Elvis

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Sun., Aug. 19, 2007

On Nov. 14, 1956, Liberace and Elvis Presley posed for a publicity photo taken by the Las Vegas News Bureau in which they switched jackets and instruments. To commemorate the golden anniversary of this picture seen around the world, tribute artists Wes Winters as Liberace and Matt Lewis as Elvis re-created the famous photo at the Liberace Museum. ORG XMIT: BW32

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** FILE **Singer Elvis Presley is shown performing on the television program "The Steve Allen Show" at the Hudson Theatre in New York, in this July 1956, file photo. At center is Steve Allen and to his right is Imogene Coca. Elvis fans from around the world are in Memphis this week for the annual remembrance of his death in 1977, and many still remember the year Elvis lit up American televisions. (AP Photo/FILE) ORG XMIT: NYET380
** FILE **Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in this Sept. 9, 1956, file photo, which was his first of several appearances on the CBS show. Elvis fans from around the world are in Memphis this week for the annual remembrance of his death in 1977, and many still remember the year Elvis lit up American televisions. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio/FILE) ORG XMIT: NYET379
FILE--If life is like a box of chocolates, it just got a little sweeter. Elvis - down to the fine details of his guitar strings - has been immortalized on gourmet chocolate bars. (AP Photo/File)
FILES--A song that Elvis Presley helped write, but never recorded, sold for $30,000 at auction Thursday, June 6, 1996. Presley, shown in a1958 file photo, and songwriter Terry Fell co-authored the 20 lines of ``Mississippi River'' in 1959, while Presley was serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. (AP Photo/Lindlar, file)

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Elvis Presley, the King of rock and roll, is seen at his musical peak in 1957. Fans of the King of Rock 'n' Roll soon will be able to bask in a Beale Street Memphis, Tenn. club that pays him homage. (AP Photo/File)
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, DEC. 25, 1995-This is a handout photo of the meeting of former President Richard Nixon, left, and Elvis Presley in their bizarre meeting 25-years-ago on Dec. 21, 1970 in Washington, D.C. Former Nixon White House aid Egil "Bud" Krogh has just written a book about the meeting. (AP Photo/Bud Krogh/ho)
FILE--Elvis Presley and Col. Tom Parker, left, step off the train in Memphis, Tenn., in 1960, following Presley's discharge from the Army. The photograph is contained in the new book, "Twenty-Three Years of Photos, Vol. II, Fond Memories of Elvis," by James Reid. Parker, the former carnival barker who helped guide Presley to stardom, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1997, of complications from a stroke. He was 87. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, James Reid)

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The 29-cent Elvis Presley stamps issued in 1993, seen in these images provided by the U.S. Postal Service, accounted for 124 million stamps that have been purchased but not used, generating $36 million for the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/USPS) ORG XMIT: WX101
** FILE ** Elvis Presley is shown at the International Hotel where he made his first public stage appearance in 9 years in Las Vegas, Nev., in this Aug. 1969 file photo. (AP Photo/File) ORG XMIT: APHS102
FILE--Mail to Elvis Presley's desert hideaway in Palm Springs, Cailfornia will temporarily be stamped ``Return to Sender.'' Someone stole the wrought-iron mailbox from the home the singer leased from 1966 to 1977. Presley is shown in this undated file photo. Mark Snider, the current resident of the home, doubts the theft was the work of true fans. ``Real Elvis fans are the most respectable, middle-American, decent kind of people,'' Snider said. (AP photo, file)
FILE--Elvis Presley is shown in this undated photo. Elvis fans disappointed over the planned demolition of Market Square Arena will have to settle for a plaque commemorating his final live concert. Mayor Stephen Goldsmith dedicated the plaque Monday. Aug. 24, 1998, at the site of the June 26, 1977, show. (AP Photo/File)
FILE--Elvis Presley is shown with his Gibson J-200 guitar in this 1957, MGM studio publicity, file photo. Already a member of the halls of fame for rock 'n' roll and country music, Presley will join the Gospel Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001. The singer, who remains a pop culture phenomenon 24 years after his death in Memphis, will be the only person to belong to all three. (AP Photo/File)
Elvis Presley entertains a packed house as a headlining act during a special performance of the KWKH Louisiana Hayride at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, La., Dec. 15, 1956. The Hayride helped launch Presley's career. In fact, he held his first radio broadcast on Oct. 16, 1954, at the Louisiana Hayride in the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La. The phrase "Elvis has left the building!" was coined by then Hayride manager Horace Logan the night this photo was taken. (AP Photo/The Times, Langston McEachern) MANDATORY CREDIT

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FILE--The acetate disc recorded by Elvis Presley as a demonstration for Sun Records owner Sam Phillips is shown in this undated handout photo from the New York auction house Guernsey's. It is among the items to be sold as part of an auction of rock 'n' roll memorabilia on Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995. A spokesman for Guernsey's said the disc is expected to sell for $200,000 to $250,000. (AP Photo/Guernsey's)
** ADVANCE FOR Thursday, July 1--FILE **Elvis Presley is shown in this 1957 file photo. On July 5, 50 years to the day that Elvis recorded "That's All Right," media and fans from around the world will converge in Memphis for a blowout celebration to commemorate the song, which has been labeled by the city and others as the tune that started the musical and cultural phenomenon known as rock 'n' roll. (AP Photo/FILE) ORG XMIT: NYET358
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JAN. 14-17--FILE--Elvis and Priscilla Presley cut their wedding cake after exchanging vows in the Aladdin Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas in this 1967 photo. "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley," the new biography by Peter Guralnick, focuses on the darker side of Presley's life, largely in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau)
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, AUG. 8-11 **FILE**Elvis Presley, shown in an undated file photo, wears one of his white jumpsuits in concert in the later part of his career. Thousands of Presley fans will files through Graceland, his home in Memphis, Tenn., in August 2002 to mark the 25th anniversary of his death. (AP Photo)
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, AUG. 8-11 ** The birthplace and boyhood home of Elvis Presley is open to the public in Tupelo, Miss., in July 2002. The modest house draws up to 100,000 visitors to this town of just over 34,000 residents two hours south of Memphis. (AP Photo/Woody Baird)

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** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, AUG. 8-11 **FILE**This is a photo from the 1957 film "Jailhouse Rock" in which Elvis Presley plays a convict who becomes a rock star. Presley remains a cultural icon in 2002, 25 years after his death. (AP Photo)
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, AUG. 16-18--FILE--Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show" Sept. 9, 1956, in this file photo, his first of several appearances on the CBS show. A retrospective of Presley's television work is at New York's Museum of Television & Radio until January. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio)
ADV. FOR WKD. EDS. APRIL 11-13--Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show" Sept. 9, 1956, in this file photo. RCA is preparing a four-CD, 100-song Presley set for release this summer that will contain 77 performances that have never been released publicly. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio)
FILE--This is a 1956 photo of Elvis Presley performing. This photo was used for his first RCA Victor album cover. (AP Photo/RCA Victor,ho)
ADV. FOR SUN., AUG. 10--FILE--Elvis Presley performs in 1973. August 16 marks the 20th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/file)
"Jailhouse Rock" -- Elvis Presley on the set with Judy Tyler. (AP Photo/MGM) ORG XMIT: GIFT101
Elvis Presley (pictured above with Mike Stoller (left) and Jerry Leiber (right)) is one of several musical stars featured on Bravo's "Baby, That's Rock'n'Roll: A Celebration of the Songs of Leiber and Stoller" premiering on The Film and Arts Network this Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Rock'n'Roll masters Leiber and Stoller, who penned several of Presley's hits including "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog," (as well as "On Broadway," "Stand By Me" and "Yakety Yak,") will be featured in "Baby," the first-ever documentary of their lives. (Business Wire photo)
FOR RELEASE ANYTIME--FILE--Elvis Presley performs in Tupelo, Miss. in Sept., 1956. That year, Presley had a No. 1 hit with "Heartbreak Hotel." (AP Photo/file)
This photograph of Elvis Presley on the train, going home to Memphis, was made by Alfred Wertheimer in July 1956. The photographer traveled with and photographed Elvis Presley just as the young rock star's career began to take off. The photographs have recently been shown in public for the first time. (AP Photo/Circle Gallery, copyright Alfred Wertheimer)

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Elvis Presley and motorbike, at home in Memphis, were photographed by Alfred Wertheimer in 1956. The photographer's work from time he spent with the 21-year-old Presley in 1956 is being featured in exhibitions in New York, Las Vegas and San Diego. (AP Photo/Circle Gallery, copyright Alfred Wertheimer)

Alfred Wertheimer The Spokesman-Review
FILE--Elvis Presley belts out a song in this 1975 file photo. Although Presley died nearly 18 years ago, that doesn't stop the faithful from celebrating "the King's" birthday. Elvis Presley would be 60 on Sunday. (AP Photo/file)
FILE--Elvis Presley gets his first Army haircut at Fort Chaffee, Ark., from James B. Peterson of Gans, Okla in March, 1958. Although Presley died nearly 18 years ago, that doesn't stop the faithful from celebrating "the King's" birthday. Elvis Presley would be 60 on Sunday. (AP Photo/file)
FILE--Elvis Presley, right, performs a number with Imogene Coca, left, and Steve Allen perform on "The Steve Allen Show" at the Hudson Theatre in New York City in July, 1956. Although Presley died nearly 18 years ago, that doesn't stop the faithful from celebrating "the King's" birthday. Elvis Presley would be 60 on Sunday. (AP Photo,file)
Suzanna Leigh embraces Elvis Presley in a publicity photo from the 1966 film "Paradise, Hawaiian Style." Leigh was one of Presley's many female co-stars and is organizing a gathering of actors, actresses and others who worked on Presley's movies. The gathering is scheduled to be held in Memphis, Tenn. to mark the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/courtesy Suzanna Leigh) ORG XMIT: NS101
FILE - A state review of Elvis Presley's medical records found no evidence that the coroner lied when he said Presley, shown in this May 6 1975 file photo, died of heart disease, officials said Thursday, Sept. 29 1994. There has long been speculation Presley's death was caused, or at least hastened, by drug abuse. Thursday's statement, based on a new review of Presley's death records, contained no mention of drugs. Presley died in Memphis in 1977 at age 42. (AP Photo/FILE)
FILE-----Elvis Presley is shown performing in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977. Thursday, June 26, 1997 marks the twenty year anniversary of Elvis' last performance in Indianapolis. When he exited Market Square Arena 20 years ago in Indianapolis, Elvis Presley left the building for good. But fans who were there will never forget the show on June 26, 1977, that proved to be the King of Rock and Roll's last public performance. Less than two months later, the King was dead.
Elvis Presley greets fans while on a horseback ride through the grounds of Graceland in 1968. Photo by Judy Palmer Bendewald. For In Life
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79739 (BC-BPI-ELVIS) It's hard to believe that the Elvis Presley vaults still have something to yield. Yet, like the Beatles Anthology series, the Elvis vaults have new secrets to tell. They provide 77 previously unreleased performances on a luminous four-CD boxed set, Platinum: A Life in Music. Some of the performances are from rehearsals, some are from concerts, some are alternate studio takes and most shed new light on Elvis the artist, not the icon. BPI DIGITAL PHOTO RCA RECORDS

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