It’s the most reverential evening of the year for Elvis Presley fans.
Single-file crowds with anywhere from 3,000 people in an off-year to as many as 10,000 or more expected this year make the annual candlelight vigil the true pilgrimage for the Elvis faithful.
Bearing candles lit in honor of the dead King of rock and roll, […]
Elvis fans who claim the King of Rock and Roll really isn’t dead get their wish - sort of - when Presley appears, via video technology, at “Elvis in Concert ‘97.”
The interactive show, which synchronizes filmed footage of Presley with live performers, is the $500,000 finale of Elvis Week and the brainchild of Elvis Presley […]
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 […]
Pat Kerr Tigrett summed up Saturday night’s “Elvis Presley 25th Anniversary Celebration of Life Parade” on Beale Street: “The smiles were amazing,” she said.
Jack Soden, president and CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, had a smile on his face. “It’s the best time I’ve had since I grew up,” he said.
Pat, general chairman of the parade, […]
The Eagle’s Nest, part of the Clearpool entertainment complex, was a regular gig for Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black through 1954. That club burned down 45 years ago. The Americana Club was most recently at that corner.
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