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Elvis Movies 50th Anniversary Pictorial – Viva Las Vegas: 1964
Since October 2009, ElvisBlog has run 50th Anniversary Pictorials each time an Elvis movie reached that historical milestone. Looks like EPE saw the value of these tributes and decided to celebrate...
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Graceland Opened to the Public 32 Years Ago
As you can see in the above poster, Graceland opened to the public on June 7, 1982. Last Saturday was June 7, 2014, thirty-two years later, and my original plan was to post an ElvisBlog article on...
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Getting the Elvis Photos Organized
filed in “Young Elvis Photos” During 2008, the third year of ElvisBlog’s existence, photos became a major part of each new post. There are literally zillions of Elvis photos on the internet, and if you...
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Winners and Losers at the Latest Elvis Auction
Perhaps you saw something on the news last week about Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to “Like a Rolling Stone” selling for $2 million dollars at auction. It happened at the Sotheby’s auction shown...
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Happy 4th of July, Elvis
Back in 2009, I posted the first ElvisBlog pictorial salute to Elvis on the 4th of July. It was supposed to be an annual thing, but I notice I skipped last year for some reason. Notice how Elvis has...
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If Elvis’ Planes Leave Graceland, What Replaces Them?
I assume every Elvis fan has heard by now about EPE telling OKC, the company that actually owns the Lisa Marie and the Hound Dog 2, to make arrangements to remove them from the property by April 26,...
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After 37 Years, National Enquirer Headlines Presley Plastic Surgery Again
This is the July 21 issue of the National Enquirer. When I saw it on the stand at the grocery store check-out line, I thought “big deal, this story has been around for years on TV entertainment shows...
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The Auction at Graceland – Pregame Show
If you watch any of the morning shows on the networks or cable news channels, you have seen Priscilla promoting the upcoming Auction at Graceland. If not, you probably have received emails about it....
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Elvis Week’s Best Kept Secret
Have you ever heard of the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center in Memphis? If you a member of an Elvis fan club, you probably have. If you are just an Elvis fan with no club affiliation, perhaps not....
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Too Pricey to Sell at the Auction at Graceland
August 16 is the apex of Elvis Week, so a blog article posted on this date usually celebrates Elvis’ legacy and marvels at how the fans come back to honor him each year. Unfortunately, this theme has...
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The Auction at Graceland — Postgame Show
We looked at the losers last week, so now it is time for the winners. I’ve followed dozens of Elvis auctions over the years, and there is no question that having this one at Graceland was a brilliant...
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The Movie Theater: One Building Elvis Will Never Leave — Part 6
Have you noticed how Elvis continues to loom so large in American pop-culture? One significant example of this is his presence in a dozen or so movies every year. Not necessarily as a character, but...
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Elvis Scrapbooks — Part 6
From time to time I acquire an old Elvis scrapbook. I keep hoping to find one started by a fan back in 1956 when Elvis took over the world. However, what seems to be more common are scrapbooks by fans...
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Elvis Allusions in Commercials
If you watch much television you certainly have seen the new ad for Heineken Beer set to the music of a remix of Elvis’ hit “Bossa Nova Baby.” In it, a guy embarks on a search for a mysterious...
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Elvis’ Fabulous Rings — Part 4
I don’t know how many rings Elvis owned in his lifetime, but ElvisBlog has reported on 33 of them so far in the first three parts of this series. Here are nine more. Horse Head/Horseshoe Ring This...
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Long Live Digital Elvis
Hey, what are they doing to Elvis here? There was no narrative in the You Tube video containing this shot, so we don’t know the technical details. What we do know is that some Brazilian digital...
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The Elvis Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Did you see this announcement on Graceland.com a couple of weeks ago? I’m going to enter it, and maybe I’ll win the $100 prize. Too bad I didn’t enter the first Elvis Pumpkin Contest back in 2012 when...
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Eight Years of Al Wertheimer Stories on ElvisBlog
Al Wertheimer Holding “The Kiss” If you regularly follow other Elvis websites or blogs, you probably already know about the passing of Alfred Wertheimer, the iconic photographer who snapped over 4,000...
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Elvis and the Top Ten Halloween Costumes
On October 19, USA Today featured an article about all the money Americans spend each year on Halloween. They showed a list of the top ten best-selling adult costumes according to the National Retail...
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Graceland’s Elvis Pumpkin Contest Winners Announced
No, this is not the the contest winner. It is the ElvisBlog entry. Because there were actually three winners, the best I call it is the unofficial 4th place winner. Here are the top three: This...
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