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The Dick Clark / Elvis Phone Calls

When Dick Clark died two weeks ago, one fact revealed was that he never had Elvis on American Bandstand.  This actually is not too surprising.  Until August 1957, Bandstand had been just a local show on a Philadelphia TV station.  … Continue reading

Santa's Sack is Full of Elvis Christmas Pictures

It’s time once again to post ElvisBlog’s annual collection of images connecting Elvis and Christmas. Fortunately, creative fans keep coming up with new ideas and put them on the internet for us to enjoy. Continue reading

Elvis Santa Hats and Other Bad Ideas

Back in July 2010, ElvisBlog critiqued the items offered by EPE in their big summer sale, “12 Days of Christmas in July” . Some item drew praise, while others were blasted. Continue reading

Elvis & Money — Two Stories from Elvis & Nixon

Elvis fans know he always travelled with an entourage. Four, five or six members of his Memphis Mafia accompanied Elvis everywhere, and they took care of all arrangements and logistics of the trips. This included any expenses incurred, so Elvis never had the need to carry much money. Somebody else always handled it. Continue reading

The Evolution of Elvis Tribute Continues

Reference books state that Elvis gave performances in 79 cities in 1956. How many cities do you think hosted Elvis Tribute Artists in 2011? My guess is that it could be ten times that number. Continue reading

Elvis Presley to Become a Comic Book Hero

The above title was the heading of a recent news announcement on the official Elvis website, Elvis.com. The announcement heralded a new oversized coffee-table book called Graphic Elvis. Continue reading

Rupert Murdock's Tabloid World and Elvis

If you follow the news, you certainly know about the cell phone hacking scandal involving the British tabloid News of the World. The current issue of Time Magazine has a cover story that digs into the history of Murdock and his media empire. One illustration for the story was a shot of his six tabloid papers. When I saw that one of them was The Star, I remembered my collection of supermarket tabloids with cover stories about Elvis. Continue reading

Merry Christmas, Elvis

If you cruise the internet looking for Elvis photos to save, like I do, you can run into Elvis Christmas pictures at any time of the year. Then, at the end of each year, it’s nice to have a wonderful collection of new ones to share with you. So here is my 2010 Christmas salute to Elvis. Let’s call it “Christmas with the King.” Continue reading

Elvis and the Island of Misfit Gifts

Do you remember the Christmas video Rudolph: The Island of Lost Toys? I thought there might be a parallel in Elvisworld. Over the past fifty-five years, there have been many, many Elvis products introduced – and some were pretty crummy. I know, because I’ve received some of them as Christmas presents. So, if there was an Elvis Island of Misfit Gifts, here are some strange items that should be there. Continue reading

Elvis Mr. Potato Head, Part 2 and 3

Most Elvis websites and blogs noted the announcement of Elvis Mr. Potato Head back in June. Some were actually hostile to the idea, but I liked it and said so. I may be old, but I like my Elvis toys, and this is a good one. Continue reading