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September 9-14. Elvis is on tour for the fist time since
1957. The Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix stop of the nine city tour is
included in Elvis - That's The Way It Is. |
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November 1970. More touring. Eight cities this time. |
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December of 1970. In one of the oddest pairings ever - Elvis
meets Richard Nixon at the White House. |
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January 16, 1971.Elvis accepts accept the honor of being
named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation by the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Jaycees). He is very proud of this - and
rightly so. |
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Elvis spends late January and early February in Las Vegas at
another month-long engagement at the International Hotel. |
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May 1971 finds Elvis recording in Nashville, working on the
album Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas.Buy CD |
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In June of 1971 Elvis' two room birthplace in Tupelo is
opened to the public. A stretch of Highway 51 South, which runs past Graceland,
is renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard. (The new street signs won't appear until
January of '72) |
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June 1971. More recording in Nashville, mostly for the gospel
album He Touched Me, which will win Elvis his second Grammy
Award.
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July-August. A change of venue this time for a
two-week engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. |
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August 9 - September 6, 1971. Back to Las Vegas
at the International Hotel, which has been renamed the Las Vegas Hilton
International Hotel. Again, he breaks all his own attendance records. Elvis now
has a 5 year contract with the Hilton to appear twice a year. |
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November 5-16, 1971. Elvis goes on a 12-city
concert tour. |
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Late 1971. Priscilla moves out, taking Lisa Marie
with her. |
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January 26 - February 23, 1972. Back to the
Hilton in Vegas. |
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During March and April of 1972, Elvis films on
and off stage during his 15-city concert tour. This tour started in Buffalo NY
and ended in Albuquerque NM. The footage is part of the documentary Elvis
on Tour, which recoups it's production costs after only three days in
theatres and grabs a Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary.
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June 9-11, 1972. Entertainment history is made as
Elvis, in advance, sells out all four engagements at Madison Square Garden.
Among the 80,000 attendees were John Lennon, George Harrison, David Bowie, Bob
Dylan and Art Gurfunkel. His stirring rendition of "An American Trilogy" was a
highlight. Surprisingly, this was Elvis' first live concert in New York City.
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Priscilla files for divorce in July 1972. Elvis
has begun seeing Linda Thompson, a relationship that will last until late
1976. |
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August 4-September 4. Back at the Hilton. |
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November 1972. Elvis ends a seven city tour in
Honolulu, Hawaii. |
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January 14, 1973. Elvis:Aloha from
Hawaii is taped at Honolulu International Center Arena. It will be seen
by nearly 1.5 billion people. The album from shoot to #1, Elvis' last album to
do so.More about this
historic performance! Also
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January 26 - February 23, 1973. Back in Las Vegas
at the Hilton. |
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March 1973. Colonel Parker sells RCA the
singer’s royalty rights on Elvis’ entire recording catalog up to that
point. 700 songs for five million dollars. A good deal for the Colonel, but bad
for Elvis and his heirs who could have enjoyed a lifetime income off those
songs. |
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Late April. Another eight city tour. |
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May 4-16 Elvis appears at the Sahara Hotel in
Lake Tahoe, Nevada. From June 20 - July 3, 1973 - More touring. Then August 6 -
September 3, 1973 he's back at the Hilton. |
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October 9, 1973. Elvis and Priscilla appear in
court and their divorce is granted. Although she has custody of Lisa Marie,
Elvis will remain close to both mother and daughter. |
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Immediately after the divorce and for two weeks
in late October Elvis will be hospitalized in Memphis. He will be treated for
medical problems either stemming from or exacerbated by his heavy drug use.
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January 26-February 9, 1974. Elvis is back at the
Hilton. |
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Elvis tours for most of March including an
attendance breaking repeat performance at the Houston Astrodome. He'll appear
in Memphis for the first time since 1961. Another live album is produced,
Elvis Recorded Live On Stage in Memphis from the two day, four
show engagement. Included is a live performance of How Great Thou
Art that will go on to win Elvis his third Grammy award. Suprisingly,
all of Elvis' Grammys are for gospel songs.
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From May 16-26, he's at Sahara in Lake Tahoe
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August 19 - September 2, 1974. While back at the
Hilton he receives an offer which could have been a pivotal moment. Barbra
Streisand and her hairdresser/boyfriend/producer Jon Peters offer Elvis the
lead role in her remake of A Star is Born. This would have given
Elvis his long awaited chance at serious acting. He is bored on the road and
needs a new challenge. Regretably, this never comes to fruition. |
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Elvis appears at the Sahara-Tahoe October
11-14. |
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January 29 - February 14, 1975. Sadly, Elvis must
be hospitalized again for drug related medical problems. His health has begun
to decline. |
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From March 18 - April 1, 1975, he is again at
the Hilton and then tours thru til the end of July. |
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August 18 he begins an engagement at the Hilton
which is cut short on the 20th as Elvis returns to a hospital in Memphis until
Spetember 5. |
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A bright spot! The renovation of a Convair 880
jet is completed and Elvis can take his first flight on the shiny Lisa
Marie! |
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December 2-15, 1975. Elvis must return to the
Hilton to make up for the cancelled performances. |
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December 25, 1975. Elvis performs a special New
Year’s Eve concert in Pontiac, Michigan and sets a single performance
attendance record of 62,500. |
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In February of 1976 RCA will haul all manner of
mobile recording equipment to Graceland. The week of recording in the den will
produce an album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
A wonderful boost, this album will go to #1 on country charts.
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From March until October, on and off, Elvis will
be touring. |
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Early in November 1976 Elvis and Linda Thompson,
his girlfriend since 1972 will split. By the end of the month Elvis is with
Ginger Alden, who will be with him until his death. |
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December 2-12, 1976. Elvis will make his last
appearance at the Hilton. |
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December 31, 1976. A special New Year's Eve
performance in Pittsburgh PA. |
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Elvis tours in the early part of 1977 but from
April 1-5, he is again hospitalized and some shows have to be cancelled. |
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June 19, 20, 21. Concerts are recorded by RCA and
videotaped by CBS for the upcoming special Elvis in Concert. The
footage shows quite clearly Elvis' deteriorating condition. The special will
not be shown until after his death on October 3. |
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June 26. The concert at Indianapolis,
Indiana’s Market Square Arena will be Elvis' last. |
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July 1977. Three former bodyguards publish
Elvis:What Happened? which details Elvis' drug use for the first
time in public. |
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August 16, 1977. Elvis Presley died at home at
Graceland. While it is true that there were drugs in his system, it wasn't an
overdose. His heart failed him. |
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August 18, 1977. Elvis is buried at Forest Hill
Cemetery in Memphis. |
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October 1977. The bodies of Elvis and his mother
are moved to Graceland. |
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June 26, 1979. Vernon Presley joined his son and
wife in death. |
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