Elvis Stamp In Germany 2010

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Elvis Stamp In Germany

 

 

 

When the first German Elvis stamp was issued in 1988, it was only available in West Germany due to the political situation of the German partition. Now the very first Elvis stamp will be issued since the German reunification. This amazing project is initiated and presented by well-known artist Carolin Okon. The  stamp is set for release on November 9, 2010.__

the top Elvis Presley movies based Top 20 box office rankings

 

Based on the Box Office Report database, the top grossing Elvis Presley movies based on the yearly Top 20 box office rankings were:

1. Viva Las Vegas (May, 1964, MGM), no. 11 on the list of the top grossing movies of the year in the U.S., $36,136,095
2. Jailhouse Rock (October, 1957, MGM), no. 12, $30,145,196
3. Blue Hawaii (November, 1961, Paramount), no. 13, $34,179,911
4. G.I. Blues (August, 1960, Paramount), no. 15, $31,588,275
5. Loving You (July, 1957, Paramount), tied for no. 15, $28,599,288
6. Girls! Girls! Girls! (November, 1962, Paramount), no. 19, $25,891,391
7. Love Me Tender (November, 1956, Twentieth Century Fox), no. 20, $33,620,639
8. Girl Happy (1965, MGM), no. 25, $21,375,238
9. Kissin' Cousins (1964, MGM), no. 26, $19,639,182
10. Roustabout (1964, Paramount), no. 28, $21,041,981_._,___

ELVIS'S NUMBER ONE RECORDS ON THE COUNTRY CHART

 

ELVIS'S NUMBER ONE RECORDS ON THE COUNTRY CHART   1. " Heartbreak Hotel " ( 17 weeks ) 2. " Don't Be Cruel " ( 7 weeks ) 3. " I Forgot To Remember To Forget " ( 5 weeks ) 4. " Hound Dog " ( 3 weeks ) 5. " I Want You, I Need You, I Love You " ( 2 weeks ) 6. " All Shook Up " ( 1 week ) 7. " Teddy Bear " ( 1 week ) 8. " Jailhouse Rock " ( 1 week ) 9. " Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care " ( 1 week ) 10. " Way Down " ( 1 week ) 11. " Guitar Man " ( 1 week )

Elvis Presley Enterprises products in 1956

  Over 78 Elvis Presley Enterprises products were manufactured in 1956. Some of these sold nationwide included bobby socks, combs, brushes, pillows,toy guitars, cologne, Plaster of Paris busts, jewelry, pencils, celluloid buttons and banners.
  The products were sold in the following stores throughout the United States in 1956:

Sears & Roebuck

Montgomery Ward

W.T. Grant

Woolworth's

AMC Stores

Macy's

Allied Department Stores

H.L. Green

Rexall

Whelan Drugs

  All purchases had to be paid for in cash and were non-refundable.

Howard Bell was the manufacturer of Elvis Presley Enterprises Merchandise for Special Products, Inc.

SOME ITEMS SOLD BY ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISE IN 1956

 

1. The very first product produced By Elvis Presley Enterprises was a glow-in-the-dark photo that sold for $1.00

2. The second product was lipstick:

                                  Hound Dog Orange

                                  Heartbreak Pink

                                  Love-Ya Fuchsia

                                 Tender Pink

                                 Cruel Red

They were manufactured by Teenager Lipstick Corp. in Beverley Hills, Calif. and sold for $1.00 each

3. Elvis T shirts sold for $1.50 each

4. Elvis Doll $3.98.

5.Randolph Manufacturing Company produced Elvis sneakers. They came in a tan box featuring a large picture of Elvis holding a guitar on the lid and a cut-out portrait of Elvis with an autograph of Elvis on the bottom. 

6.Faith Shoe Company made the Elvis Presley Skimmer pumps in a variety of colors. The leather version was $4.99 and the cloth version was $3.99.

7 An automatic Elvis Presley 45 rpm Victrola ( model 7EP45) sold for $44.95. Included was an RCA-Victor triple pocket EP, Elvis Presley. This product was sold on a special easy payment plan of a dollar down and a dollar a week.

8 Elvis adjustable photo rings sold for 49¢  at Woolworths and $1.00 at Nordstorms.

9. Red white and blue Elvis mittens sold for $1.50 a pair

10. Elvis wallets, in a variety of styles cost anywhere between 59¢ to $1.00.

11. Elvis Stationary sets sold for $1.00

12. Elvis scarves sold for $1.49

13.  7" bronze statues of Elvis with a guitar sold for $1.00 each

14. Elvis Rock -n-roll purse sold for $1.00

15 Pocket sized, battery operated Elvis personal fans sold for $2.00

16 Elvis jeans sold for $2.98

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Television appearance on the Jackie Gleason Show

On Monday, January 23, 1956, Elvis, Scotty, Bill and D.J. rehearsed in Memphis for their television debut. Elvis and the Colonel flew to New York on Wednesday the 25th. They stayed at the Warwick Hotel on 52nd Street. Scotty, Bill and D.J. drove from Memphis to New York and arrived on Friday, January 27th.  "Stage Show" was produced by Jackie Gleason and hosted by big band leaders Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. The thirty-minute program aired on Saturday nights at 8:00 PM as a lead-in to Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners." Elvis and his band rehearsed at Nola Studios in New York on the morning of Saturday, January 28th. That night the show aired from CBS Studio 50. It was raining and the then-unknown Elvis Presley did not draw a large studio audience. Also appearing on the show were singer Sarah Vaughan and comic Gene Sheldon. Tommy Dorsey introduced Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle, who, in turn, introduced Elvis to his first national audience by saying:  "We'd like at this time to introduce to you a young fellow who, like many performers - Johnnie Ray among them - came out of nowhere to be an overnight big star. This young fellow we saw for the first time while making a movie short. We think tonight that he's going to make television history for you. We'd like you to meet him now - Elvis Presley." Elvis wore a black shirt, white tie, dress pants with a shiny stripe, and a tweed jacket. He sang a "Shake, Rattle & Roll / Flip, Flop & Fly" medley and "I Got a Woman." The audience reacted with both shock and interest. The show received an 18.4 % ratings share while its competition "The Perry Como Show" on NBC received a 34.6% share. The option was picked up and Elvis appeared a total of six times on "Stage Show." For these appearances the band rented instruments in New York while Elvis associates Red West and Gene Smith transported the band's own instruments to the next concert appearance using a pink trailer that Elvis' father Vernon had built for this purpose. After the fourth "Stage Show" the rented standup bass that Bill Black had enthusiastically played had to be repaired. Bill had broken the neck, sound post and the back of the instrument. The repairs cost $32.96.  Elvis' sixth and final "Stage Show" appearance was on March 24, 1956. That night Carl Perkins was to have been on the opposing "Perry Como Show." However, Carl had been badly hurt in an automobile accident on the way to New York. That night on "Stage Show," out of respect for his friend Carl, Elvis refused to sing Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" as previously planned and instead sang "Money Honey."

1955 telegram to Elvis's manager, for Elvis's first television appearance

This 1955 telegram to Elvis's manager, Tom Parker, shows the compensation details for Elvis's first ever television appearance on the Jackie Gleason Show in January of 1956.

Elvis Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards Elvis received 14 Grammy nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). His three wins were for gospel recordings - the album How Great Thou Art (1967), the album He Touched Me (1972) and his live Memphis concert recording of the song How Great Thou Art (1974). In 1971, NARAS also recognized him with their Lifetime Achievement Award (known then as the Bing Crosby Award in honor of its first recipient). Elvis was 36 years old at the time. Six of Elvis' recordings, all of them his original studio masters, have been inducted into the NARAS Hall of Fame: Hound Dog (1956 recording, inducted 1988), Heartbreak Hotel (1956 recording, inducted 1995), That's All Right (1954 recording, inducted 1998), Suspicious Minds (1969 recording, inducted 1999), Don't Be Cruel (1956 recording, inducted 2002) and Are You Lonesome Tonight (1960 recording, inducted 2007). The Recording Academy's national trustees established the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Many inductees are recordings that were created and released before the 1958 inception of NARAS and the Grammy Awards. Although Elvis won only three Grammy Awards, he was nominated several other times.  The following is a complete list of Elvis's Grammy nominations: 1959 1. Record of the Year - "A Fool Such As I" ( lost to Bobby Darin's, "Mack the Knife") 2. Best performance by a " Top 40 " Artist - "A Big Hunk o' Love " ( lost to "Midnight Flyer " by Nat King Cole ) 3. Best Rhythm and Blues Performance - "A Big Hunk o' Love" - (lost to Dianh Washington's "What a Diffference a Day Makes) 4.Best Album Cover - "For LP Fans Only" ( this was an art directors award and Col. Parker was nominated, lost to "Shostakovich:Symphony No 5 " ) 1960 5. Record of the Year - "Are You Lonesome Tonight? " ( lost to Percy Faith's "Theme From a Summer Place" ) 6. Best Vocal Performance, Male - "Are You Lonesome Tonight? " ( lost to "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles ) 7. Best Performance by a Pop Singles Artist - "Are You Lonesome Tonight ?" ( lost to "Georgia On My Mind " by Ray Charles) 8. Best Vocal Performance - Male, Album - "G.I. Blues" ( lost to "Genius of Ray Charles") 9. Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From A Motion Picture or Television - "G.I. Blues " ( lost to Can- Can") 1961 10. Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From A Motion Picture or Television - "Blue Hawaii" ( lost to "West Side Story ") 1967 11. Best Sacred Performance -  " How Great Thou Art" WON 1968 12. Best Sacred Performance - " You'll Never Walk Alone" ( lost to Jake Hess's album " Beautiful Isle of Somewhere") 1972 13. Best Inspirational Performance - " He Touched Me " album - WON 1974 14. Best Inspirational Performance - " How Great Thou Art " ( this was a track from the LP "Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis")  WON 1978 15. Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - "Softly As I Leave You" ( lost to Willie' Nelson's, " Georgia On My Mind") 1980  Best Album Notes - "Elvis Aron Presley ( Lorene Lortic was nominated ) ( lost to Frank Sinatra's "Trilogy: Past Present and Future")

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