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For almost 40 years, Elvis Presley's personal physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos lived in this house. Presley helped design it and pay for it and the King's fingerprints are easily seen. The home's distinct design features a racquetball court, an indoor atrium and uniquely colored shag carpeting. The home was finished in 1976, one year before Presley's death. Now, you can own it: The East Memphis home on Cottingham Place has been listed for sale. The six-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom home is carries a price tag of $549,900. Crye-Leike Inc. realtor admits it would need a large investment to be brought up to date. The home was owned by the Nichopoulos family until June 2016, a few months after Nichopoulos passed. The sold it to Goshen Mortgage REO LLC, according to the Shelby County Register of Deeds, for $650,000. Crye-Leike principal Kim Hairrell is now the home's broker.                 From the listing, OWN A PIECE OF EL...

WREG Memphis reports two men are accused of pretending to be housekeeping staff to enter rooms at the Guest House at Graceland. Officers were called to the hotel around 6 a.m. Sunday, where a security worker relayed complaints about men entering rooms, posing as housekeeping staff. He said he saw the suspects driving toward the exit, and police were able to detain them. The security worker told police one of the suspects used to work at the Guest House at Graceland but was terminated and banned from the premises. The Guest House at Graceland clarified neither suspect was an employee; they were contract agency workers, one former and one current. The hotel said it is terminating its relationship with that temp agency. Police said one of the suspects had a master key card in his possession as well as stolen property. Security footage showed the two suspects went into multiple rooms, police said. The Guest House at Graceland said the stolen property was returned to the guests and ...

Joe Walsh is about to get all shook up at the King of Rock’s house! Look at those prices....so much for the SUPER 8 prices they were hyping before the hotel was built. The guitar great is set to play a residency at Graceland, Elvis Presley‘s iconic Memphis estate, as part of his 2017 tour. Kicking off Saturday, May 6, the three-day event will include a host of treats for fans, including an acoustic set, Q&A and photo ops, not to mention a tour of the historic mansion and accommodations at the newly opened Guest House at Graceland hotel. “This is something I’ve always wanted to do: Take an evening, invite an audience and just be me,” Walsh says in a statement, before going on to promise some pretty amazing things. “What you can expect is me playing music, answering almost all questions anyone would ask (except the ones that may incriminate me), a big screen PowerPoint presentation put together and narrated by me, guitar shop talk, slide guitar 101, true stories o...

The Elvis Hologram is something that has been talked about since the start of Elvis The Concert in the 90's. Patsy Andersen , formerly of Elvis Presley Enterprises first came up with the idea and tried so hard to get the concept off the ground. Many long time fan club members will remember Patsy talking about this idea the past 20 plus years. Patsy had been in talks with Disney and Touchstone films in 2003. Both confirmed this could be done. They even told Andersen they could have Elvis himself hosting the daily tours at Graceland . How awesome would that be? And imagine, we could have had this 20 years ago, if only Patsy Andersen 's concept had been seriously considered. Patsy said when she pitched it to EPE, they said it was too expensive at the time. We spoke with Patsy this morning exclusively. Patsy told me, "I tried for 20 years from the start of the concept of Elvis The Concert to the day I left Elvis Presley Enterprises to make this a reality. I wanted t...

JERRY PRESLEY'S MUSIC SHOW WITH GUEST STARS - THE BLACKWOOD GOSPEL QUARTET (A BENEFIT SHOW FOR UPDATING THE WALNUT RIDGE BASEBALL PARK FOR THE KIDS) DATE:            SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012 TIME:             7:00 PM LOCATION:  WALNUT RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER THEATER                          504 SOUTHERN AVENUE                          WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS 72476 TICKETS:       $10.00 ADVANCE,   $15.00 AT DOOR TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: MONI'S RESTAURANT -  115 WEST ELM STREET, WALNUT RIDGE, AR. PHONE NUMBER - 870-886-7521 WALNUT RIDGE CITY HALL - MAIN STREET, WALNUT R...