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Winter Carnival 2024

Remembering the 50's & 60's
with Elvis (part 2)

 

Collection of rare photos of Elvis in the 50s


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Elvis & Sophia Loren

On March 24, 1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army at the Memphis Draft Board and was assigned serial number 53310761. All his relatives were present at that day. After the induction he took on a bus and left for Fort Chaffe , Arkansas where he got his hair cut and became a real GI. On 29 th he arrived at Fort Hood , Texas . That is where he would spend six months training. Elvis's parents moved to an apartment near the base. In June, he took his first leave and did his last (until 1960) recording session. The material was to remind the audience about Elvis while he was away. Soon Gladys became ill and was hospitalized in Memphis . Elvis took an emergency leave and returned to Memphis on August, 12th. On the 14 th, she passed away. The biggest tragedy in Elvis' life. And the pain would remain until his death. Some sources say that during the funeral Elvis tried to jump into the grave. He invited Blackwood Brothers to sing at the funerals because they were Gladys' favorite band.

 


Elvis spent 10 days at Graceland and returned to Fort Hood . On October he arrived at Bad Nauhem, West Germany . There he met a 14 year old girl Priscilla Ann Beaulieu and they became friends.

In 1959 an album A Date With Elvis was released. With a photo of a GI Elvis on the cover. In the army, Elvis sees Karate for the first time and falls in love with that art. (He had 8 th degree dan black belt). In 1960 Elvis returned home. The event was a sensation.


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The Comeback

It will be fair to divide the comeback into three parts. The famous sessions with Chips Momen at the American Sound  Studio, the Legendary Comeback Special and Elvis' return to live performances in Las Vegas . In 1967 Elvis made some great records at The American Sound Studio in Nashville . Songs like U.S. Male and Guitar Man were success. In 1968 Parker decided to make a show with NBC. A show where Elvis would sing some Christmas songs. But the director Steve Binder knowing Elvis' potential made a totally different thing. The ELVIS NBC TV special or simply The Comeback Special. Elvis sang on a small stage clothed in black leather suit. He sang his old and new songs. I don't think that there's anything more fantastic than the show. The show had a storyline based on the Blue Bird of Happiness, it was well staged and remained classics. The last song was Elvis' first social song, where he expressed his ideas about a number of crucial things. Elvis was at his best and the show became the best viewed program of 1968. Elvis' last Hollywood movie Change of Habit was released in 1969. And the King took off to Las Vegas . Having a contract in Kirk Kirkorian's International Hotel or Hilton as it was renamed in 1972 Elvis returned to live performances. He was a total sensation with his new style and hits like Suspicious Minds and In The Ghetto. Elvis sang with an orchestra and two back vocal bands The Sweet Inspirations an The Imperials (which soon would be changed for J.D. Sumner and The Stamps). Whatever Elvis did in 1969 it is a success.


The Final Years

The King retured to Vegas in 1970 and despite of some skepticism he was a success again. That's when Elvis made his first documentary called That's The Way It Is. It contained concert material of Elvis' shows in Vegas and for the first time we have a chance to see Elvis at the studio and at the rehearsals. The album That's The Way It Is was another success. Elvis his famous visit to president Richard Nixon and became an FBI drug enforcement agent. In 1971 and up to 1972 Elvis toured around the country accompanied by the Memphis Mafia. Group of friends, every one of them had special duties. In 1971 he received an award as one of Ten Outstanding Young Men of the USA . In 1972 Elvis filmed his second documentary Elvis On Tour. It received an award as the best documentary of 1972. Elvis divorced Priscilla soon. 1973 was an important year for Elvis. He becomes the first artist whose concert would be broadcasted worldwide. The famous Aloha From Hawaii. Elvis worked hard and the concert brought him even more fame. He was so much on top that no-one before him had ever gone. Over a billon of people tuned in to see the King. Unfortunately the show wasn't on in USSR . Elvis keeps touring and touring and it slowly tired him down. He had to use more and more medications to keep the ball rolling. He gave an enormous quantity of  concerts. In 1976 he didn't want to go to studio any more so the studio came to him. The famous Jungle Room Sessions were held at Graceland . And we got material for two albums. His last tour was filmed by CBS in order to make a show On August 16 th 1977 The King Of Music passed away at his home at Graceland .

 
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Rare 1960's Photos of Elvis
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Graceland
Every King Has a Palace, Elvis Had Graceland.

Elvis Presley Lived in Graceland for 20 years. It is the place he considered his home. It was a place to relax, spend time with family and friends and even to record. Today Graceland is a National landmark, second most recognizable private house in the USA and also u multi million income producing museum. Graceland was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991. On March 27, 2006, Gale Norton, United States Secretary of the Interior, designated Graceland a National Historic Landmark—joining the White House.

Besides all that Graceland is truly the place where you can feel his presence and spirit in everything. Yest it was redecorated several times, but it never lost the Elvis touch. Some call it a museum, some call it a Mekka for Elvis fans, some call it a corporation, one thing is true, It was home for Elvis Presley.


Graceland: A Tourist Attraction

After Elvis Presley's death in 1977, Priscilla Presley served as executor of his estate. Graceland itself cost $500,000 a year in upkeep, and expenses had dwindled Elvis's and Priscilla's daughter Lisa Marie's inheritance to $5 million. Priscilla examined other famous house/museums, and hired a CEO to turn Graceland into a moneymaker. She became the chairwoman and president of Elvis Presley Enterprises. After Graceland opened to the public in 1982, the enterprise's fortunes soared and eventually the trust grew to be worth over $100 million. Graceland is now statistically the second most visited private residence in the United States, behind the White House.

An annual procession through the estate and past Elvis's grave is held on the anniversary of his death. The largest gathering assembled on the twenty-fifth anniversary in 2002. One estimate was of 40,000 people in attendance, despite the heavy rain.

The biggest crowd in Memphis for an Elvis Week is generally regarded as the 20th Anniversary in 1997. At this time several hundred media groups from around the world were present and the event gained its greatest media publicity as an estimated 50,000 fans visited the city.

The Graceland grounds include a museum containing many Elvis artifacts, like some of his famous Vegas jumpsuits, awards, gold records, the Lisa Marie jetliner, and Elvis's extensive auto collection. Recently Sirius Satellite Radio installed an all-Elvis Presley channel on the grounds. The service's subscribers all over North America can hear Presley's music from Graceland around the clock. Two new attractions have been added, Elvis Presley After Dark and Elvis 56; these can be found on the plaza.

Tours of the museums at Graceland are available, though no flash photography or video cameras are allowed inside. The tour of the Graceland mansion is an audio tour, and the upper floor is not open to visitors, partially to avoid any improper focus on the bathroom which was the site of his death. The upper floor, which also contains Elvis's bedroom, has been untouched since the day Elvis died. The tour enters through the front door, the living room with adjoining music room are first to be presented. These rooms are then followed with a walk past the grand stair case to Elvis' parents room. Next the tour takes you into the dining room and the kitchen. The tour continues through the basement, where Elvis's media room with its three televisions can be viewed. A bar and billiards room can also be found. The tour continues back upstairs, through the famous Jungle Room. After the Jungle room, you are taken to a small room that has displays of some of Elvis' personal belongings. These items are all carefully selected from Elvis' private sanctuary upstairs, which again is not part of the tour. Items include jewelry to Elvis' personal desk, some random items of clothing and a scale model of the home he grew up in in Mississippi. Then outside you are rounded through Elvis' shooting range. Then into his "Trophy Room". Originally this space was just a sidewalk behind the house that Elvis had enclosed to store his many items of appreciation. At the doorway is Elvis' famous gold lame suit from his early years.

You then proceed down a hallway lined with gold records. The tour then winds you through a display of his 68 Comeback, featuring his leather suit and some gowns worn by Priscilla. You are then taken back outside to view his still fully functioning stable of horses. Then into Elvis' racketball court. The court now houses a display of Elvis' trademark sequined "jumpsuits". All are presented facing forward except for the last suit in the room.

The last jumpsuit worn by Elvis is turned backwards as if walking away from you. Also in this room are all the awards and distinctions posthumously presented to Elvis. Then you are taken into the Meditation Garden. Buried here are Elvis, mother Gladys, father Vernon and grandmother. A separate building houses a car collection and not far away his two planes Lisa Marie (a Convair 880) and Hound Dog II (a Lockheed JetStar) are on display.

One of the most impressive displays is the trophy room off the main house, displaying Elvis's huge collection of gold and platinum records and other awards, stage costumes, photographs and more.


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January 8 1935 - August 16 1977
Elvis Presley was a legend in his time and will always
be missed by millions of fans around the globe.
On August 16th 1977 the world lost one of its greatest singers.

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