The latest on www.elvisinfonet.com:
Book
review - "The Elvis Handbook": EIN takes
a peak inside the latest Elvis photobook targeted at the
general market. With very high production values, insightful
text and some great photos, The Elvis Handbook
is a reading and visual pleasure. (Book
Review, Source: EIN) |
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Competition
Winners: The four lucky winners in our Elvis Handbook
competition were: Peter Banks, Sarah Robinson, Margaret Vines
and Geri Walker. EIN wishes to again thank Bookwise International
for providing copies of The
Elvis Handbook for the competition.
(News, Source: EIN)
Big
Boss Man - FTD CD: Big Boss Man is the title of FTD's
concert soundboard recording due out on April 1st. The CD
will contain Elvis' 30 March 1975 dinner show engagement at
the Las Vegas Hilton. Track listing: See See Rider/I Got A
Woman – Amen/Love Me/If You Love Me/And I Love You So/Big
Boss Man/It’s Midnight/Promised Land/Burning Love/Introductions/My
Boy/I’ll Remember You/Let Me Be There/Hound Dog/ American
Trilogy/Can’t Help Falling In Love. Bonus tracks: You
Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (3-31-75)/The Wonder Of You
(3-31-75)/Bridge Over Troubled Water (3-31-75)/Little Darlin’
(3-31-75)/Hawaiian Wedding Song (3-31-75)/Green Green Grass
Of Home (Undated)/Fairytale (Undated)/Teddy Bear/Don’t Be
Cruel (Undated)/You’re The Reason I’m Living (Undated). (News,
Source: Ernst Jorgensen/Elvis Australia)
Website
listing "Elvis chart hits" worldwide:
Many
thanks to Don Cooper for drawing our attention to this interesting
site: http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/id11.html
(News, Source: Don Cooper)
Wooden
Heart debuts at #2:
As widely predicted, Wooden Heart could only manage to debut
at #2 on the UK Top 40 Chart, being beaten for the top spot
by U2's single, Sometimes
You Can't Make It On Your Own. Elvis currently has six singles
in the Top 40 with Are You Lonesome Tonight (#20), It's Now
Or Never (#27), One Night (#31), A Fool Such As I (#32) and
Jailhouse Rock (#37). On the Official World Airplay Top
100, Are You Lonesome Tonight? slipped three places to #25.
No Elvis single currently appears on the Official World Sales
Chart. (News,
Source: BBC/Top 40 Charts)
Lisa
Presley single hits USA radio stations this week: US fans
will be able to hear the first single, Dirty Laundry,
from Lisa's upcoming album, Now What, as it is picked
up for airplay from this week. A number of online sites (eg.
amazon.com) are taking pre-orders for
the album. As revealed on the official Lisa Presley messageboard
there will be two versions of the single on the album, the
second with very explicit lyrics. (News, Source:
lisapresley.com/ElvisNews.com)
Elvis
By The Presleys - Book cover: Amazon
has the cover artwork for the upcoming book Elvis By The Presleys.
Also included is news of a poster and book synopsis.
(News, Source: Amazon.com/ElvisNews.com)
Elvis
nail lacquers to hit market: EPE
has announced a new range of licensed finger nail lacquers
from OPI. The varieties include All Shook Up, Burning
Love and A Little Less Conversation. (News,
Source: EPE)
Saturday 12 February 2005
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EIN
Exclusive - Greg Page, the TCB Band & Mick Gerace special
Sydney concert:
Greg Page and the TCB Band, fresh from their tour of New South
Wales, will join up with Mick Gerace for a special one-off
event in Sydney, Australia. This exciting news comes after
weeks of speculation as to where Greg Page & the TCB Band
(James Burton & Glen D Hardin) would be presenting their "Taking
Care Of Country" show in Sydney. The idea was to create a
unique event featuring Greg Page presenting songs from his
new CD but also adding the excitement of Mick Gerace performing
Elvis' songs as only he knows how. Lucky Sydney will be getting
the best of both worlds. The concert, one show only, will
be at The Hills Centre for Performing Arts on April 2nd. EIN
will be interviewing both Greg Page & Mick Gerace tomorrow
to help fill in all the exciting details. (News,
Source: Mick Gerace)
Last
known song co-written by Elvis up for sale: Make of this
what you want but songwriter Paul Terry King has listed on
ebay his share of interest in a song he claims he co-wrote
with Elvis in 1973. Titled If I'd Only Bought Her Roses,
it is listed as BMI "Work #6562846. Devoted fans, music enthusiasts,
entrepreneurs and or entertainers can now bid and get copyright
and performance rights to one of the most prized possessions
of the King himself, his music. This opportunity will never
be available to the public again. The ebay url is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=618&item=4074240562&rd=1
An
audio cassette (allegedly of Elvis singing the song) apparently
also exists but is "lost". (News,
Source: ebay/PR Newswire)
"Bubba
Ho-Tep" update: Ossie Davis who played a "black"
JFK (sidekick to Bruce Campbell's enigmatic 'Elvis'), in the
cult movie, Bubba Ho-Tep ("The King" vs.
"The Mummy"), has died aged 87. Last December
Mr. Davis was honored by The Kennedy Center for his contribution
to the arts and American culture. No word yet on the expected
sequel to Bubba Ho-Tep. For information on the limited edition
collectors edition DVD and new "Bruce" DVD t-shirt
visit: www.bubbahotep.com.
(News, Source: bubbahotep.com)
First
ever book from Slovenia: This is the cover of the
first book on Elvis written by Slovenian author Matej
Krajuc. It was released on January 23, 2005. It appears
the book is mainly about Elvis' movies. (News,
Source: ElvisNews.com) |
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Computer
ID tags mooted to "track" Elvis fans!: Now that
a grade school in California requires students to wear radio
frequency identification badges that can track their every
move, one Elvis fan has suggested all Elvis fans wear a similar
device. Ella Marie Franks believes the technology could be
used to (somehow) "maximise sales of Elvis product and
bring the Elvis message to the masses"! Meanwhile, in
the real world, "some parents are outraged, fearing the
school badges will take away their children's privacy. The
badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on 18 January
rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that
companies use to track livestock and product inventory. Similar
devices have recently been used to monitor youngsters in some
parts of Japan". (News/Odd Spot, Source:
Email - Ella Marie Franks)
Elvis
"four legged" world tour: Trainer Tony Vasil
has revealed plans to take the horse they call "Elvis" on
an ambitious world tour. Elvstroem begins a campaign that
will see him travel to four countries in five months when
he resumes in a star-studded Group One $300,000 C.F. Orr Stakes
(1400m) at Caulfield course in Australia today. The three-time
Group One winner is being set for major races in Dubai, Hong
Kong and England, according to Vasil. (News,
Source: Fox Sports)
Most
celebrity autographs sold are fake!: If you're interested
in buying an Elvis autograph we recommend you read this article
first. (Spotlight/News, Source: Yahoo News)
Love,
Elvis - independent review: And just in time for Valentine's
Day! I'm not going to insist that Elvis's love songs are
better than any of his others (blues rockin' greats like
All Shook Up, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog etc.), which of
course many of them are, but I will say that they are
the best representation of the caricaturized cultural
icon Elvis was to become: overromanced sexualizer and
seducer as well as overripened cheesebag. S'all good.
Love, Elvis compiles a number of the best, though by no
means all, of Elvis's love songs and ballads, titles like
Can't Help Falling in Love; Love Me Tender; I Want You,
I Need You, I Love You and Surrender among them, though
the album is weighted dangerously toward the front - by
the time you get to some of the second-rate songs at album's
end, the ardour's been lost. (CD Review,
Source: Jamie O'Meara, hour.ca) |
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Elvis
not the only major artist to miss out at the Grammys:
Elvis has only received three Grammy awards during his lifetime
and all three were for his gospel recordings not his seminal
rock & roll catalog. It turns out the Grammy Awards has
a long history of ignoring major artists when it comes to
handing out its awards. (Spotlight/Article,
Source: Daily Trojan Online)
Harrodsburg
resident idolizes, impersonates Elvis: Jason Paul
Sester was only about a year old when The King himself, Elvis
Presley, died in 1977. But that hasn't kept the Harrodsburg
resident from idolizing this legend from a previous era.
(Almost
Elvis, Source: The Advocate-Messenger)
Thursday 10 February 2005
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First
look inside "Elvis" mini-series: Entertainment
Tonight and IGN.com offer a sneak peek at the upcoming CBS
mini-series. (News, Source: ign.com)
The
Headhunter movie update: Location scouting for The HeadHunter
has begun. The producers have scheduled a trip to Austin,
TX. Austin which was named by Moviemaker Magazine as the #1
city for film makers in 2003. The HeadHunter producer, Scott
Vandiver, also represented the film at the recent Sundance
Film Festival and received a very positive response. Meanwhile,
David Stanley has been invited to be a guest speaker at the
Finland International Art Institute in June. David will be
doing an international press conference discussing his life
and times with Elvis and The HeadHunter film. (News,
Source: David E. Stanley)
Elvis
Presley Styrofoam Cup For Sale: A world-famous Styrofoam
cup once used by Elvis Presley is being sold by its owner
Wade Jones for $10,000 on the site eBay… but only if Paul
McCartney bids. He also claims that he will give all the proceeds
to Heather McCartney’s favourite charity ‘No More Landmines’.
Many have tried to buy the cup from Jones in the past, but
he had refused all of the offers. The cup manufacturer Dart
Container has also allegedly put in a bid. Mr Jones also takes
it on tour with him around the US to raise money for various
charities. Wade Jones took the cup from an Elvis concert in
Charlotte in February 1977, six months before the legendary
singer died. Wade has since built up a cult status for the
relic. He even has a website, elviscup.com, which celebrates
the cup and supplies facts. (News, Source:
dcealumni.com/Wade Jones)
Does
Elvis have the "heart" to beat U2?: With mid-week
sales suggesting a very tough race for next week's #1 single
in Britain, many fans are wondering if Wooden Heart
can keep U2's new single, Sometimes You Can't Make It On
Your Own, out of the top spot. (News,
Source: Music Week/email)
Third
Sun acetate?: Rumors
are circulating that a third, so far unnamed, Sun acetate
has been found.
(News,
Source: email/ For Elvis CD Collectors Only messageboard)
Wednesday 9 February 2005
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Sale
of EPE finalized: The sale of 85% of EPE to Robert
F.X. Sillerman's company, Sports Entertainment Enterprises,
Inc., has been finalized. (Sale of EPE/News,
Source: Business Wire)
Elvis
can entertain (and marry) you: The Rev. Larry Foote Age:
52, "but I look and feel 25." Family: Chapel: Graceland Ministries
- Weddings and Elvis Gospel Singing in Mesa, Arizona. Affiliation:
Non-denominational. How long have you presided over marriages?:
"I'm a former school administrator, coach and teacher, and
I used to impersonate Elvis in bars and different places before
I became a Christian in 1996. And that's when we began Graceland
Ministries." How did the Elvis serenade start?: "What
started all of this, if I may humbly tell you, is back in
'88 or '89, I had a restaurant and a banquet room and The
Arizona Republic was nice enough to come out and do a bunch
of articles about me singing Elvis music in there and other
states. And so, that kind of started this whole thing." When
did your discover Elvis?: "Around 4 years of age, when
I was growing up in Eloy. We were raised Pentecostal and we
couldn't listen to Elvis music. Well, my sister brought home
an Elvis record and I listened to it day and night. It just
kind of turned into idolatry and when I had turned to Christianity
I had to renounce that." Popular song selections: "Its all
people's preferences to what they like. Let It Be Me is a
beautiful song for a wedding setting. . . . The younger generation
remembers songs like Love Me Tender. (News,
Source: azcentral.com)
Elvis
meets The Beatles photo: An enterprising person is offering
a "fabricated" photo of the famous 1965 meeting
in Bel-Air between Elvis and The Beatles. The only known photos
of the historic meetinbg have appeared in various magazines
and in the Paul Lichter book, Behind Closed Doors. For those
interested in the "fabricated" photo this is the
ebay link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29893&item=3871534953&rd=1
(News, Source: ebay)
Elvis
Exhibition Book: The book that comes with the exhibition
"Elvis in Deutschland" (November 21stn 2004 – February 27th.
2005 in Bonn - Germany) will be published in the series "Zeitgeschichte(n)"
by the "Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
It contains a lot of information and memorabelia on Elvis
stay in Germany. (News, Source: Elvis Club
Berlin/ElvisNews.com)
Is
the Indianapolis soundboard tapebox a fake?: There
has been considerable debate on the For Elvis CD Collectors
Only messageboard about the authenticity of the tapebox (see
6 Feb 2005). (News, Source: For Elvis CD
Collectors Only)
Elvis
CD sales: Are You Lonesome Tonight? sold 28,500
copies last week in Britain. Eimenem's Like Toy Soldiers
pipped Elvis with sales of 29, 496. The Love, Elvis
album sold 23,995 copies in its debut at #9 on the album chart
in Britain.
(News, Source: Ian Smith)
CBS Starts Filming Elvis Mini Series: Memphis Becomes
Home To Hollywood, Again! If you thought you saw an Elvis
sighting in Memphis, you are right. Elvis was back at his
beloved Graceland for a day. Actor, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers plays
Elvis, because of his uncanny resemblance to the entertainer.
It's a television mini series scheduled to air on CBS this
May. Most of the movie is being shot in New Orleans but the
scene where Elvis takes him mom and dad to see Graceland for
the first time is being shot in Memphis. The movie tells the
story of Elvis' humble beginnings to his rise to fame. Camryn
Manheim from "The Practice" stars as his mother, Gladys. Robert
Patrick from the "X-Files" plays Elvis' father, Vernon. The
actors say shooting this scene at Graceland is powerful. We
catch Manheim making a home movie for her 4 year old son.
The Elvis mini-series will air on CBS May 8 and 11th. (News,
Source: WREG TV, Memphis)
Elvis
flight log listed on eBay: One of the more unusual
Elvis related items seen at auction is a flightlog book page
from the Lisa Marie jet in 1977. If link doesn't work, go
to eBay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50&item=6509105276&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
(News, Source: eBay.com)
Elvis
signed book sold for US$499.00: A
copy of the book, First Aid for Soldiers (1960)
owned and signed by Elvis has been sold on eBay for US$499.00.
If link doesn't work, go to eBay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3870751070&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
(News, Source: eBay.com) |
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Ask
Ernst a question:
For Elvis CD Collectors Only are conducting another series
of fan questions with Ernst Jorgensen. Please keep in mind
Ernst will only answer questions related to the FTD label.
He can't answer on behalf of other's companies, eg. hre can't
answer questions like "Will Warner release a special
edition DVD of Elvis On Tour". You can email your question(s)
to: fecc@elvis-collectors.com.
(News, Source: For Elvis CD Collectors Only)
Are
You Lonesome Tonight? debuts #2: Elvis wasn't able to
make it four out of five, as Are You Lonesome Tonight?
debuted as the #2 single this week in Britain. It is however
Elvis' 65th top ten single in Britain, nudging him ahead of
Sir Cliff Richard who has 64. Like Toy Soldiers by Eimenem
enjoyed a late buying surge on Saturday to grab the #1 spot.
Last week's #1, It's Now Or Never dropped to #14, A Fool Such
As I dropped to #22, One Night climbed back from #40 to #26
while Jailhouse Rock re-entered the chart at #27. The album
"Love Elvis" was a new entry at #9 on the album chart giving
Elvis the lead over the Beatles in terms of weeks spent on
the album charts.
(News, Source: BBC/DotMusic)
Lennon
beats Elvis as all-time music icon: Music fans have voted
former Beatle John Lennon the greatest rock and roll icon
of all time. The star, who was assassinated in 1980, saw off
competition from Elvis Presley and David Bowie to top the
list of 100 voted for by readers of Q magazine. The top 10
music icons as voted for by readers of Q magazine were: 1.
John Lennon 2. Elvis Presley 3. David Bowie 4. Keith Richards
5. Kurt Cobain 6. Madonna 7. Bono 8. Bob Marley 9. Joe Strummer
10. Bob Dylan. (News, Source: ITV.com)
New
"Sun recordings" CD: The CD "Rising Sun"
is a budget CD release which features Elvis' first Sun
Recordings. It is the second in probably a long line of
SUN releases now Elvis' first SUN recordings have entered
the public domain when the copyright ran out on 1 January
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singles and then the remaining studio tracks are in order of
recording, with "I'm Left, Your Right, She's Gone" omitted.
Two live bonus songs from the Louisiana Hayride have been added.
Track listing: 01. Thats All Right 02. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
03. Good Rockin' Tonight 04. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
05. Milkcow Blues Boogie 06. You're A Heartbreaker 07. I Love
You Because 08. Harbour Lights 09. Blue Moon 10. Tomorrow Night
11. I'll Never Let You Go 12. Just Because. Bonus Songs: 13.
Thats All Right (Live October 14, 1954) 14. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
(Live October 14, 1954). (News, Source: The
Elvis Express/ElvisNews.com)
I
know why Elvis shot the TV: If you want to know why
Elvis shot his TV this is the news item to read. (News,
Source: The Sun Herald)
Historic
three-way tie in 6th annual survey of Elvis websites:
The votes are in and your favorite Elvis website is in fact
three. Elvis News, For Elvis CD Collectors Only and Elvis
Information Network - EIN (www.elvisinfonet.com) have tied
as the #1 site. EIN was also voted the best site for articles,
and we received three nominations in the Special Mention category,
for Bill Burk's Elvis World Online, our weekly EIN E-Alert
and the inimitable Piers Beagley for his great reviews. A
big thanks to everyone who voted for EIN (we really appreciate
your support!!) and congratulations to all winners, particularly
Elvis News and For Elvis CD Collectors Only.
(News, Source: Elvis Central)
UK
chart predictions: On Thursday Elvis still had a 10,000
copies lead in sales on the #2 single. The predictions for
the UK #1 this Sunday are: 1. Elvis - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(25,903 copies) 2. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers (17,253 copies)
3. Bryan McFadden/Delta Goodrem - Almost Here (17,070 copies).
We'll all know later today how close the predictions are.
(News, Source: echat.com/Sanja Meegin)
Stereo
soundboard of Elvis' final live concert: A tapebox
has been found that shows Elvis' last show in Indianapolis
on June 26, 1977 was taped on a stereo soundboard. Hopefully
the contents still exist too. If so, the tape seems to
contain parts of the Stamps performances and some parts
of the introductions of the band are missing. (News,
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Willie
always had Elvis on his mind: Jailhouse Rock was all very
well at No 1 - but Willie Nelson still reckons that Always
on My Mind was the best song Elvis ever crooned. Especially
as Willie, who is coming to Dublin in the spring, wrote the
lyrics to the love ballad. "People are always telling me how
well I sing Always on My Mind," declared Willie today. "But
the plain truth is, it was always meant for Elvis. I only
sang it myself as an afterthought and now I'm not allowed
off a stage without performing it. "I sat down one afternoon
with a clear sound of the Presley voice in my head and wrote
that song. Mind you, I had a beautiful woman in my eye when
I was putting the words down, but I'm not saying who she was.
"The point is, this was always an Elvis special and didn't
he do so well with it? Come on ? Elvis with that ballad stuck
with you for a long while no matter how good I do it." EIN
note: Despite what this report says, Always On My Mind
was actually wriiten by Carson, Jones & Christopher.
Many thanks to Eileen
for drawing our attention to this.
(News, Source: Belfast Telegraph)
Good
Rockin' Tonight CD: Released by Membran Music is the
budget release "Good Rockin' Tonight". Unlike previous
budget release CDs this one does not contain the well
known Hayride recordings but original SUN recordings.
As of 1 January 2005 these tracks fell into the public
domain. Anyone is able to release them without paying
royalties to the owners of the master or the performer's
heirs. Track listing: Good Rockin' Tonight/That's All
Right/Milcow Blues Boogie/Blue Moon/Harbor Lights/Blue
Moon of Kentucky/You're A Heartbreaker/I Don't Care If
The Sun Don't Shine/I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone/I
Love You Because/Tomorrow Night/I'll Never Let You Go/Just
Because. (News, Source: ElvisNews.com)
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What
the...?: A listing on eBay needs to be seen to be
believed! (News, Source: ebay.com)
Elvis
sighting in South Bend: Ladies and gentlemen ... Elvis
may have left the building, but his collectibles remain behind
and will be appearing live ... or at least as live as a bunch
of inanimate objects can be ... next weekend in South Bend.
The private collections of Hoosier Presley fans is sought
for inclusion in an exhibit of Elvis Presley memorabilia which
opens on Feb. 11 at the Northern Indiana Center for History,
808 W. Washington St. If local Elvis buffs would like to loan
that stash of kingly treasures -- posters, photos, rare records,
sweat-stained scarves, tour programs, Vegas menus, etc. --
collecting dust in boxes, the Center of History is eager to
include them. The King's collectibles will be on display through
May 6 at the center, in conjunction with "Processing Elvis,"
a traveling exhibit chronicling the day Presley was inducted
into the U.S. Army. "Processing Elvis" showcases a unique
photo essay taken by William Leaptrott, who had been a teenage
classmate of Elvis at L.C. Humes High School in Memphis. It
also explores an important passage in Presley's transformation
from "rebel rocker" to "boy next door," which elevated Elvis
above all the other rockers of his day into an international
pop icon. For information log onto www.centerforhistory.org.
(News, Source: nwtimes.com, USA)
Elvis
banned?: On the 2nd To None message board a posting was
made mentioning that advertisements for the "Love, Elvis"
compilation were banned in some music ads magazines because
of the tongues sticking out. (News, Source:
ElvisNews.com)
New
cast member announced for "Elvis" TV mini-series:
According to Variety, actress Jennifer Rae Westley has joined
the cast of the forthcoming CBS miniseries Elvis. The trade
says Westley will portray Elvis' (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) first
girlfriend and high school sweetheart Dixie Locke. This is
the first biopic of The King that has depicted Locke; in other
biopics her character is fictionalized. (Elvis geek trivia
note: the Dixie-like character in the short-lived 1990s Elvis
TV series was named Mattie Walker. She was played by Kelli
Williams who later starred in The Practice opposite Camryn
Manheim, who portrays Gladys Presley in this miniseries.)
Westley's credits include Traffic: The Miniseries, Levity
and Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story. Elvis airs May 8th and
11th on CBS. (News, Source: IGN.com)
Elvis
all shook up over C-charge dodger: A crafty congestion
charge dodger has left a Bar Hill couple all shook up - by
impersonating an Elvis impersonator. (News/Almost
Elvis, Source: Cambridge Evening News)
Kid
Galahad FTD soundtrack review: EIN is the only
website with truly in-depth reviews of all the FTD soundtrack
releases. Here Piers Beagley digs deeper than ever to
discover exactly what is so special about the six songs
that make up the Kid Galahad soundtrack. Can 35 versions
of 'King Of The Whole Wide World' really be that interesting?...EIN
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Elvis
wines for UK release: A selection of wines bearing late
rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley's image are due to hit
UK stores this year. The wines titled King Cab, Jailhouse
Red and Blue Suede Chardonnay have already had huge success
in America and feature a picture of the singer on their labels.
Brian Peck, Signature Wines' vice president, says, "We realise
people buy the wines for the novelty of Elvis being on the
label. "But we put good wine in there as well so that once
they have tried them customers come back. "People are really
taking to them." (News, Source: ContactMusic.com)
New
unofficial CD - Showtime At The International: This
CD will be released next Monday. It contains an audience(?)
recording of Elvis' performance at the International Hotel
in Las Vegas. NV. On August 11, 1971. Track listing: International
Hotel welcomes you; Also sprach zarahustra Intro; That’s
all right; Proud mary; You don’t have to you love me;
Sweet caroline; Polk salad annie; Walking around; Johnny
b. goode; It’s impossible; Love me; Blue suede shoes;
Heartbreak hotel; Teddy bear/Don’t be cruel; Hound dog;
Memphis Tennessee; Trying to get to you; Suspicious minds;
Introductions; I’m leavin’; Lawdy miss clawdy; The impossible
dream. (News, Source: Elvis Unlimited)
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Elvis
& U2: As U2 announced their massive concert plan for
Dublin Ireland, and their planned World Tour starting in San
Diego California, Bono’s idol Elvis Presley was in the news
big-time. Bono may have to add another verse to his controversial
Elvis poem. The British Broadcasting Company better known
as the Beeb is still recoiling from a barrage of e-mail initiated
by it’s disgraceful, and now notorious insult to Elvis Presley
fans on the, Top of the Pops television show, Friday the 21st
January 2005. International Media coverage of the BBC/Elvis
story, including press releases from as far apart as India,
Australia, New Zealand, New York, and the UK, is drawing a
lot of attention on Google.com Elvis news. Commerce orientated
bloomberg.com knows Elvis Presley means Business. In a recent
article on it’s web-pages by journalist, Mathew Lynn, we are
informed Elvis is, "Still King! What Elvis Can Teach Us About
Brands?", an example of how the Elvis SALE never ends. Now
the BBC and the rest of the International Media know, Elvis
fans mean business too! (News, Source: Google)
Wednesday 2 February 2005
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Are
You Lonesome Tonight? on track to be #1: In the mid-week
singles market, Elvis is looking strong to make it four chart-toppers
in five weeks, with Are You Lonesome Tonight? Retailers
suggest it is outselling its nearest competitors, Brian McFadden
& Delta Goodrem, by almost three copies to one. Eminem’s ”Like
Toy Soldiers” is also set to debut within the top three. Elvis’
single “A Fool Such As I” drops to #23, and on the Album chart
Elvis’ “Love Elvis” is a new entry at #16.
(News, Source: Music Week)
Elvis
credit card CD: If you renew your subscription to
Elvis Unlimited
you will receive a special credit card size CD that contains
around 3 minutes of unreleased interviews. (News,
Source: Elvis Unlimited/ElvisNews.com)
Elvis
roadside rock revival bid:
There are calls for a well-known Welsh landmark, which
had a link to the King of Rock and Roll, to be rebuilt. (News,
Source: EPE)
A
Date With Elvis CD Promo: EFE has released a CD promo
featuring interviews and home recordings. Limited edition
of 500 copies. (News, Source: epgold.com) |
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"One
Night" on World Chart: One Night debuted at #25 on
last week's World Singles Sales Chart.
It has yet to register on the United Global Singles Chart.
(News,
Source:Top40-charts.com)
Book
release - "All Cooked Up: Recipes and Memories from
Elvis' Friends and Family": Donna Early Presley,
Edie Hand, Darcy Bonfils, Ken Beck and Jim Clark have
authored a new hardcover Elvis cookbook due for release
in the USA on 4 October 2005. It will be published by
Gramarcy and have 288 pages. The ISBN is 0517227134. It
is likely this is a re-issue of the authors' 1998 book
with 288 pages, "The Presley Family & Friends
Cookbook".
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