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My American Bandstand Story

Posted on April 19, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Elvis Presley never appeared on American Bandstand.  In fact, Dick Clark has said that anybody who was significant in the first two decades of Rock and Roll appeared on American Bandstand, except Elvis, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.  So … Continue reading →

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Priscilla, Lisa, and John Travolta

Posted on February 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

  The other day I stood in the supermarket checkout line and spotted the February 6 issue of the tabloid National Enquirer.  Lisa Marie and John Travolta were side-by-side on the cover, just above the headline “Divorce Shocker: Whose marriage … Continue reading →

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You Ain’t Nothin’ But A … Golden Retiever?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

All good Elvis fans are familiar with him singing “Hound Dog” on the Steve Allen Show in 1956.  After all the fuss Elvis caused performing the song on the Milton Berle Show, Allen made Elvis dress up in a tux … Continue reading →

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Eric Bana — A Good Choice for Elvis & Nixon Movie

Posted on November 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

On October 24, the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that a movie would be made about Elvis’ 1970 meeting with President Richard Nixon at the Whitehouse. Within 24 hours, the story was on dozens of websites and media sources. Continue reading →

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Baby, I Don't Care — Some Jerry Leiber Stories

Posted on August 27, 2011 by | Leave a comment

If you read other Elvis websites, you already know about the death of songwriter Jerry Leiber. The other sites informed you that Leiber and his partner Mike Stoller wrote more than a dozen Elvis hits, including “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “King Creole.” For ElvisBlog, I thought it would be more fun to tell you some Jerry Leiber stories. They all involve my favorite Elvis song, which happens to be written by Leiber & Stoller. Continue reading →

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Al Wertheimer Reflects on Photographing “The Kiss”

Posted on August 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Elvis Presley to Become a Comic Book Hero

Posted on July 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Rupert Murdock's Tabloid World and Elvis

Posted on July 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Two Recent Celebrity Deaths — The Elvis Connections

Posted on March 2, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Elvis’ exalted position in the entertainment industry made it possible for him to meet many celebrities in his lifetime. When I run across photographs of Elvis and other stars, I save them in a file for future use. Continue reading →

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Live Like Elvis — For $25,000 per Month

Posted on February 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Recently, Jade Mills, a California realtor specializing in large estates, posted a new rental listing on her website. It was 1174 N. Hillcrest Rd, which you knowledgeable fans will recognize as one of the homes Elvis lived in while filming movies. Continue reading →

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