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Give us this day, June 6, our daily Elvis

June 6, 1933

In Camden, New Jersey, the first drive-in movie theater opened. The price of admission was 25 cents for the car, plus 25 cents per person, and no group charged more than one dollar. (in 2020 dollars, a quarter is $4.93 at 1872.2% inflation)

Tupelo, Mississippi

1935-1948

306 Old Satillo Road, Elvis’ birthplace, is now 306 Elvis Presley Drive.

1943

The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 15 to June 20, Returning to Tupelo.

Memphis, Tennessee

1948-1953 – Humes High School

June 3, 1951 to July 1, 1951

Elvis was employed as a machinist by “Precision Tool Co.”

April 17, 1952 to May 28, 1952

Elvis worked as an user at Loew’s State Theatre

The Sun Records Rockabilly Era

June 6, 1955

Scotty Elvis and Bill playing a football field in New Boston TX.

The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer

June 6, 1956

June 6, 1956 Elvis in his Los Angeles hotel room

Elvis at his hotel room in LA before his San Diego show.

Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show – The New York Times

Elvis performed at the San Diego, CA Arena, California with opening acts Flaim Sextet, Phil Maraquin, Frank Connors, Jackie Little and The Jordanaires

Presley Hootchy Coo Virtuoso Article  © The New York Times

The Military Service Disruption

June 6, 1958

Military service  Fort Hood in Texas.  On Leave at Graceland May 31 to June 13

June 6, 1959
General Hospital in Frankfurt with tonsillitis and a high fever. June 2 to june 8

Military Service in Germany /  Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany

The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment

June 6, 1960

The Silver Beetles and Gerry and the Pacemakers played the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey, England. They were billed as “jive and rock specialists.”

Roy Orbison‘s “Only the Lonely” was released in the US where it would go on to reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, it would top the chart next October. Roy would went to the UK to headline a tour and ended up the opening act for his: The Beatles

Bing Crosby was presented with a Platinum disc to commemorate his 200 millionth record sold. The sales figures were a combined total of 2,600 recorded singles and 125 albums. Crosby’s global lifetime sales on 179 labels in 28 countries totaled 400 million records.

The album “Elvis Is Back” earned gold certification. RCA reissued the original 12 track album on Compact Disc in 1990, and in 1999 re-released it with bonus tracks. In 2005 Elvis is Back! was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a 2-disc CD collection.

G.I. Blues

June 6, 1962

In their first visit to EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles recorded four audition demos: three original compositions, “Love Me Do,” “Ask Me Why,” “P.S. I Love You,” and a cover of “Besame Mucho.” John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best were each paid £7.10 for their efforts. Producer George Martin was not present at the session, but was called in by engineer Norman “Hurricane” Smith when he heard something he liked in “Love Me Do.” Martin was not impressed with the group’s songwriting, scruffy outfits, and even scruffier equipment, and told them so, finishing, “Look, I’ve laid into you for quite a time, you haven’t responded. Is there anything you don’t like?” To which George quipped, “I don’t like your tie!” The tension was broken, and Martin, charmed by the group’s personality, agreed to work with them.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

June 6, 1964

“In the public interest, watch the Rolling Stones crush the Beatles!” was the entire text of an anonymous ad that appeared in six U.S. music trade publications.

The Dixie Cups became the first American group to top the Billboard chart in 1964 when “Chapel of Love” went to number one. Up until then, the year had been dominated by The Beatles and US solo performers. The song reached #22 in the UK.

“Chapel Of Love” moved into the #1 position for the Dixie Cups.  The Beatles were knocked off with “Love Me Do” while Mary Wells’ former #1 “My Guy” remained in the #3 spot.  The Ray Charles Singers were there with “Love Me With All Your Heart” while Louis Armstrong made it four #1 songs on the Top Five on this date, creating a logjam.  The rest of the Top 10:  “A World Without Love” from Peter & Gordon, Dionne Warwick rose from 10-7 with “Walk On By”, “Little Children” from Billy J. Kramer, the Reflections fell with “(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet” and the Beatles added another Top 10 with “P.S. I Love You”.

June 6, 1965

The Rolling Stones released the single ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ in the US, which went on to give the band their first No.1. In the UK, (where it was released in August 1966), the song initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive.

June 6, 1966

At EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatlescompleted work on their recording of “Eleanor Rigby.” None of the Beatles played instruments on the track, although John Lennon and George Harrison did contribute harmony vocals behind Paul McCartney’s lead.Roy Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, was killed when a truck pulled out of a side road and collided with the motorbike that she and her husband were riding on in Gallatin, Texas, she was 25. She inspired the Orbison penned song “Claudette” a hit for the Everly Brothers.

RCA  released the single “Love Letters.” b/w “Come What May”

in the 1990s, this Elvis cologne was released with a cassette with Come What May, the B-side’s first re-issue

Elvis was doing in the 1960s movies, what became known as “world Music” in the 1990s Elvis doing Clyde sounds kinda Beatles-y and I can only describe it as hawaiian RnB

June 6, 1968

In Los Angeles, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan the previous evening. Kennedy was 42 years old. Sirhan, a Jordanian citizen, was convicted of the assassination and is currently serving a life sentence at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California. In February 2016, Sirhan’s 15th parole hearing resulted in a denial. The hearings are scheduled every five years.

The Rolling Stones added new lyrics to their upcoming song “Sympathy For The Devil” following the assassination of Robert Kennedy.

June 6, 1970

The album McCartney remained at #1 while the Beatles last studio album Let It Be rose from #104 to #2.

Elvis in Nashville’s Studio B – 30 masters in five days

June 6, 1971

John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on stage for the first time since 1969 when they joined Frank Zappa for a show at the Fillmore East.

“The Ed Sullivan Show” aired for the last time. It had been cancelled after almost 23 years as a Sunday evening staple on CBS-TV.Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing, Jerry Vale, Robert Klein, Peter Nero, Pat Henry and Caterina Valente were the performing guests on the final broadcast, a taped repeat of the show that first aired live on February 7, 1971.

June 6, 1972

David Bowie released “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” album.

Elvis at the RCA studio on Sunset – in MSG rehearsal with band/Elvis on Tour Filming

1973

The movie “Elvis On Tour” opened in the U.S.

Elvis attended screenings at either the Memphian or the Crosstown almost every night of the month until he had to go on tour again on the twentieth.

June 6, 1974

Billy Swan recorded “I Can Help.” Elvis would cover the song in concert.

June 6, 1975

Elvis performed at the Convention Center’s Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas.

RCA released this concert as part of the box set “Elvis Aaron Presley”

Sonny West and Elvis heading to his limo on his way to perform in Dallas on June 6, 1975
June 6, 1976 (2:30 pm). Atlanta, GA. – Elvis Presley In Concert
June 6, 1975. (8:30 pm) Dallas, TX. – Elvis Presley In Concert
Believers Still Rate Elvis King by Don Harris The Dallas Morning News
The Creeping Crud Express – Elvis Presley CD Info **RCA – BMG …

June 6, 1976

Elvis performed at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Just before he hit the stage on a Sunday afternoon for the matinee show in Atlanta on June 6, 1976
June 6, 1976 (2:30 pm). Atlanta, GA. – Elvis Presley In Concert
Hitting the stage for a concert in Atlanta, GA on June 6, 1976 and leaving the satge at the end of the show with Sonny West and Joe Esposito in tow
Boarding the Lisa Marie with Linda Thompson in Atlanta, GA on June 6, 1976
Charleston Rocks – Elvis Presley CD Info **RCA – BMG – FTD …

1977

June 6, 1977

Queen appeared at Earls Court in London.

Stevie Wonder delivered an unannounced lecture to a UCLA class studying the record industry. He also performed.

RCA released the last Elvis single of his lifetime: “Way Down”. It initially peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 6, 1977 and had fallen to No. 53 on the chart for the week ending August 27, 1977. Thereafter, it reversed direction and reached an even higher peak at No. 18 on 24 September – 1 October 1977. “Way Down” reached No. 1 on the American Country chart the week he died. Overseas, the song hit the UK Singles Chart a few weeks later, almost seven years after his previous UK number-one single, “The Wonder of You”, in 1970. His previous single, “Moody Blue”, had been a number-one hit on the US Country Charts earlier in 1977. “Way Down” was reissued in April 2005 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

The recording also featured J.D. Sumner singing the words “way on down” at the end of each chorus down to the note low C (C2). At the end of the song, this phrase is octaved, reaching a double low C (C1, three octaves below middle C). According to the Guinness Book of World Records it is the lowest recorded note ever produced by the human voice, first accomplished by Sumner in a 1966 recording of the hymn “Blessed Assurance.”

The Wake and Aftermath

June 6, 1978

The newsmagazine “20/20” debuted on ABC-TV. The show’s anchors on the premiere telecast were Harold Hayes, the editor of Esquire magazine, and TIME art critic Robert Hughes. Hugh Downs was recruited to take on the role of sole host on the following week’s program.  The Elvis Cover-Up Episode was produced by this program with reporter Geraldo Riveria.

1986

After 29 years, CHUM-AM in Toronto, Canada’s first full-time Top 40 radio station – with the longest-running hit record chart in North America – changed its format to a mix of soft rock and oldies.

1990

– A Federal judge in Florida declared that 2 Live Crew’s “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” LP was obscene.

1996

In London, song lyrics by Terry Fell,for “Mississippi River”sold for $30,000 at auction,  because Fell claims to have co-written the song as a Gladys Tribute with Elvis Presley, in 1959 while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army.

William Palmer, inventor of the magnetic tape recorder, passed away of a stroke at age 85 in Menlo Park, California.

2000

Alice Cooper caused a stir when a song from his album, “Brutal Planet” contained a tune called “Wicked Young Man”. The track describes an adolescent with “a pocket full of bullets and a blueprint of the school”, clearly a reference to the April 29, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Nina Notes: the song more offensive than the event. curious.

2001

Twenty of Elton John‘s automobiles sold at auction for $2.75 million. Elton said he, ‘doesn’t have time to drive them anymore’. The most expensive was a ’93 Jaguar that sold for over $330,000.

2003

A judge in London, England ruled that Rap lyrics should be treated as a foreign language after admitting that he was unsure of the meaning of ‘shizzle my nizzle’ and ‘mish mish man’. The court battle was over a copyright issue between the Ant’ill Mob and the Heartless Crew, who had used the lyrics on a remix.

2005

After hearing fourteen weeks of testimony, the jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation case began deliberations.

2016

The Beyoncé album “Lemonade” was certified Platinum.

2017

The site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was officially recognized for its place in history when Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Bethel Woods Center for the Arts had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

A week after topping the UK chart, the 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles‘ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” rose to #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Riley Keough shows off fiery red hair and cleavage

Riley Keough shows off fiery red hair and cleavage

Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, hits red carpet premiere for ‘It Comes At Night’

Riley Keough, Elvis Presley's granddaughter, hits red carpet premiere for 'It Comes At Night'

2018How Sony’s $2.3 Billion EMI Buy Goes Beyond Beyoncé, Presley And JacksonElvis Presley’s contract for his first Las Vegas shows up for auction

Elvis Presley Las Vegas Contract From 1956 Slated for Auction

Elvis takes Leeds back to 1960s Vegas with explosive first night at the …

Fathom Events to bring 1968 Elvis Presley concert to movie screens

2020

Nina Notes: Dear Paul – Elvis called everyone sir and maam before the military -……

The Beatles quit worshiping Elvis’ music well before ’65. He was no longer making innovative records that made kids jump. Instead, he was concentrating on making hit movies and releasing soundtracks.

Looking back on those years, John and Paul McCartney both saw a line in the sand when it came to good Elvis recordings and bad Elvis recordings. The line got drawn when Elvis entered the military in 1958.

“I always thought [his time in the military] ruined Elvis,” Paul said in his authorized biography Many Years From Now (1997). “We liked Elvis’ freedom as a trucker, as a guy in jeans and swivelin’ hips, but didn’t like him with the short haircut in the army calling everyone ‘sir.’”

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/what-paul-mccartney-and-john-lennon-believed-ruined-elvis-presley-in-the-50s.html/What Paul McCartney and John Lennon Believed ‘Ruined’ Elvis Presley in the ’50sThough The Beatles cherished their meeting with Elvis, John Lennon and Paul McCartney mourned Elvis’ rapid fall, starting with an event in 1958.www.cheatsheet.com

from my earlier blog

An Elvis Fan among Fans

Elvis the First Metrosexual

Elvis the first and last entertainer the whole world agreed on

Elvis and One Hit Wonders

Measuring Up to Elvis

Elvis: Too Cool to be middle Class

Elvis: not a rebel, but had a cause

Elvis’ Cultural Impact

Elvis in the US Army

Idle Idols

Why Elvis remains the bar

Challenges of being an Elvis fan

Rights and Representation

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Give us this day, June 4, our daily Elvis

June 4, 1919

The U.S. Senate passed the Women’s Suffrage bill, leading to the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote.

June 4, 1942

Capitol Records opens for business, becoming the first major record label based on the US West coast. The company had been established earlier in the year by singer Johnny Mercer and investor Buddy De Sylva as Liberty Records. The label became home to such artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, Steve Miller, Dr. Hook, Bob Seger, Tina Turner, Heart and countless others. It was Capitol’s manager, Glenn Wallichs, who invented the art of record promotion by sending free copies of new releases to disc jockeys.

June 4, 1955

Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport.

June 4, 1956

Elvis and Gene Smith flew to Los Angeles for the rehearsals for Elvis’ second appearance on the Milton Berle Show.

The Oakland Tribune newspaper reported on June 4, 1956 that “Elvis Presley fans all but tore the roof off the Oakland Auditorium Arena – not once but twice – as the youthful singing sensation proved yesterday he is, without a doubt, the most amazing of entertainers. Presley whips through a song as if he had grabbed a live wire. Some 6,400 madly screaming fans at two performances responded as if they, too, had been jolted by the same current“.

Elvis and Gene Smith flew to Los Angeles for the rehearsals for Elvis’ second appearance on the Milton Berle Show.

Judy Spreckles, a divorced socialite friend, tagged along. Below, Debra Padget rehearses with Elvis.

The Oakland Tribune newspaper reported on June 4, 1956 that “Elvis Presley fans all but tore the roof off the Oakland Auditorium Arena – not once but twice – as the youthful singing sensation proved yesterday he is, without a doubt, the most amazing of entertainers. Presley whips through a song as if he had grabbed a live wire. Some 6,400 madly screaming fans at two performances responded as if they, too, had been jolted by the same current“.

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“Oakland Auditorium” by Francesc Lopez – Elvis Presley In Concert

Oakland Auditorium – Elvis Presley In Concert

Elvis rocks The Milton Berle Show – Jun 05, 1956 – HISTORY.com

Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel: Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show | Official

June 4, 1957

At the University of California, Berkeley, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his Power of Nonviolence speech.

June 4, 1958

Jerry Lee Lewis renewed his marriage vows with second cousin Myra, since he wasn’t divorced from his first wife when he married her.

Elvis rented out the Rollerdrome and the Fairgrounds. He took his parents to see King Creole, bought a new red Lincoln and got a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop before a family photo session.

June 4, 1959
General Hospital in Frankfurt with tonsillitis and a high fever. June 2 to june 8

Media Reports:

Elvis Presley May Keep Tonsils Frankfurt, Germany -(UPD)-Elvis Presley, hospitalized by tonsillitis, will not have to undergo an operation on the golden throat which has made him a rich man, an Army spokesman said today. The loose-hipped rock n roll singer was admitted to the 97th General Hospital here Wednesday after running a 102-degree fever. 1 Army physicians said that Presley has an infection of the throat in addition to inflamed tonsils; The initial examinations indicated his case was not serious. “He is undergoing treatment for both ailments,” said a spokesman for the 3rd Armored Division in which Presley serves. “The doctors have decided that an operation is not necessary.” . He added, however, that if Presley does not react favorably to the treatment, the question of removing his tonsils will have to be reconsidered.

June 4, 1960

G.I. Blues Elvis was visited at the set of G.I. Blues by three Scandinavian princesses: the Danish princess Margrethe, The Norwegian Princess Astrid and the Swedish Princess Margaretha.

Learn more about all the dignitaries visiting Elvis on the set of G.I. Blues (Elvis Australia)

Elvis Presley with Princesses Margrethe of Denmark, Astrid of Norway

June 4, 1962

The Beatles signed their first contract with EMI Parlophone, but it was just to produce a series of demo recordings. They still needed to pass an audition to be signed to make records that would be released.

1967

The Beatles started a 23 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning in December 1966, the album widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, includes songs such as ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘A Day in the Life’

1969

In Glenrowan, Australia, hundreds of people signed a petition protesting against the casting of Mick Jagger in the role of the Australian folk hero Ned Kelly in the film of the same name. The film, directed by Tony Richardson, was released in October 1970.

June 4, 1970
Elvis began five days of recording at RCA’s Studio B in Nashville. Each day he reported at 6.00 p.m. and worked until dawn the next morning.

Elvis arriving at Studio B on June 4, 1970.

Elvis Presley | Arriving at Studio B | June 4, 1970

Arriving at RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 4, 1970

Elvis began five days of recording at RCA’s Studio B in Nashville. Each day he reported at 6.00 p.m. and worked until dawn the next morning.

Top: David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, Elvis Presley, Al Pachuki, Jerry Carrigan Bottom: Felton Jarvis, Chip Young, Charlie McCoy, James Burton
Top: David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, Elvis Presley, Al Pachuki, Jerry Carrigan.
Bottom: Felton Jarvis, Chip Young, Charlie McCoy, James Burton.

RCA Studio B – Nashville, TennesseeJune 4 / 5 1970 (Thursday / Friday)
Mystery Train / Tiger Man (jam)
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I’ve Lost YouZPA41594-07
I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years AgoZPA41595-01
The Sound Of Your CryZPA41596-11
Faded Love (country version)WPA52584-01
The FoolZPA41597-02
A Hundred Years From NowWPA52569-SP
Little Cabin On The HillZPA41598-02
Cindy, CindyZPA41599-03

Nashville Marathon : June 4-8, 1970 : Elvis Articles

June 4, 1975

The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the U.S. giving farm workers collective bargaining rights, was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Elvis performed at the Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston Tx.

June 4, 1976

The Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England. The now legendary night is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement. In the audience was, Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook (soon to form Joy Division) and Mark E Smith, (The Fall). Tickets cost £1.

Elton John performed at the Capitol Theatre in Leeds, England.

Live recordings were made of Blondie, the Talking Heads and others at the new wave night club GBGB’s in New York City. The tracks can be heard on the album Live at GBGB’s New York.

Elvis performed at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia.

June 4, 1977

Apple II, the first personal computer, went on sale.

Elvis presented Lincolns to Kathy Westmoreland and Larry Geller for their loyalty.

1979

In Washington, DC, Chuck Berry played a concert for President Jimmy Carter and his family at the White House.

1985

Elton John began a high court battle with Dick James Music, seeking the rights to early songs and recordings plus damages estimated at more than £30 million ($51 million). The singer lost a six-month court battle to recover the copyright to 169 songs however, the court ordered Dick James to cough up millions in unpaid royalties.

1986

At the Cow Palace in San Francisco, 14,000 fans attended the first concert of a six-date Conspiracy of Hope benefit tour to increase awareness of Amnesty International on the 25th anniversary of its work for human rights. The shows were headlined by U2 and Sting, and also featured Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Joan Baez, Lou Reed, and the Neville Brothers.

The producers of the Beatles tribute show “Beatlemania!”were forced to pay Apple Corps Ltd. $10 million in royalties following a years-long court battle that ended in Apple’s favor.

1992

The U.S. Postal Service announced that people preferred the “younger Elvis” stamp design in a nationwide vote.

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2008

Residents of Canada and the UK were first to be able to buy and rent films at the iTunes Store.

2010

Billboard magazine reported that weekly album sales may have hit its lowest point since the early 1970s. According to the RIAA, album shipments in 1973 totaled an average of 7.47 million per week, while last weeks sales totaled 4.98 million units. One industry executive described the situation as “pretty scary.”

2015

According to the BPI’s Music Market 2015 report British acts accounted for 1 in 7 albums sold worldwide. With 13.7% of worldwide sales, it’s the highest British share since the BPI began recording figures in 2000. Albums by One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Sam Smith and Pink Floyd all made the top ten list of the world’s biggest-sellers of 2014.

Elvis 1950s touring act Jim Ed Brown received his Country Music Hall of Fame medallion. At a medical facility in Franklin, Tennessee where he was being treated for cancer, He died one week later.

The U.S. Postal Service announced that on August 12th they would issue a brand new Elvis Presley commemorative stamp as part of their music icons series. In 1993, the post office issued the first stamp of Elvis which went on to become the largest selling sticker in Post Office history.

2017

Neil Diamond continued the North American leg of his 50-Year Anniversary World Tour with a concert at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.

Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert, with guest performers Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Liam Gallagher, Niall Horan and Pharrell Williams, aired on networks in 38 countries across five continents. An attack at her May 22 show in Manchester, England killed 22 people and left dozens injured. All net proceeds from the “One Love Manchester” concert were donated to victims and families affected by the attack. An audience estimated at 50,000 attended the more than three-hour concert.

Actor Roger Smith, who recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his marriage to singer/dancer/actress Ann-Margret, died at age 84.

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Give us this day, May 30, our daily Elvis

Blogger Nina Notes: it was not just his body movements, it was his face. Elvis’s facial expressions were orgasm faces and genuine smiles.

Male’s sexual objectifying was andremains part of the mainstream culture of all human cultures – Elvis made the public aware, that women liked sex too.

which should have meant that men had to get better at it.

1933

At Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition, Sally Rand introduced audiences to her fan dance.

May 30, 1956

In “Time” magazine, an article entitled “Teener’s Hero” referred to Elvis Presley’s appeal. It said “his movements suggest, in a word, sex.”

Memphis, TN, May 30, 1956: Elvis attended the Humes and South Side high school graduation ceremony at Ellis Auditorium and congratulated the entire class for their graduation. His former girlfriend Dixie Locke who had gone to South Side high school was among the graduates.Three years before Elvis graduated from Humes high school on June 3, 1953. The graduation ceremony was also held at Ellis Auditorium. Since then he had come a long way.

May 30, 1962

The Arizona Memorial was dedicated, the project had stalled until Elvis Presley’s concert raised not only a sum of  money but public awareness to raise the completion funds.

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global violence. over territory, resources and women are more resources than citizens

May 30, 1972

Helen Reddy’s single “I Am Woman” arrived at radio stations on this date.

2020

That September, Presley would make his legendary inaugural appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” singing a sultry version of “Hound Dog” with his swinging hips in all their vulgar, gyrating splendor. During a later appearance in January 1957, the variety show would famously edit the King from the waist down in order to protect impressionable young television viewers from his brazen sexuality. But then, it was far too late. America had a full-on dose of Elvismania, and there was nary a cure in sight.

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/30/shelter-in-place-with-elvis-presley-a-foundational-classic-rock-album/Shelter in place with “Elvis Presley,” a foundational classic rock album | Salon.comCue up the first bona fide rock ‘n’ roll LP to top the Billboard charts and follow along with this listening guidewww.salon.com

Little Richard, he coulda been King

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laid to rest today Little Richard – he rocked n rolled and he preached

and when he was on tour with The Beatles

he hit on Paul McCartney

Little Richard – from radio to tv – these shows were as influential

the precuror to the gong show and flashdance instafame idol shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjARpbNjFkwAmerican Bandstand 1964- Interview Little RichardDick Clark interviews Little Richard on American Bandstandwww.youtube.com

If not for the decade, he could have been The King

and the music would have been much queerer

Little Richard was a dishwasher when Elvis Presley recorded one of his songs. That gave him 50% of the record and he quit his dish job and walked into a studio, played TV and made Rock Sploitation Movies

where middle aged parents could be horrified or mollified about what their teens were into

Little Richard – like Elvis – struggled to cope with his sexuality and religion,

He would quit rock and do religion and then returned to music doing gospel until he was on tour with Sam Cooke and returned to popular music

about getting laid not paid for purity..

these are not nonesense lyrics – these are the coded words of sex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj059o9OwqYLittle Richard – Tutti Frutti (1956)Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom!

Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba!

I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do
I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do
She rock to the East, she rock to the West
She is the gal that I love best

Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom!

I got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drives me crazy
Got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me, yes indeed
Boy you don’t know what she do to me

Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Wop bop a loo bop!

Oh tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom!

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the 1980s – the fifties were nostalgia and everyone was angry Elvis was dead

Little Richard, even to heterosexual eyes was queer

Liberace and the AIDs decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTyOVzdCsuULittle Richard Interviewed by Joan Rivers March 5 1986Disclaimer: No Copyright Infringement Intended.

Little Richard and Joan Rivers on The Tonite Show March 5, 1986.www.youtube.com

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Date and Murder Songs

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as an adult in 2020 it is not surprising to me that parents were alarmed by Elvis Presley and The Beatles

“I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man”

Elvis Presley – Baby Let’s Play House

“Run for your life Little Girl”

The Beatles

Don’t: The Date Rape Song

Elvis was a sexist, but not a bigot

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Mexico’s King Creole Riot

Elvis was the First Metrosexual

Elvis the First Metrosexual

Book: Baby Let’s Play House – Alanna Nash

Our Daily Elvis: from bullied weirdo to King

In Canada, in 2020

notice it is the heterosexual male of all ethnicity demographics

that is the threat to the women who are the majority of the population

and LGBTQ2 who are the sexual and gender minorities

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-violent-misogyny-is-a-threat-to-half-our-population-we-need-to-call/Opinion: Violent misogyny is a threat to half our population. We need to call it what it is: Terrorism – The Globe and MailThe Montreal massacre of 1989 was just one in a long line of mass killings motivated by hatred of women. What would happen, and how many lives could be saved, if we treated them as a pattern of hate crimes?www.theglobeandmail.com

finally – this is an advancement in law

I will have to look up when Canada stopped allowing

“the homosexual panic defense”

curious when admission of motive is deemed a mitigation rather than an aggravation factor in crime level and sentencing..

hating women and expecting to be dating or worse married to one

hetero men who are so loathsome. get a new hobby. be a better listener

and most of all you are not entitled to insult, assault, rape or murder any woman who says no, any man who asks for a yes or anyone you think tricked you or does not conform to whatever ideas you have about other people

because everyone has the right to exist without interacting with anyone who is unable to be civil.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/19/stabbing-attack-at-north-york-massage-parlour-was-incel-terrorism-police-say.htmlStabbing attack at North York massage parlour was ‘incel’ terrorism, police say | The StarNorth york mother Ashley Noell Arzaga, 24, was killed in the Feb. 24 attack. A 17-year-old Toronto teen is believed to be the first person to face ter…www.thestar.com

Dear religion – each and every single one

the hatred you have for non adherents

is driving all the inter demographic hatred

the burden of living on a planet with religions

is the greatest mental health issue that clouds reality itself

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/02/a-threat-to-health-is-being-weaponised-inside-the-fight-against-online-hate‘A threat to health is being weaponised’: inside the fight against online hate crime | Society | The GuardianCoronavirus is the latest justification for extremism on the internet. Can two UK startups help solve the problem?www.theguardian.com

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Give us this day, May 17, our daily Elvis

1954

In the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously for school integration, declaring that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.

Elvis delivered supplies to job sites for  Crown Electric for $1.00 an hour. April 20, 1954 – mid October 1954

May 17, 1955

Opening for Hank Snow, Martha Carson, The Country Gentlemen and Slim Whitman; Elvis performed at the City Auditorium, Asheville, North Carolina, at 7.00 and 9.00 p.m.

May 17, 1956

Elvis flew to Springfield, Missouri, with Gene Smith and Tom Diskin, while the band drove to the show in Elvis’ Cadillac.
At the Shrine Mosque, Springfield, Missouri, Elvis performed: Heartbreak Hotel, I Was The One, Blue Suede Shoes, Money Honey and Hound Dog

For Elvis CD Collectors • Elvis on May 17, 1956 and Nov. 8, 1956

May 17, 1957

Elvis wrote a note to the staff of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital: “Dear Friends, I want you to know how very much I appreciate your very wonderful treatment while I was there. When I went in I was all shook up but I left loving you. Thanks a million. My best to all. Sincerely, Elvis Presley.”

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Jailhouse Rock

May 17, 1958

Ferriday, Louisiana celebrates Jerry Lee Lewis Day with a parade honoring their home town boy who was just about to leave on his fateful tour of England.

May 17, 1960

Fats Domino performed at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, TX, but his appearance cost him more than he made. Thieves rifled his dressing room, absconding with $1,300 of the Fat man’s money while he was onstage doing “Ain’t That a Shame.”

1963

The first Monterey Folk Festival took place over three days in Monterey, California. The festival featured Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary. The 1967 Monterey Rock festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix and The Who as well as the first major public performances of Janis Joplin. It was also the first major performance by Otis Redding in front of a predominantly white audience.

1965

The FBI ends its two-year investigation into the Kingsmen song “Louie Louie,” determining that the largely indecipherable lyrics are not obscene.

May 17, 1967

Working at Abbey Road studios The Beatles began recording a new John Lennon song ‘You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)’. The song was not finished until November 1969, and was not released until March 1970 (as the B-side of the ‘Let it Be’ single).

“Don’t Look Back”, a documentary on Bob Dylan‘s 1965 British tour – including the Judas incident- premiered in San Francisco, CA. Directed by D. A. Pennebaker, it follows Dylan on his 1965 European tour.

May 17, 1968

The Monkees performed at the Lagoon Patio Gardens, a venue inside the famous amusement park, for about 5,000 fans.

The producer Bob Finkel had hired Steve Binder as director for Elvis’ upcoming Christmas special and there was a meeting with Elvis at 8833 Sunset Boulevard to discuss the show.

1969

The album “Elvis: NBC TV Special” hit #2 in the U.K.

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1971

On the third recording night in Nashville Elvis started with Help Me Make It Through The Night and Until It’s Time For You To Go. Finally Elvis went back to the original reason that he was there for: the gospel album. But only after some karate moves, so the session ended before completing the album.

1973

Due to illness Elvis, cancelled these Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Shows, and the next 2 nights, ending the Season.

May 17, 1974

ABC aired the Elton John television special “Say Goodbye To Norma Jean And Other Things.”

NBC-TV’s “The Midnight Special” presented another retro tribute, with Frankie Avalon as host, and performances by Sam & Dave, Lou Christie, the Fleetwoods, Shirley & Lee, Frankie Ford, and Fabian.

Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Shows.

May 17, 1975

Elton John was awarded a Platinum record for his album “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”. It was the first L.P. to sell one million copies on its first day of release.

Elton John plays “Bennie And The Jets” and “Philadelphia Freedom” on Soul Train, becoming just the third white performer to appear on the show, after Dennis Coffey and Gino Vannelli.

1978

Donna Summer’s film Thank God It’s Friday premiered in Los Angeles.

ABC-TV aired two music specials, “The Carpenters: Space Encounters,” with guests John Davidson and Charlie Callas, and then “Olivia,” hosted by Olivia Newton-John, with ABBA and Andy Gibb.

1980

Weeks after being detained in Tokyo on drug charges, Paul and Linda McCartney appear as musical guests on Saturday Night Live. They performed their latest single, “Coming Up.”

1986

Whitney Houston started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Greatest Love Of All’, the singers third US No.1, a No.8 hit in the UK.

on the strength of the single, her LP Whitney Houston climbed back to #1 on the Album chart in its 60th week of release.

1995

Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Little Richard  performed together on the same stage for the first time at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England,   They were scheduled to appear in London the following night and in Birmingham on May 20, however Domino did not perform at either of those shows due to illness.

2002

The Barry Manilow special, Ultimate Manilow aired on CBS-TV.

Songwriter Sharon Sheeley died in a Los Angeles hospital from complications following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 62. Sheeley wrote “Poor Little Fool” for Ricky Nelson as well as “Dum Dum”, a hit for Brenda Lee. Sharon was the girlfriend of Eddie Cochran and was in the London car accident that took Eddie’s life on April 17th, 1960.

2005

Lisa Marie Presley performed “Idiot” on “Good Morning America.”

2010

Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who wrote “Hound Dog”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “Love Me”, “Don’t” and many others for Elvis Presley, “Kansas City” for Wilbert Harrison and “Charlie Brown” for the Coasters, were given the Outstanding Achievement Award for Musical Collaborators by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers in Chicago, Illinois.

2012

Donna Summer, the 1970s pop singer known as the Queen of Disco, died of lung cancer, an illness she believed she contracted from inhaling toxic particles released after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. She won five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and had three multi-platinum albums, including the hits ‘Hot Stuff’, ‘Love to Love You, and ‘Baby’ and ‘I Feel Love’.

Lisa Marie Presley performed her song “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” on American Idol’s results show.

2014

A 1963 Rickenbacker 425 guitar once owned and played in the studio by George Harrison went up for auction at Manhattan’s Hard Rock Cafe. Harrison’s axe sold for $657,000.

Elvis Presley On Stage Tours Europe – Graceland

2015

George Harrison’s Maton Mastersound guitar, used during the Beatles’ live performances in the summer of 1963, sold for $485,000 by Julien’s Auctions in New York. Also purchased were a black sequined glove worn by Michael Jackson, a stage-worn tank top that belonged to Madonna and Elvis Presley’s tour bus and marriage certificate.

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Give us this day, May 16, our daily Elvis

1888

At the Franklin Institute, Emile Berliner demonstrated an improved early gramophone using a flat 7-inch disc with lateral-cut grooves on one side only, hand-cranked at 30 RPM with a two-minute capacity. He was the first to mass-produce hard rubber vulcanite copies from a zinc master disk.

1929

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

May 15 1943

The Presley family moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where Vernon got a job. They stayed there until June 20, and then they all returned to Tupelo, homesick for family and friends.

1953

“Crazy, Man, Crazy” by Bill Haley & His Comets was their first chart entry and also the first rock ‘n’ roll record to make the Billboard pop music chart.

May 16, 1955

At the Mosque Theater, Richmond, Virginia:  Martha Carson, Slim Whitman, The Davis Sisters, Onie Wheeler, Jimmy Rogers Snow and special added attraction: Elvis with Scotty and Bill

Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen in Elvis Day by Day wrote “RCA field representative Brad McCuen (responsible for east Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas) and country–and–western promotion manager Chick Crumpacker are in the audience to check out some of their acts. Crumpacker remembers being bowled over. “What really got the listeners was his energy and the way he sang the songs. The effect was galvanic.” Subsequently Crumpacker makes a point of taking all of Elvis’ records back to New York to give to his boss, Steve Sholes, who, unbeknownst to him, is already well aware of the new act.”


Backstage at the Mosque

May 16, 1956

Elvis performed at the Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m.

Elvis was interviewed by a local DJ between shows to name his favorite song and Elvis picked “I Was The One”, from his first RCA session.

Elvis performed: Heartbreak Hotel, Long Tall Sally, I Was The One, Money Honey, I Got A Woman, Blue Suede Shoes, and Hound Dog  twice.

Auditorium Pandemonium
Elvis Cools Cats Down To a Dungaree Delirium
By Jack Blalock and Ray Moseley of the Gazette Staff

It started as a chant of “We want Elvis,” mounted to a wave of hysterical screaming and from then on the cats had a ball.
Elvis Presley, his guitar and his singing caused it all last night – the biggest mob scene the Auditorium has ever witnessed.
Teen-aged rock-and-roll fans started lining up 5 1/2 hours before his appearance and at show time the auditorium was packed, with hundreds more waiting outside.
Presley, flashily dressed and beaming broadly, took it all with ease as he sang for two worshipful mobs.
The 21-year-old singing star was scheduled to appear at 8 p.m. but he missed a plane connection in Memphis and did not come on stage until almost 8:30. The delay merely heightened the pandemonium in the Auditorium.
Thirty minutes before his arrival, the big hall started rocking with waves of rhythmic applause and cries of “We Want Elvis!” The crescendo mounted to a hysterical pitch when the stage lights came on.
The curtain parted and a blue jacketed master of ceremonies bubbled: “Bless your hearts, you’re going to get him.” That touched off another round of screaming.
Then the crowd booed and hissed intermittently as another act performed. Plainly they wanted Elvis.

In Person; In Purple
The master of ceremonies returned, fumbled through an introduction that no one cared to hear and then it happened.
Out of the curtains on the right emerged a broadly smiling Presley, garbed in a violet purple coat and black silk slacks. A guitar was draped over his shoulders as he slinked toward the microphone.
Instantly, the crowd was on its feet, screaming and waving. The front rows surged forward.
Presley continued to beam, wrestled the microphone toward him and suddenly burst into the opening notes of his most popular song “Heartbreak Hotel.”
That was more than the teenagers could take sitting down. On the left side of the auditorium, they rose in a body and stormed down the aisle, then stood screaming on the brink of the stage.
Presley gyrated wildly on stage, drawing louder screams each time he flicked a leg in hula dancer fashion.
Police Herd Them Back
Policemen scrambled down the aisle after the teen-agers and finally persuaded them to return to their seats.
The screaming never subsided during the rendition.
The notes came through only now and then, but it didn’t matter.


REALLY SENDS ‘EM – Elvis Presley “sent” these teen-agers “a-rockin and a-roll-in” while singing and shaking out one of his self-styled “hi want you, hi need you” songs. This front row scene was typical in the packed Robinson Auditorium last night. The ticket demand was so great that Presley presented a second show.
Arkansas Democrat Photo by Cranford  Little Rock Public Library

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Looking back: Elvis Presley visits Robinson Auditorium on May 16, 1956

May 16, 1957

Jailhouse Rock production

The Presleys lived at Audobon Drive, Graceland purchased on March 19.

May 16, 1959

Elvis Presley’s single “A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight” hit #1 in the U.K.


Military Service in Germany

May 16, 1960

Elvis Presley held on to #1 for a fourth week with “Stuck On You”.

G.I. Blues 

May 16, 1961

Blue Hawaii 

May 16, 1962

Girls! Girls! Girls! 

May 16, 1963

The Beatles appeared live on the national BBC TV children’s program ‘Pops and Lenny’, at Television Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush Green, London, in front of an live audience. The Beatles performed ‘From Me to You’ and a shortened version of ‘Please Please Me.’

May 16, 1965

The Beach Boys appear on The Ed Sullivan Show  performing their latest hit, “Help Me Rhonda”. Although all of the group sang on the record, only Carl Wilson (guitar) and Brian Wilson (piano and organ) played instruments on it. The rest of the music was provided by The Wrecking Crew, a group of Los Angeles studio musicians who would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

The Rolling Stones appeared with Chuck Berry on the television show “Hollywood A-GO-GO.”

Elvis signing autographs in Bel Air

Frankie and Johnny 

May 16, 1966

The Beach Boys released the album Pet Sounds in the US. The album is now regarded as the masterpiece of composer-producer Brian Wilson. To confirm this, Pet Sounds has been widely ranked as one of the most influential records ever released and has been ranked at No.1 in several music magazines lists of greatest albums of all time, including New Musical Express, The Times and Mojo Magazine. In 2003, it was ranked No.2 in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, (Sgt. Pepper’S came first). Paul McCartney picked it as one of his favorite albums of all time.

Bob Dylan’s iconic Blonde On Blonde album was released, reaching No.9 in the US charts and No.3 in the UK. Rock’s first double album, and Dylan’s seventh studio effort, it was recorded with Al Kooper, Robbie Robertson and Nashville country music session players, and had what Dylan later called ‘that wild mercury sound’.

The Beatles continued working on the George Harrison composition “Taxman,” which became the opening cut on their “Revolver” album. The initial recording was done on April 20 and the track was completed on June 21.

In Hollywood, Frank Sinatra recorded “Summer Wind.”

May 16, 1967

The Monkees‘ third LP, “Headquarters” was released. It was their first album recorded primarily by the four members of the group and would reach #1 in the US for one week before being relegated to second place for eleven consecutive weeks by “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

Elvis went to The Memphian to see Peter Sellers’ A Shot In The Dark.

May 16, 1968

At the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Tony Joe White recorded his composition, “Polk Salad Annie.” Billy Swan, singer of the 1974 hit “I Can Help,” produced the session. Elvis would open many concerts with his cover version.

May 16, 1969

Jack Cassady of Jefferson Airplane was arrested at the Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana for possession of marijuana.

Pete Townshend of the Who was arrested onstage after mistakenly kicking a New York police officer.

John Lennon, declared “an inadmissible immigrant to the US”, seeks a visa to visit America. Lennon’s standing visa was revoked by the US Embassy in London ten days before because of his drug conviction in November 1968.

1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel finally relinquished its spot at #1 on the Album chart after 10 weeks, falling to #2.  The winner was the great Deja Vu by Crosby Stills, Nash & Young.  McCartney, Paul’s first solo release, went from 14-3 with Hey Jude from the Beatles at 4 and Band of Gypsys (sp) by Jimi Hendrix coming in fifth. 

Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane was arrested for marijuana possession and for contributing to the delinquency of minors in Bloomington, Minnesota.

May 16, 1971

Back in the recording studio in Nashville for his upcoming Christmas album, Elvis and the band started to jam during a break. “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” of Bob Dylan went on for more than 11 minutes. Unfortunately Elvis lost his interest for the Christmas album afterwards and the band did 3 instrumental tracks.

May 16, 1973

The Carpenters released the single “Yesterday Once More”.

Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Shows.

May 16, 1974

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Room, Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada to tepid reviews..

May 16, 1975

Chuck Berry hosted a retro tribute on “The Midnight Special” on NBC-TV was a retro tribute hosted by Chubby Checker, and featured performances by Bo Diddley, Lesley Gore, the Drifters, Tymes, Angels, and Danny & the Juniors.

May 16, 1976

From Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis Tennessee released

1980

Paul McCartney released his “McCartney II” album.

Dr. George C. Nichopoulous is indicated in Memphis on 14 counts of over prescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and nine other patients.  Although he was acquitted in November, his case was reopened twelve years later and resulted in the revocation of his medical license.

1981

Former New Christy Minstrels member (with Kenny Rogers), Kim Carnes started a nine week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Bette Davis Eyes’, the singers only US No.1 and a No.10 hit in the UK. Carnes received a personal thank-you letter for the song from actress Bette Davis, saying that it had impressed her young grandson. Blogger Nina recalls Davis publicly not liking the song or knowing what it was supposed to even mean.

The double soundtrack album “This Is Elvis” hit #115 in the U.S. The soundtrack album was certified Gold on August 6, 2002 by the RIAA

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1983

Motown’s twenty-fifth anniversary on NBC TV  gathered The Temptations and the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles reunited for the show,  The Supremes (Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong) also reunited for the event and, appropriately, sang “Someday, We’ll Be Together.” Stevie Wonder sang “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.” It was the first time Michael Jackson performed the “moonwalk” for a live audience.

1984

Comedian/actor (Taxi, Heartbeeps, In God We Tru$t, God Told Me To) Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer at the age of 35.

1985

A royalty check for $6.5 million from sales of “We Are The World” was handed over to the USA for Africa Foundation by Columbia Records. The total raised would eventually exceed $50 million. Blogger Nina recalls -None of the charity was effective and corrupt governments and military groups took the money and the food aid.

1987

U2 started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart ‘With Or Without You’,  co-produced by Canada’s Daniel Lanois, the group’s first US No.1. The third track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree the song was the group’s most successful single at the time.

1990

Jim Henson, The Muppets creator who scored two US Top 30 hits with “Rubber Duckie” in 1970 and “Rainbow Connection” in 1979, died of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome at the age of 53.

Sammy Davis Jr. died of throat cancer at the age of 64. Davis was a member of The Rat Pack, along with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop and had several US Top 40 hits including “Something’s Gotta Give”, “Love Me or Leave Me”, “That Old Black Magic”, “The Candy Man” and his signature tune, “I’ve Gotta Be Me”.

Frank Sinatra famously got the mob to not murder Sammy for marrying a white woman.

Sammy and Elvis were long time friends, and appeared together on stage on the Frank Sinatra welcome elvis home special.

but Sammy’s most important tv and cultural appearance was on “All In the Family”

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Elvis Presley gift to Sammy Davis Jr. sold for $40,000 at Graceland 

1991

Ray Charles was inducted into the Atlanta Celebrity Walk.

1998

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards fell while reaching for a book of nude art in his Connecticut home. The fall breaks his ribs, causing the Stones to postpone many dates on their Bridges To Babylon tour.

2000

The Artist Formerly Known As Prince reverts back to the name Prince. Because his publishing contract expired December 31, 1999, Prince says his birth name was emancipated from “long-term restrictive documents,” and he could stop using the unpronounceable symbol he used to identify himself when he was committed to what he called “undesirable relationships.”

Britney Spears released her sophomore album, Oops!… I Did It Again. It included tracks like “Stronger” and “Lucky” as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones classic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and a recording of “Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know” co-written by Canada’s Shania Twain.

2007

Mike Love‘s lawsuit against fellow Beach Boys member Brian Wilson and the British newspaper Mail On Sunday was dismissed as being without merit. Love had sued over the free distribution of a 2004 CD that included the Beach Boys’ name and Love’s image.

Parma, Italy honored musical performers Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and John Lennon, by re-naming city streets after them.

2009

Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Together Through Life’, his 33rd studio album. The album received two Grammy Award nominations in Best Americana Album category and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance category for ‘Beyond Here Lies Nothin’. The album also is significant as the only album by Dylan to top the US and UK charts consecutively.

2010

Paul McCartney told Scotland’s Sunday Mail newspaper that he is convinced The Beatles would have reformed in recent years if all their members had survived, because they would have signed up for a reunion “just for a laugh”. He pointed out that the band was asked to reunite shortly after they split, but said “It wasn’t really a good idea then, but I think if this much time had elapsed, I could easily see it happening. Somebody would have said, ‘Oh go on. Just for a laugh.’”

Nina Notes – SNL Did.. they were all in new york…but it was the too soon until it was too late.

George Harrison

2017

all that orchestra was the wrong way to go for teenagers

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2018

Wednesday, May 16th Townhall to Discuss Updates on Elvis Presley Enterprises

Research Analyst, City Council LaKevia Perry from City of Memphis ·
Photo from Research Analyst, City Council LaKevia P.

Please Join Councilwoman Patrice J. Robinson and State Representative Joe Towns for a townhall meeting to discuss updates on Elvis Presley Enterprises on Wednesday, May 16th from 6-7:30pm.

The townhall will be held at Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Whitehaven Center, located at 1234 Finley.

For more information, contact Judy Milam or LaKevia Perry at (901) 636-6786.

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2020

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Jay Leno and Blake Shelton eat Elvis Presley’s favorite meal

CNBC–19 hours agoCountry star Blake Shelton and Jay Leno take a seat at the famous Formosa Cafe and eat Elvis Presley’s favorite meal! Catch the sneak peek …

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-beatles-songs-that-got-their-titles-from-ringo-isms-john-lennon-loved.html/The Beatles Songs That Got Their Titles From ‘Ringo-isms’ John Lennon LovedRingo Starr had a way with words like Yogi Berra did. And his patented ‘Ringo-isms’ ended up as titles to 2 classic Beatles songs.www.cheatsheet.com

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1951

Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf recorded one of his earliest sessions at Sam Phillips Sun Studios in Memphis. The session included his early classics “Moanin’ at Midnight” and “How Many More Years,” which would become both sides of his first chart single.

May 14, 1955

Bo Diddley’s tune “Bo Diddley” debuts on the US R&B chart, where it will stay for 18 weeks, climbing to #1. The song will become his most successful record and introduces what will be known as the Bo Diddley beat.

Elvis performed at the Shrine Auditorium, New Bern, North Carolina at 7.00 and 9.00 p.m.

May 14, 1956

Patti Page released the single “Allegheny Moon.”

“The Platters,” the group’s first album, was released.

Buddy Holly is fitted with contact lenses by Lubbock optometrist Dr. J. Davis Armistead. Although they cost him $125, Holly can’t get used to them and will revert to his trademark glasses.

Elvis performed at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, LaCrosse, Wisconsin at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m.

The program were promoted as a five-star variety show featuring Elvis, The Jordanaires, Irish tenor Frank Connors, the Flaim Brothers and Rick Flaim and his  Orchestra.

While a full house yelled like wild banshees at the floor shows acts that preceded the king of rock ‘n roll, Elvis himself was pacing nervously near the entrance to his dressing room, his guitar lying carelessly on the floor. “I’m always by myself before I go on,” he said. “I’m never assured. In Las Vegas, a while ago, it was really bad. There were a lot of movie stars there, and that made it even worse.”  Ten minutes later Presley stepped onto the stage, immediately the soft-spoken kid with the nervous laugh disappeared and Elvis turned into a purple-coated musical demon who belted out songs like his young life depended on it.”

May 14, 1957

Jailhouse Rock while working on the dance sequence in Jailhouse Rock, Elvis swallowed a cap from one of his teeth.

Taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung, and was released the next day.

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May 14, 1959

Cliff Richard’s first movie, “Serious Charge,” premiered in the UK.

May 14, 1960

The Silver Beats (John Lennon, Paul McCartney George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) performed at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. They played a few songs during the “interval” to audition for promoter Brian Kelly. Also appearing are Cliff Roberts & the Rockers, The Deltones, and Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes. This is the only occasion on which the group uses the name “Silver Beats”, quickly changing it back to “Silver Beetles”.

G.I. Blues 

May 14, 1961

Blue Hawaii

May 14, 1964

Jan & Dean began recording “The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena).”

Elvis finished his work on Roustabout with some more publicity stills.

May 14, 1965

The Rolling Stones, Boise, Idaho’s Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Byrds and the Beau Brummels appeared at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Frankie and Johnny  Elvis returned to Radio Recorders for overdubs from 5.00 to 7.30 p.m.

1966

Elvis’s 25th LP was the soundtrack album “Frankie and Johnny” hit #11 in the U.K. It peaked at 20 in the US; and It was certified Gold and Platinum on January 6, 2004

May 14, 1968

John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on NBC-TV’s Tonight Show , unfortunately, Johnny Carson was on vacation that week, and his guest host, sportscaster Joe Garagiola, had almost no idea what to talk about with the pair. At one point, he actually asked which one of the two was Ringo. The disastrous interview was cut short so as to give the appearance that the two Beatles had somewhere else to go.

Elvis had a meeting with Bob Finkel about his upcoming Christmas special and Elvis declared that he wanted the special to be something completely different from everything else he had done. He wanted everyone to know what he really could do.

May 14, 1970

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is in production

May 14, 1973

Elvis did Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Shows

1983

“Beat It” spent a third week at #1 for Michael Jackson.  David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” was #2, followed by “Jeopardy” from the Greg Kihn Band, “Overkill” by Men At Work and Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me With Science”.  The rest of the Top 10:  The former #1 from Dexys Midnight Runners, “Come On Eileen”, took position #6, Irene Cara had a monster hit moving from 13-7–“Flashdance”, Prince moved to #8 with “Little Red Corvette”, Laura Branigan entered the Top 10 with “Solitaire” and After the Fire hung on to #10 with “Der Kommissar”.

Thriller by Michael Jackson was #1 for a 12th week on the Album chart.

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The Elvis Presley single “Baby I Don’t Care” hit #61 in the U.K.

1987

Frank Sinatra, who had performed in South Africa in the past, publicly condemned the country’s apartheid regime and referred to President P.W. Botha as “a bum.”

1993

Duran Duran performed at Tower Records in Los Angeles in a show broadcast live to Tokyo, London and Sydney.

During an auction at Christies in London the acoustic guitar that Elvis Presley used to make his first recordings in 1954, ‘That’s All Right Mama’ and ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’, sold for £130,285, ($152,000). And four ‘Super Hero’, Costumes worn by the group KISS sold for £20,000, ($35,385).

1994

While visiting the Great wall of China, B.B. King was on hand to open the first Hard Rock Cafe in Beijing.

1998

George Michael pled no contest in the Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom. He was fined $810, given 80 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling.

Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. He enjoyed his first hit record in April, 1940 with “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” and went on to have over 30 US and 40 UK Top 40 singles, selling over 150 million records worldwide. His final entry on the Hot 100 had come in 1980 with “Theme From New York, New York”. He would be buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California on May 20th with a tombstone that reads The Best Is Yet To Come.

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2000

Tom Jones‘ album “Reload” was at the top of the UK album chart, making him the oldest artist (60) to ever score a UK #1 album with new material.

2002

As part of the fiftieth annual BMI Pop Awards at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard were presented with the Icon Award

The musical We Will Rock You opened in the West End of London, England at the Dominion Theatre. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and does the same. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown. WWRY has since become the longest-running musical at the Dominion Theatre.

2007

Bobby Darin was inducted into the Las Vegas Walk of Stars posthumously on what have been his 71st birthday. American singer, songwriter Bobby Darin. He recorded his first million-selling single, ‘Splish Splash’, in 1958 followed by the hits ‘Dream Lover’, ‘Mack the Knife’, and ‘Beyond the Sea’. He became politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy’s Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy’s assassination. In 1973, after failing to take antibiotics to protect his heart before a dental visit, Darin developed an overwhelming systemic infection (sepsis) and died on 20th December 1973 aged 37.

2015

Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist B.B. King died in his sleep aged 89 from a series of small strokes caused by type 2 diabetes. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, Rolling Stone magazine placed him behind only Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

2016

The Beatles‘ former press officer, Tony Barrow, who coined the term ‘The Fab Four’ to describe the band, died aged 80. Barrow represented the band between 1962 and 1968 and also wrote sleeve notes for their early albums, as well as the strip cartoon for the Magical Mystery Tour booklet.

2020

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Bryan Adams embarrasses Canada

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Singer Bryan Adams apologizes for coronavirus conspiracy rant – Entertainment – The Jakarta PostCanadian singer Bryan Adams apologized on Tuesday for a social media post in which he blamed bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards for the novel coronavirus.

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Melissa Etheridge’s son, Beckett, dies at age 21 – National | Globalnews.caRocker Melissa Etheridge said her son, Beckett Cypher, succumbed to an opioid addiction.

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The First Rock Riot

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Give us this day, May 13, our daily Elvis

May 13, 1955

Elvis performed at the Jacksonville Baseball Park  (renamed Wolfson Park) Florida.

Elvis Presley‘s performance in Jacksonville, Florida is the first Presley show at which a riot ensues: At the end of his performance Elvis said to the audience: “Girls, I’ll see you backstage”. This became a riot with fans pursuing Elvis into his dressing room and tearing off his clothes and shoes.

Elvis, Faron Young and Mae Boren Axton - May 1955
Elvis, Faron Young and Mae Boren Axton

Peter Guralnick in Last Train To Memphis wrote, “Almost immediately they were after him. The Police got him into the dugout locker room, where Mae and the Colonel were totaling up the nights receipts. Most of the other acts were backstage too Mae recalled, when the fans started pouring in through an overhead window that had been inadvertently left open. ”I heard feet like a thundering herd and the next thing I knew I heard his voice from the shower area, I started running and three or four policemen started running too and by the time we got there several hundred must have crawled in – well maybe not that many but a lot and Elvis was on top of one of the showers looking sheepish and scared, like What do I do? and his shirt was shredded and his coat was torn to pieces. Somebody had even gotten his belt and his socks.”

Reportedly, Tom Parker was convinced of the magnitude of Elvis’ popularity.

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Elvis performed at the St. Paul, MN St. Paul Auditorium  at 3.00 p.m.

“I Love You Baby,” Fans Cry– Teen-Age Girls Rock Auditorium While Elvis ‘Rolls’

By Allen W. Doerr, The St. Paul Pioneer Press

Elvis Aaron Presley, swarthy young singing idol of teenage rock and roll fans, held court for 26 minutes in the St. Paul auditorium Sunday.
There were no casualties.
Some 4000 present, mostly girls, greeted the 21 year-old former Tennessee truck driver.
They screamed, they cheered, they whistled, they clapped and they cried. Then they fought like demons for a touch or close-up glimpse of their king.
Another 4,000 persons, only slightly less exuberant, screamed and squealed through Presley’s evening show in the Minneapolis auditorium.
Youths lined up at the doors before noon. They bought photographs of Presley for 50 cents, 75 cents and $1.

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Presley, in nondescript black shirt and slacks slipped in a side door at 3:15 p.m. A dozen patrolmen held back the mob.
In his dressing room Presley admitted in his southern drawl that he doesn’t know how long his popularity will last. “Ah’m not worried. There were plenty of good ‘rock and roll’ men before I came along. “This is good. I hope it keeps on. Ah’ll keep working as long as it does.”

He signed autographs and posed for pictures and explained he hopes to try serious acting in movies. It would be a career to fall back on if the rock and roll boom fades, he said.
Outside the crowd was chanting “We want Elvis.” When he emerged in a Kelly green jacket and started for the stage, they began screaming again. Police formed a ring around the stage.
After the first words of his hit song “Heartbreak Hotel,” the noise of the crowd drowned out the music. Only the beat carried over the loudspeaker system.

“Over Here, Elvis”     “I Got A Woman . . .”

“You don’t need to know what he’s saying,” one girl shouted. “It’s just to look at him.”
Presley grabbed the microphone with both hands and tossed his head. He shook his shoulders in a motion that carried down through his body to his feet. He shuffled stiff-legged from side to side. He leaned his forehead on the microphone closed his eyes and twitched slowly through his body as he sang.

He threw his guitar from side to side and moved jerkily around the stage. The guitar gashed the side of his head and girls in the audience moaned and through their handkerchiefs to him as blood flowed.
“Over here, Elvis, over here,” a 13-year-old shouted falling on her knees pleading in the front row.
“I love you, baby I love you. I love you,” another girl chanted, tears streaming down her face.

Police formed a flying wedge to take Presley in a waiting car after the show, but the crowd broke through. The Kelly green coat was half torn off.
Two stowaway girls were waiting in the car. Police pushed one into the street and the car drove away.
“Hey,” screamed the girl. “My girl friend is in there.”
She stood in the street crying and the pouring rain matted her hair down around her face.

“Go, Man, Go”“. . . A Lonely Place . . .”

Eager for Elvis This eager group of teen-age girls huddled in front of Minneapolis auditorium Sunday afternoon. They were getting the jump on the horde expected to hear singer Elvis Presley, the new teen-agers’ king of swoon, at 8 p.m.  Several teens arrived at 6 a.m. and were questioned by a cautious squad car crew. Most came around noon; because their mothers insisted they get at least one hot meal. Kid stuff, huh? Well, two older women fans showed up early with the teen-agers. They thought Liberace was playing!
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Elvis signs Souvenir Programs for Timi Anderson, Suzie Olson, Dede Smith and Anna Skarning – May 13, 1956
Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical SocietyElvis performed at the Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Auditorium at 8.00 p.m.

Open Letter To Elvis PresleyBy Bill Diehl,  Motion Picture Editor

OPEN LETTER to Elvis Presley:
Dear Elvis:

Last Sunday we met you for the first time. Remember Sunday? It was a day of disappointments. The weather was disappointing. Your crowds both at the St. Paul and Minneapolis auditoriums were disappointing (a Twin Cities total of something like 25,000 was expected and the combined total was only about 6,000). And Elvis, we’re sorry to say it, but your act was disappointing.

This column has been quite a booster of yours. And we’re not giving up on you. Yet. We liked you because you dared to be different. and we liked you because we heard you didn’t drink or smoke. Knowing you were idolized by millions of kids, we thought you were setting a fine example.Image result for Elvis presley may 13, 1956

Texas DJ Bill Strength and Elvis in Minneapolis

Oh, we heard grown-ups make cracks about your sideburns but so what? And we heard that you looked like “one of those hoodlums.” Again, so what? Maybe the kids would let their sideburns grow, but also in setting an example — didn’t smoke and drink, maybe eventually the kids would ape you that way, too. And you’d accomplish something.

So we said, okay, come on, Elvis! We saw you, talked to you and were impressed by your courtesy and consideration and poise in the dressing room. You were generous with autographs and interviews. Your fingers showed no yellow stains, so we assume the stories about your not smoking are true. Your hair was long, sure, but neatly groomed. Even your fingernails were reasonably clean. Yes, you had pimples as some people cracked, but many at your age do. (I might be getting one on the end of my nose right now!)

But then, Elvis, we saw your act. And we were, in a word, disappointed. Somebody, probably an adult, has told you to wriggle around when you sing. Your actions, Elvis, were “low.” And you don’t have to be like that, boy. Your records are selling like crazy to kids who have never seen you but who like your singing style . . . free and uninhibited.

On stage, Elvis, you were nothing but a male burlesque dancer. Your gyrations were straight from strip-tease alley. Happily, you did leave your clothes on. Now, you flopped in Las Vegas because you were playing to adults who don’t dig you. some calculating adult booked you in there — and he was pushing you. You got the bounce.

Do you wonder why flops No. 2 in St. Paul and No. 3 in Minneapolis happened? Oh, they’ll blame the weather and Mother’s Day and anything else. We’ve been asking around, though, and I’ll tell you one big reason: Moms and Dads had seen you on TV and didn’t like your unnecessary bump-and-grind routine.


If more Moms and Dads had seen you, I bet not even the scattered 6,000 would have turned up. You disillusioned many of your fans needlessly. You set a fine example with your courtesy and by not smoking and not drinking. Why, Elvis, do you resort to your “Pelvis Presley” routine? You’d better drop it before more and more people drop you.

Of course, there’ll always be a few crackpots to screech: “Oohhh, Elvis” when you do your hip-wriggle bit. But by now you should know that in show-biz nothing grows in dirt. Clean it up and you’ll really clean up.

Hopefully, Bill Diehl

St. Paul, 1956 … An Open Letter to Elvis Presley – Elvis History Blog


Elvis backstage with Tupelo friend, Airman Edward Thornton, at the Minneapolis Auditorium
Elvis driven away from the Minneapolis Auditorium through the crowd

Elvis Presley | Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota | May 13, 1956

Elvis Presley : Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota : May 13, 1956

Lot Detail – May 13, 1956 St. Paul, Minnesota Elvis Presley Concert 

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May 13, 1957

Jailhouse RockPrincipal photography began on the jailhouse dance sequence.

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May 13, 1969

Led Zeppelin became one of the first major British rock group to appear in Hawaii, when they appeared at The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu. A review in the Honolulu Advertiser stated: ‘The showmanship exceeded any rock performance here to date. I wondered before the concert if Led Zeppelin could sound as good as their Atlantic album – they sounded better’.

The Beatles, now with beards and long hair, met at EMI House in London to replicate the cover of their first album for the cover of their current album project, “Get Back.” When that project evolved into “Let It Be,” the photograph was put aside until its eventual use for the cover of the compilation release, “The Beatles 1967-1970,” nicknamed the “blue album.”

May 13, 1970

The world premiere of The Beatles film ‘Let It Be’ took place in New York City. The film, which was originally planned as a television documentary, features an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last performance in public. Released just after the album, it was the final original Beatles release.

May 13, 1971

On his twenty-first birthday Stevie Wonder received all his childhood earnings. Despite having earned $30 million so far, he received only $1 million.

Media coverage of Elvis Backstage at Caesar’s Palace, or in Tom Jones’ suite in Las Vegas with Merv Griffin, Tom Jones and Norm Crosby on the evening of Sunday May 9, 1971

May 13, 1973

In addition to the Dinner and Midnight Tahoe Shows; Elvis performed at the Sahara Tahoe at 3.00 p.m.

This 3 pm show was a special Mother’s Day engagement to benefit a local hospital and was released on the Follow that Dream Collector label in 2003.

May 13, 1974

Elvis performed at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California.

FTD releases portions in 2020 ‘Elvis In California’ Double-soundboard Released as a 2-CD 5” digi-pak, this set features Elvis touring during May 1974. The shows, taken from the original soundboard tapes, feature unreleased concerts from Selland Arena, Fresno (May 12) and Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino (May 10 & 13).
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May 13, 1975

Listeners in Jacksonville, Florida knocked out phone service in that city while calling in to win tickets from a radio station to an Elvis Presley concert.

1979

The Donny & Marie Osmond television special A Little Bit of Country, A Little Bit of Rock ‘n’ Roll aired on ABC with guests Chuck Berry and Chubby Checker.

1985

Stevie Wonder was cited by the United Nations for his efforts against apartheid.

2005

CBS aired the TV special Elvis by the Presleys.

2008

The US Postal Service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honour of Frank Sinatra. The design showed a 1950s-vintage image of Sinatra, wearing a hat.

2020

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The Essential Memphis Library: Elvis Presley’s ‘Elvis is Back!’

The Daily Memphian–4 hours agoThe Essential Memphis Library: Elvis Presley’s ‘Elvis is Back!’ By Chris Herrington Updated: May 13, 2020 6:18 AM CT | Published: May 13, 2020 4:00 AM CT.

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