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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Auction starts on eBay for Elvis’s favorite movie seats
Before Playhouse on the Square became a live theater, its theater was often Elvis Presley’s den of cin.
Cinema, that is. The King had his favorite seats down front in the former Memphian Theatre, 51 S. Cooper. (He sat in front because he didn’t want people turning around and watching him instead of the movie.)
Well, anything […]
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Ranch House
Elvis and his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, lived in this ranch-style house Elvis bought in 1956 for 13 months. Natalie Wood was a houseguest there four days.
i liked elvis when i was a kid in hi school and i am glad too hear he graduated,