Elvis Presley Army years

For 50 years: Elvis Presley Induction into the US Army

                                                            Elvis Presley showing his army sergeant stripes in 1960 while performing his military service in Friedberg, Germany.

Elvis Aaron Presley entered the United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee, on March 24, 1958, and then spent three days at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. He left active duty at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on March 5, 1960, and received his discharge from the Army Reserve on March 23, 1964.

During his active military career Elvis Presley served as a member of two different armor battalions. Between March 28 and September 17, 1958, he belonged to Company A, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. During this assignment he completed basic and advanced military training.

Presley’s overseas service took place in Germany from October 1, 1958, until March 2, 1960, as a member of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor. For the first five days of that period he belonged to Company D of the battalion, and thereafter to the battalion’s Headquarters Company at Friedberg.

While in Germany Elvis Presley wore the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 3d Armored Division.

A tribute to Elvis Presley (1935-1977), Artist of the Century

Elvis Presley still matters.

His music lives on, and 30 years after his death, his life and achievements continue to have deep impact on the global culture. Elvis Presley is not only the King of Rock and Roll and an icon of the modern pop culture, but also a great performer of R&B, gospel and country songs and an amazing entertainer on stage.

HIRAM7 REVIEW pays tribute to the life and legacy of The King.

Elvis Presley has left the building

Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain

Kentucky Rain, a less known song of Elvis Presley but never the less one of our favorites.

In the song’s lyrics, the singer is hitchhiking his way through Kentucky in search of his lost love, but finds only relentless rainfall.

Written by Eddie Rabbitt, Kentucky Rain was a hit for Elvis Presley in 1970.

An American Trilogy

An American Trilogy is a patriotic song written by Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Aaron Presley.

An American Trilogy is a medley of two patriotic songs: Dixie, the anthem of the U.S. South, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic, the marching song of the U.S. North during the American Civil War.

Elvis Presley performed this song in his 1973 international satellite telecast “Elvis—Aloha from Hawaii”.

Lyrics

Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie 
For Dixieland, that’s where I was born
Early Lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on
So hush little baby
Don’t you cry
You know your daddy’s bound to die
But all my trials, Lord will soon be over
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on
His truth is marching on

Schmelvis: Searching for Elvis Presley’s Jewish Roots

Elvis Presley - the most Christian icon of American pop culture - was Jewish.

Schmelvis: Searching for the King’s Jewish Roots is a book about the Jewish roots of Elvis Presley.

The book includes the following discoveries about Elvis’s Jewish background: Elvis always wore a Jewish Chai pendant; he put a Star of David on his mother’s headstone; he spent his teenage years living in a predominantly Jewish Memphis neighborhood; cantorial records may have influenced Elvis’s singing style.

According to the authors, Max Wallace and Jonathan Goldstein, Elvis grew up in a Jewish area of Memphis and as a teenager, lived downstairs from a local Rabbi, Alfred Fruchter. The Rabbi’s widow, Jeanette Fruchter, recalls; “He was about 15 years old then and we got along so beautifully. He was such a nice boy, such manners. He called my husband Sir Rabbi.”

Elvis Presley’s Early Morning Rain - June 19, 1977

 

Elvis Presley’s last television special recorded by CBS in Omaha on June 19, 1977. An outtake not seen in the original 1977 Special. Originally by Canadian poet Gordon Lightfoot. The rhythm guitarist is John Wilkinson, who Elvis Presley sings to and the guitarist next to him is James Burton, who played for Ricky Nelson in the fifties.

Elvis Presley 2007 - A documentary

A trailer of a documentary made by a French producer about the ELVIS phenomenon today. The story of his life before and after his death. Images done for more than five years about the King and the 30th anniversary of his passing away.

Summer 1977: Elvis Presley has left the planet

The so-called Unchained Melody performed by Elvis Presley at his last public appearance before his death: 30 years ago, but still THE KING.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter said, two months later, on August 17th, 1977:

“Elvis Presley’s death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than 20 years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense, and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor of his country.”

Elvis Presley - Karate Session

Elvis Presley - Behind The Image

Trailer for Bud Glass‘ book Elvis Behind The Image - Welcome To His World featuring more than 500 unpublished photos. With memories from the diary of Sandi Miller.