PICTURES

May 21, 1955 - Hayride.

September 10, 1955 at the Hayride.

With director Robert Webb, cousin Gene Smith, Fox commissary - early October 1956

 

Fox commissary - early October 1956

late-morning-early afternoon of Sunday, January 6, 1957 at the Warwick Hotel in New York.
Elvis would soon be off for rehearsals for his appearance on Ed Sullivan that night -- his last, and the only one where he was shot "from the waist up."

Elvis' visit to the Rainbow Roller Skating Rink on March 19, 1960

March 21, 1960 in Decatur, Al.

 from November 8, 1962.
Vernon accompanied Memphis mayor Loeb to the set of "It Happened at the World's Fair," where the mayor officially accepted Elvis' donation of $50.000 to combined Memphis charities.
 Director Norman Taurog s also in the pic

1970 PICTURES

 

Backstage in Las Vegas sometime in February 1970
With Canadian fan club President Claude Laliberte in Las Vegas on August 24, 1970  

With fans in Las Vegas on August 26, 1970

At the Las Vegas airport sometime in the fall of 1970
With a fan in LA on October 7, 1970  
In his car in LA on November 4, 1970
Backstage with Jerry Scheff, Felton Jarvis, Ronnie Tutt and Dick Grob before his November 14, 1970 evening show in Los Angeles

Elvis in Tupelo becoming a Sheriff of Lee County on December 29, 1970 with Tupelo Sheriff Bill Mitchell doing the honours

Cool purple shades at TJ's nightclub in Memphis to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31, 1970

PICTURES

 

Norfolk, Va. May 15, 1955.

June 10, 1955 at the American Legion in Breckenridge, TX

Monday, July 4, 1955 -- Hodges Park, De Leon, TX

October 21-23, 1955 in St. Louis at the Missouri Theatre

Audubon Drive - Sunday June 17th 1956.

2 above..Charlotte, June 26, 1956

August 12, 1956 at the Muni in New Orleans

On April 15,1957 the day the Presleys had hoped to move into Graceland, they were still living in the house on Audubon. Contractors still had a month's work ahead of them. On that day, however, Elvis, now back in town after completing his spring tour, visited Graceland and posed for photographers on a tractor he had purchased for use on the property.

 

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November: Birthdays of Prominent People in Elvis’s World

November: Birthdays of Prominent People in Elvis's World

November 3 — Charles Bronson, Elvis's costar in Kid Galahad, was born in 1921.he died of pneumonia at the age of 81 on August 30, 2003, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is buried near his Vermont farm..

November 4 — Gig Young, another one of Elvis's costars in Kid Galahad, was born in 1913. He died in 1978. Young shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.No motive for the murder-suicide was ever made clear.

He was buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville, North Carolina.

 

November 4 — Annette Day, Elvis's costar in Double Trouble, was born in 1947.

November 12 — Mort Shuman, who co-wrote two dozens songs for Elvis, including "Little Sister," "Surrender," and "Viva Las Vegas," was born in 1936.He died (from complications due to a liver operation) at the age of 54 on November 2, 1991, London, England

November 12 — Ina Balin, Elvis's costar in Charro! was born in 1937. She died in 1990.from pulmonary hypertension.

November 15 — Ed Asner, who appeared in Kid Galahad and Change of Habit, was born in 1929.

November 16 — Felton Jarvis, Elvis's record producer from 1966-1977, was born in 1934. He died in 1981.Jan. 3, 1981 in Nashville,
Tennessee

November 16 — Ben Weisman, co-writer of more than 50 songs for Elvis, including "Follow That Dream," "As Long As I Have You," and "Fun in Acapulco," was born in 1921 in Los Angeles, California..Died, May 20, 2007,Los Angeles,California, 

November 19 — J.D. Sumner, Elvis's bass singer during the concert years of the 1970s, was born in 1924. He died .November 16, 1998 (aged 73)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

November 28 — Hope Lange, Elvis's costar in Wild in the Country, was born in 1933. She died on December 19, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, as a result of an ischemic colitis infection at the age of 70..

Presleymania reached its peak in November 1956

Presleymania reached its peak in November 1956

 

Elvis Presley's breakout year was 1956, as every Elvis fan knows. However, it wasn't until November of that year, after his first two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, that the stampede began among merchandisers to capitalize on the Presley phenomenon. On November 3, 1956, Variety detailed some of the craziness.

At the time RCA reported that sales of Elvis's "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" single had reached 2.6 million copies in the U.S. alone. Over 1.8 million copies of his new single, "Love Me Tender," had already been shipped.

The record company was selling more than Elvis records in 1956, though. That November it started shipments of its Elvis Presley portable record player. The player featured Presley's autograph stamped in gold on the top cover of the simulated blue denim case and could be purchased in two different packages. A four-speed model came with a two-pocket Elvis extended play record for $32.95. The second offer included an automatic 45 r.p.m. player with a three-pocket EP album for $44.95.

  Variety also reported other tidbits of Presleymania on November 3. Te Leonet Corporation in New York was granted an exclusive license for the sale of Elvis scarves. Besides a silk screened image of Elvis, they carried the titles of his hit records. And Elvis letter writing contest run by station WAIT in Chicago drew a total of 1,099,127 pieces of mail in 2 weeks. Two teeneagers won prizes for delivering 136,000 and 127,825 letters respectively to the station. Finally, although RCA officials denied any connection with it's Presley meal ticket the companmy started closing it's New York 24th street offices at 5 pm thus shortening their employees workweek by 2 1/2 hours. Record companies with less hit records continued to work til 5:30 pm.

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