Like many fans of the young Elvis, Fred Whobrey collected 45-rpm records, got a record player with Elvis’s signature on the case for his birthday and bought an Elvis toy guitar from Sears.
Those 1950s memorabilia are the most valuable and collectible today.
“Every time Elvis had a concert, Col. Parker would create some merchandise to sell,” […]
Portrayals of Elvis in his underwear, Elvis in the arms of the Madonna (the FIRST one, of course) and Elvis “eaten by ants” offended some of the entertainer’s fans and won’t be on public view this week.
A dozen photographs and pastel drawings of the late entertainer scheduled for display during the “Elvis 20/20: Past and […]
The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]
Some glue in the hair, some money for charity
Mike Mazza and his wife, Lisa, celebrated their first wedding anniversary Saturday night at the Elvis 50th Anniversary Special Dance Party at The Peabody. The Mt. Vernon, Ohio, couple were married at Graceland Chapel, Aug. 14, 2003. They have a son, Aron, whom they named after […]
Elvis, with Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass, performed one of his first live performances at Slim Whitman’s show July 30, 1954. “We were all scared to death,” Scotty recalled. “Elvis, instead of just standing flat-footed and tapping his foot, he was kind of jiggling. … With those old loose britches that we wore, you shook your leg and it made it look like all hell was going on under there.”
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