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September 06, 1955 The band, just got back to Memphis, travelled 80 miles to Bono to perform at the High School Gym, Bono, Arkansas. The attendance was so great that the floor gave away in the middle of the show. Luckily there were no injury's. Elvis also got himself a new 1954 Cadillac Eldorado which he was showing off to Jimmy Day and others. September 06, 1957 Elvis went to Radio Recorders again at noon, where he worked on Christmas songs for his new album. At the end of the session at 8.00 p.m. he sung Don't. September 06, 1971 This was the last day of Elvis' Las Vegas engagement. For the first time Elvis closed the show with a cape. After expenses the Colonel and Elvis earned $351,000 for 4 weeks work. There were a lot of reports in the press about Elvis ' illness and his daily visits to the doctors. September 06, 1974 Elvis bought his 3rd Stutz Blackhawk. This 1973 model is now present in the car museum at Graceland. September 06, 1976 Elvis performed at the Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, Alabama, at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m. This was the last time Elvis performed 2 shows on one day. http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow080s.jpg

September 05, 1955 Elvis performed at the St. Francis County Fair and Livestock Show Jamboree, Smith Stadium, Forrest City, Arkansas. Elvis was the main act on a 5-day tour with Johnny Cash, Bud Deckelman, Floyd Cramer and Eddie Bond. Back in 1954 Elvis auditioned once for Eddie Bond without success. Gladys Presley was sitting behind the trailer on which Elvis performed. September 05, 1956 There was a recording session in the 20th Century Fox soundstage for the film Love Me Tender. Elvis continued to work on the vocals for a new song, Let Me, and another verse for the song Poor Boy. September 05, 1957 Elvis made a start with his Christmas album which Steve Sholes wanted for some time now. This all took place at Radio Recorders and he also recorded 3 songs for single release. Including Treal Me Nice. The regular Hollywood musicians were joined by Millie Kirkham and the Jordanaires from 12.00 to 8.00 p.m. September 05, 1962 The principal photography began at the Monorail terminal of the Seattle World's Fair. A very young Kurt Russel was part of the scene. He had to kick Elvis in the shin. September 05, 1970 After all the troubles and threats, Elvis tried to reassemble the whole gang. So he has made up gold ID bracelets for all the guys with their nickname on the back. The costs were $1,486.50 and the jewelry was bought from Sol Schwartz and Lee Ableser in Beverly Hills. September 05, 1975 Earlier this week Elvis was hospitalised. Not only for fatigue, but more important, according to Dr. Nick, for his depressed state of mind, his intestinal and bowel problems, his liver and a high cholesterol count. A couple of nurses agreed to give Elvis around the clock care. For this special care Elvis had a Pontiac delivered at the hospital for Mrs. Cocke's special attention. September 05, 1976 Elvis performed at the Mississippi State Fair Civic Center, Jackson, Mississippi.

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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.

September 03, 1955 Elvis performed twice that day. First at the Big "D" Jamboree, Sportatorium, Dallas and later that night at the Round-Up Club, Dallas. September 03, 1956 For the 3rd day Elvis went to the Radio Recorders studio on Santa Monica Boulevard, to finish the session. He worked from 2.00 to 8.30 p.m. September 03, 1957 Elvis went from Portland to Los Angeles by train, where he checked into the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. September 03, 1960 Elvis bought a black Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II. September 03, 1973 This was a very memorial day for Elvis and the group. Elvis concluded the engagement by arriving on stage for his final show on Lamar's back with a toy monkey attached to his neck. Then he joked around with the crowd, tossing back and forth on a bed (provided by Sonny on stage), while singing What Now My Love. He even mentioned that he was treated poorly by the Hotel. At the end of the show he tried to make up for this by stating: " I know we kid a lot and have fun and everything, but we really love to sing, play music and entertain people. As long as I can do that, I'll be a happy old sonofabitch." The Colonel was not pleased at all, by Elvis' behaviour and they even got into a public shouting in the dressing room with a lot of members of the group present at that time. Later that night Elvis fired the Colonel, but the Colonel had already quitted himself. He wanted all the money Elvis owed him and then he moved to his suite to draw up the bill. September 03, 1974 Elvis went to a Tom Jones' show at Caesars Palace, accompanied by Sheila. September 03, 1976 Elvis performed at the Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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 01, 1955 Elvis performed at the Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park, New Orleans. September 01, 1956 Elvis went to Radio Recorders. This was a studio on Santa Monica Boulevard. Elvis felt comfortable right from the start and with the engineer, Thorne Nogar. They worked from 1.00 to 8.00 p.m. and recorded material for Elvis' second album as well as his new single. Because there was not a piano player present either Elvis of Gordon Stoker did the piano parts. September 01, 1957 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow241s.jpg Elvis performed at the Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma, Washington at 2.00 p.m. Later that day he performed at 10.00 p.m. at the Sick's Stadium, Seattle, Washington. Elvis gave a 30 minute show in front of 15,000 fans. In addition to his own hits he sung Fool's Hall Of Fame, which was a new Sun release by Rudi Richardson. Elvis told the crowd this would be his new single, but in fact he never recorded it. September 01, 1969 Elvis was back in Los Angeles. But for the first time in 10 years, he got nothing to do, nothing planned until January 1970. Feeling restless Elvis travelled a lot between his houses and went on several vacations. September 01, 1976 Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida.

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.

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 29, 1957 Elvis arrived in Spokane, Washington at 11.20 p.m. for the beginning of a tour, managed by Al Dvorin. August 29, 1969 With the Colonel, the whole staff and gang and wives, Elvis and Priscilla attended Nancy Sinatra's opening night at the International. After the show all went to a party hosted by Frank Sinatra. August 29, 1974 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow025s.jpg Already karate had been taking more and more time during Elvis' performance, but this night Elvis put on a full-scale demonstration with Red West. August 29, 1976 Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.

August 28, 1961 Principal photography for Follow That Dream was completed. August 28, 1962 Elvis returned to Hollywood, for preproduction on It Happened At The World's Fair. August 28, 1968 Elvis completed looping and was released from Charro. August 28, 1969 Elvis completed his record breaking Las Vegas engagement. August 28, 1970 This time it was Joe Esposito who received a threat about 'killing Elvis'. The FBI was notified and Elvis requested Ed Parker, Jerry Schilling and Red West to fly to Vegas to protect him on stage. August 28, 1971 Elvis received a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in his dressing room. August 28, 1976 Elvis performed at the Summit, Houston, Texas at 2.30 p.m., which was a heart breaking performance.

August 27, 1954 Elvis performed at the Eagle's Nest, Memphis, where at this point, Elvis, Scotty and Bill became a regular attraction with solid weekend bookings for the next three months. August 27, 1955 Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport. August 27, 1957 Elvis left by train for the West Coast at 11.00 p.m. August 27, 1965 Elvis was visited by the Beatles at 10.00 p.m. at his Perugia Way home. August 27, 1967 Elvis continued to spend time at the ranch but instead of horseback riding he had found a new hobby: target shooting. August 27, 1968 Elvis threw a buffet dinner for cast and crew of Charro at 6.00 p.m. at the Goldwyn Studios. Then he went to Las Vegas for a brief stay at the Aladdin Hotel. August 27, 1976 Elvis performed at the Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Teas, which is the beginning of his sixth tour

August 26, 1955 Elvis performed at the Baseball Park, Gonzales, Texas. August 26, 1967 Elvis and Priscilla arrived home in Memphis at 8.20 a.m. August 26, 1969 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow294s.jpg While the show was still being taped by RCA, Elvis couldn't stop laughing during Are You Lonesome Tonight. August 26, 1970 There was a warning that Elvis would be kidnapped somewhere during the night and extra security was added at the hotel. August 26, 1974 Tonight's show was canceled due to exhaustion of Elvis. ley

August 25, 1955 Elvis performed at the Sportcenter, Austin, Texas. August 25, 1960 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow202s.jpg Elvis was photographed by Don Cravens at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for Life magazine.

August 24, 1955 Elvis performed at the Davy Crocket High School Football Stadium, Conroe, Texas. August 24, 1956 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow054s.jpg Soundtrack recording began on the Fox soundstage and run from 1.00 to 6.00 p.m. and Elvis had to work with studio musicians instead of with Scotty, Bill and DJ. August 24, 1958 Elvis returned to Fort Wood. August 24, 1964 Elvis continued his spiritual studies with Larry Geller in Memphis as well as screening movies at the Fairgrounds or the Memphian. August 24, 1974 After the midnight show Elvis painted on e of the decorative angels on the showroom wall black, and about this he told the audience in the following shows, pointing out his handwork.

August 23, 1955 Elvis performed at the Bryan, Texas.

Nice one, thanks for the info Brian :cheer: