High School Graduation
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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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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‘Power of E’ gets local economy rockn’
Kevin Kane said he was really more a part of the Beatles era.
But for one week out of the year, the president of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau said he is a big fan of Elvis Presley - especially his fans.
“In my position now, I’m a huge Elvis fan,” Kane said. “I’ve seen the […]
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Overton Park Shell
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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i liked elvis when i was a kid in hi school and i am glad too hear he graduated,