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Mark James Joins Elvis Week 2012 Special Guest
Elvis fans can now experience a blend of storytelling and music with the man who wrote Elvis' hit singles "Suspicious Minds" and "Always on My Mind" among others. Songwriter Mark James will be appearing at the new Elvis Week event, Elvis Songwriters Showcase, on Saturday, August 11, 2012.
Mark James is famous for writing hits for Elvis, B.J. Thomas, and Brenda Lee. The Texas native crossed paths with the king after being signed on as a staff writer for Memphis producer Chips Moman's publishing company. James originally recorded "Suspicious Minds" in 1968 but from a lack of commercial success, handed it over to Elvis who made it a #1 single in 1969.
"Suspicious Minds" became one of the most notable Elvis hits and was ranked #91 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
James greatest personal success came with another Elvis hit after co-writing "Always on My Mind" with Wayne Carson and Johnny Christopher. James received a Grammy Award for Song of the Year after Willie Nelson's 1982 rendition. James will be appearing along with Mike Stoller of the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller, who wrote songs such as “Hound Dog,” “Loving You,” and “Jailhouse Rock.”
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April 26, 1955
Elvis performed at the City Auditorium, Big Spring, Texas.
April 26, 1957
Elvis was standing proudly in front of the new gates of Graceland while photographers took some pics.
April 26, 1960
Again Elvis had music rehearsals.
April 26, 1962
Location filming in Hawaii was completed.
April 26, 1972
Elvis flew to Memphis. He would be at the movies most nights and the theater would be closed to all but the inner circle.
April 26, 1973
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Elvis performed at the International Sports Arena, San Diego. California.
April 26, 1975
Elvis performed at the Curtis-Hixon Auditorium, Tampa, Florida at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.
April 26, 1976
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Seattle, Washington.
April 26, 1977
Elvis performed at the Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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April 25, 1955
Elvis began a 5 day tour with artists from TNT Records at M-B Corral, Wichita Falls, Texas. When each artist had finished his performance Elvis left for Seymour, an hour away, for a second performance but didn't arrive before midnight because he ran out of gas and money. The hardcore Elvis fans were still waiting for him when he finally got on stage at the High School, Seymour, Texas. For a long moment Elvis just stood there with his eyes closed, not saying a word and Scotty stepped up behind Elvis, pretending to wind him up. With that, Elvis grabbed his guitar and the show was on.
April 25, 1960
Elvis had music rehearsals in the morning which were followed by wardrobe tests in the afternoon.
April 25, 1973
Elvis performed at the Selland Arena, Fresno, California at 4.30 and 8.30 p.m.
April 25, 1975
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Elvis performed at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida.
April 25, 1976
Elvis performed at the Arena, Long Beach, California at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram: " An eerie silence filled the concert hall when he sang, " And now the end is near", the opening line of the Frank Sinatra favorite "My way". It was like witnessing a chilling prophecy".
April 25, 1977
Elvis performed at the Civic Center, Saginaw, Michigan.
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Here is the announcement for the upcoming book: Bootleg Elvis! After many years of painstaking research, a group of five European mega-collectors have finished their work on the ultimate vinyl bootleg bible: Bootleg Elvis
Now, in 2012, the time has come that this massive -640 pages- work of love and labor will be made available to all Elvis fans and music lovers worldwide. With more than 1200 color pictures, track listings, cross-references, matrix numbers, cover/label/vinyl/sound descriptions of about 1000 records on 480+ pages, this is the most in-depth work on Elvis vinyl bootlegs ever!
This book will not only list and visualize every known Elvis bootleg record, but it will also list and show all known variations of each record. All records will be listed in several chapters, being:
• 7-inch Singles
• 7-inch Extended Play Albums
• 10-inch Albums & 78 rpm Singles
• 12-inch Long Play Albums and Maxi Singles
• Interviews and Session Talks
• Novelty and Tribute Bootlegged Records
• Far Eastern Bootlegged Records
To top it off, there is an almost 65 pages description about the history of (Elvis) bootlegging, starting in 1901 up to today. There are about 70 pages of stories written by all the major bootleggers from the USA, Canada and Europe. They will tell you why they made their bootlegs, how they obtained their recordings, how they got their records and sleeves made and how they managed to sell their records without being caught.
Read stories -first hand- about albums like Please Release Me (the first Elvis bootleg ever!) The Hillbilly Cat "Live", The '68 Comeback, Million Dollar Quartet, Loving You Recording Sessionshttp://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?act=post&do=new_post&f=38, Welcome In Germany and many more. These are more than fascinating insider stories that were never known nor published before! All in all, this book gives you the most complete insight ever into the evolution of bootlegging Elvis. Even if you’re not a vinyl collector, this book is definitely a must-have!
Source: For CD Collectors Only /
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March Stats
1 2 Madonna
2 1 Will Young
3 5 The Saturdays
4 6 Darius
5 3 Robbie Williams
6 13 Pink
7 7 U2
8 4 Elvis Presley
9 17 Sugababes
10 14 Katy Perry
11 11 Lady GaGa
12 12 Britney Spears
13 9 Rihanna
14 20 Girls Aloud
15 10 Take That
16 16 Kylie / Dannii
17 18 Destiny's Child
18 15 Glee
19 8 Adele
20 19 Leona Lewis
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April 24, 1955
Elvis performed at the Magnolia Gardens, Houston, Texas in the afternoon, and he performed at the Cook's Hoedown Club, Houston, Texas in the evening.
April 24, 1963
Elvis had ordered a lot of books at the Readin' & Ritin' Shop.
April 24, 1973
Elvis performed at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, and Lisa Marie was in the audience.
April 24, 1975
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Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Macon, Georgia. Jerry Scheff returned on bass for the first time in 2 years.
April 24, 1976
Elvis performed at the Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
April 24, 1977
Elvis performed at the Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan and "Unchained Melody" and "Little Darlin" were recorded here.
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April 23, 1955
Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, from Heart O' Texas Arena, Waco, Texas.
April 23, 1956
Elvis performed at the Venus Room, New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas at 8.00 p.m. and midnight. Elvis opened a 2 week engagement in front of an older audience. Later Elvis recalled: " after the first night I went outside and just walked around in the dark. It was awful. I wasn't getting across to the audience."
But never the less Elvis fell in love with this city and he was thrilled to meet some many show business legends.
April 23, 1966
Elvis arrived at Graceland at 9.00 p.m. and was welcomed by about 50 fans at the gates.
April 23, 1970
Elvis arrived in Palm Springs where he remained until April 28.
April 23, 1971
Elvis bought a Sony tape recorder, some speakers and a bass guitar at Bel Air Camera and Hi Fi.
April 23, 1973
Elvis performed at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.
April 23, 1975
Elvis flew to Macon, Georgia to begin with a tour.
April 23, 1976
Elvis performed at the McNichols Arena Denver, Colorado.
April 23, 1977
Elvis performed at the University of Toledo Centennial Hall, Toledo, Ohio and Felton Jarvis continued the recording he started the last tour
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April 22, 1956
Elvis flew from Houston to Las Vegas, Nevada.
April 22, 1960
Elvis spent his evenings at the Crossbow, where he met Lance LeGault.
April 22, 1964
Publicity stills were shot for Roustabout.
April 22, 1972
Elvis went back to California to spend the weekend in Palm Springs.
April 22, 1973
Elvis performed at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona at 3.00 p.m. and after the show he went to his home in L.A. until the next day. Then he drove to Anaheim where he stayed at the Anaheim Royal Inn.
April 22, 1976
Elvis performed at the City Auditorium Arena, Omaha, Nebraska.
April 22, 1977
Elvis performed at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.
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Update Sonny West
Good news from Sandi Pichon, Sonny West is doing MUCH better after his operation. She reports today that if Sonny continues to improve they will move him from ICU to a room tomorrow! Sonny came through the surgery fine after they ended up doing 4 bypasses. He is once again laughing and talking.
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April 21, 1956
Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Houston, Texas at 7.30 and 9.30 p.m.
April 21, 1957
On Easter Sunday Elvis and Yvonne Lime went to church for the first time in a long time. After the service Elvis told the Reverend: "I am the most miserable young man you have ever seen. I have got more money than I can ever spend. I have thousands of fans out there, and I have a lot of people who call themselves my friends, but I am miserable".
April 21, 1960
Elvis began preproduction on G.I. Blues.
April 21, 1973
Elvis flew to Phoenix to begin with his new tour. Except for Jerry Scheff, who was replaced by Emory Gordy, all musicians were the same.
April 21, 1975
Elvis returned to Memphis where he bought a house for Linda Thompson at 1254 Old Hickory, near Graceland.
April 21, 1976
Elvis performed at the Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri. This was a hastily scheduled 6 day tour. Ronnie Tutt had returned to the band.
April 21, 1977
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Greensboro, north Carolina. This was the start of Elvis' third tour of 1977 and he was accompanied by Ginger.
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April 20, 1954
Elvis started work at Crown Electric, where he started out driving a truck at $1 an hour, delivering supplies to building sited. He was hoping for the chance to train to be an electrician.
April 20, 1955
Elvis performed at the American Legion Hut, Grenada, Mississippi.
April 20, 1956
Elvis performed at the North Side Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m.
April 20, 1957
Elvis and Yvonne Lime attended a party at Sam Philips' home with Dewey and Dot Philips. The night went on till the morning and ended with breakfast and gospel sung out by the pool.
April 20, 1960
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Elvis arrived in Los Angeles, but to avoid the large crowd at the station he disembarked on a siding just outside the station and took a cab to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with The Colonel.
April 20, 1961
Cast and crew returned to Hollywood, where filming continued at Paramount.
April 20, 1964
This was the last day of principal photography for Roustabout.
April 20, 1966
The group stayed over in Albuquerque. Like always, they traveled by night and slept during the day.
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April 19, 1956
Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City at 7.30 and 9.30 p.m.
April 19, 1957
Yvonne Lime, a Hollywood star, arrived in Memphis for a visit and Elvis took her out to see Graceland.
April 19, 1959
Elvis hosted 4 German teenagers at his home for tea, who had won this visit as part of a newspaper contest.
April 19, 1960
The train in which Elvis was traveling to California was mobbed by fans in El Paso, Texas.
April 19, 1965
Elvis completed his work on Harum Scarum.
April 19, 1971
Elvis was in Los Angeles for most of the month. Elvis and Priscilla flew to Mount Holly, New Jersey, to visit for 2 days with Priscilla's brother, who was on leave from Vietnam.
April 19, 1972
Elvis performed at the Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico and following on this show Elvis flew home to Memphis.
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April 18, 1954
Dixie had Easter dinner with Elvis' family.
April 18, 1956
Elvis and Gene Smith flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Elvis performed at the Fairgrounds Pavilion at 7.00 and 9.00 p.m.
April 18, 1960
Elvis went to California by train to make his first post army motion picture.
April 18, 1972
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Elvis performed at the Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas and this show was filmed and recorded.
April 18, 1975
Elvis agreed with the mix for his new album, Today.
April 18, 1977
Elvis returned home.
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April 17, 1956
Elvis and Gene Smith flew to Waco, Texas, while the band went by car. Elvis performed at the Heart O' Texas Coliseum, Waco. Elvis drove out on the field and up to the stage in his Cadillac. Later he told a local reporter the his fame " happened so fast, I'm scared. You know, I could go out like a light, just like I came on."
April 17, 1960
Elvis and Anita attended Easter service at the First Assembly of God Church but were forced to leave when their presence caused a disruption.
April 17, 1961
This was the last day of location shooting in Hawaii.
April 17, 1963
Elvis hosted a party at Graceland and ordered 80 Tasty Dogs and 115 Cokes.
April 17, 1972
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Elvis performed at the T.H. Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas.
April 17, 1973
Elvis spent 3 days rehearsing at RCA's Studio C.
April 17, 1975
Elvis purchased a Convair 880 jet from Delta for $250,000. The plane was called the Lisa Marie.
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April 16, 1955
Elvis performed at the Big "D" Jamboree, Sportatorium, Dallas, Texas.
April 16, 1956
Elvis performed at the Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas.
April 16, 1958
Elvis spoke with the Colonel on the phone.
April 16, 1966
Elvis and his group left Los Angeles. Elvis drove the Greyhound bus himself most of the time, listening to tapes with potential material for his upcoming recording session.
April 16, 1972
Elvis performed a the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida at 2.30 and 8,30 p.m.
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April 15, 1955
Elvis performed at the High School, Stamford, Texas.
April 15, 1956
Elvis, Gene Smith and the band flew to San Antonio, Texas, where Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium at 3.00 and 8.00 p.m. Between the show, Elvis amused himself by playing on the organ.
April 15, 1957
Elvis visited his new estate and posed for photographers with a fan while sitting on a tractor he had just purchased for work around the grounds.
April 15, 1969
Elvis signed the official contract for his appearance at the Las Vegas International Hotel in August.
April 15, 1972
Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Macon, Georgia at 2.30 and 8.30 p.m.
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