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Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Blue Barron on MGM Records enters the Billboard Popular Singles chart in the USA. It will peak at number nineteen during a run of eight weeks on the chart. The song will prove to be a much bigger hit ten years later for Elvis Presley.
Sam Phillips of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, presses up two Elvis Presley cuts on acetate and takes t hem to deejay Dewey Phillips (no relation) at radio station WHBQ. The deejay agrees to play Presley's version of the Arthur Crudup song That's All Right Mama on a later show.
Elvis Presley [billed as The Folk Music Fireball] and Johnny Cash play at The Von Theater, Booneville, Texas, USA.
Elvis Presley's cover of the Arthur Crudup song My Baby Left Me enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No31 during a three-week run.
Elvis Presley begins filming his first movie, the Civil War era western Love Me Tender, for 20th Century Fox.
The first Elvis Presley movie, Love Me Tender, premieres in New York City, USA. It will gross $4m in two months.
Elvis Presley undergoes his pre-induction army medical at Kennedy Veterans' Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
In today's edition of Newsweek magazine, Hank Saperstein, owner of merchandising company Special Products Inc., reveals that the first six months of his company's Elvis Presley merchandise licensing deal has resulted in $26m worth of sales.
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The album The Best Of Elvis by Elvis Presley enters the UK Pop Albums Chart where it will peak at No3 during a seven-week stay.
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee reads a tribute to Elvis Presley into the US Congressional Record, noting his public spiritedness in serving as a soldier in the Army.
Having completed all his duties on the movie G.I. Blues, Elvis Presley flies from Hollywood, Los Angeles, to St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his next movie, Wild In The Country, at the 20th Century Ranch, Santa Monica, California, USA.
During a break from filming for his next movie, Wild In The Country , Elvis Presley is spending the weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Crystal River, Florida, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his latest movie, Follow That Dream, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Something For Everybody, the thirteenth album by Elvis Presley, reaches No1 on the Billboard albums chart in the USA.
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad by Elvis Presley reaches No4 in the pop singles chart in the UK.
Elvis Presley continues his winter holiday at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. On this day, Elvis attends the opening of Johnnie Ray at The Dunes Hotel.
Elvis Presley begins a month at home in and around Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, frequently screening movies in his home cinema.
The single Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Having spent some time in Los Angeles, California, USA, Elvis Presley now returns home to Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio scenes for his next movie, It Happened At The World's Fair, in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming scenes for his next movie, Fun In Acapulco, at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming scenes for his next movie, Fun In Acapulco, at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
An opportunistic reporter from the Memphis Press-Scimitar scores a quick interview with Elvis Presley when he encounters the singer in a Memphis, Tennessee, USA, parking lot.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
On Elvis Presley's 29th birthday, he celebrates quietly at home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Kissin' Cousins by Elvis Presley is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No52.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with the shooting of location scenes for his latest
movie, Roustabout, at locations in and around Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his
seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Elvis Presley begins filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of his next movie, Frankie And Johnny, at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of his next movie, Frankie And Johnny, at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley completes the recording of tracks for the soundtrack to the film Paradise Hawaiian Style at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley is invoiced by Monte's Catering Service for their provision of fireworks and food for his recent New Year's Eve party at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Elvis Presley is reported by the Monroe News Star newspaper to have sent a $20,000 gift to America’s fighting men in South Vietnam. The money is said to have made Christmas parties possible for more than 10,000 GIs.
The 1957 soundtrack LP Loving You by Elvis Presley is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues his month-long season at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with his four-week second season at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Elvis Presley is in Colorado, USA, hoping to buy a holiday home, but he abandons the idea and returns home to Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The great jazz and pop guitarist Barney Kessel dies of brain cancer, aged 81, in San Diego, California, USA. Kessel's guitar was heard on records by artists as diverse as Ella Fitzgerald, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.
A new Barbie doll, based on Elvis Presley as he appeared in the film Blue Hawaii, is launched by Mattel in the USA.
Dr Michael Zuk, a dentist from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, spends £5,200 [US$8,150] to buy a tooth crown worn by Elvis Presley, plus a model of Presley's teeth made for the rock-and-roll star by his former dentist, Henry Weiss, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The auction is held at Omega Auctions in Stockport, England, UK, Europe.
Gordon Stoker, leader of legendary gospel/country/rock'n'roll vocal group The Jordanaires (best-known for their work with Elvis Presley), dies in Brentwood, Tennessee, USA.
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