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SHE'S NOT A BRIT LIKE ELVIS.

AS Britney Spears unravels before our eyes, some people have glimpsed the ghost of Elvis Presley, in all his sad decline.

I can't see it myself. Although Elvis was in bad shape near the end of his short life, the great man never really made a public spectacle of himself as Britney did when she was angrily waving around her umbrella like Disgusted of Beverly Hills.

Elvis put on the pounds. He sometimes forgot the words to the songs that made him famous, and he was so far gone that he thought the lapse was amusing. He often looked lost in a thick fog of drugs and medication.

But Elvis never looked as clinically barmy as Britney did when she was raving outside her ex-husband's house with her umbrella and her gym clothes and her shaven head.

Elvis died at 42. Still in her mid-20s, Britney may look 42, but that is where all similarity ends. By the time Elvis entered his decline, he had changed popular music like no one before or since.

What he effectively did was smash down the racial barriers that kept music in ghettos.

Before Elvis, there was black music and there was white music and there was country music and there was urban music. After Elvis, there was only music. And he was beautiful too. Like Muhammad Ali, Presley's looks were somehow inseparable from his great gift. Elvis and Ali had to look like that - all that speed, all that fire, all that passion. They could look no other way.

You will notice that Elvis impersonators rarely try to look like the man as he did in 1956 or 1968. They impersonate sad, fat, dying Elvis, because it is impossible to replicate The King in his prime and all his pomp and glory.

Fat, mad and bald she may be, but Britney Spears is no Elvis Presley. As she enters her own lonely decline, the poor girl is more like Danny DeVito in one of his angrier roles.

This summer it will be 30 years since the death of Elvis Presley and in my house we will mourn him by playing Viva Las Vegas at top volume.

Will the wicked world mourn Britney Spears even 30 months after her death?

After 49 years of marriage, Richard O. Mitchell understood his wife, Rena, very well, but he never did understand that thing she had for Elvis Presley.
"She was a real nut on that," he said. "I have no idea how she got so fanaticized over him. I used to tell her, 'When you go, I'm going to junk all that stuff,' and she'd say I better not."

Mrs. Mitchell died Feb. 24 at an Indianapolis rehabilitation center. She was 69. The thousands of students pushing their lunch trays through the cafeteria line at Warren Central High School for about 30 years never suspected Mrs. Mitchell, the friendly head cashier, was such an Elvis devotee. Mrs. Mitchell knew the words to Elvis' songs and played Elvis CDs, but she knew better than to ask her husband to grow his sideburns long or add a spangled jumpsuit and cape to his wardrobe.

"She was a top-notch fan," her husband said. "She adored him and she loved him, but she wasn't a teeny-bopper over him, if you know what I mean. "It was kind of one of those things that happened, and I went along with it. I didn't have any choice."

He went with her to an Elvis concert in Indianapolis, but he mostly concentrated on leaving in time to get to his job by midnight. He retired in 1990 as a general supervisor at Ford's engine assembly plant in Indianapolis. "Rena had boxes of Elvis memorabilia stored in the garage," Mitchell said. "I have no idea what to do with it. I don't know why anyone would want it."

The Mitchells met on a blind date in 1953. "We went to Riverside Park to ride the rides. That was the place to go. I was a perfect gentleman on that date. I wasn't going to push my luck." She made an immediate impression: "She struck me as a person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. It was a gut feeling. She was what you might call my first love." After their daughters had graduated from Warren Central, Mrs. Mitchell took a job washing dishes in the cafeteria kitchen.

"She kind of hit it off with the boss and became a cashier and then head cashier," her husband said. "She loved her job and she loved the kids. Knowing her, I'm sure she helped out if a student was a little short, but she was a bulldog if someone tried to steal something. She went after them and caught them." She retired in 2004.

Services will be at noon Friday at Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, 9606 E. Washington St., with calling there from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Other survivors include daughters Kim Pope and Pam Broschart and a brother, Roy Hensley.

Elvis meets Shakespeare - sort of -in the jukebox musical "All Shook Up" opening today at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati. "All Shook Up" is part of the recent genre of musicals that takes the songs and/or music of a singer or musical group and builds a story around the material. The most successful and artful in the jukebox form was "Movin' Out," in which Twyla Tharp set some rousing dances to Billy Joel's music. Most popular and more forced is "Mamma Mia," in which ABBA songs are squeezed into a contrived romance.

Now, from last season on Broadway, comes "All Shook Up." But don't expect an Elvis stage biography, says its star Susan Anton. "It's a delightful piece," she said. "It takes place in about 1955. It uses a great many of Elvis' songs." The roster of 24 Presley songs includes "Love Me Tender," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "It's Now or Never," "Blue Suede Shoes" and, of course, the title song.

" 'All Shook Up' is not about Elvis, "which is always important for people to know," Anton said. "They're not going to come and see a show about Elvis, but they're gonna hear his music," explained Anton, a former Miss California (1969) and second runner-up for Miss America. "It takes place in a fictional town in the middle of nowhere where nothing ever happens. Everybody is heartbroken.

"Enter our motorcycle-riding, leather-jacketed, guitar-playing roustabout played by Joe Mandragona. His name is Chad in the piece. "He's not Elvis, but he has an Elvis-like resemblance."

2007/02/28 The Cincinnati Post / www.epgold.com

Volume 43 of the Norwegian Flaming Star magazine comes with a promotional CD entitled "Playing for keeps" which contains four tracks; "Playing For Keeps", "Love Me", "How Do You Think I Feel" and "How´s The World Treating You".

All tracks recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on September 1, 1956.

Hello:

I wanted to share this with you.

Tonight, I attended the annual Home Theater Forum's An Evening with Warner Home Video. You can ask them about upcoming DVD releases.

I was able to ask them a question in regards to Elvis - here's the transcript:

<RichTCB> Hello. I’m a fan of Elvis Presley. Many fans around the world and I want to know: are there any plans for a single or multi disc package of the concert documentaries, “That’s The Way It Is” and “Elvis On Tour, with unreleased concert and rehearsal footage? Thank you.

<WARNER> We have huge Elvis news.....We cannot announce all the plans now, but we will have a big announcement to make in a few weeks. Stay tuned to HTF for further details. ELVIS fans are going to be VERY VERY HAPPY!

So there we have it. Looks like something is planned ... and we'll know more soon !

A new five-part series In Search of the Perfect Pop Song starting tonight on BBC Radio 2 features songwriter Mac Davis, who penned In The Ghetto.

In this documentary Davis relates the story of how he got the song to Elvis’ attention – by following him into the toilet!

The series starts tonight and is presented by Guy Chambers, the Ivor Award winning songwriter behind some of Robbie Williams hit records.

''Elvis® Rock 'n' Roll Ride for Life'' Benefiting the American Diabetes Association.

Historic First Official Elvis Presley® Motorcycle Ride Begins and Ends at Elvis Presley's Graceland on April 22, 2007.

Limited edition Elvis Presley 30th Anniversary Signature Collection Harley-Davidson® Motorcycles to be unveiled during the festivities.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) is pleased to announce the new Elvis Rock 'n' Roll Ride for Life benefiting the American Diabetes Association, which will begin and end at Elvis Presley's Graceland, the legendary superstar's home in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 22, 2007. This event for motorcycle enthusiasts will serve as a fitting homage to Presley's passion for motorcycles and to his lifetime of generosity to individuals and charitable causes.

Festivities at Graceland will include the unveiling of the limited edition Elvis 30th Anniversary Signature Collection Harley-Davidson® motorcycle produced by Graceland® Harley-Davidson, a branch location of Bruce Rossmeyer’s Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson.

By offering three levels of participation ranging from $50.00 - $300.00, riders and their passengers can choose from a variety of experiences for the 100-mile escorted ride and the weekend’s events.

Activities can include a VIP event and pre-ride party at the Gibson Guitar Beale Street Showcase, ride staging at the steps of Graceland Mansion, tours of the Gibson Guitar Factory and Graceland Mansion, a post-ride party with food, beverages, and live music on the Graceland visitor center property, special commemorative gifts, and much, much more. A special highlight will be the unveiling of the limited edition Elvis Presley 30th Anniversary Signature Collection Harley-Davidson® motorcycle, painting and sculpture, which have been created in tribute to Elvis in this, the thirtieth anniversary year of his passing.

The Elvis Rock 'n' Roll Ride for Life benefiting the American Diabetes Association will depart the Graceland properties at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, 2007, with the highest level of participants officially kicking off the ride from the front steps of Graceland Mansion.

Interested individuals can get detailed information and sign up for the ride by going to www.elvis.com/ride or by calling1-901-682-8232 or 1-888-DIABETES, extension 3121.

To receive Elvis.com e-newsletters and alerts and updates about the Ride, visit http://www.elvis.com newsletters.

The Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show, where Elvis made his first live performances since 1961 is celebrating its 75th year. In 1970, Elvis’ six-shows at the Houston Astrodome attracted an audience of over 200,000, where he was also presented with gold records for the two albums From Elvis In Memphis and From Memphis To Vegas, From Vegas To Memphis and his 1969 hit records Don’t Cry Daddy, In The Ghetto and Suspicious Minds.

The Livestock show originated in 1932 at the Sam Shouston Hall as the Houston Fat Stock Show. When Elvis appeared the show was held at the Houston Astrodome, but is now housed at the Reliant Stadium where 1.7million visitors are expected in this celebration year, with guest entertainers that include George Strait and Beyoncé – not together though!

WHILE ANOTHER HISTORIC SITE IS IN PERIL.

The future of the Dallas Cotton Bowl, where Elvis appeared in 1955, looks uncertain. Although the City Council are ready to spend $50 million renovating the old Fair Park Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys are moving out to a new stadium in Arlington and any planned renovations may just be too late.

Lisa Marie starts work on her third album next month despite being without a record label. When Capitol merged with Virgin Records, Lisa did not join the new consortium.

2007/02/27 www.elvis.co.uk / www.epgold.com

The gesture of ElvisMatters to take the almost-blind boy Michiel Stroobants (17) to Graceland for no cost at all, as the surgeries have cost enough already, hasn’t stayed unnoticed.

Fans from all over Belgium and Holland, have donated money to Michiel. James Burton even donates a guitar to Michiel, which he’ll present on September 30th in Antwerp (Elizabethzaal, ‘ELVIS 2007’).

This news was picked up by the Belgian press, who decided to do a story on this.

ElvisMatters hereby calls on other fanclubs in Belgium and Holland to join forces and participate in this good cause.

It would be great if other clubs would follow this example, and publish the story on their websites too.

The Graceland/Harley Davidson logo isreleased: The name of the bike brand is added to the known Graceland logo in the same font.

Although there are no pictures of the limited edition of 30 Harley Davidson bikes, it is known that it will be a replica of the 1957 Blue Harley-Davidson KH model that Elvis owned.

Price is $57,888 (€ 43.934), in that amount is a limited painting and bronze sculpture of Elvis included.

In September and October 2007, the official European fan clubs, fully supported by The Original Elvis Cast, take an amazing show on the road: “ELVIS 2007 – The Original Cast”.

Lead singer on the entire tour is Terry Mike Jeffrey. The promoters have contracted a very special guest for The Netherlands – although we can’t tell his name yet, due to contractual obligations.

For Belgium, the immensely popular Will Tura will do a special guest performance with his musical heroes, the Full Elvis Cast.

Tickets for this amazing live show go on sale on Monday, April 2nd.

TCB Band
The Imperials
The Sweet Inspirations
Joe Guercio + Orchestra, feat. The original Orchestra members
Terry Mike Jeffrey
Special guests in Holland and Belgium

The official European Touring schedule ELVIS 2007 – The Original Cast:

Thursday September 20: Frits Philips Music Hall – EINDHOVEN (NL)
Saturday September 22: Stadthalle Soest, Germany
Sunday September 23: Stadthalle, Germany
Wednesday September 26: Jonkoping, Sweden
Friday September 28: Oslo, Norway
Sunday September 30: Koningin Elizabethzaal – ANTWERPEN (B)
Tuesday October 2: Marseilles, France
Thursday October 4: Geneva, Switzerland
Saturday October 6: Paris, France

Peter Noone on The Elvis Hour: On this weeks show we visit with Peter Noone of Hermans Hermits, we'll hear a rare interview with the King and recall highlights from 1965.

We'll also play some of your favorite hits with Elvis performing live and in Concert. So stay with us for a busy edition of The Elvis Hour.

Elvis Presley - A Legend In Concert

Elvis Presley - A Legend In Concert (2 DVD´s)

Release Date: February 26, 2007.

Regionalcode: 2

2007/02/26 www.elvisclubberlin.de / www.epgold.com

Fans Can Contribute To Next Joe Esposito Book Series.

Joe 's book series, Celebrate Elvis, includes interviews from true Elvis Fans.

If any EIN readers wish to contribute to the book series they should email Francis Brebner

2007/02/26 Francis Brebner - www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com

Elvis’ red-hot sound and super-cool looks transformed him into the world’s leading rock ‘n’ roll icon.

Thirty years after his death, Elvis’ appeal hasn’t faded, and now the magic that was (and is) the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll is captured in Elvis – The Official Collector’s Edition.

Each issue of this exceptional new series consists of three parts – magazine, artefacts and mini-posters – that build into a celebration of the life and work of Elvis Presley.

This series is produced in association with Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc., the trustees of Elvis’ estate, which have contributed their privileged insight into Elvis and provided photographs for the magazines, the artefacts and mini-posters from its picture library based at Graceland.

With some 500 buses full of visitors rolling into the city each year, Tupelo has made the Top 100 list of the American Bus Association's what-to-see-and-do calendar.

Specifically, it's the city's Elvis Presley Festival on the ABA's 25th anniversary edition of its list of top events in the U.S. and Canada.

The 2007 edition is a guide highlighting the top fairs, festivals, parades, exhibits, theater and shows.

2007/02/25 www.djournal.com / www.epgold.com

The monthly German magazine "Frau im Spiegel" published an Elvis edition in their quarterly "Legenden" series.

This 13th volume is an 100 pages biography on Elvis Presley, with emotional stories and pictures it paints the picture of the legend and the past era.

2007/02/25 Various / www.epgold.com

Buena Vista Home Entertainment released The Golden Girls: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD.

Some fans may by surprised to see a heart-shaped sticker that adorned the shrink-wrap on series 4, which read "NEW! See Quentin Tarantino As Elvis!"

Until now, this for all we knew was an urban myth, propagated by Tarantino detractors and critics who wanted to show the gregarious filmmaker in the light they felt he deserved - that is, a desperate wannabe who would do anything, including appear on the Fourth Season of Golden Girls as one of ten Elvis impersonators in order to steal some screen time and earn that SAG card.

Having now confirmed that he did appear on the show, for his sake we sincerely hope that his SAG card was gold-plated and framed for future reference; because this is possibly the greatest performance we've ever seen from a featured extra who is trying to do an Elvis impression and yet not completely embarrass himself.

Check out the pictures at: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/689/689660p1.html

2007/02/25 uk.dvd.ign.com / www.epgold.com

The terrific Dennis Nahat ballet inspired by Elvis Presley's life and career and performed to Elvis recordings is back, along with the great costumes and sets designed by Bob Mackie. Blue Suede Shoes will be presented by Ballet San Jose March 16-25.

Click here: http://www.balletsanjose.org/BlueSuedeShoes.htm to learn all about it BalletSanJose.org.

This ballet, first staged in Cleveland in 1996, is once again presented with the cooperation of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. and Sony BMG.

Cover art of the upcoming Sonny West and Marshall Terrill book "Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business" Releasedate: May 2007 Triumph Books.

Synopsis:

In this unique and intimate volume, Sonny West, Elvis Presley's close friend and bodyguard for nearly two decades, provides a no-holds barred, first-hand depiction of "The King."

"Elvis" is packed with previously unseen photographs and untold stories about Presley's personal and public life - learn why he refused the not-so-subtle advances of Ursula Andress on the set of "Fun in Acapulco", uncover amazing personal details from Presley's historic meeting with the Beatles, and discover the secrets behind the King's famous handshake with Richard Nixon in 1970.

This will become a treasured addition to the collections of Elvis fans everywhere.

2007/02/25 Bill E. Burk's Elvis World / www.epgold.com

Welcome to our new Ep.Gold Web-shop!

To celebrate this we decided to have a "Special Offer" every week valid for 7 days.

Describtion:

This book covers the years 1954-56 with a portion of never before seen pictures and rare record sleeves, magazines etc.

Trevor Cajiao has done a a text about those exciting years.

The book is on 112 pages.

All printed in full color on heavy glossy paper.

DVD Encoding: Regionfree Color: color Widescreen Letterboxed: no Full Screen (Standard): yes, Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Available Subtitles: no Theatrical trailers: no.

This DVD contains two concerts from Birmingham (December 28, 1976 08.30 PM) and Pittsburg (December 31, 1976 09.30 PM, the almost legendary last great concert), both filmed from the audience with an overdubbed soundboard & Audience sound

True Stories of Elvis and His Police Buddies" book delayed yet again: Originally due out in August 2006 publication of this book has again been delayed.

Tentative release date is now late March 2007 - this is the sixth time the book has been delayed.

Mother-of-three Angelina Jolie has been named the sexiest individual in history.
Jolie, 31, comes four places above her other-half, Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, 43. Hip-gyrating Elvis Presley is second in the poll conducted for Channel 4, almost 30 years after his death.

The Oscar-winning actress beat some of the world's most famous sex symbols, from Steve McQueen to Sophia Loren, in the top 100. Blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe is third, one place above Crazy in Love singer and Dreamgirls star Beyonce.

George Clooney, 45, is seventh and there is good news for pop princess Kylie Minogue, 38, following her split with Olivier Martinez - she is eighth.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp, 43, makes ninth place, and Scarlett Johansson, 22, is tenth.

This book will be released in early March.

On Elvis' first visit to Hawaii in 1957, fans filled Honolulu Stadium for not one, but two concert performances.

That was the beginning of Elvis' enduring relationship with the islands, which included two additional benefit concerts, three films, and several vacation stays.

For Elvis fans and those interested in Hawaii's music history, Aloha Elvis describes Elvis' love affair with the islands and includes over 100 photographs, some never before published, of Elvis and the people and places he encountered in Hawaii.

Jerry Hopkins, a twenty-year veteran of Rolling Stone, is the author of three other books about Elvis Presley: Elvis: A Biography (1971) and Elvis: The Final Years (1980), both international bestsellers, long out of print and to be republished in an updated form in 2007; and Elvis in Hawaii (2004).

His research material for those works is part of the Mississippi Valley Collection at the University of Memphis in Tennessee. Hopkins also wrote biographies of Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Raquel Welch, and Yoko Ono. A resident of Hawaii from 1976-1993, he now lives in Thailand.

2007/02/24 www.besspress.com - Elvis Book Research - www.epgold.com

In July the book "In The Twilight of Memory" will be re-released by Arcade Publishing:

To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his death, here is the highly acclaimed, intimate, tender, and deeply moving portrait of Elvis Presley, written by his first serious girlfriend.

June Juanico was 17 when she met Elvis Presley; he was 20. She was a good girl from Biloxi, Mississippi; he was a rockabilly singer on the verge of stardom.

They fell in love in the summer of 1956, and found a timeless moment of innocence and simple pleasure. Juanico gives us the Elvis she knew and loved—the Memphis boy with aw-shucks charm, impeccable manners, and an easy and irresistible sensuality.

Their lives merged quickly and completely: Elvis’s mother, Gladys, felt June was her son’s last hope against the excesses of life on the road and the corruption of fame. But Elvis was on a train that no one could stop. Self-possessed, June chose her own path; she left Elvis, determined never to look back.

But in this completely disarming, fascinating memoir, she does look back, and proves she has remembered everything, every conversation, every story, and every caress. ELVIS IN THE TWILIGHT OF MEMORY gives us an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the man who would be King.

Both a hardcover (ISBN 1559703938, 320 pages) and paperback (ISBN 1559708395, 336 pages) will be released.

2007/02/24 www.arcadepub.com - Elvis Book Research - www.epgold.com

Search for Elvis Presley items on eBay, and you will turn up hundreds — no thousands — of souvenirs, photos, albums, magazine articles, 45s, LPs, CDs, and just about anything and everything someone could slap a TCB logo on.

But occasionally, something very rare and unusual turns up, and that’s just what happened recently when someone decided to sell the rights to Elvis’ last recorded song.

In 1973, the King of Rock and Roll teamed up with songwriter Paul Terry King to produce and record two songs.

One of these, “If I’d Only Bought Her Roses,” was sold last year to Robert X. Sillerman, the current owner of Elvis Presley Enterprises for an undisclosed price.

But the other song, “Just Like Rolling Up the Hill,” has remained a secret until now, when Hill — not in the best of health — decided to sell the rights on eBay. What this means, according to eBay, is that the new owner can “produce, sing, or release it yourself.”

It was promoted on eBay as “Elvis’ Last Recorded Song.”

Sounds like a risky venture, but hey it worked for Elvis, so it might work for the highest bidder, an unidentified (or in eBay’s terms, “private”) buyer who ended up paying $31,101 for the rights.

The winner receives “copyright and all associated publication and performance rights, etc.”

Elvis International Shop - The Netherlands.

OPEN: Saturday & Sunday February 24 & 25, 2007 - 1300. PM - 1800 PM.

E-Mail: elvisinternational@casema.nl

The Netherlands : 0251 - 821240
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 251 - 821240

Mobile The Netherlands : 06 47 87 25 78
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 6 47 87 25 78.

These past few days, we were almost bombarded with emails and letters from fans, who wish to support Michiel Stroobans (17). Michiel travels with us to Memphis next August.

It’ll be a very special trip for him, as doctors predict that he’ll loose his sight by the end of the year. We already received the first financial support from fans, who wish to give Michiel some pocket money during his stay. Feel free to do so too, although this, of course, is not a necessity.

ElvisMatters has asked other fanclubs too, to support this good cause, so we can all, united in the spirit of Elvis, make this last trip to Graceland an unforgettable experience for Michiel.

Roger Semon talks with EIN about new releases, how he met Ernst Jorgensen, the future of FTD, and more..

Roger Semon, along with Ernst Jorgensen, is the co-producer of everything Elvis at SONY/BMG.

In fact it was the Roger Semon produced 'E.P. Collection' issued in the UK in the early eighties that spearheaded the fabulous re-packaging of Elvis' musical legacy and eventually led to the creation of the FTD fan club label.

Roger recently took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions for us, several of which that have been asked by EIN members concerned about the future of their Elvis project & querying what future releases are on the drawing-board.

Click Here To Read The Complete Interview: http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interview_rogersemon.html

2007/02/23 www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com

Fans are asking the question: what's happened to the popular FECC Messageboard?

( Note: also known as the Gerry Rijff Forum) It has been offline for a number of days.

It appears the moderators are taking a sabbatical following several fierce threads where posters were getting out of hand. No word yet on when it will be back.

Long time patrons of the messageboards will remember when alt.elvis.king board (on Google) reigned supreme.

Unfortunately the FECC board is increasingly being afflicted with the nastiness too often seen in the alt.elvis.king threads.

If you have been waiting with baited breath to find out the price of a print of the forthcoming Graceland painting by Thomas Kinkade the wait no more.

The prices are in and once again the powers that be appear to think every fan of Elvis has a wallet so big, you could beat a whale to death with it.

For an unframed print it will cost you around £550.00 ($995.00) or if you can still manage it after all that whale beating, you can buy one in a frame for the inflated price of around £975.00 ($1,680.00).

And don't forget that you can get your print signed by the artist at a special event at Graceland in March for a small additional fee of around £145.00 ($250.00) each person.

Features rare recordings!

Contains 57 tracks! Including press conferences, radio interviews, 2 telephone conversations, stories from friends, on stage & backstage recordings, and much more!

-Also including: a message to his fans in Europe, Australia & Japan…

-All with improved sound quality!

-8 Pages illustrated booklet.

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - up 3 to #30
Top Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 1 to #33

Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - up 3 to #30
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 1 to #33

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- none

Dropping off the charts include:
- none

Notes of Interest
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At the time the the giant jumpsuit expo will open in the 'Sincerely Elvis' museum on the other side of Graceland, there will be an official catalogue released.

If you look at the the pre-design, it's going to be a very detailled and intereseting book for the fans of the shiny suits.

Just added to Elvis Presley Central, the official Elvis channel on YouTube.com, is the special white suit/black suit If I Can Dream music video.

This video was assembled by taking Elvis's classic live performance of If I Can Dream in the white suit, as chosen for the finale of his 1968 television special, and combining it with components of the two unused lip-synch performances of Elvis in black leather that were shot at the end of his two live "stand-up" shows shot for the special.

This stunning video was put together as a bonus feature for the 2004 release Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - Deluxe Edition DVD.

Here are he the three coverart of the upcoming FTD's for release April 1st, 2007.

BAHAMAS CRUISE, set April 20-23, with ETA Don Obusek (voted by WQED Radio as Pittsburgh's best Elvis) and Kathy Westmoreland, who backed Elvis on stage for years.

Kathy will tell Elvis stories between sets. Cost is US$384 per person. Call Sheri at MAC Travel ... 1-800-243-0550.

Odyssey Pictures Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of one of the most incredible films ever produced, "Presley On Presley" - the life and death of Elvis Presley as told by the last living person that was there as an adult at the time.

The synopsis: "From the time Elvis was home with his mom and dad, the first meeting with Priscilla Presley to his mysterious death. This is the true story told by Dee Presley - the only person that was there during the entire incredible journey".

Investors sought for new Elvis film.

From Cassie Bowers: "I am pleased to inform you that we have begun seeking investors for our new film project about the one and only, Elvis Presley.

If you or any of your fan club members are interested in learning more about this film, please reply back." Anyone interested should contact Cassie

2007/02/22 Cassie Bowers - www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com

The Memphis Boys are the rhythm section that recorded with Elvis in 1969 at the American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

The result of those sessions were hits singles like Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto, Kentucky Rain, Don't Cry Daddy and many more

Bobby Wood (Piano), Mike Leech (Bass), Gene Chrisman (Drums), Bobby Emmons (Hammond) and Reggie Young (Guitar)

August 17, 8:00 P.M. (Doors open at 7:00 P.M.)

Germantown Performing Art Center
1801 Exeter Road
Germantown, TN 38138

15 min. drive from downtown Memphis

Ticket price $ 60.00

Tickets can be ordered from Elvis Unlimited at: info@elvispresley.dk

Or

From GPAC Box Office (901) 757-7256 (www.gpacweb.com)

2007/02/22 www.elvisunlimited.com / www.epgold.com

Press Release:

After much anticipation, Bogar Enterprises, LLC announces the release of the ELVIS '68 Comeback Special Novelty Sign in commemoration of one of Las Vegas' most beloved performers -- Elvis Presley.

This novelty sign, which is licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., is a replica of the towering backdrop seen in Elvis' television special, popularly known as "The '68 Comeback Special," that first aired on December 3, 1968 on NBC.

The ELVIS '68 Comeback Special Novelty Sign is sure to become a collector's item for admirers of Elvis Presley and Las Vegas.

The sign features red light emitting diodes (LEDs) that flash the name ELVIS in red lights just like the backdrop seen in the opening and closing segments of the television special. Bogar's replica adds a 43-second sound chip playing one of
Elvis' most recognized tunes, "Don't Be Cruel."

"With the international popularity of Elvis and his association with Las Vegas, it was natural to create a novelty sign that would pay homage to both," said Bob McMonigle, Owner and President of the Las Vegas-based Bogar Enterprises, LLC.
"The '68 Comeback Special is a milestone in Elvis' career as well as one of the greatest moments in rock music history and it deserves to be commemorated."

The ELVIS ’68 Comeback Special Novelty Sign has a suggested retail price of $49.95 and can be purchased in casino gift stores, hotel gift stores, specialty stores and souvenir shops throughout Las Vegas. The novelty sign can also be purchased at Graceland and online at www.LVSignCo.com and in Shop Elvis on www.Elvis.com.

The "March Of Dimes" EP will be reissued on vinyl in two weeks. It come on black vinyl, 12 inch with the original labels in a sleeve that is made like the original envelope.

The latest Archive, shot by photographer George Hill, released on FEB. 20, 2007.

FTD recently released this live concert on CD titled "UNCHAINED MELODY."

The Archive contains 119 photographs for $150. This price includes shipping. Photos are 4x6 prints, matte finish.

Over 90% of these photos have never been released. Please allow 3 - 5 days for printing and shipping.

Shots include: Coming on stage, guitar shots, receiving gifts from fans, kissing fans, close ups, piano shots while singing "Unchained Melody", waist high shots.

50 Million Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong - Classic Albums Reissue.

50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong continues Follow That Dream Records' series of reissues of classic Elvis albums that are no longer part of the RCA Records mainstream Elvis catalog. These reissues feature original album cover art and great additional recordings not included on the original release.

The reissue of 50,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2) is expanded into a 2-disc set. Follow That Dream Records chose to include the entire June 10, 1958 sessions to give you the experience of following Elvis through a whole night of sessions. (Unfortunately, session tapes of the other recordings on this set were destroyed many years ago.) Three Elvis interview recordings are also included.

DISC 1

LP MASTERS:

1. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT 2.04
(Sid Wayne/Bix Reichner)

2. DON’T 2.43
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

3. WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK 2.13
(Bert Carroll/Russell Moody)

4. MY WISH CAME TRUE 2.33
(Ivory Joe Hunter)

5. I GOT STUNG 1.49
(Aaron Schroeder/David Hill)

6. ONE NIGHT 2:32
(Bartholomew/King)

7. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (splice 3/4) 2.12
(Aaron Schroeder/Sid Wyche)

8. I BEG OF YOU 1:53
(Rosemarie McCoy/Kelly Owens)

9. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I 2.36
(Bill Trader)

10. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (splice 40/39 – LP version) 1.54
(Clyde Otis/Willie Dixon)

BONUS MASTERS:

11. YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART 2.24
(Hank Williams)

12. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY 2.22
(Clyde Otis/Ivory Joe Hunter)

13. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (splice 47/40/48 - original single master) 1.54
(Clyde Otis/Willie Dixon)

FEBRUARY ‘58 SESSION:

14. WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK undubbed 2.13
15. YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (alternate take 9) 2.24
16. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (take 39) 1.54
17. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (take 40) 1.57
18. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (take 47) 1.55
19. DONCHA’ THINK IT’S TIME (take 48) 1.54

JUNE ‘58 SESSIONS:

20. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (take 1, pb)
21. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (take 2, pb)
22. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (take 3, pb)
23. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (take 4, pb)
24. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 1, fs)
25. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 2, fs)
26. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 3, pb)
27. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 4, fs)
28. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 5, pb)
29. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 6, fs)
30. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 7, fs)
31. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 8, pb)
32. (NOW AND THEN THERE’S) A FOOL SUCH AS I (take 9, m)
33. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 1, pb)
34. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 2, lfs)
35. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 3, fs)
36. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 4, m)
37. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 5, fs)
38. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 6, lfs)
39. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 7, lfs)
40. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 8, lfs)
41. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 9, lfs)
42. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 10, lfs)
43. AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY (take 11, lfs)

DISC 2

JUNE ’58 SESSIONS:

1. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 1, lfs, starts with part of demo)
2. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 2, fs)
3. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 3, fs)
4. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 4, pb)
5. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 5, pb)
6. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 6, incomplete)
7. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 7, pb)
8. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 8, incomplete)
9. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 9, pb)
10. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 10a, pb)
11. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 10b, incomplete)
12. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 11, lfs)
13. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 12, fs)
14. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 13, pb)
15. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 14, pb)
16. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 15, pb)
17. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 16, lfs)
18. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 17, fs)
19. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT (take 18, m)
20. I GOT STUNG (take 1, lfs)
21. I GOT STUNG (take 2, fs)
22. I GOT STUNG (take 3, lfs)
23. I GOT STUNG (take 4, fs)
24. I GOT STUNG (take 5, fs)
25. I GOT STUNG (take 6, fs)
26. I GOT STUNG (take 7, fs)
27. I GOT STUNG (take 8, pb)
28. I GOT STUNG (take 9, fs)
29. I GOT STUNG (take 10, pb)
30. I GOT STUNG (take 11, pb)
31. I GOT STUNG (take 12, pb)
32. I GOT STUNG (take 13 fs, fs)
33. I GOT STUNG (take 14, pb)
34. I GOT STUNG (take 15, lfs)
35. I GOT STUNG (take 16, pb)
36. I GOT STUNG (take 17, fs)
37. I GOT STUNG (take 18, lfs)
38. I GOT STUNG (take 20, pb)
39. I GOT STUNG (take 21, fs)
40. I GOT STUNG (take 22, pb)
41. I GOT STUNG (take 23, lfs)
42. I GOT STUNG (take 24, m)

ELVIS SAILS EP:

43. PRESS INTERVIEW WITH ELVIS PRESLEY (AT BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL) 5:26
44. ELVIS PRESLEY’S NEWSREEL INTERVIEW 2:20
45. PAT HERNON INTERVIEWS ELVIS (IN THE LIBRARY OF THE U.S.S. RANDALL AT SAILING) 2:15

An American Trilogy - Las Vegas Concert Recordings, January/February 1972 Engagement.

This quarter's regular 5” digipack release covers Elvis’ engagement at The Las Vegas Hilton in January-February, 1972.

RCA did not record entire shows, and several of the new songs Elvis had added to his shows were only recorded once. The consequence is that the main body of the CD – the RCA recordings – feature several previously released versions.

Soundboard (informal) recordings of other song performances during the envagement were added to the end of the disc in order to make this as representative as possible of Elvis’ repertoire at that time.

1. ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (15/Midnight) 1:13
(Richard Strauss – P.D.)

2. SEE SEE RIDER (15/Midnight) 2:47
(Traditional; arr. by Elvis Presley)

3. PROUD MARY (15/Midnight) 2:34
(John Fogerty)

4. NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN (15/Midnight) 3:29
(Hoyt Axton)

5. YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN (15/Midnight) 3:11
(Marty Robbins)

6. LOVE ME (15/Midnight) 1:43
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

7. ALL SHOOK UP (15/Midnight) 1:01
(Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)

8. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL (15/Midnight) 1:57
(Kal Mann/Bernie Lowe) / (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)

9. HOUND DOG (15/Midnight) 1:57
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

10. LITTLE SISTER / GET BACK (14/Midnight)* 1:53
(Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman) / (Lennon/McCartney)

11. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE (16/Midnight)* 4:15
(Sid Wayne/A. Manzanero)

12. IT’S OVER (17/Dinner)* 2:23
(Jimmie Rodgers)

13. THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (16/Midnight)* 2:34
(Mitch Leigh/Joe Darion)

14. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE (14/Midnight)* 2:06
(Aaron Schroeder/Sid Wyche)

15. AN AMERICAN TRILOGY (14/Midnight) 4:33
(Mickey Newbury)

16. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (15/Midnight) 1:39
(Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)

17. CLOSING RIFF (15/Midnight) 0:25

18. UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO 3:50
(Buffy Sainte-Marie)

19. POLK SALAD ANNIE 3:02
(Tony Joe White)

20. ONE NIGHT 1:28
(Dave Bartholomew/Pearl King)

21. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 4:15
(Paul Simon)

22. LAWDY, MISS CLAWDY 2:07
(Lloyd Price)

23. I’LL REMEMBER YOU 2:47
(Kuiokalaani Lee)

24. SUSPICIOUS MINDS 5:31
(Mark James)

*Previously released
Recorded at The Hilton, Las Vegas.
Tracks 1-17: RCA recordings. February 14-17, 1972.
Tracks 18-24: A soundboard recording of the opening show January 26, 1972.

Live in LA - 1974 Concert Soundboard Recording & Photo Book.

A book and CD set. Live in L.A. the book features more than 200 photos of Elvis at his variousLos Angeles shows.

The main focus is on the evening concert at Inglewood Forum May 11, 1974. The CD is an informal "soundboard" recording of that particular show with a few songs from other shows.

Track List:

1. ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
(Richard Strauss – P.D.)

2. SEE SEE RIDER
(Traditional; arr. by Elvis Presley)

3. I GOT A WOMAN / AMEN
(Ray Charles) / (J. Hairston)

4. LOVE ME
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

5. TRYING TO GET TO YOU
(Rose Marie McCoy/Charles Singleton)

6. ALL SHOOK UP
(Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)

7. TEDDY BEAR / DON’T BE CRUEL
(Kal Mann/Bernie Lowe) / (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)

8. LOVE ME TENDER
(Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)

9. STEAMROLLER BLUES
(James Taylor)

10. HOUND DOG
((Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

11. FEVER
(Davenport/Cooley)

12. POLK SALAD ANNIE
(Tony Joe White)

13. WHY ME LORD
(Kris Kristofferson)

14. SUSPICIOUS MINDS
(Mark James)

15. INTRODUCTIONS

16. I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU
(Don Gibson)

17. HELP ME
(Larry Gatlin)

18. AN AMERICAN TRILOGY
(Mickey Newbury)

19. LET ME BE THERE
(John Rostill)

20. FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY
(Willie Nelson)

21. BIG BOSS MAN
(Smith/Dixon)

22. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
(Peretti/Creatore/Weiss)

BONUS SONG:
23. YOU CAN HAVE HER
(William Cook)

Tracks 1–20 recorded May 11th, 1974, evening show at Forum Of Inglewood, Los Angles, CA.

Tracks 21+22 recorded May 10th at Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA.

Track 23 recorded May 11th, 1974, afternoon show at Forum Of Inglewood, Los Angles, CA.

This is a soundboard recording, except track 23, which is an audience recording.

Elvis' former photographer Ed Bonja has teamed up with a writer and publisher, and works on a new book project.

There’s no release date set yet, but focus is on some of Ed’s best pictures, and stories from behind the scene.

2007/02/20 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

After Graceland, the highlight of the next two years will be without any doubt the 'Sincerely Elvis Museum'.

There are not less than 56 jumpsuits on display. Duke, citizen of Memphis and reporter for our collegue's at Elvis Express Radio visted the expo and was overwhelmed.

The suits are placed in a timeline, starting with 1969 and ending with the baby blue suit that Elvis would never where in 1977.

Sources inside EPE confirm that they own 88 jumpsuits: 56 in this expo, 10 in the racquetball building, 3 in the trophy room and 2 in the Afterdark expo.

That means that there are still 17 suits that are left in the vaults.

2007/02/20 www.elvis-express.com / www.epgold.com

Imagine if you could still attend a live concert event starring Elvis Presley--a young, vibrant Elvis, in his prime.

Modern technology has made that possible, and PBS will present all the excitement of an Elvis event, beginning in March!

Elvis Presley was larger than life, and the Elvis experience is an amazing phenomenon that has continued to astonish 30 years after his death in 1977. In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his death, Elvis: The 25th Anniversary Concert Event was staged at the Pyramid Coliseum in 2002 in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

Through the magic of modern technology, Elvis is reunited with his original TCB band, his back-up singers and musical director for a unique concert special, featuring Elvis from Hawaii, in one of the biggest satellite concerts ever, and Las
Vegas, and his supporting musicians and singers live on stage together in Memphis.

This one-of-a-kind sold-out concert event has toured the world, stirring audiences and igniting a passion for the King in a whole new generation of music lovers.

Staged just as if Elvis was appearing live in concert, the limousine arrives at the stage to a thunderous ovation, the lights go down, and suddenly Elvis appears center stage, only this time, it’s on a video screen and the young, vibrant King of Rock ‘n’ Roll appears 20 times larger than life. On stage with him, playing and singing live are his band members and members of the Jordanaires, the Imperials, the Stamps and the Sweet Inspirations, all led by band leader, Joe Guercio.
Performance footage from the live concert is punctuated with interviews with these supporting members.

Joe Moscheo, a member of the Imperials and executive producer of the special, explains that the magic part was in syncing the live with the recorded. “The trick was to isolate the voice so all that was recorded was Elvis’ image and his voice,” he noted. “Some people don’t realize that it’s a live show accompanying Elvis’ voice. What’s especially thrilling about this is that we’re introducing Elvis to a whole new generation of music lovers. This image of Elvis we all have is as a young man, and now he’ll never grow old.”

In cooperation with the Elvis Presley Estate, Coming Home Music has captured all the excitement of that concert in a television special, Elvis Lives, airing exclusively on most PBS member stations nationwide beginning in March. Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Special is available on DVD March 6th.

In the monday edition of the newspaper 'Het Laatste Nieuws' in Belgium, the story of the 17 year old Michiel Stroobans was published. Michiel was born half paralyzed and has a eye-discease.

The nerves in his eye does not get enough blood and oxygene and will stop functioning at some point. It's not possible to threat or heal this problem. In a while, Michiel will be completely blind.

It's the dream of Michiel to see Graceland before he's not able to do it anymore.

After reading this touching article, ElvisMatters contacted the Stroobans family with the news that Michiel and his dad can join the club trip in august without any cost.

Today, this happy news was covered in the newspapers and the national radiostation 'Radio 2' interviewed president Peter Verbruggen about this initiative.

Listen Here.

ElvisMatters is happy that they can go on with the tradition of Elvis who donated a lot for the good cause.

In december, EM donated €1000 for MS-patients and the month before they donated €1000 for poor students.

2007/02/20 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

Elvis In Ping Pong Pixels.

Some whizz kids from the Netherlands have invented a system to produce large pictures (2mx3m) that is made from pingpong balls in 6 different grey shades.

If you would like to know how this is done, watch this clip.

2 CD ELVIS ROCK IN BLACK OUT NOW!

January & February 1970 Rock Concept Import.

This Deluxe Digipack import is limited to only 500 copies. The 6 panel packaging will include unreleased Elvis photo’s, the black jumpsuit of the opening night will appear here for the first time, as a bonus three side fold out inlay poster.

The sixth release from the “SR” label scheduled for an early February release is entitled ‘Rock In Black’ and will feature both the complete January 26^th 1970 Las Vegas opening show and the complete February 22^nd midnight show from the showroom. As with the other SR releases we get something new and a little different. For this release we decided to focus on the early 1970 Vegas season affording you the possibility to listen to the quality of the performance throughout this season via the two shows presented here.

The producers are aware of the fact that the opening night show, as one of the best Elvis Presley concerts ever, has been released in parts on two previous imports. Here we give you the chance to listen to the show in its entirety and with professionally remastered sound from the original audio source. The second show, the unreleased February 22^nd midnight show, although not new to tape collectors, will not have been heard in this quality before. This release is taken directly from a first generation tape and has been professionally remastered to a high standard producing an excellent audio quality. Elvis is still able to concentrate to the end of the season, delivering a great performance that compares with the opening night in terms of quality.

……’Rock In Black’ wants to give you a unique perspective of the man and his music during this February Vegas season. The second season allows Elvis, after paying his debt to the golden past in the ’69 season, to demonstrate his true abilities. We see the best of Elvis in songs that will become the fulcrum of the Elvis show until 1972. Here you can hear the complete remastered and remixed opening night with the almost complete February 22^nd show.

If we listen carefully we can see through the music more of the man we all appreciate and how the music develops through hard work during the course of the season. The opening night and throughout this season we can hear………..

Elvis Unlimited is very proud to announce that “the little girl with the beautiful high voice” Kathy Westmoreland will be special guest at our next shows in Denmark in April.

Kathy sang soprano for Elvis on stage and during recording sessions from August 16, 1970 until his last show on June 26, 1977. You can easily hear her beautiful high voice on songs like Something and Hawaiian Wedding Song.

Before Kathy joined the Elvis show did she work with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She also performed with Bobby Darin in the late 1960’s.

In 1987 did Kathy publish her book Elvis and Kathy. In the book does she describe her very close relationship with Elvis.

Kathy haven’t done any Elvis shows in Europe for the last ten years. This will be a unique chance to meet and she her perform with the great TCB Band.

Kathy will be at the following two shows in Denmark:

April 6 in Svendborg, Denmark (Tickets can be ordered at Fynsbilletten +45 7554 2071)
With the TCB Band, Lasse Helner, Steen Jørgensen & Maarten Jansen

April 7 in Randers, Denmark (Tickets can be ordered at Værket in Randers +45 8913 5110)
With the TCB Band, Lasse Helner, Steen Jørgensen & Maarten Jansen

Elvis Presley's favorite roller coaster car is being "held hostage" by fairgrounds officials in Memphis, according to the coaster's owner.

Stephen Shutts, president of Honky Tonk Hall of Fame & Rock-N-Roll Roadshow in Nashville, bought the Zippin Pippin roller coaster last summer for $2,500 in an auction of rides and equipment at the former Libertyland theme park but was only
interested in the first car — Elvis' favorite.

"They keep sending notices telling us that if we don't pick up the car it's going to be declared 'abandoned property.' Then, when we go to get it, they won't let us have it," Shutts said.

He sold the rest of the Zippin Pippin to a North Carolina tourist attraction, Carolina Crossroads, which has yet to move the entire structure.

Mid-South Fair chief operating officer Jim Rout said on Friday he considers Shutts the Zippin Pippin's owner and said when

Elvis Presley was the king — rock's first icon. A hip-swiveling heartthrob with more hit records than anyone in history. Thirty years after his death, Elvis is still idolized. So what is that name worth now?

To Bob Sillerman, who bought the king's name and likeness, it was worth $114 million. That's what his company, CKX, paid for Elvis Presley enterprises two years ago.

Elvis' music was not part of the deal. he sold most of his hits back to his label before his death. but the family sold 85 percent of everything else and his ex-wife Priscilla Presley says it wasn't an easy decision.

"Absolutely. I mean I'm not gonna lie. It's pretty frightening when, you know, you've been a private company for all these years," she told Sunday Morning correspondent Anthony Mason. "You know and you're the boss."

But Priscilla, the mother of his only child, Lisa Marie, says the family business needed an investor to expand. And Sillerman was just the man to do it.

"He just got it," she said. "You know there is no other company like his company."

His company also owns the "American Idol' franchise, which Sillerman bought for $175 million. Then last year he added "the greatest of all time" to his roster of icons, buying rights to Muhammad Ali's name for another $50 million.

A Bronx born billionaire, Sillerman made his fortune in radio and the concert promotion business. Now he sees Elvis as an under developed asset. On his corporate jet, Mason flew with him to Memphis to tour Graceland, the 13 acre estate where Elvis lived with Priscilla and Lisa Marie. Sillerman said he doesn't feel like he owns Graceland

"It's still their home," he said. "I don't think you can own something that's as big as Elvis Presley. I think I feel a sense of stewardship. But not ownership."

Each year, 600,000 people file through Graceland. Sillerman believes he can double that number

"So many people want to come to Graceland because they want to celebrate his life," Sillerman said. "You know 40 percent of our visitors are unaccompanied kids under the age of 35. It tells you that it does get passed down."

He wants to move the visitor center which sits on the other side of Elvis Presley boulevard and put it next to Graceland. The heartbreak hotel will be torn down to make way for two bigger hotels. In the entire complex that takes up 25 acres will grow to more than 100 acres.

At the same time Sillerman is working with Cirque du Soleil to create a permanent Elvis show for Las Vegas and traveling shows that could tour the world.

"China is so big it could probably support a touring show forever," Sillerman said.

"We're all thrilled about it. We think it's a whole other take on Elvis," Priscilla Presley said. "I think he would absolutely love it."

"If the Cirque du Soleil numbers hold true for Elvis, as they have for every one of their other shows, we're in a position to be making 100 million dollars a year in a few years," Sillerman said. "You know, that's a no-brainer."

Starting with a single small town radio station. Now Sillerman's the man who bought "American Idol," Ali and Elvis.

"Look at what Bobby Sillerman from the Bronx has — God Bless America," Sillerman said.

A media advisory from the the athletic department at the University of Memphis: Priscilla Presley To Attend Tiger Basketball Game Against Houston

Priscilla Presley - actress, producer, author, entrepreneur, leadership team member of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc./CKX, Inc. and former wife of Elvis Presley – has made plans to attend the University of Memphis Tigers' regular season home basketball finale with the University of Houston. The game, which will be carried by CBS-TV, will be played on February 25 at 1 PM at FedExForum.

Presley, who has co-starred in the highly successful Naked Gun trilogy of films and the iconic Dallas television series, and has made acclaimed special guest star appearances on several top television series while maintaining her career in business, will attend the game as the guest of Memphis Athletic Director R.C. Johnson and his wife Melba.

Halftime activities at the game will feature a special presentation by Ms. Presley and Jack Soden, President & CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Two scholarships are being established at the University in the name of Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation. One of the scholarships will be awarded to the 11-time, world-champion Memphis Pom-Pon Squad. The second will be designated for a student-intern who will be assigned to work in the athletic director's office.

The Pom-Pon squad will perform a special routine during halftime in honor of Elvis Presley and his family, and Johnson will bestow upon Ms. Presley the title of honorary Tiger letter-winner.

Welcome to our new Ep.Gold Web-shop!

To celebrate this we decided to have a "Special Offer" every week valid for 7 days.

Were Elvis the father of Patricia Ann Parker’s son Jason Peter Presley? Published by Praytome Publishing this 100 pages, full colored, hardback book co-operates perfectly with the included full length 95minutes DVD documentary.

The documentary is like an exciting thriller and will put the viewer back and forth emotionally.

The book goes along this line and has original court documents and photos that allow your own research for the mystery behind the most controversial sex scandal in the history of music. Normal price E 39,95 - E 49,95

ELVIS BICENTENNIAL: MDVD - 2006, Rosebud Studios, Total Run Time: 60 min. Production Company: Memory Records.

DVD Encoding: Regionfree Color: color Widescreen Letterboxed: no Full Screen (Standard): yes, Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Available Subtitles: no Theatrical trailers: no.

They give us 2 concerts from 1976. The first you will see is the incomplete show from Charlotte, march 20 and contains 15 tracks

The second incomplete show is from Chicago, october 15 and contains 13 tracks.

All the footage comes from a 8 MM source and is overdubbed with soundboard audio.

If a prescription needs to be filled in Hollywood, chances are celebrities can find a doctor to do it. Doctors have a long history of feeding the drug demands of the entertainment industry from Marilyn Monroe to Winona Ryder, Elvis Presley to Courtney Love.

Now, California authorities are looking at a physician who reportedly prescribed methadone to
Anna Nicole Smith under a fake name. The former Playboy Playmate died Feb. 8 after collapsing at a Florida hotel. The cause is under investigation. The allure of having a star as a patient can sometimes influence whether doctors follow the rules or break the law, one veteran Hollywood publicist says.

"It's not easy to say no to a celebrity," said Michael Levine. "History has taught us whether it's Anna Nicole, Elvis or John Belushi, they can get what they want. It's like water." Monroe died at 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills in August 1962. She had been under a doctor's care at the time, police said.

Presley, who died in 1977 at 42, was known to travel with George Nichopoulos, a former physician who overprescribed drugs to clients, who also included rockabilly singer Jerry Lee Lewis.

Members of the medical team who performed Presley's autopsy acknowledged in 1990 that the singer was addicted to prescription medications and his death may have been hastened by "polypharmacy," a reaction to mixing many drugs. Nichopoulos lost his medical license but was acquitted of related criminal charges.

"Top Gun" producer Don Simpson was found dead of a drug overdose at his Bel-Air estate in January 1996. Traces of 21 drugs were found in his blood, and at least two doctors were investigated for overprescribing medications for Simpson.

More recently, celebrities have used fake names to get their vials filled. A 2002 probation report stemming from the shoplifting arrest of actress Winona Ryder showed that she used a half-dozen aliases when she sought prescription drugs. The report said Ryder went "doctor shopping" and had 37 prescriptions filled by 20 doctors over a three-year span.

"It's not uncommon for a high-profile person to get a prescription filled under an alias," said Ryder's attorney, Mark Geragos, citing a celebrity's need for privacy. "It happens with great frequency."

The California Health and Safety Code includes several sections stating that no person who prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance may give a phony name or address or make any false statements on the prescription form. Geragos said the onus is on the doctor. In Ryder's case, Jules Lusman pleaded no-contest to practicing medicine without a license and grand theft, and was sentenced to five years probation.

This past week, California's medical board opened an inquiry as investigators tried to determine if there was any misconduct by Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, who reportedly prescribed methadone to Smith. The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com said "Michelle Chase" was an alias used by Smith in a pharmacy receipt for a methadone prescription. Methadone is a popular narcotic painkiller that is used as part of drug addiction detoxification and maintenance programs. Methadone overdoses can cause shallow breathing and dangerous changes in heart beat.

An attorney for Kapoor, a 1996 graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, said in a statement Friday that his treatment of Smith was "sound and appropriate" and he will cooperate with the state's medical board. Levine said celebrities turn off their "psychological smoke alarms" and surround themselves with people willing to cater to their needs and who aren't willing to intervene when problems arise.

"We hopefully have friends and family who will step in and help us out when there are problems," Levine said. "But people who don't have the smoke alarms will be enveloped by fire at some point."

Hollywood-songwriter Ray Evans died February 15, 2007 of heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital, he was 92.

Raymond Bernard Evans was an American songwriter and partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.

Livingston and Evans won Academy Awards in 1948 for the song "Buttons and Bows", written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song "Mona Lisa", written for the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A.; and in 1956 for the song "Que Sera Sera", written for the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much. In addition to their three Oscar-winning songs, Livingston and Evans earned four other Oscar nominations Livingston and Evans also wrote popular TV themes for shows including "Bonanza" and "Mr. Ed".

Among Livingston and Evans' songs, which reportedly have sold a total of nearly 500 million copies, is the Christmas standard "Silver Bells." Introduced in the 1951 Bob Hope-Marilyn Maxwell comedy "The Lemon Drop Kid," "Silver Bells" is said to have been recorded by nearly 150 artists and has sold more than 160 million copies. He was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977.

Elvis Presley recorded "Mona Lisa" and "Silver Bells".

A re-release by EMI Video on March 6, 2007, 2 DVD documentary He Touched Me: The Gospel Music.

Original released in 2000.

Tracks:

1. How Great Thou Art
2. Peace In The Valley
3. An American Trilogy
4. If I Can Dream
5. Where Could I Go
6. Bossom of Abraham
7. I John
8. Lead Me Guide Me
9. In The Ghetto
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water
11. He Touched Me
12. I Beleive In The Man In The Sky
13. Why Me Lord
14. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
15. In The Garden
16. Swing Down Sweet CHariot
17. His Hand In Mine
18. It's No Secret
19. Mansion Over The Hilltop
20. Father Along
21. Where No One Stands Alone
22. Without Him
23. You'll Never Walk Alone
24. Amazing Grace
25. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Elvis International Shop - The Netherlands.

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A life-size statue of Elvis Presley is to be erected in Hawaii to mark the 30th anniversary of the singer's death.

Wearing his iconic bejewelled jumpsuit, the bronze statue will be placed on the site of Presley's historic 1973 Aloha From Hawaii concert.

"Elvis remains an idol and a hero to so many of us," said Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann. "Hawaii considers him an adopted son."

The star died at Graceland on 16 August 1977, aged 42. During his career, he made three films and several concert appearances in Hawaii.

The Aloha gig was the first musical event to be broadcast live around the world on satellite on 14 January 1973.

It was seen in about 40 countries by more than 1bn people, according to the DVD edition of the concert.

"Elvis will forever remain a part of Hawaii's identity," said Mayor Hannemann.

"From his film, Blue Hawaii, to his 1961 benefit performance to raise money for the USS Arizona Memorial to the historic concert which the sculpture commemorates."

The statue will be unveiled in July in front of the Neal Blaisdell Center, formerly the Honolulu International Center Arena, near Waikiki.

Priscilla Presley will be a special guest at the "Light & Legend Event" on March 24 at Graceland, where Thomas Kinkade will unveil his latest masterpiece Graceland, 50th Anniversary.

Guests can enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres among the amazing assortment of vehicles from Elvis’s collection, have their photo taken with Thomas and Priscilla, and meet and mingle with fellow collectors and special guests.

VIP tickets for this event are limited and are on sale now.

2007/02/16 EPE / www.epgold.com

Genre: Musical / Fantasy
Running time: 90 min.
Shooting format: 35mm

It's been almost 30 years since the King died. But was he really dead?
In 1977, he was whisked away to another galaxy, but now, the King returns. As he doesn't want anyone to know who he really is, he enters an impersonator contest.

Sonny West - the King's former bodyguard (technical advisor)
Sean Lawlor - actor (Braveheart)
Tony Tarantino - actor, filmmaker

Lawsuit Against Elvis Documentary Producers.

ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES, SOFA ENTERTAINMENT AND LEIBER & STOLLER AWARDED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST PASSPORT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS INC. AND DANTE PUGLIESE

LOS ANGELES, CA – February 15, 2007 – In what is considered a significant monetary judgment for copyright infringement lawsuits, the United States District Court in Los Angeles has awarded plaintiffs Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE), SOFA Entertainment, Inc. and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller $2.8 million in damages and attorneys fees to be paid by Passport International Productions, Inc. (a/k/a Passport Video, Inc.) and its owner, Dante Pugliese.

The case began in 2002 when, without permission and against numerous express objections, Passport manufactured and sold a set of eight DVDs entitled "25th Anniversary Elvis: The Definitive Collection August 16, 1977 - August 16, 2002," otherwise entitled "The Definitive Elvis." The 16-hour set included copyrighted works and the rights of publicity owned by Plaintiffs. In reaching its decision, the Court agreed that Passport released the set with the full knowledge that Plaintiffs did not consent to the unauthorized use of their copyrighted material, and that their activities would mislead consumers and damage Plaintiffs. Passport appealed the case up to the 9th Circuit, claiming "Fair Use," arguing that the set was a documentary look at the life of Elvis Presley. The Court did not agree in a 2005 ruling, and the decision successfully delineated the limits of the Fair Use defense.

“This is a landmark decision for all of us,” stated Gary Hovey, Executive Vice President of Entertainment/Music Publishing for Elvis Presley Enterprises. “We are delighted with the Court’s ruling, the damages awarded and the precedent it sets.”

The copyrighted materials included Presley home movies owned by EPE, material from “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and portions of “Ed Sullivan Rock & Roll Classics – Elvis Presley,” owned by SOFA Entertainment, a producer of movies, videos and television programs. Other unauthorized material was from the EPE owned “The Elvis 1968 Comeback Special (a/k/a "The Singer Special,”) “Aloha From Hawaii,” and “Elvis In Concert,” which also include songs written by Leiber & Stoller.

“It is reassuring to know that the courts have seen fit to uphold our copyrights thereby putting unscrupulous parties on notice that historic performances from ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ cannot be used by those who prefer to steal rather than to license,” commented Andrew Solt of SOFA Entertainment. “We are very pleased with the court’s informed decision.”

“Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller have always supported the ownership and protection of intellectual property,” said Randy Poe, President of Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing. “This ruling puts on notice anyone wishing to improperly claim ‘Fair Use,’ rather than acquiring permission from the copyright owner.”

George R. Hedges of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP successfully argued the case for the Plaintiffs.

On February 17, longtime friend of Elvis, Jerry Schilling, will appear at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California for a signing of his memoir, Me and a Guy Named Elvis, My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley.

Click here for details.

During the visit he will record an oral history for the official historic record documenting his memory of having accompanied Elvis on his famous visit with President Nixon at the White House in 1970

Presently, through a collaboration between the Nixon Library and Elvis Presley Enterprises, on display at the library are the outfits Elvis and the president wore on the day of their meeting, plus related artifacts. Later this year, the exhibit will be seen at Graceland.

The latest import CD from the Southern Comfort label "Amercan Way - Volume 2 - Some Blue Eyed Soul" .

The tracks on this CD are:

Wearin' That Loved On Look Session:
01. Takes 2-9 (false starts + long false start)
02. Take 10 (complete take)
03. Takes 11-13 (2 false starts + 2 long false starts)
04. Take 14 (complete take)

You'll Think Of Me Session:
05. Takes 1-5 (5 false starts)
06. Take 6 (complete take)
07. Take 7 (complete take)
08. Take 8 (complete take)

A Little Bit Of Green Session:
09. Takes 1, 2 (complete take + false start + long false start)

After Long You Session:
10. Takes 1, 2 (rehearsal + long false start + complete take)
11. Take 3 (rehearsal + complete take)

Only The Strong Survive Session:
12. Takes 1, 2 (long false start + rehearsal + 4 false starts + long false start)
13. Take 3 (complete take)
14. Take 4 (3x false start + long false start)
15. Takes 5, 6 (3x false start + complete take)
16. Takes 7, 8 (false start + 3x long false start)
17. Takes 9, 10 (false start + long false start)
18. Take 11 (long false start)

From A Jack To A King Session:
19. Takes 1-3 (2x false start + complete take)
20. Take 4 (rehearsal + complete take)

U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of February 24, 2007.

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Country Catalog Albums - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - up 1 to #16

Top Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 5 to #33
Top Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 3 to #32

Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 5 to #33
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 3 to #32

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- none

Dropping off the charts include:
- none

Notes of Interest
-

2007/02/15 www.elvischarts.com / www.epgold.com

The beautiful book “Inside Double Trouble”, to be presented on April 14th and 15th in Turnhout and Utrecht, is almost ready.

The book, with hard cover and in full color, explores the virtual visit of Elvis to Belgium (Brussels, Damme, Antwerp, Bruges) and UK (London).

• Hard cover book in color
• Promotional single with radio commercial
• 2 postcards
• Belgian poster (3 titles)
• Numbered COA
• Complete movie on DVD with Dutch subtitles
• Single cover of Guy Lambert’s “Could I Fall In Love”

ELVIS PRESLEY's granddaughter RILEY KEOUGH and pop star RYAN CABRERA went public with their not-so-secret romance again last night (12FEB07) at the same club where they were spotted making out in last year (06).

The hot couple were spotted "going at it" by revellers at Los Angeles Key Club - and this time Keough's mother wasn't there to play chaperone. Tattooed Cabrera posed for his 17-year-old girlfriend as she took goofy snapshots of the singer and then the couple let everyone at the venue know they were very much in love with a very open public display of affection.

One clubber says, "They were all over each other and they really stood out because everyone else in the audience were there just watching METAL SKOOL, the band onstage. "They make a lovely young couple and they even dress the same - they both have that pop grunge look."

The last time the couple was spotted at the weekly club, Keogh brought mum LISA-MARIE PRESLEY and her stepdad MICHAEL LOCKWOOD with her, but last night they hit the scene alone.

Cabrera, who once dated ASHLEE SIMPSON, has become a regular at the Metal Skool show - he even performed onstage with the 80s tribute group last year.

He has the same amount of charm as a maggot, (actually I have met maggots with more charm) but when asked recently about the possibility of going solo, Noel Gallagher from Oasis said he would not do it because being in a band was"more fun" and he had seen other former members of bands end up as "very lonely boys".

But he left no doubt he felt he would be a great success on his own.

"I could do it easily but if I was a solo artist I would be the biggest solo artist in the country easy, no messing, within a year...seriously... but I prefer being in a band.

But don't ever think that I couldn't do it. I could. I'd be bigger than Elvis. I would."

2007/02/15 Yahoo / www.epgold.com

Oluchi Onweagba, one of the top models in the world posed at Graceland for the upcomin SI edition, the one with Bey on the cover.

GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Grab your beach towel, Graceland makes a splash in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

Elvis starred with bombshells in bikinis when he filmed GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! in 1962, but in 2007, his beloved Memphis mansion is one the stars of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

The magazine and SI.com( http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com) feature 20 of the world’s most beautiful supermodels posing at spectacular locations around the world as well as some of the biggest stars in the world of music, including Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion.

SI newcomer Tori Praver and favorite Oluchi Onweagba sizzled on the hot streets of Memphis and in the hallowed halls of Graceland with photographer Walter Chin.

The much anticipated stand-alone edition will reach more than 67 million adults in the U.S. alone and is the most widely-read issue of any magazine in the world. This year’s issue is the ninth orchestrated by Swimsuit Editor Diane Smith.

The annual search for paradisiacal locales took the magazine to ten unique locations which all played into the issue’s music theme: Arizona, Brazil, Florida, Jamaica, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maui, Memphis, New York and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

The 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Special premieres on TNT this Saturday, February 17, at 11 p.m. ET.

The special, hosted by Brooklyn Decker and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, takes an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the making of the issue with exclusive footage and model interviews.

TV LAND AND THE CITY OF HONOLULU TO HONOR ELVIS PRESLEY WITH LIFE-SIZED SCULPTURE IN JULY, 2007.

NETWORK PRESENTS ON-AIR TRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST SHOWCASING FILMS, CONCERTS AND DOCUMENTARIES

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TV Land will celebrate the life and times of music legend and pop icon Elvis Presley throughout the summer of 2007, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. Kicking off TV Land's tribute to Elvis in late July, TV Land and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii will honor Elvis with a life-sized bronze sculpture.

The statue will grace The Neal S. Blaisdell Center, formerly The Honolulu International Center, the site of Elvis' 1973 Aloha from Hawaii concert, which was seen globally on television. Fans can log on today at TVLand.com to view video excerpts and photos from Elvis's historic Aloha From Hawaii performance.

Following this momentous event, beginning August 1, 2007, TV Land will celebrate Elvis with an on-air tribute commemorating his unprecedented legacy throughout the entire month. From the '68 Comeback Special to Aloha from Hawaii to the documentary Elvis By The Presleys to his much-loved films like Love Me Tender and Wild in the Country, TVLand will showcase Elvis Presley's work every single day in August.

"Elvis is the ultimate icon of pop culture, especially to the Boomer generation, and one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century," states Larry W. Jones. "Celebrating his legacy this August on TV Land will be a unifying event for current and future Elvis fans."

The "Everything Elvis" tribute encompasses the following: LIFE-SIZED BRONZE SCULPTURE The bronze sculpture, which will be unveiled in late July, will commemorate the historic Aloha from Hawaii event, portraying the King of Rock 'n' Roll as he appeared in that performance, and pay tribute to him during the 30th Anniversary year of his passing. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. has granted permission for this special tribute and will be involved in the approval process of the sculpture.

"Elvis remains an idol and a hero to so many of us, and because of his time spent here, Hawaii considers him an adopted son," states Mufi Hannemann, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

"Elvis will forever remain a part of Hawaii's identity -- from his film Blue Hawaii to his 1961 benefit performance to raise money for the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial to the historic concert which this sculpture commemorates. Honolulu is proud to be the home to this monument to the King at the very site of one of the most seminal performances in his career."

Aloha from Hawaii, which initially aired on NBC in April of 1973, was the first concert event ever to be beamed around the world by satellite. Carried live in some countries and by tape delay in others, the show was seen in over 40 countries by 1.5 billion people, a worldwide ratings smash.

In America, 51% of the TV viewing households tuned in to watch Elvis perform. The soundtrack album went to Number One on the Billboard album chart and in America alone sales have earned the album a 5x Platinum award. Through the years, video and DVD releases and rebroadcasts have been tremendously successful. The sculpture is the network's sixth work to honor people, places and moments from pop culture by recognizing the site as a "TV Land Landmark."

The network's landmarks include: a bronze statue of Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners at the entrance of New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal; a sculpture of Mary Tyler Moore from The Mary Tyler Moore Show at Nicollett Mall in downtown Minneapolis, MN; The Andy Griffith Show statue in Raleigh's Pullen Park; a bronze statue of Bob Newhart commemorating his role as Dr. Robert Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show in Chicago and most recently, a tribute to the beloved series Bewitched with a life-size statue depicting a magical view of character Samantha Stevens, played by actress Elizabeth Montgomery, in Salem MA. Fans can visit TV Land.com to see photos, virtual tours of the statues as well as streaming video of some of the dedications.Studio EIS, a three- dimensional design and sculpture studio in New York founded by brothers Ivan and Elliot Schwartz, is creating the life-sized bronze sculpture. The studio also created The Andy Griffith Show statue, the statue commemoratingBob Newhart's role as Dr. Robert Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show and the statue of Samantha Stevens
from Bewitched.

It was thirty years ago this August that the world said goodbye to one of the greatest entertainers and cultural icons of all time - Elvis Presley. In a monumental tribute, TV Land will showcase a number of Presley's treasured work by airing films,concerts, documentaries and interstitial programming starring and about the King of Rock 'n' Roll every day throughout the month.

TV Land will air the following:

-- Performance specials -- Elvis: '68 Comeback Special, Aloha From Hawaii, Elvis: the Great Performances and Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Elvis Presley.

-- Documentaries -- Elvis By the Presleys, Elvis On Tour and Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers.

-- Movies -- Love Me Tender; Wild in the Country; Easy Come, Easy Go; Fun in Acapulco; Paradise Hawaiian Style; Roustabout; Girl Happy; Live a Little, Love a Little; Speedway and Elvis and Me.

Beginning today, TVLand.com will feature three video excerpts from Elvis's Aloha from Hawaii special. Log on to view Elvis Presley's performance of "See See Rider," "Hound Dog" and "Can't Help Falling in Love" as well as photos from the historic concert.

Now seen in over 88 million U.S. homes, TV Land is a division of MTV Networks. TV Land's program mix features original programming, popular dramas, sitcoms, westerns, Retromercials and a TV-referential interstitial environment, all programmed to superserve Baby Boomers -- the first generation of Americans to grow up watching television.

TV Land Productions was created in 2003 to develop original programming that complements the network's successful acquired programming slate. TV Land Productions has produced The TV Land Awards Show (March 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and Chasing Farrah (Spring 2005). In 2006, TV Land premiered several original productions including Generation Boom, I Pity The Fool starring Mr. T and Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg.

The network features all-time Classic hits like All in the Family, M*A*S*H, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show and Bonanza. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, mtvU, VHI, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, MTV INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 12 digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

LEGENDARY BASSIST BOB MOORE TO BE SALUTED IN FEBRUARY AS NEXT NASHVILLE CAT AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s quarterly program series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players returns on Saturday, February 17, with a salute to legendary bassist Bob Moore. The 2:00 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and is free to Museum members.

In a career spanning sixty years, Nashville native Bob Moore has played bass on over 17,000 recordings, making him one of the most recorded musicians in history. From the 1950s on, Moore contributed to a host of #1 country hits including Bobby Helms’ “Fraulein,” Marty Robbins’ “El Paso,” Roger Miller’s “King of the Road,” Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’.” Moore also played on classic recordings like Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” and Patsy Cline’s “Crazy.”

As a member of Nashville’s celebrated “A-Team,” his impeccable meter along with his subtle yet commanding style made Moore’s bass lines the foundation for a myriad of artists recording in Nashville for four decades. Moore’s studio credits span several genres with artists including Julie Andrews, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Dylan, Connie Francis, Burl Ives, George Jones, Quincy Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wayne Newton, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Tammy Wynette and many more. Moore even saw success on his own accord with the 1961 instrumental pop hit “Mexico” on Monument Records.

Bob Loyce Moore was born November 30, 1932, in Nashville to humble beginnings. Barely out of diapers, he was drawn to the sounds of his grandmother’s phonograph and broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry. By age 15 Moore had transitioned from shining shoes outside the Ryman Auditorium to playing bass onstage with country comedians and Opry regulars Jamup & Honey. Soon afterward, Moore landed a prestigious job playing bass for Paul Howard's Arkansas Cotton Pickers, which would help open the door for him to back the likes of Eddy Arnold, Jimmy Dickens, Flatt & Scruggs and Andy Griffith, among others.

By age 20 Moore was playing with Red Foley in Springfield, Missouri, and Marty Robbins in Nashville, Tennessee. Tired of commuting between the two cities, Moore returned in 1954 to Nashville where he became primarily a studio musician. As part of the “A-Team” of virtuosos, Moore helped usher in the lushly orchestrated Nashville Sound, which attracted top artists and producers to Music City.

He worked regularly on sessions with Elvis Presley and, in 1959, he was an early investor in Monument Records, where he served as Roy Orbison’s orchestra leader. Moore was also a sideman for Jerry Lee Lewis from 1983-1985.

Although widely known as a successful country session musician, Moore also performed at the Newport Jazz Festival and recorded with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, experimental rock guitarist Harvey Mandel and premier jazz guitarist Hank Garland, to name a few.

The interactive Nashville Cats programs include in-depth, one-on-one interviews with the players themselves; audio-visual elements, including vintage recordings, photos and film clips culled from the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive; and, in some cases, instrument demonstrations. Visitors will be encouraged to ask questions. Museum Instrument Curator Bill Lloyd hosts the sessions.

Museum memberships ($25/adults and $10/youth) include one year of unlimited admission to the Museum, discounts in the Museum Store, SoBro Grill and Hatch Show Print, and more. Membership support helps fund research, education and public programs that make country music history available to a worldwide audience.

These programs are made possible, in part, by grants from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and by an agreement between the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

2007/02/14 www.elvisunlimited.com / www.epgold.com

Jack Soden, CEO, Elvis Presley Enterprises, the business entity created by the estate of Elvis Presley recently said: "We licensed a company that made bedroom slippers.

They were big, furry slippers and they had this rubber image of Elvis' head on the toes.

It was one of those things that when you saw them in the store, it was like, 'What were we thinking?'

Due for release November 1, 2007 is the book "Elvis Presley The Family Album" by George Klein.

This hardcover book contains 144 pages and will be published by Little Brown and Company.

The Pyramid In Memphis.

It might not have been the arena of our dreams, but it did provide some great nights

It has fascinated and frustrated us, astounded and confounded us, The Pyramid.
No matter how many times we see it, still the urge is to crane our necks, scratch our heads and wonder: What in the name of Ramesses possessed us to build a pyramid, anyway?

But build it we did. We skimped and scrimped -- A tomb with no leg room? An observation deck with no inclinator? -- and still managed to create a sleek, gleaming icon that has, for most of its 15 years, kept us entertained.
So it did again on Saturday night with a farewell concert by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

Nancy Covington, 49, of Olive Branch was there and said she's seen Travis Tritt, Elton John and even Janet Jackson at The Pyramid.

"It's like a Memphis landmark ," she said. "The FedFexForum doesn't look half as good as The Pyramid."

A 40-something East Memphis resident, Scott Garmon, called the closing a real shame.

"This is a landmark for Memphis. And even though it hasn't been around a long time, when you look up and see that in the skyline, you know you are in Memphis."

A rock and roll finale was fitting, especially by a singer whose songs include, "Turn the Page."

The book on The Pyramid -- a saga of grand visions, squandered opportunity and some matchless nights -- isn't so much closed as it is awaiting a new chapter.

Will it become a giant outdoors store, with a hotel, aquarium and cypress swamp? Or will Bass Pro Shops decide it's a 32-story stretch to bring its bass boats, crossbows and hunting lodge motif to a stainless steel-skinned pyramid.

But those are questions for another day. Today, we look back on a building that's held 1,309 events drawing some 10,119,000 people, a building that's been host to Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Leonardo da Vinci's "tousle-haired lady," the Lipizzaner Stallions, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Mankind and the Rock, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, monster trucks, and the Bolshoi Ballet.

After that last act brought high culture to our $65 million gymnasium, this newspaper's critic sniffed, "The Pyramid did what it could to accommodate a theatrical event ... But it still felt like watching fine art in a sports arena, particularly when some folks clomped up past me with their snacks and drinks."

The Pyramid, of course, was good for more than one-night stands. It was the home of our first major league franchise (the NBA's Grizzlies), our beloved college heroes (the University of Memphis Tigers) and, for a while, an indoor football team (the Pharaohs, who may have played fake football but trod out real camels, Tut and Cleo, by name).

"I'm filled with memories of The Pyramid," said fashion designer Pat Kerr Tigrett, whose late husband, entrepreneur and financier John Tigrett, championed the city-county project and was considered its father. "It gave John such incredible joy and me such incredible joy. It's always been a pleasure and a treasure."

And suddenly she's off reminiscing, about Tiger basketball, concerts, her own Blues Ball extravaganza, and palling around with artist LeRoy Neiman when the Tyson-Lennox Lewis heavyweight championship fight hit town in 2002.

Ah, the fight. "The Slaughter on the Water," to recall a catchphrase that somehow didn't catch on. "The Bloody on the Muddy," to quote another. It may have been the building's finest moment, a too-hot-for-Vegas bout that had the world craning to look in on li'l ol' Memphis and its Pyramid. Denzel Washington showed up to watch. So did Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Wesley Snipes, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio.

"It's funny," then-general manager Alan Freeman said when the fight was announced. "Slightly more than a year ago we were trying to secure an East Coast Hockey League franchise.

"Now, we've got an NBA team here in the Grizzlies, and today we got arguably one of the top five sporting events of the year."

The Grizzlies held court for three seasons in The Pyramid, a shacking-up, as it were, while grander digs were being built over by Beale Street. But some fans may look back fondly: Where else in the NBA could you buy a lower-bowl ticket for $25? "And," as Tigrett said, "certainly the Grizzlies would not have come to town if it wasn't for The Pyramid."

True enough. It took the promise of a new arena (the tricked-out but mundanely shaped FedExForum) to land the Grizzlies in 2001, but they wouldn't have relocated without a suitable temporary home.

Good, but not good enough -- maybe that's the legacy of The Pyramid.

But once upon a time, you know, it was going to be great -- the Great American Pyramid, as imagined by the late Sidney Shlenker.

"It's going to be a monument like the Statue of Liberty or the Eiffel Tower, a signature for the city," he said in a 1989 New York Times story headlined, "Era of Great Pyramid Is Just Dawning in Memphis."

"The difference is," he continued, "this will have something to do inside it."

Ah, Sidney Shlenker. The Chicago Tribune described him that same year as a "burly, bright-eyed, gap-toothed millionaire" who "swashbuckled into town with dreams of turning Memphis into the South's biggest tourist Mecca since Mickey Mouse migrated to an Orlando swamp." Alas, Shlenker couldn't deliver and was ousted.

"You know, it never hurts to dream big," said the building's former office manager and booking coordinator Terri Knight, who watched The Pyramid come out of the ground and zealously protects its image in a way a mother might admire and even Mike Tyson might not cross. "But look at what we got. I'm pretty pleased with what we got."

But there would be no Hard Rock Cafe, no inclinator to the observation deck, no simulator ride "through the Egyptian Netherworld."

We may have been taken for a ride, but to a less grandiose end: The Pyramid -- so striking outside, so spare inside -- opened Nov. 9, 1991.

The Judds sang. Restrooms flooded.

"Pyramid visitors gush; so do drains," read the next day's headline.

Fifteen years and a couple of months later, our view of The Pyramid seems, as ever, mixed.

-- David Williams: 529-2310

Reporter Trey Heath contributed to this story.

A selective history of the $65 million arena:

1989: City celebrates groundbreaking with "The Big Dig," complete with lasers and fireworks.

1991: Building opens as the Judds perform and restrooms flood.

1994: Southeastern Conference basketball tournament packs 'em in: 195,942 fans for 11 games, at the time the second-largest attendance in league history. The tournament returns in 1997.

2001: NBA's Grizzlies arrive for the first of three seasons in their temporary home while FedExForum is constructed.

2002: In perhaps the biggest sporting event ever staged in Memphis, heavyweight boxing champ Lennox Lewis whips Mike Tyson.

2004: Grizzlies and University of Memphis basketball, and other arena events, depart as FedExForum opens. Pyramid redevelopment process begins.

2006: Bass Pro Shops announces plans to redevelop building as an outdoors mega-store.

2007: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band perform in what's billed as the building's farewell concert.

Bass Pro not yet reeled in

City chief financial officer Robert Lipscomb said he has an agreement in principle and is "real close" to a binding contract with Bass Pro Shops to redevelop The Pyramid.

The company announced plans for an outdoors mega-store nearly a year ago, but progress toward a development agreement has been slow.

The company has said little about its plans since the announcement, but company president Jim Hagale was expected to attend Saturday night's Bob Seger concert in Mayor Willie Herenton's Pyramid suite.

Bass Pro's recent plans have included spending more than $100 million and constructing a 150,000-square-foot store, three restaurants, a multi-level aquarium and museum, and seven-story hotel.

"Personally, I'm looking forward to it and hope it happens," said Pierre Landaiche, general manager of the nearby Cook Convention Center. "When Bass Pro comes to a city, within a short period of time, it becomes one of the top tourist attractions in the state."

2007/02/14 www.elisunlimited.com / www.epgold.com

The DVD/ book Up Close And Personal will be release date February 23,2007 DVD Region 2.

The combination features interviews with Scotty Moore, DJ Fontana and the Jordannaires.

The Diamond Collection" CD release in the EC.

Due for release on the Pid label is the compilation CD The Diamond Collection.

This recently published book by Charlie Connolly has also been released in audio CD format by Hachette Audio.

ISBN-10: 1405502339/ISBN-13: 978-1405502337.

The King's Early Hits" and "The Early Recordings" CD releases in EC.

Released on February 1, 2007 in the UK is the budget compilation "The King's Early Hits".

Due for re-release on February 16, 2007 on the Going for (SPV) label is the compilation "The Early Recordings".

Track listing: 1. That's all right 2. Blue moon of Kentucky 3. I don't care if the sun don't shine 4. Good rockin' tonight 5. Milkcow blues boogie 6. You're a heartbreaker 7. I'm left you're right she's gone 8. I love you because 9. Blue moon 10. I'll never let you go 11. Just because 12.

Elvis vinyl Releases.

Released by Speaker's Corner on the Audiophile vinyl label is "Gold Records Volume 3". This is an official release and it comes on 180 gram vinyl.

Synopsis: Elvis made a whole lotta records, but not all of them sounded very good. Well, this is one of the absolute audiophile classics among the Elvis catalog. And the songs – every one of them – are worth inclusion in any collection.

Don't miss a true classic.

Track Listing: 1. It’s Now Or Never 2. Stuck On You 3. Fame And Fortune
4. I Gotta Know 5. Surrender 6. I Feel So Bad 7. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 8. (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame 9. Little Sister 10. Good Luck Charm 11. Anything That’s Part Of You 12. She’s Not You

Also available are "A Date with Elvis", "Elvis Is Back" and "From Elvis In Memphis".

Reissued (in Canada) are the two volumes of the interview CDs "Elvis Tapes". These CDs were released on February 2, 2007 on the Jerden label.

1. Best Ever Interview With Elvis Recorded in Vancouver, 1957

Track Listing Volume 2:

Fueled by the Songs of Elvis Presley and Starring Susan Anton, ALL SHOOK UP Comes to the Orpheum Theatre March 13th.

Memphis, TN - Combining all-time favorite Elvis Presley songs with a surefire rock’n’roll story, ALL SHOOK UP, the musical that took Broadway by storm last season, will ride into The Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement of eight performances beginning March 13, 2007.

Starring TV, stage and screen favorite, Susan Anton, along with Joe Mandragona and Jenny Fellner, ALL SHOOK UP tells the romantic tale of how a young girl’s dream comes true when a guitar-playin’ roustabout rides into a square state and turns the town upside down with his hip-swivelin’, lip-curlin’and sexy song singin’.

Directed by Tony Award-nominee Christopher Ashley (The Rocky Horror Show), the show features 24 Elvis classic hits songs including "Heartbreak Hotel", "Burning Love", "Jailhouse Rock", "Blue Suede Shoes," “It’s Now or Never,” and "Don't Be Cruel." Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys), this well tuned hot-rod musical guarantees to have your entire family jumpin’ out of their blue suede shoes!

Tickets to see ALL SHOOK UP at the Orpheum Theatre are $15 - $75, and are available at The Orpheum Theatre Box Office at 203 South Main Street, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, all Ticket Master Outlets, by telephone at 901-525-3000, or online at www.orpheum-memphis.com . For group discounts, please call The Orpheum Theatre Group Sales office at (901) 525-7800.

Show times are as follows:

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Ernst Jorgensen talks with EIN about his SUN book, the future of FTD, and more..

Ernst Jorgensen’s long-awaited FTD SUN project is due for release in 2007.

Containing hundreds of Elvis photos many never previously published, interviews and three CDs it will be FTD's biggest project ever.

However Elvis fans have recently have highlighted the possible clash of content between Ernst’s forthcoming FTD book and Joseph Pirzada’s ‘Memphis Recording Service’ packages released last year.

Ernst kindly agreed to talk with EIN about this contentious issue, as well as the content of his SUN project, the future of FTD, illegal downloads, and more...

This series does not need introduction, again STAR deliveres an incredible dvd, with 35 newly re-edited clips, like the first 3 volumes, all the clips are made in a less “movie” way, and the accent is on the performance of Elvis; the reason why we are fans!

Movies included this time are:

THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS, FLAMING STAR, IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLDS FAIR and EASY COME, EASY GO.

Not only all the songs from the movies are included, but again there are lots of bonusses to make it even more fun:

U.S. MALE – close up footage of Elvis from the movie The Trouble With Girls, a very funny clip!

BRITCHES, we see “a gail in britches” and Elvis on horse, where it SHOULD have been in the movie, but was deleted. Also from Flaming Star : BLACK STAR , The movie version of SUMMER KISSES, and the END TITLE version of FLAMING STAR.

WHAT NOW WHAT NEXT WHERE TO, still pictures from It Happened At The Worlds Fair, this clips tries to tell that Elvis has lost grip on the movies, and does not know “WHAT NEXT”.. he dreamed about movie contracts, but they were very dissapointing to him (“You were part, of every dream i dreamed... how could i know our castles were build upon the sand....”)

GONNA GET BACK HOME SOMEHOW Behind the scenes footage of Elvis on the set.

I GOTTA KNOW – rare pictures of Elvis during Flaming Star.

Make sure you get the “REAL thing” with the REAL cover, made with love “By fans, for fans”. Don’t support the ones, made only for the money.

2007/02/12 E-Mail / www.epgold.com

Besides the large collection in the museum at Graceland, from time to time you can find a car from the King for sale.

This time it is a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 600. All the certificates and sales documents are included.

On the pay slip, you can see that Elvis financed the car: $5500 down payment and 36 payments of $344/month.

The TCB logo is printed on the front doors. Elvis donated the car to Jimmy Velvet in 1976.

Note: Elvis was driven in this limo the blue Pullmann to the famous Jaycess awards, not the silver one as mentioned on Ebay.

On The Elvis Hour this week: Welcome back to The Elvis Hour.

This time it's another interview with Elvis' right hand man Joe Esposito.

Joe will talk about the King's favorite Pastime performing live in front of his wildly enthusiastic fans.

Also we are going to play the rare Ray Green interview! There's alot to do so tune into this edition of The Elvis Hour.

2007/02/12 Darwin Lamm - www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com

Soon available on the import market, is the CD “Swing & Swirl Your Hips Again”, a live registration of the November 13, 1972 show in San Bernadino, California (Swing Auditorium).

See See Rider, I Got A Woman/Amen, Until It’s Time For You To Go, You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, Love Me, Polk Salad Annie, All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Teddy Bear, Don’t Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, Little Sister/Get Back, I’ll Remember You, How Great Thou Art + reprise, Suspicious Minds, What Now My Love, Fever, Burning Love, You Gave Me A Mountain, Mystery Train/Tiger Man, Can’t Help Falling In Love.

2007/02/11 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

Due for release a few days ago was this hardcover book from the original Elvis biographer, Jerry Hopkins.

Published by Bess Press it contains 100 pages and is a folow-up to the author's 2004 release, Elvis In Hawaii.

Written by Adam Victor and published by Overlook Press it is a 420 page hardback book.

Grid Iron Blocker Friend To Elvis.

Old-time Cleveland Browns fans will remember Gene Hickerson as the lead blocker for the great Jim Brown and two other Browns' NFL Hall of Fame backs, Leroy Kelly and Bobby Mitchell.

As for this scribe, one of the new Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees is not only remembered as one of the fastest and mobile linemen to ever play the game, perhaps the Browns' best-ever offensive lineman, but the former Ole Miss star generates several memories beyond the football field.

Hickerson was born just a few miles from Milan, Tenn., my hometown. His family moved around several times in the area. He had a younger brother, Willie, who also became a standout lineman at Ole Miss and he had an older brother, Marshall, whose talent was tossing 100-pound sacks of livestock feed around with ease at my father's milling company in Milan. Unfortunately, Marshall died of a heart attack after he turned down a heart transplant.

Gene had a brother, Oliver, who lived in Whitehaven, a suburb of Memphis, and was a neighbor of Elvis Presley. Gene met Elvis and they were close friends right up to Presley's tragic death in 1977 at his Graceland mansion.

Gene and Elvis often motored around Memphis in one of "The King's" Cadillacs. My father once told me a story about a Gene and Elvis episode at a gas station in Memphis. Elvis pulled into the station and told a young attendant, "Fill 'er up."

After the attendant was finished cleaning the windsheld and Elvis was prepared to pay him, there was no reaction from the attendant who had no idea who he was servicing.

"Don't you know who I am?" Elvis said.

"Nope," said the attendant.

"Well," Elvis said, "here's a $100 bill. My name is Elvis Presley and don't you forget it."

Needless to say, the attendant was stunned and just stood there, mouth open, as the Cadillac pulled away.

U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart Listings For The Week Of Feb 17, 2007.

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 2 to #28
Top Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 7 to #29

Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 2 to #28
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 7 to #29

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- none

Dropping off the charts include:
- The Essential Elvis Presley drops off the Billboard Top 200 Albums and Comprehensive Albums Charts

Notes of Interest
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2007/02/10 www.elvischarts.com / www.epgold.com

Elvis International Shop - The Netherlands.

OPEN: Saturday & Sunday February 10 & 11, 2007 - 1300. PM - 1800 PM.

E-Mail: elvisinternational@casema.nl

The Netherlands : 0251 - 821240
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 251 - 821240

Mobile The Netherlands : 06 47 87 25 78
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 6 47 87 25 78.

Elvis Party At The US Embassy In Demark.

(Picture: James P. Cain & Henrik Knudsen)
(Picture by: Ole Jakobsen / Den Utraditionelle)

Elvis Unlimited had the honour of producing an Elvis party last night (Thursday) at the American ambassador in Denmark’s mansion in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The ambassador Mr. James P. Cain has been in Denmark since august 2005 and he is working hard on maintaining the good Danish- American relationship. He has been touring Denmark for some time to meet the people and take care of his business. He even visited the Elvis Unlimited Museum and shop in Randers, Denmark last year.

For a few months the staff at EU and the staff of Mr. Cain’s been working on this party were 12 different Elvises were invited. Performing on stage was Henrik Busborg who recently won the Danish Elvis championship.

The ambassador had invited various Danish politicians, business relations, actors, musicians and other celebrities. A total of 350 guests attended the party.

Beside all the Elvises Elvis Unlimited had displayed some original clothing and a guitar from Elvis. Mr. Cain himself displayed his own treasure. Being an old magazine signed by no less than the four Beatles members, Jim Morrison and last but not least the king Elvis Presley himself.

The whole party was meant to be a relaxed and fun event. Mr. Cain, his wife Helen and their staff did everything they could to make it fun and they succeeded. In the middle of the party the ambassador even dressed up in an Elvis gold suit for a short while.

Nearly all the Danish media has been covering this event on TV, in newspapers and in magazines. You can watch one TV clips by clicking here

2007/02/10 www.elvisunlimited.com / www.epgold.com

Here is the logo for the 2007 Elvis Insiders Conference.

The design has been created by Elvis artist Joe Petruccio and will be seen on t-shirts, banners and all the promotional materials around this conference.

The American Sound Studio Boys will perform a concert on the April 1, 2007 at Planet Hollywood venue on the Champs Elysées in France.

Bobby Wood (piano), Bobby Emmons (keyboard), Mike Leech (bass), Reggie Young (guitar) and Gene Chrisman (drums) recorded at the American Sound Studio with Elvis on hits as "In The Ghetto", "Suspicious Minds", "Long Black Limousine", "Kentucky Rain", "Don’t Cry Daddy" and "Rubberneckin’".

2007/02/10 www.elvismyhappiness.com / www.epgold.com

Country music star, the "Redneck Woman" herself, Gretchen Wilson toured Graceland on 2 February.

2007/02/10 EPE / www.epgold.com

There's a Q&A interview with Eric Idle of Monty Python fame in the Playbook section of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis today. Spamalot, a stage musical inspired by one of the films of the Monty Python comedy troupe and created by Idle, has a Memphis engagement. The last Q&A item is reprinted below.

In all the years that Elvis's having been a Monty Python fan has been talked about, it's a wonder those guys hadn't heard about it. Idle's comments about his reaction to having only recently learned that Elvis was a fan - what beautiful thing to say.

Q: If you had realized that Python would become the legend it is, is there anything you might have done differently during your heyday?

A: Well, I would have tried to meet Elvis because he loved Python. I met Linda Thompson (Elvis' former girlfriend) the other day and she said that Elvis knew all the Python sketches. He would watch all-night Python. He would learn and recite them. Took the tapes on his plane. He would call people Squire from the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.

I said to Linda, "What? You're kidding!" She said, "No, we'd be up all night. He'd make me learn these things and we'd laugh and laugh and laugh." And I just felt so happy. I mean, I knew we had the Beatles but Elvis as well! You know, Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives."

2007/02/10 EPE / www.epgold.com

With tears and laughter, patients and parents at Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport received 20 acoustic guitars Thursday from legendary rock guitarist James Burton.

With hospital administrators, some of his relatives and members of the James Burton Foundation, Burton gave the gift of music to the orthopedic hospital that is the flagship of Shriners Hospitals for Children. The gift is a continuation of presentations of guitars that have put at least 600 instruments in the hands of Caddo students so far.

“This is something that’s going to be here forever,” said Burton, a guitarist since the 1950s and someone whose name can be mentioned in the same breath as the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richard and the Who’s Pete Townsend. “And when I’m gone, these young kids are going to carry on my legacy in music.”

Burton said the gift to a hospital that treats children is more than appropriate.

“Even though a child can’t play an instrument, it’s something they love,” said Burton, who just returned from Austria to take part in the culmination of the project begun with the hospital months ago by his wife, Louise, and son Jeff. “When they hear music, it does something to the mind and the body. It’s great therapy.”

Jeff Burton said neither the work of his father’s foundation or that of the Shriners Hospital would be possible without the support of the community, which could do more if people offered the cost of the night out on the town, even once, to nonprofits trying to accomplish good.

“We think every child should have the opportunity to have an instrument,” he said, adding that Thursday’s move was just a first step. “We want to move outside Shreveport and work with Shriners across the United States. That’s our next goal.”

Hospital administrator Kim Green was pleased with the day’s events. “As a struggling guitarist myself, I’m very excited about having the opportunity for the children here to be participants in music therapy and have the enjoyment and excitement that all of us get from participating in playing and enjoying music.”

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover had planned to attend. In fact, the presentation was scheduled to accommodate his schedule. But a last-minute meeting prevented him from attending. He was represented by spokeswoman Gwen Campbell and by Arlena Acree, a former mayoral opponent and now head of the city’s film office.

At least one young patient from Honduras was starry-eyed at holding a guitar autographed by Burton and to fret chords with him standing over her shoulder.
“I would really like to learn a song from Mr. James,” said 14-year-old fan Roxanne Gonzales, who has been visiting the hospital annually for surgeries on and braces for her legs since 1996.

Gonzales and her mom, Fatima Gonzales, both familiar with Burton through his work with the late Elvis Presley, appreciated the gift of the music. Roxanne Gonzales has played guitar the past four years and plans to continue, though performing on stage isn’t her dream.

“I would like to become a doctor and to work here,” the teen said, her serious, thoughtful face occasionally radiated by smiles. “The Shriners do a great job here, and I would like to someday help continue it.”

James Burton was touched by her wish for a lesson and said he likely would return to the hospital when the youngsters have had an opportunity to learn to play a bit. “We’ll play a little bit and have them play for us.”

Angie from the Graceland Archives says:

"We've spent nearly a year now in planning and research for the design of the exhibit, but the installation date is almost here. Just a few last minute lists to go over to make sure we have everything we need to make this happen. The most difficult task is behind us.

We pre-dressed ALL 58 mannequins for a photo shoot a few weeks ago. We'll soon be posting some of the photos for Insiders. The photos are going to be used in our very first exhibit catalog that will be available to purchase in March. It was an amazing site seeing all of these performance costumes in one room.

We have all gotten really good at dressing Elvis. In fact, we can now dress a mannequin in about 10 minutes.
Jerry Schilling said that is faster then Elvis could have dressed himself for a concert. We are all feeling so proud. This exhibit has been so much fun and such an honor to put together. I can't wait for the installation to see all of these elements
finally come together".

Amy from the graphic design team says:

"The new jumpsuit exhibit has been an exciting project to work on. I helped set up for the photo shoot and some of the costumes that will be on display, I had never seen before.

To be so close to the costumes and see the detail and workmanship that went into these suits was just amazing. As we were developing the exhibit logo I wanted it to reflect the strong colors and impact of the jumpsuit designs, as well as represent
the era when Elvis wore them on stage. I know all of you are going to love this exhibit.

We are starting to layout the exhibit catalog and choosing which jumpsuit photos and which photos of Elvis we will be using. As soon as we have some mock ups of the inside, we'll post them here. For now, here is the very first look at the official
logo for the exhibit!"

On August 14, Priscilla Presley will participate in Day 2 of the Elvis Insiders Conference during Elvis Week 2007.

This will mark Priscilla's first-ever participation in the conference. Her on-stage interview segment will be conducted by longtime friend of Elvis and his family, Jerry Schilling.

On August 13, Loanne Parker, longtime RCA Records staff member who worked with Elvis and his manager Colonel Tom Parker and later became Mrs. Parker, will participate in Day 1 of the conference. This will mark Mrs. Parker's first-ever Elvis
Week appearance.

At 8:00 PM on August 13 and 14, an exciting new event, Elvis Music & Movies at Graceland, will be staged on the front lawn of Graceland Mansion.

On each of these evenings an outdoor concert of Elvis music will be performed live on the front lawn followed by the screening of an Elvis movie. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket, make yourself at home and enjoy a live concert by one of the Elvis fans' favorite bands while the sun begins to set, then stay for the screening of an Elvis movie under the stars.

Enjoying Elvis music and movies with your fellow Elvis fans in the night-time magic of Graceland - it doesn't get much better than that!

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. proudly joins in as Memphis Celebrates 50 Years of Soul, a milestone in the history of our city's rich musical legacy and its global influence.

With tremendous gratitude and abiding respect we salute all the gifted songwriters, singers, musicians, producers and business leaders who made soul music happen in a big way in Memphis and took that groove out to the world.

In exhibits at Graceland are gold records, artifacts and other items related to Elvis’s Stax recording sessions.

The "Elvis After Dark" exhibit includes original acetates from a couple of his sessions, his Fender Jazz bass and more.

Elvis at Stax Recording Studio

Elvis's series of recording sessions at Stax in July and December of 1973 came on the heels of the triumph of his global television special Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii earlier that year.

The Stax sessions produced a collection of R&B, pop, rock, country and gospel material that comprised a special chapter in Elvis's recording catalog.

Elvis called upon the talents of some of his usual stage and studio collaborators and some Stax regulars.

The albums Good Times, Raised on Rock and Promised Land and several singles emerged from these sessions.

Standout tracks include It's Midnight, I Got a Feelin' in My Body, If You Talk in Your Sleep, Help Me, My Boy and a splendid rocking cover of the Chuck Berry classic Promised Land.

Later compilations containing some of Elvis's Stax recordings are Rhythm and Country and, on the Follow That Dream collectors label, Made in Memphis.

More about Memphis’s Celebration of Soul Click Here: http://www.memphissoul50.com/?sid=memphistravel_home

Details have surfaced regarding the soundtrack to The Future is Unwritten, the new documentary about the late, great Joe Strummer.

According to Billboard, the packed soundtrack features a previously unreleased live version of the Clash's "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." alongside tracks from Elvis Presley, the MC5, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone.

"The Future Is Unwritten," which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was assembled using a combination of old interviews collected from journalists as well as tapes of Strummer's BBC radio show.

It features testimonials from members of the Clash as well Bono, Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese, Courtney Love, Flea and John Cusack among many others.

The film was produced by documentary filmmaker Julien Temple, who was responsible for the definitive Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury as well as the infamous mockumentary The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.

Though Strummer tragically passed away in 2002, Temple had already shot many hours of footage to be used in the film.

Among songs from the 101'ers and Mescaleros the soundtrack includes the song "(In The) Pouring Rain" credited to Clash II.

This was one of the unreleased songs played on tour during the band's Cut The Crap era. It is notable that the band is credited as "Clash II" and not simply "The Clash."

While fans often deride the post-Combat Rock period and official band histories tend to ignore it, this may be the first time the Clash II moniker has been used on a non-bootleg recording.

The tracks are:

"White Riot" - the Clash
"Rock the Casbah" - Racid Taha
"Crawfish" - Elvis Presley
"Black Sheep Boy" - Tim Hardin
"Kick Out the Jams" - MC5
"Keys to Your Heart" - the 101'ers
"I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." - the Clash
"Natty Rebel (2006 mix)" - U-Roy
"Armagideon Time" - the Clash
"Nervous Breakdown" - Eddie Cochran
"(In the) Pouring Rain" - Clash II
"Filibustero" - Joe Strummer
"Martha Cecilia" - Andres Landeros
"Minuet" - Ernest Ranglin
"Trash City" - Latino Rockabilly War
"Rangers Command" - Woody Guthrie
"Corrina, Corrina" - Bob Dylan
"Johnny Appleseed" - Joe Strummer
"To Love Somebody" - Nina Simone
"Willesden To Cricklewood" - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

Essential Elvis? Here it is ‘Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis’ isn’t a CD but a book of candid photos of Presley on the cusp of fame in 1956.

Photo: 'Hound Dog' day(Alfred Wertheimer)

The latest album in RCA's endless Elvis Presley's CD reissue series may have "essential" in the title, but don't believe it. RCA has called nearly a dozen earlier albums or boxed sets "essential," and few have lived up to the claim.

However, there is one Presley-related item that deserves that description: "Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis," a book of exquisite Presley photos taken in 1956 by Alfred Wertheimer

These are remarkably intimate and revealing portraits, mostly shot "fly-on-the-wall" fashion as Wertheimer followed Presley in the recording studio, on a train ride, to a coffee shop lunch counter and at home in Memphis, Tenn., with his parents and friends.

Presley fans have marveled for years at some of the photos, more than 100 of which were featured in "Elvis '56," a large-format paperback published in 1979 by Collier Books.

Now, Insight Editions not only adds some 200 more photos from the period to the mix, but also displays them in a gorgeous 11-by-14-inch hardback edition.

One thing that makes the black-and-white photos so striking is that we rarely saw Presley in such candid fashion after 1956 because the singer's manager, Col. Tom Parker, valued mystique in his marketing. He not only kept Elvis away from photographers, but also from most journalists.

Other photographers got access to Presley in 1956, but usually in formal sessions where things seemed posed. The wonder of Wertheimer's work is that virtually every shot of Presley seemed as informal as a home movie, whether the 21-year-old was reading a Betty and Veronica comic book, combing his hair in front of a mirror or French-kissing (!) his date backstage.

Adding to the lure of the photos is that Presley was still in the infancy of fame, and Wertheimer's photos captured his fascinating blend of innocence and raw charisma. In its way, it's as compelling a portrait of a rock immortal as "Don't Look Back," D. A. Pennebaker's 1967 film documentary of Bob Dylan on tour in England.

The back story: Wertheimer, a young New York freelance photographer, was excited to get a call from an RCA Records publicist asking if he could shoot Presley's performance on Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey's weekly TV show in March 1956. The reason for Wertheimer's excitement: Tommy Dorsey was one of his heroes.

Like most Americans, he had never heard of the young rock 'n' roll singer whose first RCA recording, "Heartbreak Hotel," was just climbing the charts.

"Elvis was the perfect subject," Wertheimer told me when "Elvis '56" was published. "He was never temperamental or shied away from the camera.

"Elvis was in total control when he stepped onstage, but offstage in those days he was just like anybody else. He knew something was happening, but he was still shy and unassuming. He was just starting to gain a sense of his own stardom."

In that spirit, Presley let Wertheimer follow him back to his hotel after rehearsal and photograph him while he read fan mail and got ready for the evening's performance.

Through it all, Wertheimer was apparently so unobtrusive that Presley never seemed self-conscious. The photos, including ones of the actual TV show performance, are splendid.

Several months later, Wertheimer got even more access to Presley during an appearance on Steve Allen's TV show, shooting Elvis sitting alone at the piano in a rehearsal room and going over his lines with Allen and fellow guests Imogene Coca and Andy Griffith.

Things got even better as Wertheimer followed Presley to Richmond, Va., for a concert and some downtime. Backstage, Wertheimer somehow managed to snap lots of shots of Presley and his date snuggling, without breaking the mood.

In Memphis, Wertheimer joined Presley on a motorcycle ride, stepped into the pool with him while the singer horsed around with some friends, and then captured the awestruck expressions of Memphis fans watching their hero onstage. Every page is a gem.

Further study: If you really want the essential Presley records, you're going to have to get at least two albums, probably three. The new, two-disc "The Essential Elvis Presley" can't be considered definitive if it omits such basic tracks as "One Night," "How Great Thou Art" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

For the budget-minded collector, start with "Elvis at Sun," a 19-song CD on RCA that includes the landmark material Presley recorded at Sun Records before "Heartbreak Hotel." Then pick up "Elvis: 30 No. 1 Hits," another single-disc album on RCA that will take you from "Heartbreak Hotel" to "Way Down." Approximate cost for the pair: $30. If you are willing to go an additional $15, add "Elvis/Ultimate Gospel" on RCA to hear Presley singing the music that was probably closest to his heart.

The serious collector should get three boxed sets on RCA. They'll give you more than you need, but you'll have virtually everything you want, including some concert recordings. Each set contains five discs and focuses on a single decade: "Elvis/The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete '50s Masters," "Elvis/From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential '60s Masters I" and "Elvis/Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters." Approximate cost: $175.

For the movie tunes, which take you into an uneven chapter in the singer's career, you'll need the two-disc "Elvis/Command Performances: The Essential '60s Masters II" (about $30). Add the gospel package and you're still under $225.

The book Singing Elvis Badly contains 148 pages novel by Stephen Jones issued February 2007 by AuthorHouse.

DVD Releases And Reissues 2007.

The "50th Anniversary Celebration" DVD will be reissued on February 23, 2007 by In-akustik GmbH & Co.KG in Germany.

The DVD "Up Close And Personal" is a release from Storm Bird Ltd. which will be out in Europe on February 26, 2007.

Whe Europe Limited will release "Elvis Presley - Music Masters" on February 24, 2007.

April 2, 2007 "Love Me Tender" will be re-issued in Europe by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

April 20, 2007 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the "Elvis Presley Collection" 6 DVD box featuring the movies Love Me Tender, Flaming Star, Wild In The Country, Clambake, Frankie And Johnnie and Kid Galahad.

Jazz Cruises Presents 30th Anniversary Elvis Tribute Cruise With Jerry Schilling.

JAZZ CRUISES, LLC ANNOUNCES THE ELVIS® TRIBUTE CRUISE HOSTED BY JERRY SCHILLING LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Elvis Cruise Endorsed by Elvis Presley Enterprises Officially Joins 30th Anniversary Year of Commemorations

Passengers Can Compete in Special Passenger “Tribute To Elvis” Contest for $10,000 First Prize

Telephone 1-800-704-3034 www.elvistributecruise.com

Be a part of rock ‘n’ roll history when Jazz Cruises, LLC, the world’s only producer and operator of full charter, luxury music cruises presents, in association with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE), The Elvis Tribute Cruise, departing from Jacksonville, Florida with ports of call in Freeport and Nassau.

Spend Labor Day Weekend, August 30 – September 3, 2007 celebrating the career of the King of ”Rock ‘n’ Roll” aboard the Carnival Celebration to enjoy a musical extravaganza to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his passing. Join host Jerry Schilling, Elvis’ lifelong friend and entourage member, for the cruise experience of a lifetime. Enjoy performances by the finest Elvis tribute artists in the world, including the top contestants from the upcoming Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest™, the first official tribute contest ever presented by EPE. Perform in our special passengers’ Elvis Tribute Contest and compete for the $10,000 “best in show” first prize. The cruise will also feature Elvis music, Elvis movies, appearances by celebrities who worked with Elvis and passengers will participate in the grandest Elvis costume party ever held anywhere in the world.

Michael Lazaroff, executive director of Jazz Cruises, LLC stated: “It is our mission to produce the most exciting and memorable musical events at sea. We are honored to be associated with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. as the producers of the only official 30th anniversary Elvis cruise in the world! Every cruise program that we do is faithful to the genre and first rate. This cruise will be no different. And, we are thrilled to have Jerry Schilling as part of our great team.”

“We’re excited about this project because it brings us another way to celebrate the legacy of Elvis, said EPE’s chief marketing officer, Paul Jankowski, “and Jerry Schilling adds the insight and personal touch that make this event unique.

Jerry Schilling says: “This is a project that I have thought about for years. As a personal friend of Elvis, I am constantly asked to participate in events, but I will only do so if I believe that the event will truly honor his memory, be first class and celebrate his greatness. The Elvis Tribute Cruise does all three. It is an honor and a pleasure to host this event so wonderfully being produced by Jazz Cruises, LLC in association with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.”

More About Jazz Cruises, LLC

Jazz Cruises LLC is the producer and promoter of the only full-ship charters in the world dedicated to music. Jazz Cruises, LLC controls and directs The Jazz Cruise, The Smooth Jazz Cruise hosted by Wayman Tisdale, Dave Koz & Friends at Sea, North Sea Jazz Cruise hosted by Marcus Miller, The Latin Music Cruise hosted by Arturo Sandoval and the 2007 Elvis Tribute Cruise. Complete information is available at www.jazzcruisesllc.com

2007/02/08 EPE / www.epgold.com

Releasedate UK February 9, 2007, on the Universe (Cargo Records) label in Germany, and Comet label This compilation was previously released on vinyl by the same label.

Tracklist:

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting On You
3. I Got A Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying To Get To You
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey
13. Heartbreak Hotel (Bonus Track)
14. I Was The One (Bonus Track)
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Bonus Track)
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Bonus Track)
17. My Baby Left Me (Bonus Track)
18. I Want You, I Need You I Love You (Bonus Track)
19. We're Gonna Move (Bonus Track)
20. Shake Rattle And Roll (Acetate Demo) (Bonus Track)
21. Blue Moon (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
22. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
23. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
24. Heartbreak Hotel (Live)(Bonus Track)
25. Blue Suede Shoes (Live) (Bonus Track)
26. Money Honey (Live) (Bonus Track)
27. We're Gonna Move (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
28. I Want You, I Need You I Love You (Unreleased Out-take)(Bonus Track)

The Collection.

The Collection, a 3 CD budget set contains 47 songs from 1954 to 1956.

Platinum DeLuxe Butterfly: Elvis Presley - Early Hits.

Trackinglist:

Mystery Train - That´s All Right - I Forget To Remember To Forget - Good Rockin Tonight - Baby Let´s Play House - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - I´m Left, You´re Right, She´s Gone - I Don´t Care If The Sun Don´t Shine - You´re A Heartbreaker - Milkcow Blues Boogie

Releasedate: February 2, 2007

Here is the cover art of the budget release "Elvis Rocks - Blue Suede Shoes" on the Dutch DISKY label.

It is the follow up to the CD with the same main title "Elvis Rocks - Through His Early Years" which came with a red cover.

In between all budget releases sometimes one release stands out from the rest.

The "Signature Collection" is a 3 CD set with 47 tracks which comes in a five panel digipack

Here is the cover art of the budget releases "Icons", "Reflections" and "Autograph Collection" from the Green Umbrella label.

All two 2CD compilations contain the same 47 tracks, all CDs were released by the same label at the same time early January 2007.

According to Sony BMG(UK) a decision on the new releases for this year will be made within the month.

Apparently a number of Projects are being looked at and although I know nothing of them, it would appear that one or two of the ideas, if they come off, will be given as big a push as the 30 No.1's release.

Again, it looks as though a Greatest Hits package is not in the reckoning.

I will let you know anything as soon as I can get it.

The Ultimate Performance is a new stage production in the U.K. that looks to be a great tribute to Elvis Presley.

Details:

The concept behind ELVIS – the Ultimate Performance came about when Brian Hill, Director of Barisons Management was asked by the producer of Europe’s largest Elvis Presley contest and convention, the ‘Walk A Golden Mile In My Shoes’, if he could write a theatre style show and arrange the orchestration to headline this world famous annual Elvis event.

Brian wanted to stay away from the typical Elvis Presley tributes and impersonators and offer the Elvis world something that is dedicated to the life of the greatest performer the world has ever seen.

With the respect that is deserved and commanded by Elvis Presley Enterprise, Brian Hill wrote this theatre show for those and only those that respect the name Elvis Presley.

When you see ELVIS – the Ultimate Performance you will understand more about the person and more about his music than any other show currently performing.

With informative narration running through the performance, ELVIS – the Ultimate Performance will bring new light to two of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll televised broadcasts that the industry has witnessed.

Both original broadcasts set new records and both featured the KING at his very best.

The 68 Comeback Special showed that Elvis was hear to stay and the 1973 Aloha from Hawaii touched the hearts of all Elvis fans world wide.

In ELVIS – the Ultimate Performance we hope to touch as many hearts with the memory of Elvis Presley.

Focusing on the movie soundtracks featured in all 31 of his movies, ELVIS at the MOVIES The Musical offers the audience a colourfull and visual presentation through the film archive of Elvis Presley in one high;ly produced spectacle.

With dedication to every fine detail, ELVIS at the MOVIES brings the highest quality in musical representation; the music score being true to the original soundtracks.

ELVIS at the MOVIES is a truly unique production – never before has one show re-created the magic of all 31 movies in such a way.

AUDITIONS:

Are YOU the next KING of ROCK 'n' Roll?

'ELVIS at the MOVIES - The Musical' premiers in the WEST END in August before touring the UK in 2007, and then the Far East and Europe in 2008.

We're looking for three performers to depict ELVIS Live On Stage in this spectacular new production.

OPEN FIRST ROUND AUDITIONS ARE BEING HELD THROUGHOUT THE UK AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:

Fri 06th April - Olympia, DUBLIN
Sun 08th April - Millennium, CARDIFF
Mon 09th April - Lowry, MANCHESTER
Sat 14th April - Theatre Royal, NEWCASTLE
Sun 15th April - Festival Theatre, EDINBURGH
Sun 29th April - Pavilion Theatre, PLYMOUTH
BELFAST - TBC

Finals in LONDON - TBC

Doors open 9am - 6pm on a 'first come, first seen' basis.

Elvis Presley electrified the world and endeared himself to generations of fans with his talent, charisma, good looks, humor and genuine kindness.

Now the city of Honolulu, Hawaii will honor Elvis during the 30th anniversary year of his passing with a life-sized bronze sculpture.

The statue will commemorate the King’s 1973 Aloha from Hawaii concert. Created with the permission of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.

The statue will stand in the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, formerly known as the Honolulu International Center, site of the historic Aloha from Hawaii event.

Elvis Presley's legacy is muddled says Pete Townshend of The Who Pete Townshend says that the true power of Elvis Presley's early work overshadows the myth that has built up in the 30 years since his death. The Who have been performing Townshend's personal tribute to Presley, called "Real Good Looking Boy," on their recent tour, despite the fact that Presley was never a major influence on Townshend growing up. He explained to Goldmine that, "He is not as important to me as some other late 1950s artists, but Elvis was the first truly beautiful man, rather than rugged handsome man, that young men like me, and Roger (Daltrey), felt safe to adore."

Townshend added that when Presley became an actor and a global superstar, it came close to ruining him as an artist: "His legacy is muddled. We have to focus on (his) early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows, to keep his memory pure. People now know that Elvis could play a mean rhythm guitar himself, and needed no other musicians to perform a great song. But Elvis was not just a rock star, he was an all-round entertainer. He flew on our adoration for the last 10 years of his life and he is probably still flying on it now."

We spoke to Townshend while he was in the States during the Who's last set of dates. Townshend said that he viewed Presley's movie years as a wasted opportunity: "I was watching the TV yesterday, and Blue Hawaii was on. I just thought, 'What was Elvis doing?!' You know, the Beatles were about to appear, Ricky Nelson was putting out 'Hello, Mary Lou,' the Everly Brothers were doing 'Cathy's Clown' -- the most unbelievably brilliant music! Dion was doing great stuff. It was the most fantastic records being made! (Elvis was) dressing up in Hawaiian shirts, playing the ukulele and getting married on a raft."

"Real Good Looking Boy" includes passages from Presley's 1962 Top Two hit "Can't Help Falling In Love." It was originally released on the band's compilation The Who: Then And Now - 1964-2004, and was the band's first original studio track in 15 years. In October, the Who released their first new album since 1982, the critically acclaimed Top Ten hit, Endless Wire. Townshend has just released a new solo compilation titled Definitive Collection, featuring such favorites as "Let My Love Open The Door," "Rough Boys," "Slit Skirts," "Give Blood," and others.

Pete Townshend will next perform on February 20th with his girlfriend Rachel Fuller, and other yet-to-be-named guest artists, at Joe's Pub in New York City. The Who kick off their next series of dates on February 23rd in Reno, Nevada at the Reno Events Center.

The surrealistic work from artist Frank D. Mayes III is on exhibition in Georgia, USA.

The controversial pieces are made from well known religious pieces that are modified to modern scenes.

The 4-panel 'Birth, Life and Crucifixion' is painted on a wooden panel, 7x7 feet, and has a link to paintings of Jesus Christ.

In the top panel, Elvis is looking down on his life, on the right his birthouse in Tupelo, on the left Las Vegas (where he still lives further in the way of impersonators), it seems to be that the 3 crucified men can be compared to the authors of the book 'Elvis: What Happened'

Elvis' Family Heritage.

Elvis' father Vernon Elvis Presley was born on April 10, 1916 in Fulton, Mississippi. Vernon's parents were Jessie D. McClowell Presley (1896 - 1973) and Minnie Mae Hood Presley (1893 - 1980). Jessie was a farmer and was said to have been a good looking man. Minnie Mae has been described by her family as skinny, peppy and a hard worker.

Elvis' mother Gladys Love Smith was born on April 25, 1912 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Gladys' parents were Robert Lee Smith and Octavia Luvenia "Doll" Mansell. Octavia was said to have received her nickname "Doll" because she was a very beautiful and fragile woman. She gave birth to nine children and was bedridden most of her life, dying at the age of 59 from tuberculosis.

Gladys' father Robert was a handsome man with black hair. He was a cotton farmer and an occasional moonshiner. He would often pick up extra jobs to help support his large family. In his fifties, he died suddenly of pneumonia, leaving the then 19-year-old Gladys to find work in Tupelo as a seamstress to help support the family.Gladys had black hair and dark eyes.

As a youth she liked to play basketball. She played the position of forward and was very good at it. She also loved music and dancing. Vernon was tall and fair haired. He, too, liked music and had a good singing voice. He also enjoyed working on cars. In Tupelo, Mississippi they met and fell in love. They eloped on June 17, 1933 and were married in Ponotoc County.

Their son Elvis, destined for fame, and his stillborn twin Jessie were born January 8, 1935 in their small home in Tupelo.Various authors have researched Elvis' genealogy to varying degrees of accuracy.

Although an official genealogy has not yet been completed by Graceland Archives, there is evidence that Elvis' ancestory is from several countries. His heritage includes Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German and Cherokee ancestory. (News, Source: The Kings Corner

2007/02/07 http://elvisland.blogspot.com/2007/02/elvis-presley.html / www.epgold.com

Thousand Oaks, CA (February 6, 2007) - The legendary Elvis Presley will be authentically depicted in a 1:4 scale "Premium Format" sculpture by the artisans at Sideshow Collectibles:

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=0

of Thousand Oaks, California. Fans and collectors will have an astonishingly lifelike, mixed-media figure of The King of Rock n’ Roll at the very top of his game.

Sideshow, the world’s premier manufacturer of film and television-licensed collectible figures and prop replicas, has lifted the figure medium to new heights with its exclusive Premium Format product line.

The hand-painted pigmentations, skin textures, and fabric collars and clothing on these pieces make them the most lifelike sculptures of their kind in the world.

Like nearly all of Sideshow's product line, the Premium Format figure of Elvis Presley will be issued in a limited edition - just 2,500 pieces worldwide. MSRP is $250.

Elvis Unlimited Next Project "Elvis Is Back - 1960" Book.

Andylon Lensen asked Elvis Unlimited "if there will be a new project from this team who released Inside G.I.Blues & Inside Roustabout Box - Set" .

Our next project is "Elvis Is Back" (From Fort Dix to His Hand In Mine) and is planned for release end July 2007.

The book will contain more pages and the DVD will have a longer playing time.

2 CD ROCK IN BLACK COVER DESIGN.

January & February 1970 Rock Concept Import.

The succesful follow up to the Inside G.I. Blues box-set will be released this week.

Today I just talked to Elvis Unlimited and they confirmed that no one has this in stock yet... since they had a slight delay and were able start sending the " Inside Roustabout Box " last week friday to all their customers and whole-salers.

This deluxe box-set includes a book, DVD, vinyl single, an invitation for the premiere of the movie and a certificate that proves that you’re one of the only 2000 people who have this box-set.

The book is a 112 pages full colour book featuring a lot of unknown stories about the movie, many rare and unpublished pictures of Elvis during the filming, at the photo sessions, in the recording studio, at various meetings that were held during the filming etc.

The Inside Roustabout book also contains a lot of memorabilia from all over the world.

The text about the movie has been written by Megan Murphy. The foreword is by Bob Moore.

The DVD contains some never before seen footage from the movie set. Plus of course the original trailer.

The special 45 rpm. promotion vinyl single features some very rare radio spots that have never been released.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer and actress Barbara McNair, who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and became one of the first black women to host her own television variety show, has died at 72, her husband said on Monday.

McNair died on Sunday after a long battle with throat cancer, husband Charles Blecka told Reuters. McNair, who started singing in church as a girl, was still performing as recently as late last year.

"She was the strongest person I knew," Blecka said. "She was powerful in a strong way. If she set her sights to do something, she did it and did it in a dignified way."

McNair broke into show business as a nightclub singer and had nearly a two-decade recording career but she parlayed her early fame into a series of TV appearances and ultimately became better known as an actress.

After making her feature film debut in the 1968 crime drama "If He Hollers Let Him Go," she went on to star along with Mary Tyler Moore and Jane Elliott opposite Presley in his last movie, 1969's "Change of Habit." McNair, Moore and Elliott all played nuns and Presley portrayed a doctor.

McNair may have been best known in movies for her role as Poitier's wife in the 1970 classic "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!" and its 1971 sequel "The Organization."

She hosted a syndicated musical variety series, "The Barbara McNair Show" in 1969 when few black women were given such opportunities. Entertainers who appeared on the show during its brief run included Tony Bennett, Sonny and Cher and Bob Hope.

"A lot of people think celebrity comes with a burden," said Blecka, who also served as McNair's manager. "Barbara never did. Along with her inner strength she had this ability to just accept everybody, in all walks of life. Ask anybody in the business, she was one of the most wonderful people you'd ever want to come across."

McNair also appeared on Broadway in productions of "The Body Beautiful," "No Strings" and "The Pajama Game."

Acting roles dwindled for McNair in the 1970s and '80s but she continued to sing at nightclubs and cabarets and made occasional TV appearances on shows such as "The Jeffersons" and the "Redd Foxx Show."

- Upgraded edition of the original album from 1978

- Including 9 Bonus tracks

- 3 introductions of the original master recordings!

- With original album artwork and liner notes

- All original masters are remixed / remastered

- Including 4 official previously unreleased tracks

- Limited edition!

1. Anyway You Want Me 2. Love Me Tender (movie version) 3. We’re Gonna Move 4. Introduction / Poor Boy 5. Let Me (movie version) 6. Playing For Keeps 7. Love Me 8. Paralysed 9. How Do You Think I Feel? 10. How’s The World Treating You? 11. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 12. Introduction / Long Tall Sally 13. Old Shep 14. Too Much 15. Any Place Is Paradise 16. Ready Teddy 17. First In Line 18. Rip It Up 19. Old Shep (alternate take 2) 20. Introduction / Love Me Tender 21. Let Me 22. Poor Boy (movie version) 23. Long Tall Sally (overdubbed live version) 24. 1956 Commercial #1 25. 1956 Commercial #2 26. Love Me Tender (instrumental) 27. Love Me Tender (live recording)

In "Elvis and Anabelle", every terrible tragedy brings about something equally miraculous.

Groomed by her overly ambitious mother (Mary Steenburgen), Anabelle (Blake Lively) is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose tiara when she dies tragically during a pageant.

Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis (Max Minghella), an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father (Joe Mantegna) keep him from following his dreams.

When Anabelle is miraculously resurrected on Elvis' embalminnigelg table, the two unexpectedly connect and sparks fly.

With the help of each other and Elvis' father, they discover love, freedom and happiness as the real world and their own demons threaten to force them apart.

An official selection at the South by Southwest Film Festival (World Premier - March 10, 2007).

"Elvis and Anabelle" is a joint production by Goldcrest Films International (Ghandi, Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields, All Dogs Go To Heaven, A Room with A View) and Burnt Orange (The Quiet) called "Elvis and Anabelle" and has been chosen for the Gala Night premiere slot at this year's SXSW Film Festival.

It features Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Keith Carradine, and Mary Steenburgen.

This week on The Elvis Hour: This week we'll go back to the beginning with Elvis and recall how his incredible career began.

On this edition of The Elvis Hour we'll hear abit of rare recording sessions and Sun Records, and we'll hear Elvis telling in his own words about those all important early years.

Good Rockin' Tonite concert in Memphis during Elvis Week 2007: August 15th, another Good Rockin' Tonite evening with "The Last Man Standing" Concert.

It's an Exclusive appearance in Memphis-with Scotty Moore, Boots Randolph, Bob Moore, Billy Swan and other Legends.

Scotty along with these legends helped shape Elvis' career and Rock & Roll and will take you on a musical journey that you'll never forget. It will most likely be their last Memphis concert ever.

Raised On Rock.

In the JD High School in Arkansas, you can study the course 'Elvis Presley'.

Teacher Moore uses the birth of Elvis as the year '0' on his timeline.

The course is a collection of music, history and sociology.

Every part is refered to the influence of Elvis and how America was before, during and after his life.

2007/02/04 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

Celebrity Secrets: Government Files Of The Rich And Famous Reveals Army Secret.

In the new book 'Celebrity Secrets: Government Files of the Rich and Famous', a lot of unknown secrets about celebrities are unvealed with the help of official records.

Offcourse, it's not possible to publish such a book without a story of Elvis.

The supposed story goes like this; Elvis asked the army top in 1959 to dismiss a south-african homosexual from the army after giving dermatological treatments.

The man blackmailed Elvis with the fact that he would release compromising pictures if he did not pay $450 and a plane ticket to London.

2007/02/04 Various / www.epgold.com

Re-released in Germany on February 1, 2007 is the 2 CD compilation "Good Rockin' Tonight" from 2000.

Track listing:

Disk: 1

1. That's All Right
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky
3. Hearts of Stone
4. That's All Right
5. Tweedle Dee
6. Money Honey
7. Blue Moon of Kentucky
8. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
9. That's All Right

Disk: 2
1. Good Rockin' Tonight
2. I Got a Woman
3. Tweedle Dee
4. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
5. Baby Let's Play House
6. Maybellene
7. That's All Right
8. I Was the One
9. Love Me Tender
10. Hound Dog
11. Elvis Has Left the Building

Here is the upcoming release "Elvis Presley ... Plus" from the Universe (Cargo Records) label in Germany, and Comet label in the UK, February 9, 2007.

Track listing:

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting On You
3. I Got A Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying To Get To You
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey
13. Heartbreak Hotel (Bonus Track)
14. I Was The One (Bonus Track)
15. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Bonus Track)
16. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Bonus Track)
17. My Baby Left Me (Bonus Track)
18. I Want You, I Need You I Love You (Bonus Track)
19. We're Gonna Move (Bonus Track)
20. Shake Rattle And Roll (Acetate Demo) (Bonus Track)
21. Blue Moon (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
22. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
23. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
24. Heartbreak Hotel (Live)(Bonus Track)
25. Blue Suede Shoes (Live) (Bonus Track)
26. Money Honey (Live) (Bonus Track)
27. We're Gonna Move (Unreleased Out-take) (Bonus Track)
28. I Want You, I Need You I Love You (Unreleased Out-take)(Bonus Track)

2007/02/04 www.amazon.de / www.epgold.com

Elvis, The Missing Years Movie.

The American company Newly-minted Cinema League has bought the film and tv rights for the book Sergeant Presley: The Untold Story of Elvis' Missing Years.

The story follows the basictraining from Elvis in Texas untill the end of his army life in Germany and will contain subjects as his meeting with Priscilla and his starting addiction to prescripted medication.

The authors are Rex and Elisabeth Mansfield. Rex was a fellow soldier from 1958 to 1960 and his wife is romanticaly linked to Elvis.

Release date August 2007 in the "Who was..." series is a book on Elvis Presley.

Written by Geoff Edgers, Nancy Harrison (illustrator) and John O'Brien (illustrator) published by Grosset & Dunlap

UK Hallmark re-releases February 12, 2007, Elvis' first two albums on one single disc.

Track listing:

Blue Suede Shoes - I'm Counting On You - I Got A Woman - One Sided Love Affair - I Love You Because - Just Because - Tutti Frutti - Tryin' To Get To You - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) - I'll Never Let You Go - Blue Moon - Money Honey - Rip It Up - Love Me - When My Blue Moon Turn To Gold Again - Long Tall Sally - First In Love - Paralyzed - So Glad You`re Mine - Old Shep - Ready Teddy - Anyplace Is Paradise - How`s The World Treating Me - How Do You Think I Feel

Classic Rock label releases March 19, 2007 the 2 DVD / book set "Elvis Presley".

Quite simply the best of the best, this is the ultimate Elvis Presley title.

In two DVDs and 48 lovingly rendered pages, we celebrate the life and legacy of quite possibly the biggest Star we have ever known on the 30th anniversary of his death.

Through a stunning collection of interwoven performance footage spanning throughout the Kings career; intimate interviews with some of Elvis' closest confidantes, and the critical perceptions of a leading team of journalists and critics, we fill inevery gap, highlight every awe-inspiring high and deal with the undeniable lows of this brilliant artist.

Members of the Jordanaires; old hands of the road teams; Elvis experts; broadcasters and even wife of the late Col. Parker, Loanne Parker give their honest accounts of a great man haunted by his own genius

The DVD is priced at £23.99 (inclusive of postage) and is available from www.play.com

Dutch DVD site announces a DVD box entitled "30th Anniversary Elvis Box Set" is for release from Paramount on May 6 2007.

Elvis Presley made 9 movies for Paramount:

Blue Hawaii
Easy come easy go
Fun in Acapulco
GI Blues
Girls, Girls, Girls
King creole
Loving You
Paradise Hawaiian style
Roustabout

On june 9, the Henry Ford museum in Michigan, USA, will host the exhibition 'Rock Stars' Cars & Guitars' with a collection of 18 shiny cars, once belonged to the greatest artists of the planet.

The 1971 De Tomaso Pantera from Elvis is one of the eye-catchers.

The bullet-holes in the dashboard are still visible. Elvis shot them, because the car would not start.

In cooperation with the American Heart Society for woman with heartdiseaces, the color the mansion red for the theme 'Go Red For Woman' ,from february 2 untill 12 and it will happen by attaching a red gel on the white illuminating.

The original EP "Elvis Sails" has been reissued in three versions; the American, Japanese and German version. The set is limited to 500 copies.

The Dutch music distributor Coast to Coast has just put out an issue of the Elvis Unlimited release “Aloha from Sweden” with the TCB Band, the Sweet Inspirations and Maarten Jansen on lead vocals, in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Track listing: See See Rider Burning Love Something You Gave Me A Mountain Steamroller Blues My Way Love Me It’s Over I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry What Now My Love Fever Johnny B. Goode Amazing Grace Bridge Over Troubled Water Sweet Inspiration Welcome To My World Suspicious Minds You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Early Morning Rain Just Pretend Never Been to Spain I’ll Remember You Blue Spanish eyes American Trilogy I Can’t Stop Loving You Can’t Help Falling In Love Special bonus features: Rehearsals Interview with Maarten Al “Elvis has left the building” Dvorin

The BBC’s high-profile marketing drive for its radio stations has produced only modest results, according to the latest Rajar figures. The corporation launched several television campaigns to promote its stations and individual DJs last year, most notably the Radio 2 TV spot (pictured) which showed Elvis Presley on stage with famous musicians including Noel Gallagher and the Sugababes. However, Rajar figures that cover the three months to 17 December 2006 showed that the total number of listeners for the main national stations fell slightly, to 28.71 million. Banner Ad Only an increase in BBC local stations managed to push the corporation into a healthier position that last time around, with an overall rise of around 150,000 listeners to 32.81 million. In the battle against commercial radio, the BBC achieved a 55.4 per cent market share, a rise of just 0.1 per cent. Radio 1 shed 300,000 listeners over the quarter, falling to 10.26 million. The station is down by 30,000 listeners on the same period last year. Radio 2, boosted by the Elvis campaign, added 500,000 listeners over the three months, rising to 13.26 million. However, the station has only regained listeners lost throughout 2006. Five Live, boosted by cricket coverage and a competitive Premiership football title race, gained 40,000 listeners over the quarter and is nearly 200,000 listeners better off compared with the same period in 2006. A senior source at Heart, which rivals the BBC in London, said: “Radio 1, especially the Chris Moyles show, is beginning to lose momentum. I don’t think it’ll be long before that spreads to the BBC’s other stations. “The Elvis ad for Radio 2 is a great piece of TV, but I’m not sure it’ll permanently change people’s listening habits.”

Elvis And The Mo. A Knight in Rusting Armour.......:-( Extract from The New York Times today: "Yet even as entertainment democracy proliferates, some question how well it works. While “Idol” continues to draw huge audiences, ABC’s singing competition, “The One,” last year drew record low ratings.

A CBS show, “Rock Star,” raised modest interest in two seasons but is seen as a long shot to return. Winners of another recent contest, YouTube’s “Underground” music video competition, landed an appearance on “Good Morning America” but remain a long way from stardom. And some skeptics ask whether the spread of such contests is a reflection less of rising populism than of new marketing tricks. “What it really represents is an ever more cleverly manipulated pop culture,” said Dave Marsh, a longtime rock critic and host of a Sirius satellite radio show. “Empowerment becomes a commodity.” Indeed, if the contests so far are any indication, entertainment executives and network officials are not prepared to turn over decisions just yet. Usually a panel of judges made up of established industry figures winnow down the candidates either before or after voters have their say. In criticizing the contests, Mr. Marsh said the mass market spots talent well enough: “The mob chose Elvis Presley, the mob chose James Brown, the mob chose the Beatles.”

With executives filtering the process, he said, the result is “disposable” performers “who are selected because they stay away from anything that’s personal or controversial.” G B Shaw regarded Democracy as Mobocracy back in the 20s?

The year 2007 marks a very special anniversary for Graceland. In March 1957, Elvis purchased Graceland for his home. And to commemorate this historic event, Painter of Light, Thomas Kinkade, has created his newest masterpiece “Graceland, 50th Anniversary” and will unveil it during this exclusive event. Kinkade visited Graceland in September 2006 to paint a study for the painting, and had this to say, “Elvis Presley created rock and roll and changed music forever. Graceland was his refuge from the demands of his fame. My hope is that I will capture on canvas a bit of the home that he loved so much.” VIP tickets for the Graceland & Thomas Kinkade “Light & Legend Event” go on sale Monday, February 5, 2007, through Graceland Reservations. Please call toll free (800) 238-2010 to purchase your tickets. Cost is $250 per VIP event ticket and space is extremely limited. VIP event ticket includes: Welcome Reception and Tour Friday March 23, 2007 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM The weekend will start with an informal welcome reception for VIP guests at Graceland’s Ticket Pavilion. Enjoy drinks, hors d’oeuvres and an evening tour of Graceland mansion. Last mansion tour goes up at 7:30 PM. Representatives from the local Kinkade Gallery will be on hand to take pre-orders on the “Graceland, 50th Anniversary” painting. Cocktail Reception Saturday March 24, 2007 5:00-6:30 PM Enjoy a cocktail reception with Thomas Kinkade and a very special guest in Graceland’s Automobile Museum. Thomas Kinkade will unveil his latest masterpiece, “Graceland, 50th Anniversary.” Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres among the amazing assortment of vehicles from Elvis’s collection, have your photo taken with Mr. Kinkade, and meet and mingle with your fellow collectors and special guests. Share the light, see you there!

The exhibit about the meeting between Nixon and Elvis, that is on display in California for the moment, will move to the 'Elvis After Dark Exhibit' from may to september 2007.

Among the eye-catchers are the costumes that both man where wearing that day and the letter that Elvis wrote to the president.

We kick off the Elvis Year 2007 with a smashing party – THE ELVIS FESTIVAL on Sunday May 27th, in showroom “013” (Tilburg, the Netherlands).

This time, we put the spotlight on Elvis’s entire carreer. From the rockin’ fifties to the powerful live shows in the seventies.

• The Explosion Rockets (Holland’s Best rock ‘n’ roll Band)
• (intermission time)
• Maarten Jansen (the voice, the looks, the power!)
• The Electric Band (swingin’ hot!)
• The Big Orchestra (75 people on stage – count ‘m!)
• THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS (Yes – Elvis Presley’s Sweets!)

All tickets are for seats only, with a perfect stage view.
TICKETS (35 euro): 0032.14.31.44.40 or info@elvismatters.com

The BBC’s high-profile marketing drive for its radio stations has produced only modest results, according to the latest Rajar figures.

The corporation launched several television campaigns to promote its stations and individual DJs last year, most notably the Radio 2 TV spot (pictured) which showed Elvis Presley on stage with famous musicians including Noel Gallagher and the Sugababes.

Radio 2, boosted by the Elvis campaign, added 500,000 listeners over the three months, rising to 13.26 million. However, the station has only regained listeners lost throughout 2006.

U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart Listings For The Week Of Feb 10, 2007.

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 9 to #26
Top Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 9 to #22

Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 9 to #26
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 9 to #22

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- none

Dropping off the charts include:
- none

Notes of Interest

ROCK IN BLACK.

January & February 1970 Rock Concept Import.