Elvis Week is over but not the memories of some of the week’s Elvis-themed parties, both serious and fun. Here, coverage of four of them.
Delicious memories
Elvis may have eaten his first jelly doughnut at Delicious Foods Bakery.
“Probably,” said Pat Booth, whose family owned the bakery that was across McLean from Snowden Junior High School. “He […]
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 […]
Larry Geller was Elvis Presley’s hairdresser, spiritual guide, on-staff confidante and the last person to touch him in the coffin when he fixed the King’s hair for the last time.
“That’s why I’m here today,” Geller testified, addressing an audience at the Memphis College of Art. He came prepared to tell secrets. His delivery was dramatic […]
North Main and Poplar was where Ellis Auditorium South Hall stood. It was the setting for Elvis’ graduation from high school June 3, 1953. (The site is now Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.)
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