Elvis Presley LIVE (photo courtesy of Jeff Schrembs PRIVATE Collection - all rights reserved 2009)Thanks to MOG.com for it's latest update to its, exceptional and noteworthy, Internet Site!Having been a DIEHARD Elvis Presley Fan, and expert for (approx) FIFTY YEARS now (man, where has time gone?), I am pleased to see MOG.com contribute to the life/legacy of Elvis Presley and his Fans Worldwid...
Gotta Have Rock and Roll (www.gottahaverockandroll.com) started an on-line auction today for over 500 lots of Elvis Presley owned items and other Elvis memorabilia. The auction runs through March 25.The top items in the auction:Lot #506: White Wm. Knabe & Co. Grand Piano Used at Graceland - Minimum Bid $500,000Lot #001: Elvis' Madison Square Garden Jumpsuit - Blue with Gold Lining - $100,000Lo...
Sony Music has announced the March 10 availability of the new 4-CD collection from Elvis Presley, I Believe: The Gospel Masters. The release expands on the music collected in 2004's Ultimate Gospel which was just certified gold by the RIAA.The new album offers the most comprehensive overview of Elvis' non-secular performances and provides testament to his musical excellence and contribution to...
"Love Me," the Department of Eagles contribution to the Starbucks Valentine's Day compilation, Sweethearts, is now on the internets. The comp also features Death Cab For Cutie doing "Love Song," She & Him "I Put a Spell on You," and Katy Perry doing "Black and Gold." Ehem… Department of Eagles > Grizzley Bear. Stream: "Love Me" by [...]
Today (Wednesday) marks the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special. It was December 3, 1968 when the special aired on NBC and started Presley's return the top of the music charts. The program ended up the highest rated entertainment show of the year, pulling in 42% of the viewing audience.Shortly after the special, If I Can Dream went up to number 12, followed by In the Ghet...
KUDO's to MOG for it's new look and commitment to music...of all kind.We are proud to be a part of the MOG community and we have nothing but respect, and appreciation, for the music featured...and the music to be featured. In this "day and age" quality music is...a must. Thanks again to MOG for imprinting it's exceptional outlook via the Internet!I INVITE any/all Elvis Presley Fans to join me i...
Elvis Aron Presley (yes I use the middle name spelling of "Aron" and not "Aaron" because Gladys and Vernon chose "Aron" when Elvis was born. However, Elvis (in later years) opted to start using "Aaron" for his middle name and Vernon honored this request and put "Aaron" on his headstone as it is the "Biblical spelling") was, is, and forever will be the GREATEST ENTERTAINER who ever...lived.To ...
Sun Studio, Memphis, TN On this date in 1977, Elvis Presley died. Do you remember where you were when you heard? I do. I was in my car, driving home from work across Sunset Blvd. and was making the left turn on La Brea up to my apartment at the corner of La Brea and Franklin - the Famous Lobotomy Apartment. I was listening to the AM radio station KRLA, as I often did. They played more...
ELVIS PRESLEY - HIS HAND IN MINE (1960)One often forgets that Presley was steeped in Religious music and it's ironic that for all the media controversey that accompanied his career, he was a deeply Spiritual artist. "His Hand In Mine" was the first of a number of Gospel albums that Elvis recorded during his career, and of these, this is often regarded as his best. He would say that all of his m...
Rode through the Mojave Desert this past weekend, going from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back again on business (with a side order of pleasure).It was a 24-hour round trip marked by arid climate (temperatures reaching 112); tacky glitz; the occasional celeb strutting around the disco's V.I.P. section or sitting in the front row at the boxing match; and a transient population of wide-bodied Mid...
After The King's return from the army in 1960, his manager, "Colonel Tom Parker":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Parker negotiated a seven year, multi picture deal for Elvis. Elvis had previously stated in interviews that he wished to be taken seriously as a film actor.Unfortunately, this would not turn out to be the case. The films Elvis starred in became increasingly formulaic parodies...