presley and sings his song 'Tupelo'
Tupelo is a city in the state of Mississippi, which is best known for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley. John Lee Hooker recorded the original version of the song, 'Tupelo' in 1959, which chronicles a flood in Tupelo, 20 years previously. Said Hooker: 'People never forgot it. So when I grew up and got famous, I wrote about it and it brought back memories to a lot of people'. Inspired by John Lee Hooker's song, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds reworked it as 'Tupelo,' combining imagery of the flood with memories of Elvis Presley. It was released on the Bad Seeds 1985 album The Firstborn is Dead. Here Johm Lee Hooker talks about Elvis, and sings the song 'Tupelo'.
Whitney Houston talks about how she met Elvis in 1969
Whitney Houston : 'You don't actually MEET Elvis, you just have to LOOK at Elvis'. She goes on to explain that her mother Cissy Houston (who sang with the gospel group Sweet Inspirations), used to sing back up for Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin for many years. [Cissy Houston was actually only with Elvis for his opening shows in 1969] and how they were sitting in a room backstage and Elvis walked in with his mink (real fur), glasses on, and she just looked at him and could not say anything (star struck).
Released | Elvis Movie DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K
The Fifty Voices of Elvis Presley
So different are Elvis' voices, that if one could find a person who has never heard his recordings and you put him or her on an island and then had them listen to these fifty songs, mixed with say, those of 12 other distinctive singers, and then you then ask him or her, to classify them, to separate the singers, I could bet a million dollars that the person will never say that there are 13 singers, as would be the case, but at least 25.
Stopped By Security But Elvis Said Let Her Through
Martha Carr wanted to meet Elvis Presley. So she and a few friends from Jackson traveled to Memphis on Jan. 18, 1971, to the Jaycees' 10 Outstanding Young Men of America ceremony - now known as the 10 Outstanding Young Americans. Elvis was the final recipient that evening at the old Ellis Auditorium. 'Of course, every woman was trying to get to Elvis', Carr says. 'But security would stop them and send them back. It looked like I wasn't going to meet Elvis, after all. 'But my friends kept urging me, 'Go on, Martha. Go see Elvis'. We were only about 40 feet from him. So I finally walked over toward him'. She was stopped by security, only to have Elvis step in: 'Let her come on', he said.
Elvis Movie DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K
The 'Elvis' movie will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K on September 21 and are now available to pre-order.
The Night Bruce Springsteen Jumped the Wall at Graceland
Bruce Springsteen was seven when he first saw Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show. Elvis Presley's third and final appearance took place on January 6, 1957. Watching the show, Springsteen felt mesmerised: 'I couldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be Elvis Presley', he recalled ... 'I jumped up over the wall and I started runnin' up the driveway, which when I look back on it now was kind of a stupid thing to do because I hate it when people do it at my house'.
Interview with Vernon Presley (1978)
Interview with Vernon Presley by Nancy Anderson : Good Housekeeping, January 1978.
Elvis: 'Like A Black Tornado - Live At Boston Garden 1971' Vinyl LP Record from MRS
UK Memphis Recording Service will release its vinyl 180-gram LP version of 'Like A Black Tornado - Live At Boston Garden 1971' on 21st October 2022.
Review | Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD
The Memphis Recording Service (MRS), the producers of the 'Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD, boldly state on the front cover that never before have we ever had live film footage (i.e., with synchronized sound) of an Elvis concert from the 50's ... until this time. Well, we certainly do now! Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.
- The DVD Audio section gives you sound quality superior to CD
- The DVD Video Section Contains both Video Film and synchronized Sound
Blackie | Bill Black and Elvis Presley
For someone who played such a large part in the early years of Elvis Presley, helping establish the hillbilly cat, it's more than a little surprising how few and spread about are the details of Bill Black.
Elvis Presley and Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John saw Elvis in concert at least twice but just missed out on meeting the King of rock 'n roll. Olivia: 'I was really excited to be invited to see the King at the Hilton in Las Vegas. It was a celebrity-packed row, with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber sitting next to me on either side. After the show, I went backstage to meet him and got another big surprise. Doris Day was there, too - I've always adored her. Doris was warm and welcoming, but sadly I never met Elvis up close and personal. His road manager said there was an emergency and Elvis had to leave the building, Literally!'
Goldie Hawn talks about meeting Elvis Presley
Goldie Hawn recalls meeting Elvis when he visited her on the 'Laugh-In' NBC set. 'I met Elvis when I was in Laugh-In ... He was on the set because we used to rehearse in the studio ant NBC ...' And in walks this guy, and he was soooo beautiful, that it just took my breath away, everybody's breath away. And he walked up to me, and he tussled my hair, and he said 'you look like a chicken that's just been hatched'. '....Brenda Lee Fondly Remembers A Special Gift From Elvis
Brenda Lee and Elvis met at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga., in March of 1956 when Elvis played the first time there with June Carter and her mother and two sisters.
Interview with Glen Glenn
Well, he couldn't get out, he tried to get out one time, and walk down Hollywood Blvd. and he got all the people recognized him and pretty soon he had a mob down there and they had to call the cops to get him back to the Knickerbocker. And, one night, it must have been about 10 or 11 o'clock, where the Pantages Theatre, it's around the corner from the Knickerbocker. And, across the street from the Knickerbocker was a car, I mean a parking lot. So, people would park their car there and go to the movies at the Pantages Theatre. So, all the people were walking down Hollywood Blvd. and they'd walk across the street to go to their cars, so they wouldn't actually walk right past the Knickerbocker.
Review | Elvis: Peace In The Valley (The Complete Gospel Recordings)
Elvis : Peace In The Valley (The Complete Gospel Recordings) is a long overdue triple CD release. In 1994 we were treated to the excellent double album 'Amazing Grace' and more recently to a number of good (if forgettable) mid-price gospel albums. This set is a fitting testament to an often under-appreciated segment of Elvis' incredible musical legacy. Many fans will be surprised at the breadth of tracks on this release.
Documentary on '68 Comeback Special' Coming From Steve Binder
Hot on the heels of the success of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, the third-highest grossing music biopic since the 1970s, Steve Binder, the Emmy-winning director of Elvis Presley's electrifying '68 Comeback Special, is producing a documentary about the experience. The documentary, coming in 2023, will take fans behind the turbulent creation of the special that revitalized Presley's career.
Songwriter Layng Martine recalls writing 'Way Down', Elvis' last hit
'Way Down' song-writer, Layng Martine Jr. remembers being in seventh grade and hearing one of Elvis Presley's earliest singles on the radio. 'It changed my entire life', he says. Two decades later, the Nashville songwriter wrote a hit for Elvis - which ended up being the final single released before his death in 1977. He remembered writing the song, and learning of Elvis' death, in a conversation with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International.
Piers Morgan Interview with Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley has discussed her relationship with Elvis, following the release of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis' biopic.
Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley
Very few women in Elvis' life meant as much to him as Ann-Margret. When Elvis later asked his 'foreman' Joe Esposito, what was so special with Ann-Margret, he replied: - She's the female you.
Elvis Presley became a rock 'n' roll icon with the help of Memphis clothier
Elvis Presley became a rock 'n' roll icon with the help of Memphis clothier: 'That changed everything'
Baz Luhrman and Austin Butler shopped with Bernard Lansky's son Hal in preparation for the biopic 'Elvis'
Baz Luhrman and Austin Butler shopped with Bernard Lansky's son Hal in preparation for the biopic 'Elvis'
Elvis Presley and Tony Joe White
I was doing a lot of Elvis on stage. I had my hair combed like Elvis. A big wave. I could sing him, copy him to a T. After 'Polk' came out and I was living in Memphis again, Elvis' producer called me. He said, 'We're flying a jet down to pick you and your wife up. We want you to come to Las Vegas and watch Elvis record 'Polk Salad Annie' for six nights, every night he does it on stage'. Elvis recorded Tony Joe White's 'Polk Salad Annie', 'I've Got a Thing About You Baby' and 'For Ol' Times Sake'. Tony Joe believed that Elvis was planning to also record 'Rainy Night In Georgia'.
Elvis Presley and Bobby Smith
By Billy Smith. My brother, Bobby, got run over down in front of Graceland. That was in '61. I guess Bobby was about nineteen or twenty. He was running across the road. He'd been talking to some friends, and he was coming back across, and a kid who wasn't much older than Bobby came out of the side-road and down Highway 51. He'd been drinking and he claimed he didn't see him. He hit Bobby dead-on. The bumper caught him and threw him up over the hood, and then he rolled on across. It crushed both of his legs, and broke his cheekbone, and cut him up a little. He had some internal bleeding, but it was mostly his legs.
Red West Remembers Writing For The King
That's Someone You Never Forget was a title that came from Elvis. He said, 'How about coming up with a song with the title of That's Someone You Never Forget?' I sat down and wrote it. I played him a demo with me singing that I cut at Gold Star Recording in Hollywood. Elvis liked it and I was in the studio when he recorded it, which was great but also nerve wrecking. Every time he'd start over and say, 'Hold it! hold it!' I'd think, 'Uh oh, he's gonna lose interest'. I like how the song turned out. That song had a strange, weird melody. I like the way Elvis recorded all the songs that I wrote. Elvis wouldn't have recorded my songs if he didn't like them. As a matter of fact there's a couple that he turned down, I wish I had written more for him.
The Million Dollar Quartet | December 4, 1956
The 'Million Dollar Quartet' is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash (According to Cash) and made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title 'Million Dollar Quartet'. Carl Perkins, who by this time had already met success with 'Blue Suede Shoes', had come into the studios that day, accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. Holland, their aim being to record some new material, at at his fathers suggestion began working on a revamped version of an old blues song, 'Matchbox'.
Elvis Presley and Johnny Bragg
Johnny Bragg was imprisoned in l943,at the age of sixteen, for crimes he most likely did not commit and was sentenced to six consecutive life-terms in the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville. While serving his sentence, Bragg formed a singing group, the Prisonaires, which became a chart-topping musical act. The Prisonaires were given permission to perform at various shows. both inside and outside of the prison, by Warden James E. Edwards and by Frank Clement, the Governor of Tennessee at the time, who used the group as a showcase for his campaign for prison reform and civil rights. Clement consequently became one of Bragg's closest friends and supporters.
'Elvis' is No. 1 at the box office
'Elvis' has won its box-office danceoff with 'Top Gun: Maverick.' After the two films reported the same ticket sales Sunday, Monday's final numbers has 'Elvis', alone, as king of the weekend.
Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD
Sony Music will release the soundtrack CD to 'Elvis' on July 29, 2022. ELVIS is an epic, big-screen spectacle from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).
Tom Hanks Interview
Tom Hanks Interview.
'Elvis' Fact or Fiction: What's Real and What's Not in Baz Luhrmann Biopic
Does the phrase 'That's All Right, Mama' apply to the new 'Elvis' movie… as in, 'that's all correct, ma'am'? No one is probably expecting that; any practiced watcher of biopics knows virtually any example will take deep liberties with the facts for dramatic purposes. And maybe it's a given that a director who puts hip-hop and hard rock on his period-film soundtracks, as Baz Luhrmann does, might favor effect over total verisimilitude.
Update: The Airplanes and The King Hardcover Book
The Elvis Files team finally announced that after 6 months of delays due to paper-shortage, Carlos Varrenti's book, in collaboration with Robert van Beek, 'The Airplanes & The King' was sent to the printers today. The bindery will also be ready in a maximum of two weeks from today. They stated: 'Our apologies for the long wait, but in the end you will be amazed by the quality of The Airplanes & The King book work and that may ease the suffering a little. The Elvis Files team wish you a lot of reading pleasure'. The English version is expanded to an amazing 400 pages with ja lot of unreleased material from Elvis Files' vaults and printed as a high quality hardback book.'The Airplanes & The King' by Carlos Varrenti, English version is an expanded 400-page High quality Hardback book with a lot of unreleased material from Elvis Files' vaults! Printed and distributed by The Elvis Files Team.
Interview with Ann Ellington
On March 8, 1961, Elvis addressed the Tennessee State Legislature and accepted the title of 'Honorary Colonel'. During this time Ann Ellington, the daughter of Governor Buford Ellington met Elvis and even attended his recording session at Studio B on March 23 when he recorded 'Can't help Falling In Love'. Of Elvis Ann said, 'I think any female who had an opportunity to sit down and meet him, just even for five minutes, you find a love for him that words cannot describe'.
Fans flock to stores to buy Elvis records, dramatic sales increase (August 1977)
Record stores in the Los Angeles area reported a dramatic increase in sales of Elvis Presley records Tuesday night. Salespersons at Tower Record stores in Hollywood and Westwood said they had sold 55 to 65 more Elvis records than usual.
B.B. King talks about Elvis Presley
Video, B.B. King talks about Elvis Presley, and the first time he saw him at Sun Records. Later, Elvis Presley and B.B. King backstage at the WDIA Goodwill Revue at Ellis Auditorium on December 7, 1956.
Interview with Kenny Wynn : Colonel Tom Parker's assistant
Interview with Kenny Wynn, Colonel Tom Parker's assistant. Kenny had an insider's view of the Presley empire back in the 1970s when 'The King' was selling out hundreds of performances at the Las Vegas Hilton. Wynn was in charge of the sale of Elvis Presley memorabilia and even traveled with Elvis Presley on tour.
The Night John Lennon (and The Beatles) Met Elvis Presley
No real photos were taken. No tape recordings were made. Less than twenty people were present. All of which helps to explain why the greatest summit meeting in the annals of rock 'n' roll history has remained a relatively little-known bit of rock trivia. But the facts are this: on a balmy August night in 1965, inside a rented mansion up in the tony hills of Bel-Air, Elvis met The Beatles.
Culture Factory will release the following CDs in July
Culture Factory will release the following CDs in July. These are Vinyl replica in appearance, CDs.
- Le Retour d’Elvis & His Hand in Mine 2CD set : RSD 2016 : including the original double LP set + 19 bonus tracks
- Elvis Sings the Mad Professor CD | RSD 2021 : including the original album + 7 bonus tracks
- Elvis: Something for Everybody CD : RSD 2016 : including the original album + 16 bonus tracks
- Elvis: The Forgotten Album CD : RSD 2020 : including the original album + 14 bonus tracks
Elvis Presley: Devil In Disguise - The 'Lost Album' Sessions 3 CD Box Set from FTD
As part of its acclaimed 'Sessions series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of Elvis Presley: Devil In Disguise – The 'Lost Album' Sessions. Released as a 3-CD 8" digi-pak. Recorded, for the most part, over two days in July 1963, these varied and excellent performances ended up being scattered over several RCA Victor releases between 1963 and 1968. It would not be until 1990 that the songs finally appeared as originally intended on a proper RCA vinyl album. Almost 60-years later, FTD presents all of the masters and outtakes available from the session(s).
Elvis: From Vegas To Tahoe 3 CD Set from FTD
As part of its ongoing live on tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of Elvis: From Vegas To Tahoe. Released as a 3-CD 5" digi-pak, this set features three 1973 midnight shows recorded on January 27 / February 21 (Las Vegas Hilton) and May 12 (High Sierra Theatre, Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe).
Elvis biopic: Austin Butler praised, mixed reviews for film
A new biopic of Elvis Presley has attracted generally positive reviews, with many critics praising actor Austin Butler's portrayal of the singer.
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis': Film Review
How you feel about Baz Luhrmann's Elvis will depend largely on how you feel about Baz Luhrmann's signature brash, glitter-bomb maximalism. Just the hyper-caffeinated establishing section alone - even before Austin Butler's locomotive hips start doing their herky-jerky thing when Elvis Presley takes to the stage to perform 'Heartbreak Hotel' in a rockabilly-chic pink suit - leaves you dizzy with its frenetic blast of scorching color, split screen, retro graphics and more edits per scene than a human eye can count. Add in the stratified, ear-bursting sound design and this is Baz times a bazillion.
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Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD
Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. Until Now! The DVD Contains recently discovered unreleased film of Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. + Plus Bonus DVD Audio.
This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.
The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Highly recommended.
Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD Video with Sound.
