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Elvis, Captain Marvel Jr and the TCB Lightning Bolt
Just about every Elvis fan know the story behind the letters TCB on his jewelry. Of course, it stands for Taking Care of Business, which was kind of a slogan for Elvis. However, do you know the origin of … Continue reading
Elvis Clothing at the Most Recent Auction
If you like to follow auctions of rock and roll memorabilia, some of the best are presented by Gotta Have It. Bidding ended March 25 on their Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction, and it contained about a hundred Elvis items. Continue reading
Posted in AUCTIONS / MEMORABILIA, Main Page
Elvis Scrapbooks — Part 1
Throughout his life, Elvis’ adoring fans expressed their devotion by attending his concerts, buying his records, joining fan clubs, and keeping Elvis scrapbooks. Continue reading
Special ElvisBlog Content This Week
Elvis music was the soundtrack for my teen years. Because of that, I can really appreciate a story written by one of my writer friends about a thirteen-year-old boy in 1958 who loved Elvis. The author is Bob Strother, an extremely talented writer of short stories, who will soon release his second book, titled Scattered, Smothered, and Covered. Bob’s book contains the story I mentioned. It is titled “Baby, Don’t Say Don’t,” and you alert fans will recognize that as the familiar repeated line from Elvis’ hit song “Don’t.” Continue reading
Writing With Wertheimer
Alfred Wertheimer is sometimes called the godfather of rock & roll photography, and he well deserves the title. As a struggling twenty-six year old free-lance photojournalist in New York City, Wertheimer’s good fortune gained him access to Elvis Presley during that first, heady flush of fame in 1956. Continue reading
Posted in AL WERTHEIMER, Main Page
Random Thoughts on the Remastered Elvis On Tour
Like many other Elvis fans, I headed to my local multiplex theater Thursday night to take in the “One Night Event” showing of the new and improved Elvis On Tour. My ticket cost $13.50, but I got my money’s worth. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Continue reading
Postscripts To Earlier ElvisBlogs — 6
It’s interesting how I regularly uncover pictures on the internet that would have made great illustrations for stories posted just weeks or months earlier. I guess that is the inevitable result of spending too much time cruising around looking for Elvis content. Continue reading
Dead Elvis, for Bassoon, Clarinet, and Trumpet
Some friends in my neighborhood went to a concert by our city’s symphony orchestra over the weekend, and the husband couldn’t wait to tell me the title of the last piece the orchestra played. It was “Dead Elvis.” Continue reading
FBI Investigates the Strange Elvis Pimple Scam
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. Continue reading
Star Trek Elvis Connection — Part 2
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. Continue reading