Elvis - may 16

1955

Elvis performed in "The Mosque Theater" Richmond, Virginia

1956

Elvis performed at the Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock,
Arkansas at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m. Elvis was asked by a local DJ to name his favorite song
and Elvis picked "I Was The One", from his first RCA session.

1967

Elvis went to the Memphian to see Peter Sellers' A Shot In The Dark.

1971

Back in the recording studio in Nashville for his upcoming Christmas album,
Elvis and the band started to jam during a break. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
of Bob Dylan went on for more than 11 minutes.
Unfortunately Elvis lost his interest for the Christmas album afterwards and the band
did 3 instrumental tracks.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada

1974

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Room, Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada,
where he opened this engagement with 2 cocktail shows.

Elvis - may 15

1954

Elvis and Dixie go to the 'Hi-Hat' on South Third.
Elvis has a bolero coat with a pink shirt and on and plays on his guitar.
He sings two songs.

1955

Elvis performed in "The Auditorium" Norfolk, Virginia 3.00 and 8.00 PM

1956

Elvis performed at "the Ellis Auditorium", Memphis 8:30 pm. The crows was 7000 and Elvis
wore a green jacket, black trousers and white shirt.

1971

Elvis returned to Nashville to record some songs for his upcoming Christmas album,
because RCA had pressured him. Although he was not in the right mood he did complete
half the album before breaking off at 4.00 a.m.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada

1974

In Lake Tahoe the rehearsals were held at noon, both this day and the following day.

Elvis - may 14

1949

The Presley `s move from Washington street to the Poplar avenue.
For 1-room house on first floor they pay $9.50 weekly.

1955

Elvis performed in "The Shrine Auditorium" New Bern, North Carolina at 7.00 and 9.00 PM

1956

Elvis performed at the Mary B. Sawyer Auditorium,
LaCrosse, Wisconsin at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m.

1964

Elvis finished his work on Roustabout with some more publicity stills.
Afterwards there was a brief recording session at Radio Recorders to overdub the
new title song.

1965

Elvis returned to Radio Recorders for overdubs from 5.00 to 7.30 p.m.

1968

Elvis had a meeting with Bob Finkel about his upcoming Christmas special
and Elvis declared that he wanted the special to be something completely different
from everything else he had done. He wanted everyone to know what he really could do.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada 10pm and midnight.

1974

Elvis flew from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe to begin rehearsals with Joe Guercio
and the rhythm section for his upcoming show.

Elvis - may 13

( photos from may 1955 )


1955

Elvis performed in "The New Baseball Park" Jacksonville, Florida.

1956

Elvis performed at the Auditorium, St. Paul, Minnesota at 3.00 p.m.
and at the Auditorium, Minneapolis at 8.00 p.m.

1957

Principal photography began on the jailhouse dance sequence

1963

Elvis screened movies at the Memphian almost every night from this day on until June 23.

1965

Elvis continued recording for Frankie and Johnny at Radio Recorders at 5.00 p.m.
He overdubbed lead vocals on the tracks recorded the day before,
but after doing 2 additional songs he left the studio again.

1966

Like on many other nights Elvis rented the Fairgrounds after the movies.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada 3.00 p.m.
This show was a special Mother's Day engagement to benefit a local hospital.
He also performed at the same stage 10pm and midnight.

1974

Elvis performed at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California at 8:30 pm.
The crowd was 7200 and Elvis wore "the Turquoise Phoenix" suit with "Spare" belt.

Elvis - may 12

1955

Elvis performed in "The New Baseball Park" Jacksonville, Florida

1956

Elvis flew to Minneapolis. He and the band didn't stay at the same hotel.

1957

Elvis had a date with Anne Neyland, who had a minor part in Jailhouse rock

1960

Elvis attended a kenpo karate demonstration at the Beverly Hills Hotel,
where he also met the instructor, Ed Parker.

1965

Elvis went to Radio Recorders for the soundtrack sessions of Frankie and Johnny.
He was there from 7.00 p.m. to 4.00 a.m. However,
Elvis was not in the right mood to record so only instrumental tracks were cut.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada at 10pm and midnight.

1974

Elvis performed at the Selland Arena, Fresno, California at 3.00 p.m. The crowd was 7500 and
Elvis wore the "Blue Swirl" suit with "Blue starburst" suit belt.

Elvis - may 11

1955

Elvis performed at The Auditorium in Orlando, Florida 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

1965

The filming of Frankie and Johnny started at "Samuel Goldwyn studios"

1973

Elvis performed at The High Sierra Theater in Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada.

1974

Elvis performed atThe Forum in Inglewood, California at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Both times the crowd was 18500. At 2:30 Elvis wore Peacock suit "White spanish flowers" suit belt.
At 8:30 he wore 1974 American Eagle suite with the second belt.

Elvis - may 10

1955

Elvis performed in "The Southeastern Pavillion" Ocala, Florida

1957

Elvis rehearsed the fight scene for Jailhouse Rock,
which caused his character to land in jail.

1973

Elvis performed at the High Sierra Theater, Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada at 10pm and midnight

1974

Elvis performed at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California at 8:30 pm. The crowd was 7200
and Elvis wore the "Blue Swirl" suit with the "Blue starburst suit" belt.