This Tuesday in Los Angeles, many of the legendary family, friends, band members and singers who helped Elvis Presley produce all of his hits over the year will gather together to celebrate the release of the first record made with Elvis' "Hit Making Team" since his death in 1977.Amazingly, the music returns...In a breathe of New Life, the unmistaken Memphis Sound is back in full force. For the...
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The King's beloved peacock jumpsuit sold at auction yesterday for $300k, the largest amount ever for a piece of Elvis memorabilia.Hot, ain't it?From the AP article:Presley paid $10,000 to have the outfit made by Los Angeles designer Bill Belew, who created all of The King's stage wardrobe between 1968-1977. It captured the rock 'n' roll legend's fascination with peacocks as a good luck symbol a...
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Elvis fans from all over the world are braving a Memphis heatwave, where temperatures have reached 105 degrees, on what would be the 30th anniversary of the King Of Rock N Roll's death.The high temperatures have claimed the life of one sixty-seven year-old New Jersey woman and at least eight other people have been treated for heat related problems, the AP reported. All week Elvis fans have part...
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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...
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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...
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Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. announced the new ad campaign launched to boost attraction of Presley's former home, turned theme park "Graceland". The "Discover Your Inner Elvis" campaign is currently underway.It's estimated that about 600,000 people a year visit the attraction. The aim is to elevate the parks comparably to other major US themed parks.Paul Jankowski, EPE's chief marketing offic...
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Well, not quite obviously but the EP Estate doesn’t let a little thing like being deceased get in the way of a good idea. ‘Elvis Presley In Concert’ is a production that reunites former Elvis band mates live on stage with a state of the art video-projected Elvis. Playing alongside the virtual King you get…
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*PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea* (Reuters) - The late Elvis Presley plans to be a ghost voter at the 2007 national elections in the jungle-clad South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea -- if you believe the nation's electoral rolls.In 2006 almost half of Papua New Guinea's 4.9 million registered voters were regarded by the electoral commission as ghost voters and did not exist...Electoral Commi...
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Elvis bought Graceland in 1957 for just over $100,000. Now the property is getting a $250 million facelift. Elvis' Memphis home draws close to 600,000 visitors a year, with many more expected to show up August 16th since it will mark the 30th anniversary of his death. (“Elvis Week,” commemorating the 30 years since the King's untimely death will take place over 9 days in Elvis’ hometown of M
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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...
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A new 3-cd, career spanning compilation of Elvis Presley hits will be released at the start of next year to mark what would have been the star’s 75th birthday.Released on 4th January 2010, 3 days before his birthday, ‘Elvis 75′ will feature many of Elvis’ biggest hits, including one of his earliest hits ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ [...]
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A career-spanning Elvis Presley collection is to be released to mark his 75th birthday.The 100-song box set called ‘Elvis 75: Good Rockin’ Tonight’ will be released on December 8.The collection will include many fan favourites, but also lesser know tracks such as ‘My Happiness’, the song Presley paid four dollars to record at the Memphis [...]Related posts:Elvis Presley’s teenage grand
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Elvis Presley Makes Debut in Digital Print World Artopia.com launches Everything Elvis store for print on demand décor and gifts Blacklick, OH (PRWEB) — Get ready to rock 'n' roll at your house with print-on-demand Elvis Presley apparel, décor and gifts from Artopia.com. Artopia and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., today announced a new licensing agreement that allows fans [...]
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A clump of Elvis Presley's hair, given to Gary Pepper as president of the Tankers Fan Club to give to Elvis fans, is one of over 200 items that will be up for auction on Sunday, Oct. 18.This weekend a separate auction by the Profiles in History in Calabasas, near ...
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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...
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