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Sunday, March 21
So, Was "Hound Dog" A Number 1 Hit, Or Not?
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 21 Mar 2010 07:48 PM EDT
If you were asked to guess what Elvis’ ten biggest hits were, would you have “Hound Dog” on your list? Certainly. How about one of his five biggest hits? Very likely, as well. So, it may come as a surprise to you that “Hound Dog” was never credited as a Number 1 hit on the esteemed Billboard list generally considered the official word on this sort of thing. How can that be?
I asked myself that question when a recent article appeared on the Elvis-History Blog, written by my friend Alan Hanson. It was titled, “Elvis's #2 Recordings Help Make Him #1 on the Charts.” Alan started his wonderful blog two years ago. He read a number of ElvisBlog columns as part of his research in deciding to start his own site, but he did not go back to my June, 2007 article titled “Elvis – King of the Number 2 Hits.” So, in our efforts to come up with another new topic each week, we both thought of the same idea -- independently and years apart.
The weird thing was that Alan’s list of Elvis’ Number 2 hits and mine had different songs on them. We both agreed on four songs:
“Burning Love”
“Return To Sender”
“Can’t Help Falling in Love”
“A Fool Such as I”
I had two Number 2 songs in my blog that Alan did not:
“Wear My Ring Around Your Neck”
“Love Me”
And he had three songs in his list of Number 2 hits that I had at Number 1.
“Hard Headed Woman”
“Too Much”
“Hound Dog”
Here’s why this occurred. On August 4, 1958, Billboard magazine first published their Hot 100 chart, and it has continued for more than a half-century to be the industry standard for reporting hit songs. However, Billboard originally got into ranking the hits on January 1, 1955, when it started publishing three lists:
Best Sellers in Stores
Most Played by [Disc] Jockeys
Most Played in Juke Boxes
I found a complete copy of the January 26, 1957 issue of Billboard magazine on line, Here is a look at these three charts
These were short charts, containing just 20 or 25 top hits. Do you remember, in the movie Jailhouse Rock, what job Judy Tyler’s character had when she met Elvis? She went around and collected the statistics about song plays on jukeboxes. Although she was reporting to a record company, I imagine it was people like her who provided Billboard with the data they used to compile their Most Played in Juke Boxes chart.
On November 12, 1955, a little more than ten months after the first three lists were born, Billboard added a fourth: the Top 100 chart. Gradually, over the next few years, this became the most definitive list, because it generally reported the aggregate positions of songs on the other three lists combined.
By the time Billboard changed the name of the Top 100 chart to the Hot 100 chart in August 1958, the other three charts were either recently eliminated or would be soon thereafter. However, they lasted long enough to confuse the tally of Elvis songs that made it to Number 1.
Alan and I used different references to come up with our reports on Elvis’ Number 2 hits. He actually went to his local library and accessed the microfiche records for every weekly Billboard Top 100/Hot 100 chart from 1956 to 1977 and recorded the rankings of the Elvis songs. It took him almost a year to gather all this information. I simply used a book titled The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn. Every singer or group who ever had a hit is listed, along with a discography of their hits. In the book, Whitburn acknowledged that for the period 1955 through July 1958, the highest chart position indicated for each song was its highest on any of the four Billboard charts.
So, to determine the highest rank that Elvis’ early records reached, I referenced all of the Billboard charts. Alan referenced only the Top 100 chart, which is reasonable because it ultimately morphed into the Hot 100 chart that endures to this day.
 
Original 1956 Picture Sleeves
I wouldn’t argue adamantly about the proper top ranking for most of the records where Alan and I had it different, but I would for “Hound Dog.” As you may know, it was half of the biggest two-sided hit record in history. Depending on how you look at it, “Hound Dog” was on the flip-side of “Don’t Be Cruel,” or vice-a-versa. For this reason, Whitburn’s book went into great detail about how long both songs stayed at Number 1 on all four lists. “Hound Dog” was Number 1 for four weeks on the Jukebox chart and five weeks on the Stores chart.
So, I rest my case. “Hound Dog” spent nine weeks as Number 1 on two of the Billboard charts in operation during the period of its run. They were well-established charts that had over a year-and-a-half of pedigree behind them. In the summer of 1956, the Top 100 chart was only nine months old, and it is uncertain where it stood at that point in its ultimate elevation to top dog status. So, if a song achieved Number 1 then on any of the four charts, it should be enough to claim that rank. “Hound Dog” made it to the top on two of the charts, so that settles it for me.
If you aren’t convinced, call the folks at Graceland and see if they count “Hound Dog” as a Number 1 hit for Elvis. They will probably laugh that you would even have to ask.
Re-Release from 1959
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Sunday, March 14
Highlights of the Latest Elvis Memorabilia at Auction
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 14 Mar 2010 06:45 AM EDT
It has been a lot of fun following the most recent batch of Elvis goodies that were offered at auction. Bidding closed last Wednesday night on 278 Elvis items at the Gotta Have Rock and Roll Auction, and as usual there were several interesting developments. Let’s take a look at the hits and misses, as well as my choice for the biggest bargain..
Highest Bids: Although there was no jumpsuit headlining the offerings at this auction, Elvis’ clothing still attracted the highest prices, as usual. Winning bidders were able to purchase two items for the same price of $41,434. One was the denim jacket, pants and yellow shirt from the 1968 MGM movie Stay Away Joe. It had an expected price of $15-20,000, so it did considerably better than estimated.
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Denim Jacket, Blue Jeans and Yellow Shirt from Stay Away Joe
The other top item at $41,434 was the red suede jacket Elvis wore on the picture sleeves of two hit records: “Jailhouse Rock” and “I Got stung.” The jacket was expected to bring between $20-30,000, but beat that range handily. When auctions include pictures showing Elvis wearing the articles of clothing, it always seems to punch up the bidding.
  
Red Jacket on the Picture Sleeves of Two Hit 45s
Other Clothing: The next highest bid on Elvis clothing was for pair of black pants featuring brass stud work down the flared legs and a white silk shirt with pointed collar, circa early 70s. The auction site included a fuzzy photo of Elvis wearing these items which brought in a high bid of $18,681. This was followed by a kaftan trimmed with gold embroidery and beading. The bidding closed at $9,124, which was four times the estimate.
 
Black Studded Pants/White Silk Shirt Gold Embroidered Kaftan
So, we have two items of Elvis’ personal clothing, and one brought twice the price as the other. Why? I believe it was because the kaftan did not come with an accompanying photo showing Elvis wearing it. The item description says Elvis loved wearing kaftans and owned a number of beautiful ones. This may be so, but none of my thousands of Elvis pictures show him wearing one.
Jewelry: What would an auction of Elvis memorabilia be without rings and watches? He must have gone through many dozens of both in his lifetime. This time, a lucky bidder now owns Elvis’ 14KT gold ring featuring a beautiful huge crystal opal surrounded by diamonds. The auction site has a very fuzzy photo supposedly showing Elvis wearing this ring, but I couldn’t make it out. However, there is also a letter of provenance from Elvis’ wardrobe manager Richard Davis, so the ring brought in $20,060, more than double the estimate. It also had the most bids of any Elvis item in the auction.
 
Crystal Opal Ring 50s Elgin Watch
There were two Elvis watches in this auction, but the vintage Elgin watch above is the more spectacular looking. It went for just $10,560, well below the estimate of $15-20,000. Perhaps this is because Elvis was so taken with this watch that he purchased several of them to give away to friends. In fact, because of his fascination with this model, it became known by the name “Elvis” in the trade.
Biggest Busts: There were a number of no-bid items, indicating that Elvis collectors just weren’t willing to pay the minimum bids stipulated. Here is one that had a minimum of $35,000 and an estimate of $45-50,000. It is a set of never-before-seen 3D color slides accompanied by a 3D viewer. The item description says they were taken with a special camera at a February 1971 Elvis concert at the International Hotel in Las Vegas: “You literally feel that you can reach out and touch Elvis, an incredible experience. It is the closest you’ll ever get to seeing Elvis live. The 3D images truly capture his electrifying, high energy performance.”
3D Slides of 1971 Elvis Concert
Frankly, I am surprised EPE didn’t buy these slides. With their intent to provide more inter-active exhibits at Graceland, this would seem like a natural. Remember those old arcade machines where you looked in the viewer and saw 3D pictures? What fan would go to Graceland and not pay a few bucks to look at incredible, electrifying color images of Elvis in concert?
The next biggest no-bid item was Elvis’ 1956 contract with the William Morris Agency, which he signed in two different places. Nobody thought it was worth the $11,000 minimum, and that’s not a surprise considering the other auction item with two Elvis autographs on it. That is an insert from an American Airlines ticket envelope that Elvis signed on both sides for two young girl fans. It had a minimum bid of $800 and went for $3,019. I think this is a bargain because this came from the December 19, 1970 flight Elvis took to Washington, DC, to see President Richard Nixon.
 
I found one other no-bid item to be quite interesting. It is an 8x10 black and white wire service photo showing Elvis, Priscilla, and Lisa. Like many other Elvis photographs from news sources in this auction, this had a minimum bid of $100 and an estimate of $150-200, but there were no bids. The reason had to be that the photo is made up of three separate images that were cut out and pasted together. Look closely and you can see that the head sizes are not quite in proportion. Even decades before Photoshop, some newsmen were creating false photos.
Biggest Bargain of the Auction: I wish I weren’t so dedicated to not buying any more Elvis stuff, because I would love to have bought this lot. I’ve blown up the picture as large as it would go and counted the contents: 23 magazines, 4 tabloids, 8 TV Guides, 5 newspapers, 4 postcards, and 5 paperback books. In addition, there is a CD, a branch from a tree at Graceland (wrapped in cellophane), and a copy of Elvis’ will. Plus, there is a surprise in the mailing tube at the bottom, and the unidentified text at the bottom right. Only two people bid on this lot, and one of them got all this cool stuff for $300.
© 2010 Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister All Rights Reserved www.ElvisBlog.net
Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
For the best in souvenir-quality Elvis magazines, click on this logo and find out about the new Elvis International.
Thursday, March 11
Caption Contest # 20 -- NO Winner
by
Phil Arnold
on Thu 11 Mar 2010 05:56 AM EST
For the first time since I started doing the Elvis Caption Contest, we have no winner. In fact, there were no submissions. Apparently, this publicity still from the movie The Trouble with Girls stumped everybody. I thought I'd give it a try, too, but this one is really tough. The photo for the next Caption Contest will go back to Elvis in real life situations. No more staged images in period costumes with props.
Sunday, March 7
Elvis in the Army -- By the Numbers
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 07 Mar 2010 05:49 AM EST
It’s a natural for Elvis websites and fan magazines to do something to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Elvis’ discharge from the Army on March 5, 1960. But, what could you do that would be different. How about a list of significant (or at least, interesting) numbers relating to his two years in the Army?
0:
The number of Elvis hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts during the period from October 5, 1959 to March 27, 1960. Elvis had recorded a number of songs before entering the Army, and these were released about one every three months during his tour of duty. When “A Big Hunk O’ Love” went off the charts, there was nothing left in the vaults. Finally, after Elvis returned from Germany and recorded new material, “Stuck on You” broke the long draught and shot up to Number 1. The King was back.
8:
The number of times Elvis had to carry his duffel bag up the gangplank to the USS Randall before departing for Germany. There were so many news film crews and photographers there to record the event, that seven extra takes were necessary to accommodate them all.
13:
The number of cents royalty Elvis received for each copy of the album Elvis Sails, which contained no music, just his press conference with newsmen at New York harbor before entering the USS Randall.
14:
Priscilla Beaulieu’s age when she met Elvis in Germany in 1959. Her birthday is May 25, 1945.
25:
The last birthday Elvis celebrated while in the Army (January 8, 1960). Two months later he was out of the service.
55:
The number of reporters witnessing Elvis getting his Army haircut at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas on March 25, 1958.
170:
Elvis’ weight when he was discharged from the Army. Two years earlier, when he started his service, he weighed 185 pounds.
1,289:
The dollar total of out-of-pocket cash spent for a trip Elvis took to Paris in January, 1960 while on leave. The hotel and transportation costs were paid separately. Accompanying Elvis on this six-day vacation were Joe Esposito, Cliff Gleaves, Lamar Fike, and karate instructor Jurgen Seydel. Elvis picked up the whole tab, which would equal $9,336 in 2010 dollars. Over 2/3 of the money was spent in night clubs. It sounds like Elvis and the guys had a lot of fun.
1,500:
The approximate number of screaming fans who greeted Elvis leaving the USS Randall after it docked in Bremerhaven, Germany on October 1, 1958
3,000:
Pieces of mail sent to Private Elvis Presley at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas during the few days he was stationed there. It has not been reported how many letters Elvis received at Fort Hood, Texas, where he did his basic training.
5,000:
Miles that Elvis was away from Anita Wood. In an October 28, 1958 letter, less than a month after he arrived in Germany, he referred to himself as a “lonely little boy 5,000 miles away.” He also wrote he would never love anyone in his life as much as he loved her and he looked forward to their marriage and “a little Elvis.”
Anita Wood visiting Elvis at Ft. Hood
25,000:
The dollars Col. Parker demanded from Life magazine for a cover feature story it wanted to do on Elvis’ return from the Army. This backfired, as Life dropped the idea.
60,000:
Total copies of Elvis Sails that were sold. The mini-album contained just 5-1/2 edited minutes of Elvis’ embarkation press conference.
100,000:
Sympathy cards and letters Elvis received after his mother’s death on August 14, 1958. Gladys Love Presley was 46 years old. Elvis had arrived to Memphis from Fort Hood two days earlier to be by her side.
1,001,728:
Elvis’ income in dollars for the year of 1958, nine months of which he served in the Army. He paid $360,000 income tax that year.
Elvis’ Army pay was a bit less than $1 million a year
18,000,000:
The total number of records Elvis had sold in his career to date, as reported in Billboard magazine just two days before he flew out of Germany to end his Army career. He would sell a lot more.
© 2010 Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister All Rights Reserved www.ElvisBlog.net
Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc
Sunday, February 28
Viva Elvis -- Sorting Out the On-Line Reviews
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 28 Feb 2010 05:14 AM EST
At 8 AM on the morning after Viva Elvis had its official opening performance in Las Vegas, I Googled Viva Elvis to see what the entertainment critics had to say about the reworked Cirque du Soleil show. For two months, there had been many reviews panning the initial trial presentations of Viva Elvis. I was hoping the bugs had been worked out and the critical review would be positive.
Believe it or not, Google found over 2 million results for my search. On the first page of these, there was a selection called “News results for Viva Elvis,” and you could click on links to fifty different articles. As a service to ElvisBlog fans, I checked out every one of them. Here are my choices for the five most interesting, and they come at the subject from substantially different directions.
Best Look at Costumes and Backstage:
I liked the Lights, Vegas, Action blog of Vegas.com for several reasons. The text by Kristine McKenzie was organized into four categories: The Cast, The Music, The Costumes, and The Acrobatics. There is also a video showing snippets of several dance numbers as well looks at some costumes and other backstage stuff. And finally, there is a gallery of nine still shots plus three more in the body of the article. Click on the picture below to go to this informative site.
Most Glowing Review (and most intellectual):
I was a bit surprised to read the review on the Time magazine website and find it so complimentary. Time columnist Richard Corliss used his considerable writing talents to praise Viva Elvis using adjectives like spectacular, fantastic and ecstatic. I love the way he says that Cirque du Soleil shows are to the typical Broadway shows what Avatar is to the 1933 King Kong. Corliss tends to write in a scholarly manner, and he incorporates a lot of words we regular folks don’t use in everyday conversation. I’ll share the ones I had to look up, so you won’t have to do it, too. Éclat (striking effect). Hagiography (worshipful biography), Oeuvre (body of work), Oneiric (relating to dreams), Terpsichore (choreography), Caconical (recognized/accepted), and Chorines (chorus girls). You will enjoy this review, so click this picture to go to it.
Best Videos about Viva Elvis:
CNN.com has a good article by KJ Matthews on its website. I liked the analysis of how Viva Elvis differs from the Cirque show Love about the Beatles. There are actually three videos you can check out, and two are good. “A Look at Viva Elvis” covers the theater, the specially-built stage, set pieces, and backstage activity. You may have already seen this video on the Elvis Insiders website. I also liked “Sneak Peak at Viva Elvis,” which has excerpts of Priscilla’s interview on the Larry King Live TV show. The last video is titled “Elvis, Obama, and Vegas,” but you can skip it unless you want to hear President Obama doing damage control over his recent slam at Las Vegas. Click on the pink Caddy below to link to this site.
Best Description of the Elvis Songs Used in the Show:
There almost 40 Elvis songs used in the show, either in their entirety or in medleys. The deepest discussion of the music in Viva Elvis is found in the show preview on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website. Columnist Mike Weatherford has been writing regularly about Viva Elvis for two months, and this time he interviews Musical Director Erich van Tourneau. It is revealing when van Tourneau discusses trying to keep Elvis moving artistically – trying to imagine how Elvis would do his hits today. There is no video and only two photos. Click on the one of van Tourneau below to read the interview.
Most Detail About What is in Viva Elvis:
As you may know, Cirque du Soleil is Montreal based enterprise, so it is no surprise that the Montreal Gazette would cover Viva Elvis on their website. Columnist Pat Donnelly has written a lengthy article covering (in sequence) just about every element of the show. I don’t know how anyone could read his piece without yearning for a trip to Vegas to see Viva Elvis. Because there are no photos accompanying the article, here’s one I picked for you to click on to go to it.
© 2010 Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister All Rights Reserved www.ElvisBlog.net
Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Sunday, February 21
Sergeant Elvis A. Presley
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 21 Feb 2010 04:36 AM EST
We can assume Elvis was very proud of his promotions during his two years in the Army. He was promoted to Sergeant in February 1960, so let’s commemorate the 50th anniversary of this event with a look at his rise through the Army ranks. more »
Sunday, February 14
Happy Valentine's Day, Elvis
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 14 Feb 2010 09:54 AM EST
Valentine’s Day is the holiday of love, so my original plan for this blog was to present a photo montage of Elvis kissing girlfriends, fans and movie co-stars. However, accumulating enough pictures to do this right has been a slow process, so look forward to seeing it in 2011. For this year, here is a photo essay of different images that connect Elvis and Valentine’s Day. more »
Saturday, February 6
ElvisBlog's 5th Birthday -- A Look Back at the First Elvis Blogs
by
Phil Arnold
on Sat 06 Feb 2010 06:24 AM EST
On January 30, 2005, the first blog devoted to Elvis made its debut. Five years and 800,000 hits later, ElvisBlog rolls on. There have been many changes, so it’s fun to go back and look at the first three articles that started things off. more »
Saturday, January 30
Postscripts to Earlier ElvisBlog Columns -- 4
by
Phil Arnold
on Sat 30 Jan 2010 08:36 AM EST
It’s been four months since the last Postscripts, and lots of interesting photos have cropped up that relate to earlier blogs. Here’s a look at several of them. more »
Saturday, January 23
75 Reasons We (Still) Love Elvis
by
Phil Arnold
on Sat 23 Jan 2010 01:32 PM EST
Like all of you, I am a big Elvis fan who recently celebrated his 75th birthday on January 8. Perhaps you had an experience like I did on that day. A number of friends sent me e-mails telling me to check out Elvis links on the web they thought would interest me. You got some, too, didn’t you? more »
Sunday, January 17
What Elvis Would Look Like at 75
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 17 Jan 2010 06:24 AM EST
In a picture of old Elvis from a 2008 ElvisBlog article titled “Fun With Elvis on Photoshop – 2,” Elvis looked really good.
Unfortunately, that is not the case with most of the other depictions of 70 or 75 year-old Elvis that have appeared on the web. more »
Thursday, January 14
Happy Martin Luther King Day, Elvis
by
Phil Arnold
on Thu 14 Jan 2010 03:18 PM EST
Monday, January 18, is the day we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday. I think Dr. King deserves his recognition, but I think Elvis does, too. more »
Sunday, January 10
Elvis' Grandchildren Cut 75th Birthday Cake
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 10 Jan 2010 06:40 AM EST
In the last ElvisBlog article, we looked at the sketch of the winning design for the special Elvis 75th birthday cake to be unveiled at Graceland on January 8. I promised to show a photo of the actual cake as soon as it was available. Well, here it is, and there is a big surprise. Cutting the cake are Riley and Ben Keough, Elvis' oldest grandchildren. more »
Thursday, January 7
Cakes -- Elvis' 75th Birthday Photo Review
by
Phil Arnold
on Thu 07 Jan 2010 05:50 AM EST
I’m going to have fun checking out what a number of my favorite websites do to celebrate Elvis’ 75th birthday. I’m sure there will be some great retrospectives and well-written eulogies. That’s fine, but I’m not going to get so serious about it. Let’s just start with the official Graceland 75th Birthday Cake and expand from there. more »
Sunday, January 3
Music: The Year in Review -- 40th Anniversary Edition
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 03 Jan 2010 06:15 AM EST
I was mulling over possibilities for a good year-end review to write about, and for a second, I thought of reviewing the year’s music. But, that would be ridiculous. I have no idea what’s going on in popular music today. more »
Wednesday, December 30
Happy New Year, Elvis
by
Phil Arnold
on Wed 30 Dec 2009 06:01 AM EST
Thanks to Charmain Jenson Voisine for creating this photo and allowing Elvisblog to display it.
more »
Friday, December 25
Merry Christmas From Elvisblog
by
Phil Arnold
on Fri 25 Dec 2009 06:07 AM EST
Merry Christmas, Elvis more »
Wednesday, December 23
A CHRISTMAS EVE POEM
by
Phil Arnold
on Wed 23 Dec 2009 04:35 AM EST
Jean Pyle from Hawthorne, New Jersey was able to rewrite the classic poem "The Night Before Christmas." She was kind enough to include me and this blog in the message, and I am proud to present it here. I hope you enjoy, "'Twas the Night Before a Blue Christmas 2009" by Jean Pyle. more »
Sunday, December 20
A LOOK AT ELVIS' CHRISTMAS ALBUMS
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 20 Dec 2009 04:12 PM EST
You’ve probably been listening to Elvis Christmas songs for the past three weeks or so. Do you know how many he recorded? The answer is twenty. more »
Wednesday, December 16
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IGNORES TCB BOYS AGAIN
by
Phil Arnold
on Wed 16 Dec 2009 09:14 PM EST
The Rock & Fall Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2010 inductees today, and for some reason, they skipped the Sidemen category. This means that Jerry Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, Glen D. Hardin and John Wilkinson will have to wait at least another year to join TCB band leader James Burton in the Rockhall. more »
Tuesday, December 15
OPENING NIGHT - VIVA ELVIS
by
Phil Arnold
on Tue 15 Dec 2009 06:26 AM EST
The long awaited opening of Cirque du Soleil's new show VIVA ELVIS is just three days away. On Friday, December 18, 2000 fans will file into the specially built theater at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to view this wonderful tribute to The King. more »
Saturday, December 12
THE TINY ELVIS-HEAD CHALLENGE
by
Phil Arnold
on Sat 12 Dec 2009 07:26 PM EST
I have grumbled here before about small Elvis toys, dolls, figurines, etc, that do not look like Elvis. However, I keep hoping someone will meet what might be called the tiny Elvis-head challenge more »
Sunday, December 6
IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC ELVIS
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 06 Dec 2009 08:15 PM EST
My son gave me Rolling Stone – Cover to Cover,a four-disc DVD set showing every page of every issue of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2007. more »
Sunday, November 29
WHAT HAPPENED TO ELVIS PRESLEY'S CASINO ?
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 29 Nov 2009 05:49 AM EST
Below is a snapshot of a page on the website CasinoOnline.co.uk. On November 20, they posted the column below: "What Ever Happened to Elvis Presley's Casino?" more »
Sunday, November 22
GUEST COLUMN
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 22 Nov 2009 05:31 PM EST
Your Elvis blogmeister is in the middle of a busy week leading up to Thanksgiving, with two different groups of relatives coming to stay for a few days. So, it is time to take it easy and share with you an interesting Elvis article posted by my friend Ty at www.TheFilmFrontier.com. more »
Sunday, November 15
HAT TRICK of ELVIS STORIES
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 15 Nov 2009 05:06 AM EST
If you have been a reader of ElvisBlog for some time, you know I like to follow the Elvis auctions and the general memorabilia auctions that include some Elvis goodies. more »
Sunday, November 8
FBI INVESTIGATES THE STRANGE ELVIS PIMPLE SCAM
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 08 Nov 2009 06:57 PM EST
If you folks read Elvisblog hoping to find some new things about Elvis, this week you’ll get a really good one. I will bet you don’t know anything about the South African self-described doctor who threatened to blackmail Elvis and who had his plans thwarted by the FBI. more »
Thursday, November 5
CIRQUE du SOLEIL ANNOUNCES VIVA ELVIS NAME SELECTION
by
Phil Arnold
on Thu 05 Nov 2009 12:40 PM EST
As speculated here on September 18, Cirque du Soleil has chosen Viva ELVIS as the name of their new Las Vegas show. more »
Sunday, November 1
STAR TREK ELVIS CONNECTION -- PART 2
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 01 Nov 2009 05:11 AM EST
Laurel Goodwin was the biggest omission in ElvisBlog’s original “Star Trek Elvis Connection”. She played Laurel Dodge, Elvis’ love interest in Girls, Girls, Girls. more »
Sunday, October 25
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, ELVIS
by
Phil Arnold
on Sun 25 Oct 2009 05:40 AM EDT
A Parade of Elvis Pumpkins more »
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