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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Elvis' First Trip to Las Vegas was a Blast
A few weeks ago, when I was reviewing pictures in my files for the recurring feature Postscripts to Earlier Elvisblogs, there were several photos from Elvis? first appearance in Las Vegas. That was his two-week engagement at the New Frontier Hotel?s Venus Showroom from April 23 to May 6, 1956.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2011/7/9/4854736.html
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Rupert Murdock's Tabloid World and Elvis
If you follow the news, you certainly know about the cell phone hacking scandal involving the British tabloid News of the World. The current issue of Time Magazine has a cover story that digs into the history of Murdock and his media empire. One illustration for the story was a shot of his six tabloid papers. When I saw that one of them was The Star, I remembered my collection of supermarket tabloids with cover stories about Elvis.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2011/7/23/4863395.html
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Elvis Presley to Become a Comic Book Hero
The above title was the heading of a recent news announcement on the official Elvis website, Elvis.com. The announcement heralded a new oversized coffee-table book called Graphic Elvis.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2011/7/30/4868666.html
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Priscilla Presleys Plastic Surgery - Is She Plastic Too?
Sheila Clinch asked: Living in a town where there is a constant struggle to look good, Hollywood stars would not mind if they have to shell out their living just to pay a cosmetic surgeon to maintain their look. Or this is what they think. There are numbers of celebrities that turned out to be [...]
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Postscripts To Earlier ElvisBlogs -- 7
We took a look at Elvis? Fabulous Rings back in May. In the article, I suggested you check out Elvis? hands in any of his jumpsuit pictures, because he would usually have three or four on each hand. Now, look at the picture below. There are no rings on his right hand.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2011/6/25/4845491.html
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
The Last Photograph of Elvis Alive
The celebration of Elvis Week is going on right now in Memphis. I?ve been to four of these so far, and plan to be back next year for the 35th Anniversary. Elvis fans are quite content to refer to these yearly anniversaries without also including the qualifying phrase of the death of Elvis. Elvis Week is a certainly a celebration of Elvis? life, but his passing was the genesis of thousands of fans making the pilgrimage to Graceland every August.
I start early each year trying to figure out a new way to blog about the anniversary of Elvis? death. A few weeks ago, when I researched the ElvisBlog article about Elvis on the covers on the tabloid The Sun, I came across my copy of the September 20, 1977, issue of the National Enquirer. On the cover was a photo of Elvis in a car, and the tag was ?Hours Before He Died.? The caption under the picture was, ?The Last Photo of Elvis Alive.?
This photo, in both color and black-and-white, has been all over the internet for years. However, I have never read anything about who took it and the circumstance around the event. Then, I opened up that old National Enquirer, and there was the whole story.
On Page 57, Enquirer writer Chris Fuller had a two-column article, including a photo of the folks who took the picture.
So, in celebration of the 34th anniversary of Elvis? passing, here is that article, edited slightly for brevity and emphasis.
Story Behind the Last Picture of Elvis Alive
Robert Call was ready with his camera when the car stopped at the front gate of Graceland in Memphis. People were shouting ? ?Elvis! Elvis!? Suddenly, inside the car, the King of Rock smiled and waved at Call?s four-year-old daughter Abby.
And that?s when Call took the picture?the last photograph of Elvis alive.
The time was 12:28 on the morning of August 16. Just a few hours later, Elvis would be found dead.
?We were excited when my husband took the picture,? said Call?s wife Nancy, ?but we didn?t realize it would be the last one ever taken of Elvis.
?I?ll never forget the way it happened. Elvis was driving the car. There was a lady sitting in front with him and two men in the back. I had Abby in my arms almost right up against the car window.
?She was hollering ? ?Hi!? ? and grinning from ear to ear. Elvis smiled really big, then he put on the brakes for a second, pointed to Abby and waived to her. That?s when my husband took the picture.
?Later that day we heard on TV that Elvis had died. We had just seen this man laughing, smiling and waving.?
The Calls, who live in Pierceton, Indiana, had gone to Memphis ?because I was determined to get pictures of Abby and the other children at the Elvis home for my scrapbook,? Mrs. Call said.
Mrs. Call said little Abby?reacted to Elvis? death with a touching remark. She said,
?I bet he?s going to be an angel.?
Maybe we should say we are celebrating the 34th annivesary of Elvis' ascendancy to Heaven.
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THERE S A HONKY TONK ANGEL THERE S ALWAYS ME THERE S GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE S NO PLACE LIKE HOME THERE S NO TOMORROW
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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