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Elvis: The Early Years

Posted on November 14, 2010 by | Leave a comment

This is the front cover of the latest book of Elvis photographs by Alfred Wertheimer. His iconic 1956 photos of Elvis have appeared in several other books, DVDs, calendars, and more products than you can count. I had the good fortune to be selected by Al Wertheimer to write the forward for Elvis: The Early Years. Continue reading →

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FBI Investigates the Strange Elvis Pimple Scam

Posted on November 8, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Postscripts to Earlier Elvisblogs — 2

Posted on May 31, 2009 by | Leave a comment

With 287 articles now posted on ElvisBlog, it is pretty common to run into something on the web or elsewhere related to a topic we have already covered. Here are some interesting ones: Continue reading →

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STRANGE GOOGLE SEARCHES THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO ELVISBLOG

Posted on April 26, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Elvis fans seem to be interested in every facet of his life, including some pretty obscure ones. So, what do these folks do to satisfy their curiosity? They Google it, of course. Continue reading →

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Never Before Told ELVIS SECRETS

Posted on June 1, 2008 by | Leave a comment

How do you like that for a news headline? Or, perhaps you would prefer: “Elvis Revealed: Secrets of the King.” You get both in the October 3, 1978 edition of MIDNIGHT GLOBE, a classic example of supermarket tabloid journalism. Continue reading →

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ELVIS' FIRST COVERAGE IN THE PRESS

Posted on November 18, 2007 by | Leave a comment

Entertainment critics regularly panned Elvis early in his career, particularly in 1956, when he burst onto the national scene. Over the years, Elvisblog has contained prime examples of these unfavorable reviews from the New York Times, the Las Vegas Sun, and Time magazine. However, the very first press report mentioning Elvis was in his hometown newspaper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Continue reading →

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AL WERTHEIMER

Posted on September 17, 2006 by | Leave a comment

From ELVIS…THE MAGAZINE — 29th Anniversary Issue, August 2006
7 Days With Elvis, 4000 Photos, 50 Years Ago
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. The resulting photos captured the everyday Elvis, relaxed and off-guard during down times. Now, Al Wertheimer’s classic photos are the most esteemed collection of pictures of Elvis Presley ever taken. Continue reading →

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