Elvis In The '60s

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February 29: Billboard reports that Elvis has already sold more records than any artist in history -- 18 million. Even the title reinforced the locale, reminding audiences of the beautiful paradise that had become America's 50th state amid much fanfare in 1960. The singer made his final appearance on Sullivan’s show in January 1957, and this time network censors demanded he be filmed from the waist up. Despite this requirement, at the end of the program, Sullivan gave the entertainer a special nod, telling the audience Elvis was “a real decent, fine boy,” and letting him know that “we’ve never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we’ve had with you.” 7. Elvis bought FDR's presidential yacht During the visit they attend five karate classes by Tetsuji Murakami, a Japanese teacher of the ahotokan technique. January, 26, 1962 : Elvis Presley with Las Vegas Entertainment Columnist Forest Duke at the opening of Johnny Ray's show at the Dunes Hotel. Sonny West is behind them.

Tupelo Hardware Company, located in Tupelo, Mississippi, has been in business since 1926 and is best known for selling a guitar as a gift for Gladys Presley to her son Elvis in 1946. On June 17, 1949, a long-time employee wrote to a young Elvis Presley, asking him what he wanted for his… June 17, 'Viva Las Vegas' opens nationally and goes to #14 at the box office. It's one of the better movies from Elvis in the ‘60s and the songs on this record are better as well. By the end of the year, it is #11, outranking The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' and becoming Elvis' highest grossing film ever.

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Priscilla, now 17 years old, visits Elvis from Germany. It will be the first time they see each other since Elvis left Germany over two years before. They spend the time in Las Vegas. August 28, 1962 Viva Las Vegas” opens nationally and goes to #14 at the box office. It’s one of the better movies from Elvis in the ‘60s and the songs on this record are better as well. By the end of the year, it is #11, outranking The Beatles “A Hard Day's Night” and becoming Elvis' highest grossing film ever. September 21, 1964 He also changed how we are able to look at, and experience, him in the 21st century. Ted Harrison, a British writer and broadcaster who’s done landmark work on the Presley phenomenon, notes that investors in the “Elvis brand,” thanks to the Presley family, have had unusual artistic and commercial freedom. Next up: a hologram Elvis that can carry an entire concert. “Elvis,” Harrison says, “will continue to grow.” Fans, it turns out, need never have a lonesome night.

With over 100 reporters and photographers in attendance, Elvis' commanding officer presents him with a certificate of merit citing his 'cheerfulness and drive and continually outstanding leadership ability'. Lingering bitterness over his dealings with Colonel Parker crept into his account. Sullivan blasted Parker for allowing Elvis to sing only two songs in the special, stating, 'Col. Tom, using the logic of a farmer, is a firm believer in not giving a hungry horse a bale of hay'. Sullivan seemed to forget that it was Sinatra's special, not Elvis', and there were four other guests to showcase as well. Some jabs at how Elvis looked rounded out the column as Sullivan noted that the young singer, 'minus his sideburns, has substituted what the ladies probably would call a 'high hair-do'. His hair is so high in front that it looks like a ski jump'. At first I didn't notice it - it didn't hurt me at all - until one of the fellows told me the little finger was bent all the way over the other fingers'. No, it won't affect my strumming a guitar. Almost fifty years since Elvis’s death, questions persist about what really happened to the singer and his band. Even after the members have all died, there is some uncertainty about their fate.Elvis Presley Day' is proclaimed by Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington. Every year after this, Elvis donates money to a list of Memphis-area charities, eventually reaching 50 or more, usually around Christmas time. Within a few years, to show their appreciation, the city gives him a massive plaque listing 50 charities. May 28: Elvis visits Vegas and his entourage, for the first time, is dubbed the "Memphis Mafia" due to their penchant for wearing long coats and dark glasses. In addition, exotic and vacation settings convey the idea of slipping off to paradise for romantic escapades. For decades, travel brochures have used this very notion to entice tourists to distant lands.

Taking second place on Elvis’s most streamed songs is 1969’s Suspicious Minds (11.5m), followed by Burning Love (7m). Interestingly, 1964’s Blue Christmas, which makes Number 40 in his sales chart, is his sixth most streamed song in the UK (6.2m), no doubt bolstered by the annual surge in streaming festive songs. Elvis Presley’s Official Top 20 most streamed songs POSElvis begins recording and filming for “Viva Las Vegas,” co-starring Ann-Margret. It will be his 15th movie to be released, as “Kissin’ Cousins,” which he is to shoot next, will actually be released before “Viva Las Vegas.” October 1963

Follow That Dream” opens nationally and gets to#5 on the box office charts. It is warmly reviewed and does fairly well in sales. March 26 - June 11, 1962 Most of the 14 songs on the album are pop-style tunes. Some of these were not written for the film but had been recorded and released previously, including 'Moonlight Swim', 'Blue Hawaii', and 'Hawaiian Wedding Song', 'Aloha Oe' was composed by Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii in 1878. The title tune and the song 'Aloha Oe' had been recorded in the 1930s by Bing Crosby during a craze for the allure of the tropical isles.

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March 8, 1960, Elvis visits Forest Hill Cemetery to see for the first time the marker and stone angels on t his mother's grave. Elvis visits his mothers grave at Forest Hill Cemetery : March 8, 1960. Anita Wood joins him later in the evening after waiting patiently for her summons at his cousin Patsy's house. Any viewer familiar with Elvis' movies recognizes the prevalence of unique and exotic locations, but not all realize the extent to which these settings affect the whole film. For example, Elvis' characters were independent spirits who worked as race-car drivers, pilots, tour guides, entertainers, or boat captains -- unusual occupations, to say the least. Yet they seem almost appropriate given the exotic settings. In a way, the settings determined the occupations of Elvis' characters, which indirectly helped define them as free souls who reject the conventional, nine-to-five lifestyle. Presley’s descent was marked by an obsession with collecting police badges and firearms; it was as if he were seeking the emblems and means of control as he himself grew more erratic. In 1970, en route to Washington, Presley wrote Nixon a letter on American Airlines notepaper claiming that he had new insights into the youth unrest across the country as well as communist “brainwashing” techniques. Would the President be interested in Presley’s becoming a secret agent of the federal government? The request led to an impromptu meeting in the Oval Office, where a puzzled Nixon listened to Presley’s ramblings about the moral degeneration of the country. The first band to record on RCA Records under Elvis struggled to gain popularity during his early years. Some of Elvis’ most well-known songs, such as Heartland Hotel andHound Dog, were released before 1957. In the years that followed, the band released more records and made television appearances, but Elvis was ready to return by 1968.