"Elvis In Concert RIAA Award"

Presented to Russell Davis to commemorate the sale of more than 1.000.000 copies of the RCA Records long playing recording Album "Elvis In Concert".

"C'mon Everybody Signed long playing recording album"

"Elvis  Red Trimmed White GI Karate Top"

Not t Elvis' Karate GI  including the famous TCB logo patch on the chest, the Crown patch with Fist on the arm and the school patch on the back of the GI from the school that Elvis belonged to! 

"D.J Fontana Signed Cheque"

This is an Original D.J. FONTANA/VIC WILLIS SIGNED CANCELLED CHECK DRAWN ON THE ACCOUNT OF CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE, MADISON, TN AT COMMERCE UNION BANK, CHECK NO. 1236 DATED September 1st, 1967. CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE WAS OWNED BY EDDY ARNOLD AND VIC WILLIS, OF THE WILLIS BROTHERS, GRAND OLE OPRY STARS. THE CHECK IS SIGNED BY VIC WILLIS AND ENDORSED ON THE BACK BY D.J. FONTANA, WHO WAS ELVIS PRESLEY'S DRUMMER.

Dominic Joseph Fontana (born March 15, 1931 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American musician best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley. Nicknamed "D.J.," he was employed by the Louisiana Hayride to be an in-house drummer on its Saturday night radio broadcast. In October of 1954 he was hired to play drums for Presley that marked the beginning of a fifteen year relationship. He performed on the NBC television special called Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special. In 1983 he published a book in pictorial form titled "D.J. Fontana Remembers Elvis" about his years playing with Presley.

"Floyd Cramer Signed Cheque"

This is an original  FLOYD CRAMER/VIC WILLIS SIGNED CANCELLED CHECK NO. 510 ON THE ACCOUNT OF CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE, INC WITH COMMERCE UNION BANK OF NASHVILLE. IT IS DATED 10/12/1965. EDDY ARNOLD AND VIC WILLIS OF THE WILLIS BROTHERS OPRY ACT OWNED CUSTOM JINGLES AND USED VARIOUS ARTISTS TO DO JINGLES. VIC WILLIS MADE THE CHECK OUT MISS SPELLING FLOYD'S LAST NAME AS KRAMER INSTEAD OF CRAMER AND IT IS SIGNED ON THE BACK BY FLOYD CORRECTLY.
Floyd Cramer was Elvis' pianist in the early 60's.

"Dottie West Signed Cheque"

This Is An Original  DOTTIE WEST/VIC WILLIS SIGNED CHECK DRAWN ON THE ACCOUNT OF CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE ON COMMERCE UNION BANK CHECK NO. 371 DATED MAY 9, 1963. THIS CHECK WAS FOR JINGLE WORK BY DOTTIE. CUSTOM JINGLES OF NASHVILLE WAS OWNED BY EDDY ARNOLD AND VIC WILLIS OF THE WILLIS BROTHERS GRAND OLE OPRY ACT. THE CHECK IS SIGNED BY VIC WILLIS AND ENDORSED BY DOTTIE WEST ON THE BACK. NOTE SHE WAS STILL MARRIED TO BILL WEST AT THE TIME.

 The RCA years Dottie West was one of country music's most popular female vocalists for more than three decades. She began her career in local venues in Cleveland, Ohio in the mid 1950s. She and her husband, steel guitarist Bill West, moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1959 and she began recording and making personal appearances with a number of major stars including Patsy Cline, who became her closest friend. It was not until 1963, however, that West's career took off when she signed to RCA Records. She made the top ten twice in 1964, a duet with Jim Reeves titled "Love is No Excuse" and a solo "Here Comes My Baby" which won her a Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. West would eventually earned 16 Grammy nominations including further Best Female Country Vocal nominations in 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, and 1974. West was also an accomplished songwriter, penning almost 100 songs including several of her own hits as well as "Is This Me", one of Jim Reeves' final hits during his lifetime. She earned three BMI awards for her songs. Dottie West's 1971 RCA album Careless Hands West remained with RCA through 1975, chalking up such hits as "Let Me Off at the Corner" (1965), "Would You Hold It Against Me" (1966), "Paper Mansions" (1967), "Country Girl" (1968), "Careless Hands" (1969), "If It's All Right with You" (1970), "Country Sunshine" (1973), and "Last Time I Saw Him" (also a pop and R&B hit for Diana Ross) (1974). "Country Sunshine" became her theme song and was used in a popular Coca-Cola commercial; the song won the 1973 Clio Award as the year's best advertising song. During the late 1960s, West recorded a series of duets with singer-songwriter Don Gibson. Their two biggest hits were "Rings of Gold" (1969) and "There's a Story Goin' 'Round" (1970). She moved to the United Artists Records label in 1976, where she changed musical directions. She exchanged her signature Nashville sound for a decidely MORE, pop-influenced sound.

After a series of modest hits with her new musical direction, her pairing with Kenny Rogers helped shoot West to new levels of superstardom. Starting in 1978, she and Rogers amassed five hit singles and two top 10 albums, as well as multiple awards including the Country Music Association's Duet of the Year award. West's solo work finally caught on by late 1979, reaching the top 10 for the first time in five years in December with "You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)." The follow-up release - 1980's "A Lesson in Leavin'" - was even more successful; the song was her first solo No. 1 hit. She reached No. 1 again in 1981 with "Are You Happy Baby" (1981). In 1981, age 48, Dottie West reached the peak of her career with two No. 1s - her solo "Are You Happy Baby" and another duet with Rogers in "What Are We Doin' in Love." The latter song was also their biggest pop hit, reaching the top 15 of the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart. Around this same time, West updated her image, trading in her conservative gingham checked dresses for a "sexier" look that included skintight spandex jumpsuits. At this time she went from being known as "Little Miss Fireball" to "Lady Airbrush" virtually overnight. She became overly excessive during this time with her wardrobe, designed by famed Hollywood fashion king Bob Mackie, and bought a Nashville mansion that included over five bedrooms, a ballroom with a stage and a bowling alley. Her electric bill was in the excess of thousands a month reportedly. West's daughter, Shelly West, also became a country music star during this period (her first hit was "Jose Cuervo" about the morning after drinking too much tequilla), and a number one hit duet with singer David Frizzel "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" but Shelly has not recorded since the mid-1980s [1]. Dottie West's recording career started a downward spiral with the release of 1982's "Full Circle", produced by her one-time protege Larry Gatlin which was poorly received. Her last record, "We Know Better Now", was released in 1985. Mounting debts forced the singer to file for bankruptcy in 1990. But citing a survivor-like attitude, West vowed to fight her way back to the top which she might well have accomplished had she not been in a car accident in August 1991, which claimed her life the following week. She is buried in her hometown beside her mother. [edit]West appeared as a guest in a Season 3 episode of The Dukes of Hazzard - "By-line, Daisy Duke."

Honeymoon In Vegas Award"

This is a certified RIAA GOLD SALES AWARD.
Sales of more than 500,000 copies of the EPIC soundtrack release "HONEYMOON IN VEGAS".

 The black wood frame encloses a double matte (one blue, one lavender), CD Cover Artwork, CD, Commemorative Plaque and RIAA Certified Sales Award HOLOGRAM. The artwork is placed so it "floats" above the the matte giving the award a 3 dimensional appearance. It was presented to "Glay Smith" a television industry executive who worked with the record company.

Tom  Jones Signed "Elvis VIP Ticket Reservation"

This ticket reservation was send to Elvis' long friend Tom Jones. As you can see it was for a VIP seat.

AA long friendship with Elvis Presley developed by mutual respect and admiration. Elvis would warm up his voice to Delilah before his own performances, and when "Green Green Grass Of Home" hit for Tom in 1966, Elvis himself would call radio stations repeatedly to request the song.

"Elvis Worn Cufflinks"

These Cufflinks were used by Elvis in the early 60's

"Girl Happy Signed Record"

The

"Wonderful World Of Christmas Signed By Elvis"

Elvis 1956 Memorabilia