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Search Results for: Wertheimer
Photos of Elvis Playing Musical Instruments — No Apps Required
It’s been a while, so I thought I’d check out elvis.com/news to see if anything going on would make a good ElvisBlog article. Most of the ‘news’ stories were uninspiring, but one did catch my eye. So, now you … Continue reading
Elvis Has Left the Building
The other day as I surfed the internet, I discovered that Frank Zappa once recorded a song titled “Elvis Has Just Left the Building.” What a bizarre combination – Zappa and Elvis. So I Googled it to see if I … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORY, IMAGES, Main Page
Tagged Al Dvorin, Elvis has left the building, Horace Lee Logan, Louisiana Hayride, Wertheimer
Andy Griffith and Elvis
Andy Griffith died on Tuesday, July 3 at age 86. Like all good Elvis fans, when I heard the news, I remembered that Elvis had appeared with him on The Steve Allen Show in 1956. They were in a … Continue reading
Posted in CDs / RECORDS, ELVIS and OTHER STARS, HISTORY, Main Page
Tagged Andy Griffith, Steve Allen Show
Elvis at the Clinton Presidential Library
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock has been opened for almost a decade. It contains 76.8 million pages of paper documents, 1.85 million photographs, and 75,000 artifacts. Included with all that important stuff are some pieces … Continue reading
Posted in AUCTIONS / MEMORABILIA, ELVIS and OTHER STARS, Main Page, MOVIES
Tagged Bill Clinton. jumpsuits, movies, paintings
Elvis and Nixon — More Variations on the Iconic Photo
Four years ago I posted “Variations on an Iconic Photo: Elvis Meets Nixon.” It was a photo essay showing some of the interesting things folks have created using Photoshop on the image we all know so well. The variations had … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORY, IMAGES, Main Page, THE MOST UNUSUAL ELVIS ARTICLES ON THE WEB
Tagged George Bush, Nixon, Photoshop, Ronald Reagan
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
Al Wertheimer and the Dreaded Tonto Bar
I received an unexpected e-mail this week. It was from Alfred Wertheimer, the most famous Elvis photographer and an interesting guy. He sent me a joke. Not just me. He had a blast e-mail list of folks he shared the … Continue reading
July 2011 Elvis Auctions — Part 2
Mid-September seems like an odd time to post a blog about an auction of Elvis items that took place back in July, but there have been reasons for the delay. Nothing big related to Elvis was in the news this week, so let’s look at some interesting Elvis things that changed hands at the auction. Continue reading
Posted in AUCTIONS / MEMORABILIA, Main Page
Al Wertheimer Reflects on Photographing “The Kiss”
No matter what network you watch the news on, you probably saw a feature two weeks ago about the newly revealed identity of the girl in “The Kiss,” Alfred Wertheimer’s iconic Elvis photo. She is Charleston, SC resident Barbara (Bobbi) Gray, who is now 75. “The Kiss” was photographed in 1956, so it took 55 years for her identity to be revealed. Continue reading
Posted in AL WERTHEIMER, Main Page
Elvis T-Shirt Review 3 — Summer 2011
The latest catalog of goodies from Elvis Presley Enterprises just came in, and I always check it out for new items that interest me (or make me laugh because they are so dumb). As usual, the Summer 2011 catalog had lots of new T-shirts, so I clicked on ShopElvis.com to see the entire assortment of available Elvis T-shirts. This has to be the best line Graceland has ever presented. Continue reading