Elvis In The '60s

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Elvis Presley was a titan in popular culture, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in music across a wide range of genres. There’s a reason why it’s difficult to believe that he was a natural musician; it’s truly fascinating to learn about his journey from obscurity to one of the world’s most renowned guitarists.

April 3, Just two weeks after his first post army recording session, Elvis again boards a charted bus to return to Nashville. In the 1920s, Al Jolson had made this song popular, but Elvis was probably more familiar with a 1959 version of the song that was recorded by pop singer Jaye P. Morgan. She had borrowed her arrangement from a 1950 rendition by the Blue Baron Orchestra. It was Colonel Parker who urged Elvis to record 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' even though it was unusual for him to interfere with Elvis' choice of music. The song perfectly suited Elvis' new image as a mainstream pop singer. Elvis complained of the long sessions with photographers making movie publicity stills: 'I try to cut the time down to three or four hours, but sometimes you have to pose for six or eight. January 5, 1960 - Elvis is granted leave from January 5 to January 17, including permission to travel to Paris. Born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in the Netherlands in 1909, Elvis’s future manager immigrated illegally to America as a young man, where he reinvented himself as Tom Parker and claimed to be from West Virginia (his true origins weren’t known publicly until the 1980s). He worked as a pitchman for traveling carnivals, followed by stints as dog catcher and pet cemetery founder, among other occupations, then managed the careers of several country music singers. In 1948, Parker finagled the honorary title of colonel from the governor of Louisiana and henceforth insisted on being referred to as the Colonel.In Mexico, riot behavior in a theater showing “GI Blues” prompts the Mexican government to ban Elvis movies. Torn seats, broken windows and other damage is reported. November 21, 1962 August / September, Elvis records and films for his sixth movie, Flaming Star, a drama with limited music. Elvis plays the son of a white father and a Native American mother, torn between the two cultures in the 1800's. We’re remembering Scotty Moore, Elvis’ first guitarist and first manager. On Tuesday, he died at the age of 84. May 5: Elvis registers his only complaint about one of his singles, worrying that "It's Now Or Never" has a different mix than it had originally. October 24, Elvis accepts the Man of the Year Award 1960 from the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Arkansas State College.

Priscilla is captured by Life magazine waving goodbye, with the photo appearing in the March 14 issue and captioned 'The Girl He Left Behind'. Priscilla Beaulieu waves goodbye to Elvis, Germany, March 2, 1960.

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March 10, Elvis attends the Holiday on Ice Show at Ellis Auditorium and renewed several acquaintances he made the previous year when he saw the show in Frankfurt, Germany.

September 19: Elvis complains yet again about the mix on his latest single, this time "Are You Lonesome To-Night?" June 17, For the first time since leaving Germany in 1960, Elvis is reunited with Priscilla Beaulieu. She stays for two weeks at the home of Presley friend and custom car designer George Barris after endless assurances from Elvis to her parents that she will be respected and well cared for. With over 100 reporters and photographers in attendance, Elvis' commanding officer presents him with a certificate of merit citing his 'cheerfulness and drive and continually outstanding leadership ability'. At first I didn't notice it - it didn't hurt me at all - until one of the fellows told me the little finger was bent all the way over the other fingers'. No, it won't affect my strumming a guitar.Following his opening performance, Colonel Parker and hotel manager Alex Shoofey signed a contract scribbled on a restaurant tablecloth which, despite receiving many attractive offers from other Vegas resorts, Elvis dutifully honoured.

The romance and escape that went with these settings became an essential ingredient in the formula for Elvis' later movies. He returned to Hawaii to make (All ) Girls! Girls! Girls!and Paradise, Hawaiian Style and went to Florida to make Follow That Dream ; Girl Happy ; Easy Come, Easy Go ; and Clambake. The movies Fun in Acapulco , It Happened at the World's Fair, and Viva Las Vegas provide action in obvious places. The films Harum Scarum and Double Trouble offer fabulous adventures in distant countries. Elvis Presley : On the Train and arriving in Los Angeles California, April 20, 1960 to film G. I. Blues On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery. Elvis' bestselling single in the UK is It’s Now Or Never (with the Jordanaires), a song that spent eight weeks at the top in 1960-1961 and returned to the summit again in 2005 for a single week - 28 years after his death. To date, the ballad has sold 1.3 million copies in the UK alone.Taking second place on Elvis’s most streamed songs is 1969’s Suspicious Minds (11.5m), followed by Burning Love (7m). Interestingly, 1964’s Blue Christmas, which makes Number 40 in his sales chart, is his sixth most streamed song in the UK (6.2m), no doubt bolstered by the annual surge in streaming festive songs. Elvis Presley’s Official Top 20 most streamed songs POS The show also featured a montage of his recording and movie career using songs such as Guitar Man, Little Eygpt and Big Boss Man to link the scenes together, along with a section of gospel music, which Elvis introduces as a main influence on his career.