Elvis Presley

By Phil Arnold Elvis Birthday Cakes:  Three weeks ago, we looked at Elvis birthday cakes, including the one presented to him on the set of King Creole when he turned 23 in 1958.  Elvis was also filming a movie on January 8, 1961, when he turned 26.  Here is Elvis and the cake, along with costar Hope Lang, durin...

On Stage: Legacy Edition By Elvis Presley. Now four decades later, those two albums - with multiple bonus tracks on each - have been coupled together for the first time. On Stage: Legacy Edition pays tribute to Elvis in one of the most outstanding performance periods in his career. The specia...

MRS will publish its first standalone book; A Minnesota Minute on 15th February. This book will only be limited to 1500 copies worldwide. The 9" (23cm) x 11" (28cm) hardcover book contains 100 pages in full color gloss print, featuring the completely unreleased photographic works of Tim H...

By Phil Arnold 74 Nickname: “The Memphis Flash 71 Shaking hands with Nixon 68 Vernon and Gladys 67 Scotty Moore and Bill Black, hanging on for dear life 60 The “Jailhouse Rock” dance 49 The American Eagle cape 43 Graceland 25 The Elvis stamp 18 “Elvis In Concert” 8   “Elvis: That’s The Way It Is”

By Phil Arnold The last two old Elvises are interesting because they show the original “before” Elvis picture alongside the altered “old” Elvis picture. Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.

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. On January 8, 2010 as we celebrated what would have been his 75th bir...

I have also been an Elvis Presley Advocate, focusing on FACTS good or bad, and contribute to various Elvis Presley Websites that are (a) factually correct ... Elvis in 1956 (photo from Jeff Schrembs Collection-all rights reserved)American Profile all 2 news articles »

Los Angeles Times 2010 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years for Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), as January ushers in what would have been "The King's" 75th birthday. ... Viva Elvis' aims to restore king to his Vegas throneLas Vegas Review - Journal all 9 news articles »

Viva Elvis' aims to restore king to his Vegas throne Las Vegas Review - Journal Viva Elvis" cast members dance to "Bossa Nova Baby," a song that Elvis Presley performed in the movie "Fun in Acapulco. ... and more »

By Phil Arnold The last three bobbleheads were “Jailhouse Rock Elvis,” “Elvis Wacky Wobbler Bobble Car,” and “Aloha from Hawaii Elvis.” It’s time to start over on “Viva Las Vegas Elvis,” but the other two aren’t too bad.  Say, how come there is no Jailhouse Rock Christmas ornament?  Maybe next year.

Tampa Tribune James Reyne is about to cover the King, Elvis Presley. The next James Reyne album will be a collection of Elvis songs and ... Elvis 75: Good Rockin' TonightPitchfork Media all 5 news articles »

By Phil Arnold Once I zeroed the search in to straight Elvis stories, I needed to decide which one to read first.  I like writing about anniversaries of Elvis events, and I needed a new topic for the next blog.  So, I thought I’d see if they had a story published in December 1969, which would be worthy of a 40th a...

ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight" (Legacy, 3 { stars) "I don't sing like nobody," an 18-year-old Elvis Presley famously told Sam Phillips' ...

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By Phil Arnold I'm not terribly sad about the prospects of no Elvis Presley Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas.  As I told Holly, I would be quite happy if some smaller Elvis attractions opened up.  My complete answer was: It certainly would have been the destination of choice for fans coming to Las Vegas intending...

By Phil Arnold My research was prompted by a realization that next year we will experience celebrations of many 50th anniversaries of major events in Elvis’ life.  1960 was full of them: Elvis’  homecoming from the Army; his first recording session after returning; appearing on the Frank Sinatra TV sh...

Artist: Elvis Presley Album: From Elvis In Memphis Review: After a decade of putting Hollywood glitz above his Memphis roots, Elvis Presley staged a musical comeback on TV in 1968 and then returned home for two extraordinary albums: From Elvis in Memphis and Back in Memphis. The first was...

Elvis: Vegas '69 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 com...

By Phil Arnold International Hotel, Las Vegas, During Elvis’ 1969 Run  Elvis rolled into Las Vegas in July 1969 on top of his game.  The ’68 Comeback Special had recharged his career, as did “In The Ghetto,” his huge Top 10 hit in early 1969.  But, the Sun’s reviewers still wanted to cut Elvis down a bit.

By Phil Arnold An old high school buddy of mine is also an Elvis fan.  He lives in Indiana and has a background in history education.  So, it was a pleasant surprise when he sent me a copy of the Spring 2008 issue of Traces, the publication of the Indiana Historical Society, with this cover story: “The King’s L...

By Phil Arnold The auction was called Julien’s Summer Sale, and it originated from the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.  It featured hundreds of Hollywood and entertainment collectibles, including about three dozen Elvis items and about a dozen Michael Jackson goodies.

Patrick Trevellyan, rock music critic for The Examiner offers his take on Elvis' iconic album, From Elvis In Memphis, ahead of its 40th anniversary commemmorative release. From Elvis in Memphis was released to wide critical acclaim and has since gone on to be known as one of, if not the bes...

 TN A reader from Lowell, Massachusetts, recently sent me a letter and wondered if I could solve a "mini-mystery" involving Elvis Presley. Here's a portion of his query: "It is 1956 and Elvis travels to New York to tape The Steve Allen Show. ...

HANSEN: Elvis Presley was paid to be on, right? Mr. ILSON: Well, Elvis Presley actually got the biggest salary because he had a wonderful negotiator in the colonel. And he got $50000 to be on the show. HANSEN: Colonel Tom Parker really was a great ...

By Phil Arnold “black midget Elvis”:  Apparently there is no such thing.  Many sites, including ElvisBlog, made reference to both Black Elvis and Midget Elvis, but apparently no enterprising black midget has tried to become an Elvis Tribute Artist.  Will someone please step forward and fill this gapi...

 OH By Terry Morris | Friday, April 17, 2009, 05:22 PM The Victoria Theatre Association has replaced the musical “All Shook Up” on its 2009-10 Broadway series because producers have cancelled the tour of the show based on Elvis Presley songs. ...

 OH This time, he comes by way of the national touring ELVIS PRESLEY tribute “ONE NIGHT WITH YOU!” set for the Norwalk High School Performing Arts Center at 8 pm tomorrow. “Elvis” is actually Walt Sanders, backed up by The Cadillac Band and the Cadillettes ...

By Chris Davis According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, rockabilly — “a style of rock 'n' roll mixed with rowdy country music” — is making “an encore performance.” In less garbled terms, Gov. Mike Beebe signed legislation transforming the stretch of U.S. 67 from Newport to Pocahontas into "Rock 'N' Ro...

During the 1960's Elvis Presley produced a lot of good material, but some not so good as well. From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters, which covers 5 CD's and 130 tracks, gathers most of his superior material and fortunately ignores a great deal of the inferior. His best album...

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By rss@youtube.com (marco310768) New clip. Elvis as recorded live in El Paso, Texas. June 2, 1976. 8:30 P.M. Civic Center Coliseum (attendance 7050). It's a soundboard recording unreleased officially but available on "EL GOES EL PASO" 2005' bootleg CD released by "Madison" label. Here is the tracklist: Also Sprach Zarathustr...

By rss@youtube.com (RyanHames97) This video shows you how to play Jailhouse rock, a classic rock song... Author: RyanHames97 Keywords: elvis presley jailhouse rock jail house electric guitar Added: February 26, 2009

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By rss@youtube.com (politicsreign) Elvis Presley would have loved fried twinkies so try this at home Twinkies fried in the pan with a bit of oil, and then eat them. Twinkies are fantastic! Author: politicsreign Keywords: Elvis twinkies treat food cooking dessert how to make Added: January 4, 2009

By Destiny But maybe Elvis had already gotten the ultimate revenge in 1971. Five years before his death, Elvis gathered his posse into his den, according to a gossip item Guralnick quotes in Careless Love. Each hanger-on remembered the previous year, when Elvis had given out several new Mercedes — an...

By Karlie Justus Of course, the “duet with a dead person” stunt isn’t new, especially for the Elvis estate. Both Lisa Marie Presley and Celine Dion paired up posthumously with The King, as have Natalie Cole, Shooter Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. with their parents.

By Brody Vercher It’s been ten years since Elvis Presley appeared on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, but he logged his second entry in two weeks with the No. 43 debut of Martina McBride’s duet on “Blue Christmas.” That follows last week’s No. 60 bow of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” with Carrie Underwood. It...

By noreply@blogger.com (homercat) Imagine what a world it would be like If Elvis Presley hadn't died, weaned himself of drugs, got back in shape and went on to keep recording. Well, Jimmy the King is one Elvis Imitator that dares to dream of this scenario and make it come true as well.

By adfundum 1. Elvis - A Little Less Conversation 2. Gadjo - So Many Times 3. De La Soul - Say No Go 4. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 5. LL Cool J - Phenomenon 6. Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life 7. Mariah Carey - Last Night A DJ Saved My life 8. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 9. Cypress Hill - When The Shit Goes Down

By Phil Arnold The Doghaus Collection / The Hillbilly Cat and Me:  This was actually two websites, but neither exists today.  The Washington Post article summarized them as “Fun stuff for collectors.  Everything from the Elvis Presley Board Game to Love Me Tender Conditioning Shampoo.”  Oh well, you ca...

By Phil Arnold All these new categories require a format change.  ElvisBlog will be going to 3-column in a few weeks.  In the right column will be links to ElvisBlog News, Elvis Commentary Mini-Nuggets, Odd Elvis websites, and, someday, “Elvis Claus, the Book.” Phil Arnold Original Elvis Blogmeister

By Phil Arnold I'm a huge Elvis fan, so I'm not sure why it took me so long to figure out why the race seemed so familiar. It didn't hit me until I was watching 1964's Viva Las Vegas, Elvis' fifteenth movie, one day last year. Though some of these connections are admittedly a stretch, several of the similaritie...

Some call it perverse, but to fans of this genre, I guess you could say......... we don't give a damn! It's always nice to have someone to identify with, and Elvis Presley was indeed a lover of females in combat. My source comes from a Rolling Stone article dubbed: The Party Years (You can read this excel...

If you're the winning bidder for Lot 284 at a Beverly Hills, California, auction on Saturday, you could spend the rest of the weekend partying like the King. The item up for auction during Julien's Summer Sale at the Beverly Hilton hotel is an undated bottle for the antihistamine drug Nalde...

By Ken Emerson Heinz met its match in Ben Weisman, who wrote with a variety of lyricists an astounding 57 songs recorded by Elvis Presley and died on May 20 at the age of 85. Although "Clambake," "Rock-A-Hula Baby" and "He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad" can't hold a candle to the quality of Jerry Leiber and Mike...

By Big Geez He grew up in rural Oregon, but as an aspiring young singer his path led him to Detroit, where he began working in R&B clubs -- sometimes as the only white singer. He began to get noticed, and his distinctive style that foreshadowed rock and roll helped him get a recording contract with R&...

By news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) Listen to Peter Guralnick, the 2007 Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writer at Vanderbilt and author of definitive biographies of Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke, as he lectures on the origins and impact of Ray Charles' record "I Got a Woman" at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Muse...

By Patrick Walsh Walk Hard, a mock biopic spoofing the likes of Walk The Line and Ray, has John C. Reilly playing Dewey Cox, a fictional musician with shades of Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. Over the course of Cox's life, he crosses a lot of real-life music legends, and now we know who will be playing the role of th...

By Brandon Daviet These days it’s often contested, especially by the hip-hop community, if Presley deserves his long-standing title of “The King,” but there is no denying that in the late '50s Presley’s popularity made the success of American Idol look like boring reruns of C-SPAN Senate hearings.Music...

Believing that he met Elvis Presley in a UFO above the Bristol Channel, Clive Tagish AKA “Minehead Elvis” contacts ‘The Paranormalists’ with an intriguing proposition.