Elvis - march 3

1955

Elvis performed in "The High School" De Kalb, Texas

1956

Elvis wrote a check as down payment for the house on Audubon Drive 1034.The house lies in a good neighborhood in the east of Memphis. Elvis flies to Shreveport with Gene Smith.

1958

Shooting began in New Orleans' French Quarter. The film company stayed in New Orleans until March 11.

1959

Elvis traveled to Munich with Red and Lamar to visit Vera Tschechowa, a 18 year old actress whom Elvis met in January while doing publicity shots for the March of Dimes. In the evening they went to dinner with various friends of Vera and later to the Moulin Rouge, a striptease club.

1960

Elvis arrived in New Jersey at 7.42 a.m. in the middle of a snow storm. The army held another big press conference with a welcoming party that included the Colonel, Nancy Sinatra and lots of RCA representatives. Elvis spent the next 2 days at Fort Dix going through the routine discharge procedure.

1962

Elvis bought some clothes at Lansky's.

1964

This was the second day of recording at Radio Recorders for Elvis' new film Roustabout and he worked from 12.30 p.m. till midnight, recording 7 more songs.

1967

There were some complaints about Elvis' continuing delays and Elvis was informed that he was expected without fail at United Artists on Monday,

1970

Elvis and Priscilla flew to Palm Springs to stay for 2 weeks at their rented Camino del Norte home, while looking for a house to buy..

1971

Accompanied by the Carpenters as well as Ricky Stanley and Charlie Hodge, Elvis flew home to Memphis.

1974

Elvis performed at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas at 2.00 and 7.00 p.m.
At 2 p.m the crowd was 43974 and Elvis wore Gold vine suit with the original belt.
At 8 p.m the crowd was 44175 and Elvis wore Nail mirrored suit with the original belt.
Towards the end of Elvis' performance of "Fever", the Colonel appeared on stage, riding a small donkey led by Vernon Presley.
As Elvis went into "Let Me Be There", Vernon mounted the donkey and the Colonel slapped it and led it off stage.







1975

Elvis flew to California for the recording session which was originally planned for the fall and in preparation for his Vegas opening.

1977

In the early morning Elvis signed his will and after taking care of some other business Elvis left for an vacation to Hawaii in order to show the island to Ginger.