"In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special ""Elvis"", which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, ""Aloha from Hawaii"". Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres,"
"Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the ""King of Rock and Roll"" or simply ""the King"". Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore"
"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."
"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"
"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 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"
"recordings has been variously calculated as 665 and 711. His career began and he was most successful during an era when singles were the primary commercial medium for pop music. In the case of his albums, the distinction between ""official"" studio records and other forms is often blurred. For most of the 1960s, his recording career focused on soundtrack albums. In the 1970s, his most heavily promoted and best-selling LP releases tended to be concert albums. TV concert specials Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one"
"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"
"time Presley would record in a studio. He last recorded at Studio C, Hollywood in 1972 where he recorded the gold records ""Burning Love"" and ""Separate Ways"". At this time, Elvis was 40 years old. He was accompanied by his then-current girlfriend, Sheila Ryan. In the 2005 FTD TODAY release from these sessions, Presley asked her to ""step up here Sheila, let me sing to ya baby"" on Take 1 of Don McLean's ""And I Love You So"". He continued to make ""And I Love You So"" and ""Fairytale"" a part of his live concerts until his death. On stage,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"during the twentieth century. The title was usurped by a Colombian Harra was featured in newspapers and magazines, and on national TV shows like Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson and Dick Clark. Johnny traveled internationally performing his ""Profiles of Presley"" show. He died on March 30, 2011, aged 64. Johnny Harra Johnny Lee Harra (born Harry Lee Lovett; July 11, 1946 – March 30, 2011) was an American Elvis impersonator. He began impersonating Elvis at the age of 11 and was cast as the 42-year-old Elvis in the 1981 docudrama ""This Is Elvis"". Harra, one of four actors to portray Elvis"
"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"
"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"
"Elvis Presley's death in 1977, Vernon Presley served as executor of his estate. Upon his death in 1979, he chose Priscilla to serve as the estate executor for Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie who was only 11. Graceland itself cost $500,000 a year in upkeep, and expenses had dwindled Elvis' and Priscilla's daughter Lisa Marie's inheritance to only $1 million. Taxes were due on the property; those and other expenses due came to over $500,000. Faced with having to sell Graceland, Priscilla examined other famous houses/museums, and hired a CEO, Jack Soden, to turn Graceland into a moneymaker. Graceland was"
"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 published hit song recorded at the earlier Graceland session and held over for this album. Also recorded at the February session was ""She Thinks I Still"
"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"
"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"
"reached number three on the Billboard album charts after his death, although it had already entered the top 40 before he died. This was the last album by Presley to reach the TOP 40. ""Moody Blue"" was also a number one album on the Country Albums chart. ""Moody Blue"" was issued in July 1977, and it peaked on the album chart after Elvis' death on August 16, 1977. RCA pressed the album on blue vinyl, to match the title track. Since colored vinyl pressings were relatively uncommon at the time, and they almost never occurred in a wide release, this"
"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,"
"Memphis Mafia The ""Memphis Mafia"" was the nickname given by rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley to a group of friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Elvis from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977. Several members filled practical roles in the singer's life. For instance, they were employed to work for him as bodyguards or on tour logistics and scheduling. In these cases Elvis paid salaries, but most lived off fringe benefits such as gifts, cars, houses and bonuses. Over the years, the number of members"
"An elderly man (Bruce Campbell) at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas is known to the staff as Sebastian Haff, but claims to be the real Elvis Presley. He explains that during the 1970s, he grew tired of the demands of his fame and switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff (also Campbell). He claims it was Haff who eventually died in 1977, while he, the real Elvis, lived in quiet, happy anonymity and made a living pretending to be himself. After a propane explosion destroyed documentation which was the only proof that he was actually"
"as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Tommy Steele, he moved in 1957 to the US, where he performed cabaret shows in the Catskills ""Borscht Belt"". He died in February 1961 of a heart attack at the age of 40, while touring in the West Indies. Lee Lawrence Lee Lawrence (born Leon Siroto, 1920 – 26 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s. He was born in Salford. Both his parents sang with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and at the age of 16 he went to Italy to study opera for three years. After returning"
"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."
"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"
"1977. Soon after his death, another TV special, ""Elvis In Concert"" is broadcast in the US. After Elvis' death numerous singles were re-released or remixed and released. Elvis experiences a resurgence in popularity after the release of “Elv1s 30 Number 1 Hits” CD and the ""A Little Less Conversation"" remix in 2002, the 25th anniversary of his death. In anticipation of the expiration of the European copyrights on Elvis’ early recordings, BMG re-releases many of Elvis’ singles on CD. ""Billboard"" begins publishing a European Hot 100 singles chart (EUR). Elvis Presley singles discography The discography of Elvis Presley starts on"
"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"
"a live recording of ""Don't Be Cruel"" due to copyright issues. With this DVD release, all 33 Elvis Presley movies (1956-1972) are now available on the DVD market. Elvis on Tour Elvis on Tour is an American musical documentary film released by MGM in 1972. It was the thirty-third and final motion picture to star Elvis Presley before his death in 1977. A follow-up to the 1970 release """", another musical documentary, this film followed Presley as he embarked on a 15-city tour of the United States in April 1972. ""Elvis on Tour"" also contains vintage footage of Presley's famous"
"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"
"Elvis) 1994, Alabama 2006. A version of the song by Clinton Ford appeared in the UK Singles Chart in October 1959, spending one week at number 27. Colombian performer Marco recorded a Spanish language version in 1986. On October 3, 1945, Elvis Presley sang ""Old Shep"" at age ten for his first public performance, a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Dressed as a cowboy, he stood on a chair to reach the microphone. He came in fifth place, winning $5 and a free ticket to the fair rides. At sixteen years of age, in 1951, he"