"The Complete Elvis Presley Masters The Complete Elvis Presley Masters is a box set covering most of American singer and musician Elvis Presley's recording career, released on October 19, 2010 by RCA Records/Legacy Recordings. The box set contains 711 original master recordings as recorded during Elvis' lifetime and 103 additional rare recordings, contained on 30 compact discs. The set omits the recordings made for the 1977 ""Elvis in Concert"" TV special and album. This box set should not be confused with the Franklin Mint compilation ""Elvis: The Complete Masters Collection"", which does not contain the rare recordings and lacks the"
"using the commode and then had fallen forward, in that fixed position, directly in front of it. [...] It was clear that, from the time whatever hit him to the moment he had landed on the floor, Elvis hadn't moved."" Attempts to revive him failed, and his death was officially pronounced at 3:30 p.m. at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. President Jimmy Carter issued a statement that credited Presley with having ""permanently changed the face of American popular culture"". Thousands of people gathered outside Graceland to view the open casket. One of Presley's cousins, Billy Mann, accepted $18,000 to secretly photograph"
"eras died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about 50 million records, died on October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. In addition to the early 70s deaths, in 1970 bands such as Simon and Garfunkel broke-up as did the Beatles, over the next few years Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Everly Brothers and more. Statistically, Led"
"Elvis in Concert Elvis In Concert is a posthumous 1977 TV special starring Elvis Presley. It was Elvis' third and final TV special, following ""Elvis"" (a.k.a. ""The '68 Comeback Special"") and ""Aloha From Hawaii"". It was filmed during Presley's final tour in the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 19, 1977, and Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 21, 1977. It was broadcast on CBS on October 3, 1977, two months after Presley's death. It was transmitted by the BBC in the United Kingdom on June 9, 1978. Unlike the majority of Elvis' programs, it is unlikely to be commercially"
"In falling he had cut his face. Ioan P. Culianu was shot dead while on the toilet in the third-floor men's room of Swift Hall on the campus of the University of Chicago on 21 May 1991, in a possibly politically-motivated assassination. His killer has never been caught. Elvis Presley died when using the toilet. ""Most sources indicate that Elvis was likely sitting in the toilet area, partially nude, and reading when he collapsed."" According to Dylan Jones, ""Elvis Presley died aged fortytwo on August 16th, 1977, in the bathroom of the star's own Graceland mansion in Memphis. Sitting on"
"he would ""be willing to take a lie detector test, even by the FBI."" When Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, Ulysses Jones and Charles Crossby were the two paramedics on the scene at Graceland when it was reported to Memphis Fire Department's Engine House No. 29 that a person was having trouble breathing. Jones was also interviewed by Albert Goldman for his book ""Elvis"", he also appeared on several TV shows talking about that day. Ulysses Jones Jr. Ulysses Jones Jr. (born June 7, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee, died November 9, 2010) was an American politician and a"
"surroundings which were completely familiar and comforting,"" the room in question, 'The Jungle Room' being ""an example of particularly lurid kitsch."" On August 16, 1977, Presley died in the bathroom at Graceland allegedly of a heart attack. Elvis Presley lay in state in a 900-pound copper-lined coffin just inside the foyer while over 3,500 of Elvis' mourning fans passed by to pay their respects. A private funeral with 200 mourners was held on August 18, 1977 in the house, with the casket placed in front of the stained glass doorway of the music room. Graceland continued to be occupied by"
"My Farewell to Elvis My Farewell to Elvis is the 27th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1977, his first for MCA Records. It reached Number 6 on the Country album chart. The single ""From Graceland to the Promised Land"" reached number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart. The album is a tribute to the music of the late Elvis Presley, who died on August 16, 1977. He is backed by Roy Nichols, Ronnie Reno, and Mark Yeary of The Strangers. Haggard, who had previously recorded tribute albums to Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills, had"
"adults who grew up during the 1940s and early 1950s, and not the rock record-buying youth); his most successful hits of the decade were ""It's Impossible"" (1970) and the Don McLean song ""And I Love Her So"" (1973). Two of popular music's most successful artists died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about half a billion records, died October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling"
"Elvis in Concert (album) Elvis in Concert is the live album released by RCA Records in October 1977 in conjunction with the television special of the same name which featured some of the final performances of American singer and musician Elvis Presley. Videotaped and recorded in June 1977, both the special and album were broadcast and released on October 3, (the single ""My Way""/""America the Beautiful"" was released the same day) six weeks after Presley's death. The album peaked at No. 5 on the ""Billboard"" chart in late 1977. It was certified Gold and Platinum on October 14 and 3x"
"few hundred years. He had that level of magnetism. Astonishing to be a part of it! And to write for him, to try and express what I knew he was going through as a man, throughout that whole journey. I feel very lucky.' Ben Weisman, ""the mad professor,"" died in 2007 in Los Angeles, California, surrounded by friends and family. Ben Weisman Ben Weisman (November 16, 1921 – May 20, 2007) was an American composer significant for having written more songs recorded by Elvis Presley (fifty seven) than any other songwriter in history. The Mad Professor as Weisman was nicknamed"
"forced himself on her in his Las Vegas hotel room, telling her, ""This is how a real man makes love to a woman."" Separated on February 23, 1972, the Presleys divorced amicably on October 9, 1973, mutually agreeing to share custody of their daughter. Elvis had made another televised special called """" in January 1973, but after not seeing him for several months prior to the actual court hearing, Priscilla was bewildered by his physical appearance. She remarked on how swollen his hands were when she held them in hers. Less than four years later, Elvis died. After his death,"
"Elvis Presley singles discography The discography of Elvis Presley starts on July 19, 1954, with the release of his first commercial single, and ends in February 1978. Presley's final album, ""Elvis in Concert"", and final two singles, ""My Way"" and ""Unchained Melody"", although released after his death are considered part of the discographical canon as they were projects Presley himself knew about in the planning stages. All other releases are included in the posthumous sections, and obviously all compact disc box sets were also released after Presley's death. Without including album reissues, during this period of 1954 to 1978 American"
"region of Portugal. He died on 21 February 2004, of a heart attack, whilst fighting throat cancer. Les Gray Thomas Leslie ""Les"" Gray (9 April 1946 – 21 February 2004) was an English musician best known for his work with glam rock pop band Mud. Gray was also known for his distinctive vocal impersonation of Elvis Presley. Gray was born in Carshalton, Surrey, in 1946. He was a self-taught musician, and during his school years, he played trumpet with a jazz band, and then, with a younger brother, went on to form the skiffle unit, The Mourners. After leaving school"
"in 1952, Sam Phillips started Sun Records, a seminal early rock and roll and electric blues label. Among the artists who made their first recordings on Sun were Elvis Presley (d.1977, buried at Graceland in Memphis) ""the King of Rock and Roll"" (who had 18 number 1 hits in the U.S.), Johnny Cash (d.2003, buried in Hendersonville), Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Carl Perkins (d.1998), and Charlie Rich. Memphis-born jazz artists include clarinetist Buster Bailey, singers Alberta Hunter, Eden Atwood, Dee Dee Bridgewater, violinist Erskine Tate, bassists Moses Allen, Jamil Nasser, trumpeters Booker Little,"
"Radio Luxembourg in December 1981, Wesley later worked at Radio Orwell (based in Ipswich) and Capital Gold. Mark Wesley Mark Wesley (b. 24 January 1948, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English disc jockey. Born as Martin Wesley Cole, Wesley started his career on the offshore radio stations ""Radio Essex"" (using the name ""Mark West"") and ""Radio Scotland"" in the 1960s, but is best remembered working at Radio Luxembourg throughout the 1970s. He joined Luxembourg in May 1971 and was on the station for more than a decade. It was Wesley who announced the death of Elvis Presley in a news bulletin"
"Knnillssonn Knnillssonn is the fourteenth album by Harry Nilsson, released in July, 1977. ""Knnillssonn"" was his final album for RCA Records and Nilsson's personal favorite while recording it, as his voice had recovered from the damage done during the ""Pussy Cats"" sessions; his songs were more developed and his singing was in top form. RCA Records agreed and had prepared to promote the record heavily as a comeback album after his previous efforts were released with little notice and promotion and were mostly missed by the public. Shortly after the album was released, Elvis Presley died suddenly, at age 42."
"19 and 21 concerts are the last official live professional ones ever recorded of Presley alive, Vernon Presley, Elvis' father, recorded a message that was broadcast at the end of the special and included on the soundtrack album, in which he erroneously states that the performance featured was his son's last appearance; in fact Elvis made five more concert appearances after the filming of the special. Elvis' last concert was in fact on Sunday, June 26, 1977 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. No professional recording of this last performance has ever been issued, but bootlegs of amateur"
"Elvis Presley on film and television Elvis Presley (1935–1977) was an American entertainer who achieved initial success as a singer, expressing an early career goal of following in the footsteps of his role models James Dean and Marlon Brando to become a top dramatic actor. His manager Colonel Tom Parker's persistent lobbying of William Morris Agency president Abe Lastfogel for a Presley screen test paid off on March 26, 1956, when the singer auditioned at Paramount for a supporting role in ""The Rainmaker"". Although not chosen for the part, he signed a contract with Paramount producer Hal Wallis on April"
"Elvis sightings Elvis sightings are reported sightings of singer Elvis Presley following his death in 1977. The conspiracy theory that Presley did not die and instead went into hiding was popularized by Gail Brewer-Giorgio and other authors. The earliest known alleged sighting was at the Memphis International Airport where a man resembling Presley gave the name ""Jon Burrows"", which was the same name Presley used when booking hotels. A series of alleged sightings took place in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the late 1980s. Such reports encountered much public ridicule and became fodder for humorous publications like the ""Weekly World News"". Presley"
"Mark Wesley Mark Wesley (b. 24 January 1948, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English disc jockey. Born as Martin Wesley Cole, Wesley started his career on the offshore radio stations ""Radio Essex"" (using the name ""Mark West"") and ""Radio Scotland"" in the 1960s, but is best remembered working at Radio Luxembourg throughout the 1970s. He joined Luxembourg in May 1971 and was on the station for more than a decade. It was Wesley who announced the death of Elvis Presley in a news bulletin on the station in August 1977, the first reporting of the singer's death in Europe. After leaving"
"Elvis Presley (album) Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalogue number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10 of 1954, and on July 11, 1955."
"and roll icon Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presley's career leading to his death in 1977. However, there is an example of incontinuity seeing as the last song Presley performs at his 1970 concert is ""An American Trilogy,"" a song Presley himself did not release, or include in any concerts, until 1972. There is more than one version of this film: a version that starts with Presley's hair being cut when he was called up by the US army, and then death of his mother, with no scenes of his"
"group run by Scientologists, Presley expressed her view that parents should be informed about alternatives to drugs so they may ""make an informed choice about their child's educational and medical needs"". Presley officially defected from the church in 2016, though she had been experiencing growing dissent with Scientology as far back as 2008. After Elvis Presley's death at Graceland on August 16, 1977, his will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, executor and trustee. His fortune had dwindled to $5 million. The beneficiaries of the trust were Vernon, Elvis's grandmother Minnie Mae Presley, and his nine-year-old daughter Lisa Marie Presley, whose"
"There, he operated a general store and more recently has sought to popularize his theory that the American singer Elvis Presley, who died in 1977, is still living. Beeny was owner of The 50's Cafe, which was packed with 1950s memorabilia focusing mainly on Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Beeny also founded the Elvis is Alive Museum in his Wright City store space in 1992, and, in 2005, he published his book ""Elvis' DNA Proves He's Alive"". Beeny maintains a website dedicated to Presley and to his own museum at Elvis is Alive. Beeny has also resumed broadcasts of pre-recorded religious,"
"including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love Presley (""née"" Smith) in the two-room shotgun house built by his father, Vernon Elvis Presley, in preparation for the birth. Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered 35 minutes before him, stillborn. Presley became close to both parents and formed an especially"
"Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (also known as Christmas with Elvis) is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 6, 2017, by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. It is the third album recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, following ""If I Can Dream"" (2015) and ""The Wonder of You"" (2016), both of which topped the UK Albums Chart. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis from the albums ""Elvis' Christmas Album"" (1957) and ""Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas"" (1971)"
"up with the 1974 audio. The show always ends with Elvis' traditional show closer ""Can't Help Falling in Love"", and the traditional announcement of ""Elvis has Left the Building."" At the 1997 and 2002 concerts Elvis' former announcer Al Dvorin closed the show by saying ""Elvis has left for Graceland"". After a domestic tour (which ended with a show at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, IN, the site of Elvis' final live concert on June 26, 1977), the show went to Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 2002, a special 25th anniversary show commemorating the 25th anniversary of Presley's death"
"Thinks I Still Care"" as the B-side. Six months after ""Moody Blue"" topped the chart, Presley was dead. The song was recorded in February 1976 in the Jungle Room of Presley's Graceland home. The only time Elvis performed the song in its entirety was on February 21, 1977 at a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. He had attempted to perform the song February 20 at the same venue but revealed to the crowd that he had completely forgotten the song; he returned on February 21, lead sheet in hand, and performed the song with his eyes glued to the lyrics."
"1981, at the age of 46. Felton Jarvis Charles Felton Jarvis (November 15, 1934 – January 3, 1981) was an American record producer and singer. Jarvis was responsible for most recordings of Elvis Presley in the years 1966–1977. He also released his own singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, he was more successful as a music producer. He produced the first six albums by John Hartford, and the artists Tommy Roe, Michael Nesmith, Fats Domino, Jimmy Dean, Fess Parker, Charlie Pride, Carl Perkins, Skeeter Davis, Willie Nelson, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Maria Dallas, and Jerry Reed."
"sold 800,000 copies worldwide according to Legacy Recordings. The Wonder of You (Elvis Presley album) The Wonder of You is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 21, 2016 by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Abbey Road Studios. It also features a duet with German singer Helene Fischer. It is the follow-up album to ""If I Can Dream"" (2015), which was a commercial success, selling 1.6 million copies worldwide. Elvis's ex-wife Priscilla"
"free publicity around the world. Las Vegas would also become the self-proclaimed Entertainment Capital of the World. Of all the headliners to perform at the Hilton or the Flamingo, the most successful and spectacular was Elvis Presley. After a decade in the movies, he began performing in front of live audiences again in 1969 at the opening of the International (a few years later renamed the Las Vegas Hilton). He went on to star at the Las Vegas Hilton two months a year—performing two shows a night, seven nights a week—until shortly before his death in 1977. Presley set a"
"Blue"" was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with a selection of alternate takes. Moody Blue Moody Blue is the twenty-fourth and final studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in July 1977, less than a month before his death. The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the four tracks from Presley's final studio recording sessions in October 1976 and two tracks left over from the previous Graceland session in February 1976. ""Moody Blue"" was a previously"