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Lisa Marie Presley opens new Elvis exhibit

NewsFeed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:32:20 +0000

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, gave visitors to Graceland an inside look at her life with the King of Rock 'n' Roll at his Memphis estate on Wednesday as she celebrated her 44th birthday with the opening of a new exhibit. The exhibit is called "Elvis... Through His Daughter's Eyes," and displays artifacts including Lisa Marie's baby footprints, tricycle, a ...

Elvis Presley’s ‘real daughter’ sues for $167 million

NewsFeed — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:05:12 +0000

NASHVILLE (AFP) - A Swedish woman claiming to be Elvis Presley's long-lost daughter has filed a US$130 million (S$167 million) lawsuit against his estate and relatives for defamation and emotional distress.

Elvis Presley’s ‘real daughter’ sues for $130M

NewsFeed — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:56:46 +0000

NASHVILLE - A Swedish woman claiming to be Elvis Presley's long-lost daughter has filed a $130 million lawsuit against his estate and relatives for defamation and emotional distress.

Elvis Presley Returns to Nashville, 1970-71, on ELVIS COUNTRY: LEGACY EDITION

NewsFeed — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:18:58 +0000

NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Elvis Presley series of Legacy Edition multi-disc packages continues its focus on important phases of the king's recording career at RCA Records. Forty years after its release in 1971, Elvis Country, an LP that found him getting back in...

Producer Jerry Weintraub reflects on his career

NewsFeed — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:59:16 +0000

For nearly two decades, Jerry Weintraub was one of the biggest powers in management. He managed Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Bob Denver. In the '80s he produced such hits as "Nashville," "Diner" and "The Karate Kid." Most recently he handled the "Ocean's Eleven" franchise.

Producer Jerry Weintraub reflects on his career

NewsFeed — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:09:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - For nearly two decades, Jerry Weintraub was one of the biggest powers in management. He managed Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Bob Denver. In the '80s he produced such hits as "Nashville," "Diner" and "The Karate Kid." Most recently he handled the "Ocean's Eleven" franchise.

Jerry Weintraub: How I Snookered Elvis Presley, Saved Sinatra

NewsFeed — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:53:15 +0000

For nearly two decades, Jerry Weintraub was one of the biggest powers in management. He managed Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and John Denver. In the '80s he produced such hits as “Nashville,” “Diner” and “The Karate Kid.” Most recently he handled the "Ocean’s Eleven" franchise.

Elvis Presley

NewsFeed — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:32:31 +0000

Young Man With the Big Beat by Lee Hildebrand Elvis Presley had been stirring up regional success for a year and half with his sides for Sun Records in Memphis when, on January 10, 1956, two days following his 21st birthday, RCA Victor Records took him into its Nashville studio where he cut a blues-imbued song titled "Heartbreak Hotel." A huge promotional push by the New York-based company ...

Elvis Presley’s Elvis Is Back Reissue Among New Releases

NewsFeed — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:47:36 +0000

A reissued and expanded version of Elvis Presley 's 1960 album, Elvis Is Back , is among the new albums released Tuesday (March 1). Presley recorded the album in Nashville just after leaving the Army. The double-disc release from RCA/Legacy Recordings also includes his 1961 album, Something for Everybody , as well as a dozen singles from the era.

Elvis albums: long live the King

dgray — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:14:42 +0000

When a person is in search of the Elvis albums, there are many sub categories to choose from. His music is considered country for some while others think it is the blues, pop and of course rock n roll. What is really not understood is that some of the king of rocks best selling music was his gospel tunes.

By one count there are over 91 albums currently on the market that contain Elvis Presley songs. 71 of them were released from 1956 to 1977.

The beginning of this long march of successful recordings was the Elvis Presley (Album). It was released on March 23, 1956 on RCA Victor label. Back then only mono was used so no stereo for you Hi-Fi lovers.

The music itself was created by Elvis on 4 separate occasions. Originally only the recordings from January 10 and 11 in 1956 at Nashville and then the January 30 and 31 recordings in New York were going to be used. It was decided before the album was to be released to include the earlier recordings that were done at the Sun Studio in Memphis. These were the songs that Elvis had performed on July 5, August 19 and September 10 in 1954 along with the songs from July 11, 1955.

This was Elvis’s first album, but the firsts did not stop there. This album climbed the charts until it sat at number one for 10 straight weeks. It became the very first Rock n Roll album to sit at number one. It also has the distinction of being the very first Rock n Roll album to sell over 1 million copies.

While all Elvis albums are great to listen too, this one is one of the top 500 albums of all times according to Rolling Stone magazine. He put his heart and soul into it for all of us to enjoy that will last for yours to come.

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