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January 18, 1955 Elvis performed at the Alcorn County Courthouse, Corinth, Mississippi. January 18, 1956 Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Austin, Texas. January 18, 1957 Again in the Paramount studio, Elvis spent a long day there: from 9.00 a.m. tot 11.25 p.m. on the soundstage. January 18, 1963 Elvis took the train to Kansas City, then boarded the Super Chief to Los Angeles, where he would move back into the original Perugia Way rental. January 18, 1966 Elvis received a letter from the Colonel with lots of business details, regarding the upcoming new contracts with RCA, MGM and Paramount. January 18, 1972 Elvis arrived in Las Vegas for his upcoming engagement. January 18, 1973 Elvis flew to Las Vegas to prepare for his upcoming Hilton engagement.

January 17, 1955 Elvis performed at the Junior College Auditorium, Booneville, Mississippi. Elvis visited a local radio station WBIP for an interview with DJ Lynn McDowell to support airplay of his records. January 17, 1956 Elvis performed at the City Auditorium, Beaumont, Texas at 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. January 17, 1957 Vernon shipped Elvis his Cadillac Eldorado Seville by train. Although Elvis continued to put long hours on the soundstage, this day from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Elvis complained often about this big unfriendly space. January 17, 1967 Elvis had the area behind Graceland cleared and bulldozed to create a riding ring, while work continued on the barn. January 17, 1971 Elvis returned to Los Angeles for band rehearsals. http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow111s.jpg

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January 16, 1956 Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Galveston, Texas. January 16, 1957 The soundtrack session at Paramount went on from 9.00 a.m. tot 3.30 p.m. However, Elvis was clearly not working well on the giant soundstage and recording went slowly. January 16, 1958 Elvis was recording songs at Radio Recorders for his new Paramount picture from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. January 16, 1959 Elvis donated blood at the Wartturm Barracks in Friedberg for the German Red Cross. January 16, 1968 Still in Nashville, the work was resumed at 10.00 p.m. until 5.00 a.m. Elvis started with the second movie song, Stay Away. This was the end of the soundtrack part of the session and with no good material in sight Elvis finally settled on a new Jerry Reed tune: U.S. Male, which was suggested by guitarist Chip Young. In spite of the rule that Elvis was not allowed to pitch any song he liked, there was no demurral from Freddy Bienstock this time. With Reed's typical offbeat accompaniment U.S. Male was a fitting complement to Guitar Man and the only sensible choice for the next single. January 16, 1971 Elvis and Priscilla attended the JCC prayer breakfast at the Memphis Holiday Inn Rivermont. Afterwards there was a press conference where Elvis responded to a question about the effect of music on today's youth. "I don't go along with music advocating drugs and desecration of the flag. I think an entertainer is for entertaining and to make people happy." At 5.00 p.m. Elvis gave a reception at Graceland for award winners and Jaycee officials, during which he conducted informal tours of the house. One hour later Elvis and Priscilla hosted a formal dinner for 100 guests at the Four Flames Restaurant, where place cards had been embossed with the TCB logo and signed by the star. During the 8.00 p.m. awards ceremony at Ellis Auditorium Elvis proudly accepted an honor that clearly meant as much to him as any public recognition he had ever received. The trophy he received became one of his most treasured possessions, which he even took with him on his travels. January 16, 1976 The construction on the racquetball court at Graceland was completed.

Tupelo Tourism Pumped For Birthplace Expansion New excitement is brewing over a major expansion to Elvis' birthplace in Tupelo, MS! The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau released a short film showcasing all of the places tourists can visit while in Tupelo, including the childhood home of Elvis. In a recent article with the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Dick Guyton, the Executive Director of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation said construction would be complete in time for the large crowd expected during Elvis Week. The $6.3 million project will include a 125-seat indoor theater, a 75-seat amphitheater and a picnic area. The second phase includes 700-800-seat amphitheater, a new Elvis sculpture, a covered pavilion and a picnic area near the Elvis Presley Lake. Also, Elvis fans can look forward to having more parking as the plan will help accommodate twice as many visitors.

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January 15, 1955 Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport. Elvis wore a rust-colored suit, black-dotted purple tie, and pink socks and performed Hearts Of Stone, That's All Right and Tweedle Dee. Colonel Parker and Tom Diskin arrived in Shreveport and this was almost certainly the first time either of them saw Elvis perform. The Colonel took steps to forge a link with Bob Neal after the show. January 15, 1956 Elvis performed at the Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas at 3.00 and 8.00 p.m. On this 6 day Hank Snow tour, Elvis was billed as "RCA Victor's newest singing sensation" but this was the last time he was booked as a supporting act. He received $1,800 for the entire tour. While Elvis was in San Antonio he visited D.J. Fontana's aunt and uncle in their restaurant. There for he missed a cocktail party held in his honor with Bob Neal and the Colonel. Later he was reminded by them of his professional obligations. January 15, 1957 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow169s.jpg Elvis went to the studio where soundtrack recording for his new picture began, at 10.00 a.m. ending at 5.00 p.m. Like Elvis had promised, The Jordanaires, Scotty, Bill and DJ were all hired. The 2 musicians who were regulars in the Paramount studio, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell on guitar and Dudley Brooks on piano, were playing along and became regulars on Elvis' Hollywood sessions in the sixties. January 15, 1958 Elvis worked on the soundtrack at Radio Recorders from 9.00 a.m. to 5.40 p.m. Leiber and Stoller, who had written several songs for the picture, were in charge with the usual Hollywood band. The bassist Ray Siegel was present too as well as a 4 man horn section to create a Dixieland Rock feeling. January 15, 1967 Elvis arranged for the funeral of his uncle Pat Biggs, the husband of Vernon's sister Delta. He invited the widow to live with her mother Minnie, at Graceland, where she would remain until her death on June 29, 1993. Pat Biggs, a gambler and nightclub owner, had always encouraged Elvis to believe in himself and had been a favorite of his nephew. January 15, 1968 Elvis flew to Nashville to record 2 new tracks for Stay Away Joe, as well as some additional material for RCA. He was accompanied by all the Nashville regulars, along with Jerry Reed once again on guitar. The session ran until 5.00 a.m. The first song was a real good version of Too Much Monkey Business, but the next movie song Elvis had to do, drained all the energy out of the session. Elvis fought himself through 30 takes of Goin' Home. Later he went home himself in his rented Lincoln to the Jack Spencer Motor Hotel. January 15, 1971 Elvis drove to Memphis with Priscilla and arrived at 11.30 p.m. and then Elvis spent several hours in the study next to his bedroom where he worked on his speech for the JCC awards dinner. January 15, 1973 Elvis returned to Los Angeles, after the Aloha show. January 15, 1974 Elvis was picked up at 7.45 p.m. at his Monovale home and driven to the RCA studio on Sunset to rehearse for his upcoming Vegas opening. He returned home at 1.45 a.m. and this schedule was maintained the next 3 nights. Among the new songs Elvis rehearsed were some of the recordings from his recent Stax session, as well as The Twelfth Of Never, Born To Lose and I'm Leavin' It Up To You. However in the end only Let Me Be There, Why Me Lord and Help Me were introduced in the show.

January 14, 1955 Elvis performed at the Futrell High School Gym, Marianna, Arkansas. January 14, 1956 Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport. He sung Baby Let's Play House, I Got A Woman, Only You, Tutti Frutti and That's All Right. January 14, 1957 Elvis went to the Paramount makeup department to have his hair dyed black. Afterwards he went to the wardrobe department. The script is about to be retitled in Loving You, like the Leiber-Stoller song. January 14, 1966 Elvis ordered a professional slot car racetrack for $4,990. By the end of the month all of the guys had their own personal cars and soon there were many contested races. January 14, 1969 Elvis continued recording at American from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 a.m. with several more successful sides. However Elvis' cold got worse and vocal tracks on I'm Movin' On and Gentle On My Mind had to be redone later. Elvis didn't return to the studio until the next week. The band continued the followings days laying down new tracks and overdubbed some songs already recorded. January 14, 1976 It was "car buy day" for Elvis. He bought 2 Lincolns and 1 Cadillac for Jerry Kennedy, Ron Pietrafeso and Gerald Starkey along with Cadillacs for Linda and Shirley Dieu. The bill was $70,000. January 14, 1977 Elvis, Ginger and Rosemary returned to Memphis.

January 13, 1955 Elvis performed at the Catholic Club, Helena, Arkansas. January 13, 1956 Elvis appeared at the Humes High School, Memphis, unscheduled and he performed there for about 10 minutes at a Father's Night show. January 13, 1957 Like the day before Elvis again went to Radio Recorders. This time from noon to 11.00 p.m. Among the songs he recorded was Peace In The Valley, which Elvis had already performed at the Ed Sullivan show. Take My Hand, Precious Lord was also recorded today. January 13, 1958 Elvis arrived in California to begin preproduction on his second Paramount picture. January 13, 1964 Elvis sent a telegram to the Colonel: "Regarding the Beatles. I feel the same way as you feel about them, I just hope the fans over here are as good to them as the fans in England are to me. Sincerely yours, Elvis Presley." This appeared to be a "canned" telegram. January 13, 1969 Elvis went to the American Studio in Memphis. The welcome by the band was a bit skeptic; they didn't know what to expect from Elvis. But with the first song, Long Black Limousine, which Elvis turned into an impassioned soul shout, they were convinced. The session went on till 5.00 a.m. although Elvis had a bad cold. There were 3 songs completed, including Wearin' That Loved On Look. January 13, 1971 Back in Los Angeles, Elvis obtained more firearms as well as 22 additional TCB pendants. January 13, 1972 Elvis began with the rehearsals for the upcoming Las Vegas engagement at RCA Studio C on Sunset at 7.00 p.m. He worked with the rhythm section for 6 hours on both this and the following night and even for 3 hours in the weekend. January 13, 1973 http://www.elvisnews.com/images/pow/pow002s.jpg Elvis performed at the International Convention Center Arena, Honolulu. This show is now known as Aloha From Hawaii. Just after midnight on Saturday night Elvis' performance was broadcasted live via satellite to most countries in the Far East. 28 European countries linked by EuroVision would see the show on a delayed basis later in the day. The show more than triples its announced goal of $25,000. At the end of the show Elvis threw both his belt and his cape into the audience. As soon as the audience had left the auditorium, and with the live broadcast completed, Elvis and the band performed Early Morning Rain and 4 additional songs from Blue Hawaii. This addition would be added to the U.S. version of the show, which would be broadcasted in April.

January 12, 1955 Elvis performed at the City Auditorium, Clarksdale, Mississippi. This marked a 2 weeks touring with Jim Ed and Maxine Brown, booked by Bob Neal. January 12, 1957 Elvis started with his first session in 4 months at Radio Recorders. RCA had been anxious for some time to get new material for both a single and a gospel EP, but Elvis had been unwilling to record in Nashville. He worked from noon tot 7.00 p.m. completing 5 songs, including Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up and I Believe. January 12, 1960 Elvis, Joe Esposito, Cliff Gleaves, Lamar Fike and Jurgen Seydel traveled to Paris. During this visit they attended 5 karate classes given by Tetsuji Murakami, a Japanese teacher of the shotokan technique. During this trip Elvis went to see the American Golden Gate Quartet to whom he had been reintroduced in Germany by Charlie Hodge. After the show, he sat backstage with the group, happily singing one gospel after another. January 12, 1964 Elvis arrived on his motorcycle at RCA's Studio B in Nashville at 6.30 p.m. He started off this 5 hour session by sending out for a take-out order for all. After re-recording Ask Me and Memphis Tennessee, from the may session, he delivered a moving performance of It Hurts Me. This ballad would remain a personal favorite for several years. January 12, 1970 Still rehearsing on Sunset in Las Vegas Elvis worked every night except for Sunday for 5 nights. Generally he arrived at the studio about 7.00 p.m. and worked then for 5 or 6 hours. January 12, 1972 Elvis flew to Los Angeles. January 12, 1973 On this special day Elvis attended an extra rehearsal at the International Convention Center Arena to check out some technical difficulties. He would perform on a stage with a long runway extending out into the audience and a giant flashing figure of Elvis as the backdrop. The show started at 8.30 p.m. and this was billed as a dress rehearsal and taped in case there were problems with satellite transmission the next night. The repertoire for each show was identical. No admission was charged, but contributions were expected and a goal of $25,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund had been announced. January 12, 1974 Elvis flew to Los Angeles.

January 11, 1955 Elvis performed at the High School Gym, New Boston, Texas. January 11, 1956 Elvis continued with his recording session from 4.00 to 7.00 p.m. at the RCA studio at McGavock Street. There were some ballads recorded with some of the Jordanaires as backup vocals. January 11, 1958 Elvis was traveling to Los Angeles by train. There were huge crowds at every stop. The Colonel had leaked information to DJ's along the way. January 11, 1963 Elvis tried to convince Priscilla's parents to let her stay in Memphis, but she had to fly home on schedule to Frankfurt, Germany. January 11, 1969 Elvis returned to Memphis, where he would stay until January 24. January 11, 1973 Elvis was planning to wear an American-eagle jumpsuit and cape, which were specially designed for the occasion by Bill Belew. However on the night before the show Elvis gave away his belt to the wife of his friend Jack Lord. Joe Esposito made a quick call to Belew to obtain another belt and this was send immediately. January 11, 1974 Elvis spent both this day and the next at the podiatrist and the dentist.

January 10, 1956 Elvis arrived at the RCA studio at McGavock Street. He worked from 2.00 tot 10.00 p.m. and recorded his first sides for his new label. Some musician from the studio played along with Elvis. Chet Atkins on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano and D.J.Fontana on drums. They recorded Heartbreak Hotel, I Got A Woman and Money Honey. But everyone agreed: they didn't catch the sound Elvis wanted. There is too much echo effect and the sound is nothing like Sam Philips had created in the Sun studios. Elvis was very disappointed. January 10, 1957 Elvis, Gene Smith, Cliff Gleaves and Bitsy Mott left by train for Los Angeles, where they checked into the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Elvis was scheduled to record for RCA over the weekend before starting work on the soundtrack for his new Paramount picture. January 10, 1958 Elvis took the train to Los Angeles with Alan Fortas, Gene Smith, Cliff Gleaves and Bitsy Mott. January 10, 1970 In the RCA studio on Sunset in Las Vegas the rehearsals began. Ronnie Tutt had been unable to reach an agreement on salary and was replaced by Bob Lanning. James Burton recruited his friend Glen D. Hardin on piano. Elvis wanted to change the repertoire from his first Vega appearance. So Proud Mary, Polk Salad Annie, Walk A Mile In My Shoes and Sweet Caroline were added to the show, including some songs from his own recently recorded work. January 10, 1973 The full orchestra was present now and the rehearsals continued with Felton Jarvis present to lend encouragement. Felton thought was still weak after his kidney transplantation which Elvis had helped to arrange and paid for. January 10, 1976 Dr. Nick and his family flew out to Denver at Elvis' invitation. They returned the following day.

January 09, 1959 In a long letter, the Colonel suggested to Elvis that he should make home tape recordings, with only his voice and a piano. The Colonel even told RCA about this, but nothing came from this idea. However, Elvis did in fact made a couple of tapes. January 09, 1967 Again Elvis went "horse buying" today and bought 3 more horses today. January 09, 1969 Elvis flew with 2 of the guys to Dallas for a few days. January 09, 1971 Elvis was selected as one of the nation's Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year for 1970, by The Junior Chamber of Commerce of America. This award had been given out since 1939 and had been awarded to distinguished men in all fields, with one common denominator: they must all be 35 or younger. Elvis flew to Los Angeles and then to Palm Springs for the weekend, where he bought another $3,500 worth of guns and gun related equipment. January 09, 1973 Elvis arrived at the Honolulu airport. There he was brought to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel by helicopter. Then he started with his first rehearsal with the band and backup singers, who had arrived too. January 09, 1975 There was a big tornado in McComb, Mississippi, with a lot casualties. The Colonel used this news to persuade Elvis to do a benefit show for the victims. This was the Colonel's way to get Elvis back on the road again and Elvis agreed. January 09, 1977 Elvis urged his dentist, Max Shapiro to marry his fiancée in Palm Springs. Then Elvis got Larry Geller to perform the ceremony on the spot, with Elvis supplying the rings and Ginger as maid of honor. He took the occasion to muse out loud about the possibility of his marrying Ginger in the near future.

January 08, 1935 In the house that Vernon had built with the help of his father and brother, Gladys, attended by Dr. William R. Hunt, gave birth to twin boys. The first, Jesse Garon, was delivered stillborn at 4.00 a.m. and would be buried the nest day in an unmarked grave in the Priceville Cemetery, near Tupelo. The second, named Elvis Aron Presley, was born at 4.35 a.m. January 08, 1946 On his 11th birthday Elvis got a guitar from his parents instead of the bicycle he wanted. January 08, 1949 Vernon gave Elvis a paperback book of cartoons by George Price with the inscription: "May your birthday be sprinkled through 'n through with joy and love and good times too, Daddy". Elvis brought this book with him to Germany, but it was left behind in his rented house at 14 Goethestrasse. January 08, 1955 Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport. Elvis was introduced as the "Memphis Flash" and described to the radio audience by announcer Frank Page as wearing crocodile-skin shoes with pink socks. He performed That's All Right, Hearts Of Stone, Blue Moon Of Kentucky and Fool Fool Fool. January 08, 1956 Elvis and Red flew back to Memphis, where they arrived in the early morning. Elvis was asleep when the Colonel telephoned to wish him a happy birthday. January 08, 1957 Elvis celebrated his birthday at home with his parents. While he was home Elvis stopped by to see Dixie Locke, who was recently married. January 08, 1958 Elvis was photographed on the stairs inside Graceland, with a March of Dimes poster girl. She was waiting for more than 2 hours before the picture was taken. January 08, 1959 Elvis celebrated his birthday in Germany. January 08, 1960 Elvis was interviewed by Dick Clark on this birthday for American Bandstand. Elvis spoke about his upcoming recording session, his appearance on the Frank Sinatra television show and his new Paramount picture, titled G.I. Blues. Later in the evening Elvis celebrated at a local recreation center with about 200 guests, including Priscilla. Joe Esposito and the group gave Elvis a trophy with the inscription: " Elvis Presley. Most Valuable Player. Bad Nauheim Sunday Afternoon Football Association, 1959." January 08, 1962 Elvis celebrated his 27th birthday at the Sahara in Las Vegas. January 08, 1964 Elvis celebrated his 29th birthday quietly at home. January 08, 1965 Elvis celebrated his 30th birthday quietly at home, thought some newspapers printed the news of his 30th birthday like it was the end of an era. Only 2 months later Elvis declared in an interview: "I can never forget the longing to be someone. I guess if you are poor you always think bigger and want more than those who have everything." January 08, 1966 Elvis celebrated his 31st birthday by attending It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World at the Memphian. He would continue to watch films almost every night while he was at home. Elvis received a telegram from RCA, declaring: "Your understanding and cooperation made 1965 the biggest of all the ten years you have been with us", what seemed more a statement of hope than of history. January 08, 1967 Elvis spent his birthday at Graceland where the Jordanaires with Gordon Stoker paid him a visit. January 08, 1968 Elvis celebrated his 33th birthday at Graceland, attending the movies at the Memphian later in the evening. January 08, 1969 Elvis celebrated his 34th birthday at Graceland. January 08, 1971 Elvis had a police radio installed in his Mercedes and he bought an array of police equipment, including revolving blue lights, shoulder holsters, chemical weapons and handcuffs. Over the next few days he would purchase a number of Smith & Wesson pistols as well as additional police equipment. January 08, 1972 Joyce Bova came to Memphis for Elvis' birthday. January 08, 1975 Elvis celebrated his 40th birthday at Graceland. According to the press "in self-imposed seclusion", true or not, Elvis' uncle Vester hadn't seen his nephew since Christmas. January 08, 1976 Elvis spent the evening of his birthday in a rental home on the slopes of Vail with Jerry Schilling and Myrna Smith. There was a great deal of tension on this vacation, mostly due to Elvis changes of mood and Elvis was not feeling very well this evening until Myrna revealed that she had not seen one of his favorite recent films, Across 110th Street. Elvis recited every line of dialogue from the picture.

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