- Every number one song on my birthday - My Birthday Hits
- Top 5 Songs of 1985
- What was Number 1 on my 14th birthday? Find out what song supposedly 'defines your life'
- 1954 - 1957
Elvis arrives in Los Angeles to begin a two-part screen test for Paramount Studios in Hollywood on the 26th and 27th. This particular broadcast of the show originates from the deck of the aircraft carrier the USS Hancock. Elvis signs a one-picture movie contract with Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures. The contract includes options for six more pictures.
Compared to the usual hysteria, Elvis has lukewarm acceptance for his two-week engagement at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. He is not exactly what the adult audience of Vegas gamblers relates to very well. Through all of this, the travel and personal appearances around the country and new Elvis recording sessions and releases continue.
The crowds get bigger and bigger, wilder and wilder. Elvis creates pandemonium wherever he goes. Among his selections is a playfully sensuous performance of "Hound Dog" that drives the kids in the audience wild and disgusts the press and some of the adult viewers.
It is one of his most controversial performances. This merely serves to fuel his seemingly unstoppable popularity even more. Traveling, personal appearances and new record releases continue. But the kids love it.
Among his performances this night is a much toned down version of "Hound Dog. Elvis good-nature goes along with it, but is not too happy about it.
Every number one song on my birthday - My Birthday Hits
The Elvis recording sessions, record releases and touring continue. The condemnation and controversy continues as well, along with the ever-growing popularity. Ed Sullivan, who had said that he would never have the likes of Elvis Presley on his show, changes his tune when he sees the big ratings that Elvis attracts to the Berle and Allen shows.
The Jordanaires, a gospel quartet and popular country back-up group, begin working with Elvis in the studio during his fourth RCA session and soon begin touring with him. They will also appear with him in several films and remain his main back-up group until the late sixties.
Character actor Charles Laughton hosts in place of Sullivan, who is recuperating from a car accident. Elvis Presley Day is proclaimed in Tupelo, Mississippi. He performs two shows at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, the same fair at which he had performed at age This time there are a hundred National Guardsmen surrounding the stage to control the crowds of excited fans.
Top 5 Songs of 1985
Licensees will soon be producing as many as thirty different products including hats, t-shirts, jeans, kerchiefs, sneakers, shirts, blouses, belts, purses, billfolds, wallets, charm bracelets, necklaces, magazines, gloves, bookends, a statue, lipstick, cologne, stuffed hound dogs, stationery, sweaters, crockery, and more.
Elvis and the Colonel are to blaze new trails in the area of celebrity merchandising. This is to be forever a part of the marketing of Elvis Presley, feeding a never-ending demand. The film has Elvis performing several songs. Elvis ends the pivotal year of his career, when regional popularity gave way to unprecedented national and international fame.
The year of has seen the beginning of Elvis souvenir merchandising, the beginning of a successful movie career, huge record sales five number one singles on the pop chart, two number one albums on the pop chart, and other hits , history-making television appearances, record-breaking personal appearances and more.
What was Number 1 on my 14th birthday? Find out what song supposedly 'defines your life'
Elvis has become the primary symbol of the new youth culture in America. Nothing will ever be the same for Elvis Presley or for the world. Ed Sullivan is the most influential person on television and one of the most powerful people in the television industry at the time.
Personal appearances, recording sessions, record releases, controversy and publicity continue. The article tells of bootleg recordings being cut on discarded X-ray plates and being sold in Leningrad on the black market for fifty rubles about twelve and a half dollars each, a lot of money at the time.
It will be ready for them to move into on May 16th, Elvis doesn't spend his first night in Graceland until June 26th, While touring with his show, Elvis performs outside the U.
Two shows are in Toronto on April 2 and two shows are in Ottawa on April 3. Elvis skips the premiere, but takes Anita and his parents to see a private midnight screening.
Hit records include early Elvis songs such as the title track and classic smash "Teddy Bear. Elvis performs in Vancouver.
This is the third Canadian city he has performed in and marks the last time he will perform a concert outside the United States. Elvis returns once more to the town of his birth to perform. He will donate regularly to the center for the rest of his life. It ends up being 14 for the year.
1954 - 1957
By , its earnings in the U. Elvis performs shows in Hawaii for the first time. This would also be his last public appearance before entering the Army. Memphis, TN See a Graceland property map. To find out who was reigning supreme on the Official Singles Chart on your 14 th birthday, simply enter your date of birth in our Official Chart archive.
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