Graceland
Elvis purchased Graceland Mansion in March 1957, for $102,500. He put down $10,000 in cash, and got $55,000 in trade for the Audubon house.
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New Elvis Record
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 […]
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What if his beat went on? — Had Elvis lived to see 70, how might his career have continued?
The king of rock and roll moved easily from “Hound Dog” to “How Great Thou Art,” and, had he been resuscitated in 1977, a newly health-conscious Elvis likely would have moved closer to his gospel roots. That’s the one major consensus among a sampling of musicians and friends of Elvis.
What if Elvis had lived? He […]
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Assembly of God Church
Once the site of Assembly of God Church, which Elvis attended through 1954, and where the Blackwood Brothers Quartet and their families were members. Elvis would sneak out of Sunday services to go a mile down the street to East Trigg Avenue Missionary Baptist Church, to hear Rev. Herbert Brewster and the singing of Queen C. Anderson and the Brewsteraires.
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I have a question for someone who might know? I went to kindergarten at First Presbyterian Church on Elvis Presley Blvd. (or was it Hwy 51 then?) in the late 1960’s, probably around 1967 or 1968. I have thought about it since, though I have not been back, so it’s been 40 years. My memory is that the church was adjacent to Graceland to the south. It seems to me that from our playground behind the church, you could see up the hill to the backyard of Graceland? Perhaps a member of First Presbyterian from back then might know if my memory is good, or have I maybe remembered something else? Kind regards…
Injoyed the movies this week on Elvis month..although I was not born in the Elvis error.