June 28, 1955

Elvis performed at the Airman's Club, Keesler Air Force Base.

 

June 28, 1956

Elvis performed at the College Park, Charleston, South Carolina.

 

June 28, 1957

Elvis appeared briefly on stage with Danny Thomas at Thomas' Shower of Stars to benefit St. Jude's Hospital at Russwood Park in Memphis. The show included movie stars Jane Russell and Susan Hayward, country singer Ferlin Huskey, pop singer Roberta Sherwood and comedian Lou Costello.

 

June 28, 1966

Elvis worked on the new soundtrack from 7.00 p.m. to 2.45 a.m. at Radio Recorders with a complete contingent of musicians from Nashville.

 

June 28, 1968

At 9.00 a.m. work began with the taping of the gospel medley.

 

June 28, 1971

Elvis visited the Memphian for the first time since he had come home.

 

June 28, 1973

Elvis performed at the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

June 28, 1974

Elvis performed at the Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

June 28, 1976

Elvis performed at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

July 09, 1954

Due to the success of "That's All Right" on the radio, Elvis, Scotty and Bill tried to make a B side for the single. Probably this was the day they cut "Blue Moon Of Kentucky".

 

July 09, 1956

Unexpectedly Elvis, Red West, Gene and Junior Smith and Arthur Hooton, showed up at June Juanico's house in Biloxi.

 

July 09, 1963

Elvis reported to MGM for preproduction on Viva Las Vegas. Soundtrack recording began at Radio Recorders at 7.00 p.m. and ran till 4.15 a.m.

 

July 09, 1970

Form Los Angeles Elvis flew in a chartered jet to Las Vegas, where he checked into the International before he went on to Palm Springs.

 

July 09, 1975

Elvis performed at the Hulman Civic Center, Terre Haute, Indiana.

 

 

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July 09, 1954

Due to the success of "That's All Right" on the radio, Elvis, Scotty and Bill tried to make a B side for the single. Probably this was the day they cut "Blue Moon Of Kentucky".

 

July 09, 1956

Unexpectedly Elvis, Red West, Gene and Junior Smith and Arthur Hooton, showed up at June Juanico's house in Biloxi.

 

July 09, 1963

Elvis reported to MGM for preproduction on Viva Las Vegas. Soundtrack recording began at Radio Recorders at 7.00 p.m. and ran till 4.15 a.m.

 

July 09, 1970

Form Los Angeles Elvis flew in a chartered jet to Las Vegas, where he checked into the International before he went on to Palm Springs.

 

July 09, 1975

Elvis performed at the Hulman Civic Center, Terre Haute, Indiana.

 

 

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July 18, 1969

The rehearsals for opening night in Las Vegas began.

 

July 18, 1975

Elvis performed at the Cleveland Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio.

July 19, 1962

Elvis was once again at the Fairgrounds and would do so three or four nights a week for the entire time he was at home.

 

July 19, 1975

Elvis performed at the Nassau County Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.

 

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Principal photography for Charro began on location in Apache Junction, Arizona, at the Apacheland Movie Ranch.

 

July 22, 1970

Elvis returned to Los Angeles.

 

July 22, 1973

Back in the studio again Elvis managed to record three more songs from 11.00 p.m. to 3.00 a.m.

 

July 22, 1975

Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Asheville, North Carolina.

July 24, 1954

Elvis played with Scotty and Bill at the Bon Air in Memphis, but although Dixie was in Memphis again, she could not attend because she was underage.

 

July 24, 1963

Elvis began three days of filming at the Lake Mead Marina.

 

July 24, 1970

Elvis continued rehearsals at RCA.

 

July 24, 1972

Elvis had an ankle injury and went to Baptist Memorial Hospital for an ankle corset.

 

July 24, 1973

Elvis was frustrated by the sound of the recorded songs, recorded the last few days in the Stax studio, and walked out when he learned his personal mike was stolen from the studio.

 

July 24, 1975

Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Asheville.

 

July 24, 1976

Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.

 

July 27, 1954

Elvis had lunch with Marion Keisker and Edwin Howard at the Memphis Press-Scimitar to promote his record.

 

July 27, 1955

Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Orlando, Florida.

 

July 27, 1956

Elvis attended a Blackwood Brothers All-Night Singing, joining the group to sing Jesus Filled My Every Need and You'll Never Walk Alone.

 

July 27, 1963

Cast and Crew returned to Los Angeles and by now Elvis and Ann-Margret were the subject of gossip.

 

July 27, 1972

Rehearsals were held at RCA studio C, beginning at 7.00 p.m. both this night and the next night.

 

July 27, 1975

Back in Memphis Elvis bought 14 Cadillac's.

 

July 27, 1976

Elvis performed at the Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York.

 

August 01, 1954

Elvis made a brief radio appearance with Scotty and Bill in the evening on radio station KWEM in West Memphis, Arkansas, with Dixie and Scotty's wife Bobbie accompanying them.

 

August 01, 1955

Elvis performed at the Fairgrounds, Tupelo, Mississippi.

 

August 01, 1956

Elvis did a promotional appearance for Eddie Bellmand at the downtown clothing store.

 

August 01, 1960

Elvis reported to 20th Century Fox at 9.00 a.m. for preproduction work on Flaming Star.

 

August 01, 1969

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Elvis held a press conference at 12.30 a.m. During the show he confessed he was " a little nervous for the first three songs, but then I thought, what the heck, get with it man, or you might be out of a job tomorrow".

The evening show took on the normal routine of two shows a night, at 8.15 p.m. and midnight.

 

August 01, 1976

Elvis performed at the Hampton Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia at 2.30 p.m.

August 02, 1955

Elvis performed at the Community Center, Sheffield, Alabama at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m.

August 02, 1956

Elvis left for Miami in his new Lincoln.

August 02, 1960

Elvis began horseback- riding lessons each afternoon for the next two weeks in preparation for his role in Flaming Star.

August 02, 1965

A week late, Elvis arrived at Paramount for preproduction on Paradise Hawaiian Style. After a cast insurance medical exam and wardrobe fittings, Elvis reported to Radio Recorders at 2.00 p.m. to do some vocals on some previously recorded instrumental tracks. He left at 2.30 a.m.

August 02, 1971

Elvis closed his engagement, which had broken all records again.

August 02, 1972

The rehearsals for opening night continued for all in the showroom, Las Vegas Hilton.

August 02, 1975

Elvis attended the Memphis Grizzlies opening football game, with a busload of friends. Later in the evening Elvis screened some movies at the General Cinema in Whitehaven, where he would continue to screen films for the next three night.

August 02, 1976

Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia.

August 03, 1953

Once again back at the Tennessee Employment Security Office, Elvis expressed interest in obtaining a job where he could keep clean and was sent out for several interviews.

August 03, 1955

Elvis performed at the Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas.

August 03, 1956

Elvis performed at the Olympic Theater, Miami, Florida, at 3.30, 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. Juan arrived with a friend to join Elvis on tour, but her appearance was noted by the press.

August 03, 1964

Principal photography on Girl Happy was concluded.

August 03, 1965

Elvis continued overdubbing at Radio Recorders between 3.00 and 10.00 p.m.

August 03, 1971

Elvis traveled to Las Vegas to the Las Vegas Hilton.

August 03, 1973

Elvis flew to Vegas to begin rehearsals at the Hilton.

August 03, 1975

Elvis leased an aircraft for one year, putting down a $26,000 deposit against $13,000 a month rental.

August 03, 1976

Elvis performed at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

 

 

August 08, 1955

Elvis performed at the Mayfair Building, Tyler, Texas, which was the beginning of a weeklong tour with Jim Ed and Maxine Brown.

August 08, 1956

Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Florida at 8.00 and 10.15 p.m.

August 08, 1957

Elvis took Venetia Stevenson, an actress, Lamar Fike, George Klein, and some others to the Memphis Fairgrounds and then to a private midnight showing of Loving You at the Strand.

August 08, 1958

All through the summer Gladys had been feeling ill and Elvis finally insisted the she would do something about it. He put his parents on a train to Memphis so that his mother could see her personal physician.

August 08, 1960

Elvis recorded four songs at Radio Recorders for Flaming Star between 8.00 p.m. and 4.00 a.m. Elvis was embarrassed by the material.

August 08, 1977

Elvis rented Libertyland in the early morning hours as a special treat for Lisa Marie and a host of friends.

August 16, 1956

 

http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow267s.jpgElvis left Memphis on an American Airlines flight for Los Angeles where he reported to 20th Century Fox for preproduction meetings for his first film.

August 16, 1958

Elvis attended the funeral of Red West's father. He was overcome with emotions and later in the afternoon he visited his mother's grave.

August 16, 1960

Principal photography began at Conejo Movie Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California.

August 16, 1965

Elvis received a telegram from the president of Capitol Records inviting him to a cocktail party in Los Angeles on the 24th, to meet the Beatles.

August 16, 1975

Noon rehearsals were held each day for three days in preparation for the Vegas opening.

August 16, 1977

Elvis was found by Ginger Alden in his bathroom and rushed to the Baptist Memorial Hospital. There he was announced dead at 3:30 P.M. :(

 

August 16, 1956

 

http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow267s.jpgElvis left Memphis on an American Airlines flight for Los Angeles where he reported to 20th Century Fox for preproduction meetings for his first film.

August 16, 1958

Elvis attended the funeral of Red West's father. He was overcome with emotions and later in the afternoon he visited his mother's grave.

August 16, 1960

Principal photography began at Conejo Movie Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California.

August 16, 1965

Elvis received a telegram from the president of Capitol Records inviting him to a cocktail party in Los Angeles on the 24th, to meet the Beatles.

August 16, 1975

Noon rehearsals were held each day for three days in preparation for the Vegas opening.

August 16, 1977

Elvis was found by Ginger Alden in his bathroom and rushed to the Baptist Memorial Hospital. There he was announced dead at 3:30 P.M. :(

 

August 17, 1959

Although filming started for location shots for G.I. Blues, Elvis was forbidden to take part in the shooting. Elvis was visited in Bad Neuheim by Hal Wallis.

August 17, 1964

Elvis had a private meeting with the Colonel about Larry Geller.

August 18, 1956

Elvis was photographed at the Knickerbocker Hotel, where he was staying.

August 18, 1956

In 1956, Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" hit the number one spot on the pop music charts. It stayed in that position for eleven weeks.

August 18, 1958

Elvis leave was extended for five more days.

August 18, 1965

Elvis attended a windup party at the Polynesian Culture Center before he returned to the mainland the following day.

August 18, 1967

Principal photography for Speedway was completed.

August 18, 1975

Elvis performed at the Showroom, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas.

August 18, 1977

In 1977, funeral services were held for Elvis Presley at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 75-thousand mourners surrounded the estate.

August 30, 1957

Elvis performed at the Memorial Stadium, Spokane, Washington. Elvis entered the stadium in a Cadillac through lines of police guards. He performed 18 songs.

August 30, 1962

Soundtrack recording began at 7.00 p.m. at Radio Recorders but was canceled after only a few hours when it became evident that due to a cold Elvis was having difficulty singing.

August 30, 1966

Elvis completed principal photography on Double Trouble.

August 30, 1975

While in the hospital Elvis received get-well calls from both President Nixon and Frank Sinatra.

August 30, 1976

Elvis performed at the University of Alabama Memorial Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

 

August 31, 1957

Elvis performed at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia.

August 31, 1962

Elvis reported to wardrobe fitting at MGM.

August 31, 1976

Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Macon, Georgia.

September 02, 1955

Due to a car accident Elvis was late for his performance at Arkansas Municipal Auditorium, Texarkana, Arkansas. It was Scotty Moore who drove the Cadillac Fleetwood into an oncoming vehicle, while he was passing a truck. The costs of the repair were $1,000. The local high school student Carl Nelson entertained the audience until Elvis showed up.

September 02, 1956

Again Elvis went to the studio, Radio Recorders, on Santa Monica Boulevard, Memphis, and continued the recording session from 1.00 to 11.30 p.m.

September 02, 1957

Elvis performed at the Multnomah Stadium, Portland, Oregon. In an interview before the show Elvis told the reporters: " There's nothing more important than love and marriage. I do think that marriage would hurt my career now, though."

Elvis actually performed 40 minutes, however there were nearly riots and the police had to act on the crowd.

September 02, 1966

Elvis finished his work on Double Trouble.

September 02, 1968

Elvis spent most of this month in Palm Springs.

September 02, 1972

Elvis performed a special show on the Labor Day at 3.00 a.m. His honorarium was $27,000.

September 02, 1973

Elvis appeared "by popular demand" in a special 3.00 a.m. show.

September 02, 1974

On his final night in Las Vegas Elvis got himself into a long and embarrassing monologue about several personal subjects. Including his relationship with Priscilla, who was in the audience with Lisa-Marie.

September 02, 1976

Elvis performed at the Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida.

 

September 04, 1948

Elvis filled in the blank lines of his parent's marriage certificate with his own name and that of "Magdline" Morgan, a girl he knew from church. He wrote in September 11th as the date of their marriage. This all was a big surprise, 50 years later, to Magdalene, when she heard about it. She commended: " It was just a very sweet relationship. At that time, if you just held hands, it was very serious. And we did hold hands a lot".

September 04, 1956

The music for Elvis' new movie, Love Me Tender, was recorded at the 20th Century Fox soundstage.

September 04, 1962

Elvis arrived in Seattle for location shooting for It Happened At The World's Fair. He checked into a suite on the 14th floor at the Doric New Washington Hotel. He was accompanied by Gene And Billy Smith, Alan Fortas, Red West, Ray Sitton and Joe Esposito. Two friends from Memphis, Richard Davis and Jimmy Kingsley, were hired as extra security, but at the end of their stay they were regular members of the group.

September 04, 1963

The rehearsals and filming for the dance in Viva Las Vegas began today and lasted 2 days. The setting was a nightclub in Vegas and first Elvis and Ann-Margret danced to a version of The Climb but then Elvis got up stage bursting out into What'd I Say?

September 04, 1972

Elvis was present at a press conference with both the Colonel as well as the RCA president. There was the announcement of the Aloha from Hawaii show, January 14th, the next year. Elvis left all the official business to the Colonel and the only thing he said was: It's my favorite past of the business, a live concert.

That evening Elvis closed his Las Vegas engagement.

September 04, 1973

Just been fired by Elvis the other night, the Colonel and Elvis kept their argument going. Elvis however was a little stressed who to turn to for a manager. The Colonel however, carried on as usual.

In the meantime Elvis had flown in a gospel quartet from Nashville, with Donnie Sumner and Sherrill Nielsen. The idea to presented them to Tom Jones, but it didn't work out with Tom Jones. Elvis, however, liked their singing and he hired them for $100,000 a year as his personal backup group. He called them Voice.

September 04, 1976

Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.