Elvis - january 20

1955

Elvis performed in "The Leachville High School Gym" Leachville, Arkansas

1956

Elvis performed in "The North Side Coliseum" Fort Worth, Texas

1958

Principal photography for the new Paramount picture began.
While working on this picture Elvis met one of his idols: Marlon Brando in the studio commissary.

1960

Elvis was promoted to act as a sergeant 3 days after reporting back for duty.

1967

Elvis bought 2 horses this day: a bay mare and a buckskin mare.

1969

Elvis returned to American at 9.00 p.m. with the firm determination to record In The Ghetto about which he had doubts at first, but eventually was convinced the song could become a hit. He did 23 takes, which occupied most of the evening and he left at 4.00 a.m.

1975

Elvis put down a deposit of $75,000 on a Boeing 707.

1976

After hearing Don Kinney, a Denver television newsman, joking on the air about Elvis'
generosity and telling he wanted a car too, Elvis bought him a Seville.
Meanwhile the vacation in Denver wasn't a great success and Jerry Schilling quitted for good, telling Elvis that "friendship is more important than the job".

1977

Felton Jarvis had arranged for Elvis to record at Buss Cason's new up-to-date Nashville studio, Creative Workshop. Felton was confident that Elvis would feel at home there. The band was Elvis' own, plus Chip Young on guitar and Randy Cullers on percussion. But just hours before the scheduled start, Joe Esposito called to say Elvis had not yet left Memphis.