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On August 16, 1977, We Lost Elvis Presley

Cher — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:57:07 +0000

http://www.zoomers.ca/video/old-friend-elvis-tribute

Bill Medleys Tribute To Elvis, Taken From The 1980s TV Special Graceland, And was hosted by Priscilla Presley.
Remembering Elvis on this tragic day in history, gone much too soon, gone but never forgotten….

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. – Revelation 21:4″

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Elvis-This Day In History

Cher — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:21:28 +0000

July 27, 1963

After 3 days of filming at the Lake Mead Marina, cast and crew from the Viva Las Vegas set returned to Los Angeles and by now Elvis and Ann-Margret were the subject of gossip.

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New Chain of Elvis Themed Diners

Cher — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:00:14 +0000

EPE (Elvis Presley Enterprises) has licensed the EAD International Group to open up a chain of Elvis Presley themed restaurants throughout Eastern and Central Europe.

Elvis hated restaurants according to everything I’ve read so I’m sure he’d be tickled pink about this deal. Then again, if there was money to be made, maybe he’d look beyond his distaste for greasy spoons.

Full story is here

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Elvis–This Day in History

Cher — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:23:28 +0000

July 26, 1954

Elvis signed a formal contract with Sun Records, which had to be countersigned once again by his parents.

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Can a Book Be Considered a Killer?

Cher — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:10:14 +0000

Did Elvis die because of a book? According to this interesting story, a book may very well have helped to kill Elvis Presley. You all know the book I am talking about. Elvis: What Happened was published just 2 weeks before Elvis died in 1977 and was an expose by Red and Sonny West as well as David Hebler, former bodyguards to the King who had been fired by Vernon Presley, Elvis’ father. The book was written in collaboration with Steve Dunleavy, a hard-drinking, controversial Australian reporter greatly favored by none other then Rupert Murdoch.

The West brothers tried to appease loyal Elvis friends and fans by saying their intention was to help Elvis by publicizing his drug dependency. But we all know that was a load of horse poop and the real reason they wrote the book was vengeance, plain and simple. It certainly wasn’t for money as this story makes it very clear that all the proceeds from this awful but bestselling book went back to the Murdoch’s news corporation, not the author(s).

Can a book be blamed for killing the King of Rock & Roll? No of course not. Elvis was on his way to his death bed long before these ingrates decided to write this horrible book. (I have never been able to bring myself to read this book, my opinion that it is horrible is based on what others have written about it.) In fact, it is my belief that it wasn’t a book that left Elvis feeling so empty and unfulfilled that he subconsciously felt had nothing left to live for but in fact, it was the loss of his mother Gladys that started him down that fateful road.

Elvis Presley and Rupert Murdoch: The King and Papa Paparazzi

Music journalist Chet Flippo, editorial director for the Country Music Television cable channel and its website, CMT.com, tells a fascinating story in his latest Nashville Skyline column about embattled publishing mogul Rupert Murdoch’s role in the waning days of Elvis Presley’s life.

Now that Murdoch and his News Corp. are embroiled in the cellphone hacking scandal that’s rocking the United Kingdom, Flippo revisits the period in the 1970s when the Australian media giant was lobbying to bring his gossip-mongering ways to the U.S. by acquiring two Texas newspapers — the San Antonio News and the San Antonio Express.

“He later combined both newspapers as the San Antonio Express-News, but early on, he instructed the News staff to turn the paper into a ‘screamer.’ And the paper soon did so. With a vengeance,” Flippo writes. “The staff began introducing Murdoch’s patented tabloid formula of sensationalism, sex, celebrities, crime and corruption. The facts be damned.”

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