January 11 On this day in Elvis history

 

January 11, 1955

Elvis performed at the High School Gym, New Boston, Texas.

January 11, 1956

Elvis continued with his recording session from 4.00 to 7.00 p.m. at the RCA studio at McGavock Street. There were some ballads recorded with some of the Jordanaires as backup vocals.

January 11, 1957

Elvis  recorded "All Shook Up" and all the material from his forthcoming movie "Loving You."
January 11, 1958

Elvis was traveling to Los Angeles by train. There were huge crowds at every stop. The Colonel had leaked information to DJ's along the way.

January 11, 1963

Elvis tried to convince Priscilla's parents to let her stay in Memphis, but she had to fly home on schedule to Frankfurt, Germany.

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The soundtrack to "Girls! Girls! Girls!" hit #3 in the U.S.

January 11,1968 

 NBC vice-president Tom Sarnoff announced that Elvis and NBC had agreed to produce an Elvis movie and a Christmas TV special for the 1968 Christmas season.
January 11, 1969

Elvis returned to Memphis, where he would stay until January 24.

January 11, 1973

Elvis was planning to wear an American-eagle jumpsuit and cape, which were specially designed for the occasion by Bill Belew.

However on the night before the show Elvis gave away his belt to the wife of his friend Jack Lord. Joe Esposito made a quick call to Belew to obtain another belt and this was send immediately.

January 11, 1974

Elvis spent both this day and the next at the podiatrist and the dentist.