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Sun Record Company, Memphis Recording Service

Birth of Rock and Roll

1954/07/05

All of a sudden, Elvis just starts singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and then Bill Black picks up his bass, and he starts acting the fool, too, and Scotty Moore starts playing with them. Sam records Elvis singing "That's All Right".

Performer

Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock

Birth of Rock and Roll

1954/10/02

Elvis Presley is fired after one performance at the Grand Ole Opry.

Performer

Ryman Auditorium

Nashville, TN

1955/02/13

The Be-Bop Western Star of the Louisiana Hayride, Elvis Presley, returns to Lubbock headlining a 4pm matinee at the Fair Park Coliseum.

Performer

Lubbock, TX

1955/05/10

Arriving in a pink-and-white, Cadillac Elvis Presley sings a bill headlined by country singer Hank Snow at the old Southeastern Livestock Pavilion located on Old Jacksonville Rd, east of Hw 441 and north of Hwy 27.

Performer

Ocala

1955/07/28

Elvis performs in Jacksonville at the Gator Stadium Baseball Park with Andy Griffith and The Louvin Brothers, July 28 and 29. At some point, female fans rise-up and relieve Elvis of most of his clothing.

Performer

Jacksonville

Elvis In Jacksonville, Florida

1956/01/27

"Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley is released on RCA Victor as the A-side of a 45 RPM single. The B-side is "I Was the One".

Performer

Heartbreak Hotel

1956/02/21

Arriving in a pink convertible Cadillac, top down, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black have breakfast in the Waffle Shop at 660 S Washington Blvd. Elvis says: Ma'am, your skirt should be shorter because your gams are too pretty.

Visitor

Sarasota

1956/02/21

One day only, Elvis headlines four shows at the Florida Theater performing his top two hits "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" and "Mystery Train".

Performer

Edwards Theatre

Sarasota

1956/02/22

Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black have breakfast in the Waffle Shop at 660 S Washington Blvd. Elvis orders 3 eggs, 3 strips of bacon, pan-fried taters, 2 slices of toast and 3 glasses of milk and gives Edith a huge tip, 50-cents.

Visitor

Sarasota

1956/03/20

Elvis Presley buys a home for himself and his parents, stays 13 months.

Home

Elvis Presley House

1956/03/23

"Elvis Presley" album by Elvis Presley is released on RCA Victor.

Performer

Elvis Presley

1956/07/13

Elvis Presley's version of "Hound Dog" is released by RCA Victor as the A-side on a 45 RPM single. The B-side is "Don't Be Cruel".

Performer

Hound Dog

1956/08/10

After Elvis arrives in Jacksonville, scheduled to play 6 shows over a 2 day period at the Florida Theater. Juvenile Court Judge Marion Gooding meets him with unsigned warrants prepared to charge the singer with impairing the morals of minors.

Performer

Jacksonville

Elvis In Jacksonville, Florida

1956/08/10

Elvis performs at the Florida Theatre. Judge Gooding warns Elvis in chambers after the first show to tone down his act. Keeping his feet on the floor, Elvis curls his lip and wiggles his little finger instead of his hips, but still drives the fans wild.

Performer

Florida Theater

Jacksonville

Elvis In Jacksonville, Florida

1956/12/04

After a chance meeting, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash have an impromptu jam session at Sun Studio. Sam Phillips records the Million Dollar Quartet.

Singer

Folsom Prison Blues

Sun Record Company, Memphis Recording Service

The Roosevelt New Orleans

1957/00/00

During the filming of King Creole, Elvis Presley and his entourage occupy the entire top floor of the Roosevelt. To escape the fans below, Elvis would climb through the window of an adjoining building, cross the roof and enter the hotel via a fire escape.

Guest

New Orleans

1957/03/17

Elvis Presley makes a $1,000 down payment on Graceland. He will complete the purchase from Ruth Moore Cobb on 25 March, paying a total of $102,500 for 13.8 acres of land and the 10,000 square foot home.

Home

Graceland

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

1957/11/08

Jailhouse Rock premieres at Loews State Theater in Memphis, Tennessee (razed)

Performer, Actor

Jailhouse Rock

1960/04/08

"Elvis is Back!" album by Elvis Presley is released on RCA Victor.

Performer

Elvis is Back!

1961/03/25

Elvis Presley gives a benefit concert at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Bloch Arena to raise money for the USS Arizona Memorial.

Performer

Hawaii

1961/03/25

Elvis Presley gives a benefit concert at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Bloch Arena to raise money for the USS Arizona Memorial.

Performer

USS ARIZONA Memorial

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii

1961/07/00

In "Follow That Dream", Elvis Presley ends up filming in the Old Citrus County Courthouse.

Actor

Citrus County Courthouse, Old

Inverness

1961/07/06

Beginning July 6th and finishing in August, Elvis Presley films "Follow That Dream". Shot mostly in Yankeetown on Pumpkin Island near the bridge over Bird Creek, the 'Follow That Dream Parkway' in Inglis commemorates the movie.

Actor

Levy County

1961/07/22

Presley draws a big crowd in Ocala. Tom Petty watches as the crew spend hours filming a scene of Elvis getting out of a car and entering a bank at 203 E Silver Springs Blvd. Every time Elvis appears, the crowd breaks through the barricades and rushes in.

Actor

Ocala Historic Commercial District

Ocala

1961/08/00

Elvis Presley, co-star Ann Helm and the movie crew stay at the 'Port Paradise Hotel' in Crystal River, Florida during the filming of "Follow That Dream", July and August.

Guest

Crystal River

1961/08/00

Elvis eats lunch with the movie crew at the Marion Hotel. Elvis orders steaks for the four cops who were standing guard and a grilled cheese sandwich for himself.

Life

Beatlemania Arrives in the US

Marion Hotel

Ocala

1964/02/09

With 45.3 percent of US households with televisions watching (23,240,000 homes), Ed Sullivan opens his show with a congratulatory telegram to The Beatles from Elvis and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Fan

Ed Sullivan Theater

New York City

1966/05/26

Elvis Presley records "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" for his album How Great Thou Art. The song originally appeared as a bonus track on the album Spinout. Dylan once said that Presley's cover of the song was "the one recording I treasure the most."

Performer

Tomorrow Is a Long Time

1969/04/00

Elvis releases "In the Ghetto" as a 45 rpm single. It was record January 1969 at American Sound Studio, 827 Thomas St, Memphis, Tennessee (razed).

Performer

In the Ghetto

Tennessee

1969/06/00

Elvis releases his 15th studio album, "From Elvis in Memphis". It was recorded at American Sound Studio at 827 Thomas St, Memphis, Tennessee (razed), in January and February 1969.

Performer

From Elvis in Memphis

Tennessee

1969/08/26

Elvis releases "Suspicious Minds" as a 45 rpm single. It was record 23 January 1969 at American Sound Studio, 827 Thomas St, Memphis, Tennessee (razed).

Performer

Suspicious Minds

Tennessee

1972/03/29

Elvis Presley records his version of "Always on My Mind" at RCA Studios at 6363 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA, a few weeks after his February separation from wife Priscilla.

Performer

Always on My Mind

Hollywood, CA

1974/03/20

Elvis Presley performs at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, March 13th and 20th. The March 20 concert was released as "Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis".

Performer

Mid-South Coliseum

1976/07/05

Elvis Presley performs at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, US.

Performer

Mid-South Coliseum

1977/08/16

Elvis Presley is found unresponsive at Graceland, pronounced dead later that night at Baptist Memorial Hospital.

Died

Graceland

1997/08/16

Elvis Presley Enterprises presents, "Elvis In Concert 1997", featuring Elvis' pre-recorded voice backed by the TCB Band, The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations and Millie Kirkham.

Performer

Mid-South Coliseum