Archive for November, 2008

Graceland 25 years ago: 1983

by: admin November 30, 2008

The Graceland Corp. will manage the Elvis Presley-oriented shopping center across the street from the entertainer’s mansion, with an option to buy it in 10 years, a spokesman said. The Oak Acres Shopping Center property, just purchased by a group of Kansas City investors, will be given a $1 million facelift, said Jack Soden, executive [...]

Fans ready to take Phillips stamp pleas to Congress

by: admin November 29, 2008

FLORENCE - After three years of gathering signatures and testimonials with the ultimate goal of getting Sam Phillips’ likeness on a U.S. postage stamp, Liz Scott is ready to take her effort to another level.
Scott is president of a local Elvis Presley fan club, Alabama Fans TCB for Elvis, and the coordinator of the Sam [...]

New ELVIS exhibits in 2009

by: admin November 28, 2008

It looks as if the Graceland staff is spoiling fans and visitors. New exhibits coming to Graceland in 2009 include a “Graceland 70th Anniversary exhibit” with a signed check from Elvis for the down payment on the home, the deed to Graceland and a video presentation that includes memories from the first family to call [...]

Who’s the best Elvis?

by: admin November 28, 2008

BUDDING Elvis impersonators will be donning their blue suede shoes when a country-wide contest comes to Stoke-on-Trent.
The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club Of Great Britain is staging its Britain’s Best Elvis Contest at Stoke’s King’s Hall in January.
The event is a major coup for the city, and the special guest will be Joe [...]

Promised Land on the horizonfor Dave

by: admin November 28, 2008

AS security guard to the stars, David Hanbury would arrive at concerts early to get into a prime position backstage to meet his idols.
But now he could be set to hit the big-time on stage in his own right as Elvis impersonator Rocking Dave.
The 38-year-old is heading to the UK Elvis Championships, which could see [...]

Kanye West’s Elvis Presley Complex

by: admin November 28, 2008

As you may have heard, Kanye West announced at the American Music Awards that he wants to be the next Elvis. Then West had to take it even further.
“When I said the statement, ‘I want to be Elvis,’ I really should have thought that out more because that statement was actually really incorrect,” West told [...]

BIG BLUE SUEDE SHOES TO FILL

by: admin November 27, 2008

JUST one woman stands in the way of a former estate agent reaching his West End dream - Elvis’s daughter.
Lee Jackson’s Elvis impersonations have won him a place in the final audition to play the King of Rock and Roll on stage in a new West End show.
But the full-time impersonator, from Bexleyheath, will face [...]

CMA Winner Celebrates Elvis Presley

by: admin November 26, 2008

Elvis Presley is a member of both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame, and hes ranked at No. 3 on the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All-Time.
Hes referred to as a “transformer” in the magazine by fellow Rock Hall member Robert Plant, the [...]

MOLNAR, DAYS BOOST RESPITE

by: admin November 25, 2008

Argus-Press Photo Elvis has left the building, but not before leaving behind more than $5,400 for Respite Volunteers of Shiawassee. Elvis Presley tribute artist Leo Days, in his last local concert before moving to Las Vegas, performed Friday night at the ZCBJ hall in Owosso. The Tribute to Elvis concert was the culmination of Danner [...]

Mini Elvis to get private show

by: admin November 25, 2008

A pint-sized Elvis fanatic from Wigan was All Shook Up when he was told he was too young to watch a performance by one of the world’s best impersonators of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
But now five-year-old Dylan Bowen from Lowton is to get his own private
gig to see Elvin Priestley.
Dylan was going to [...]