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British-born singer-songwriter musician, and entertainer, Leo Sayer claims to have been the last person Elvis Presley spoke to. But here is a few problems: 1. Huntsville to Memphis is NOT ACROSS the bridge , it is actually 3 hours and 39 minutes away. 2. He goes on to say Elvis called him that night and said come to the house tomorrow and we'll make music, How could that be since Elvis was going on tour that day?  3. Then he goes to talk about David Foster and his WIFE GINGER ALDEN, Elvis' last girlfriend and they wanted to have dinner with him, because GINGER wanted to tell him how much speaking to him meant to Elvis and that this guy was THE LAST to speak to Elvis. He says GINGER remembers Elvis going off to bed, and he says,  of course the doctor came into it later on, but Elvis was saying, I'm going to see Leo tomorrow excited! What a load of Shite! No wonder Lorraine on ITV has the comments disabled, they must know it's shite too.  What a LIAR...

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...

Fifty years after “The King” married his queen, Elvis Presley’s wedding remains far from forgotten. Presley, then 32, married 21-year-old Priscilla Ann Beaulieu on May 1, 1967 in Las Vegas. Joan Kardashian, the aunt of Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, was the matron of honor. “Everyone was so nervous because there was so much secrecy,” she told Inside Edition. Joan Kardashian is married to the brother of the Kardashians' late father, Robert. The intimate ceremony took place May 1st 1967. It started at 9 a.m. and lasted just eight minutes inside a private suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. The hotel was demolished in 1998. An estimated 100 guests dined on ham, eggs, and southern fried chicken, oysters Rockefeller, roast suckling pig, poached and candied salmon, lobster, eggs mignonette and champagne. “The dress she chose was a very, very simple beaded dress,” Joan said. “It was long-sleeved and high neck. Fifty years later — it's a style that's still in f...

Pretty cool early footage of Graceland with Joe Esposito and the other guy, you know the Elvis and Nixon joker. The footage is pretty cool.

According to Graceland.com , the Graceland mansion was once part of a 500-acre farm that was owned by the S.E. Toof family. The land had been part of the family for generations and was named after one of the female relatives, Grace. According to Graceland history, in 1939, Grace's niece, Ruth Brown Moore and her husband, Dr. Thomas Moore, built the mansion, which became well-known to the locals of Memphis. The Moore's daughter, Ruth Marie, was musically accomplished and became a harpist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Classical recitals in the front formal rooms were common, just as rock 'n' roll and gospel jam sessions would be after the next owner moved in. In the spring of 1957, when Elvis Presley was 22, he purchased the home and grounds for just over $100,000. The previous year had been a whirlwind - it was Elvis' first year of super-stardom including historic network television appearances, record-breaking live performances and armloads of gold...

This is fantastic! At about 3:29, the drone flies over Vernon Presley's home and gives an amazing look at the home as well as Elvis Presley's Graceland.  It is very sad to see Vernon's pool in such bad shape with all the overgrown grass. It sure looks like a hazard that needs to be dealt with ASAP! This home has been in such disrepair. I fear it will one day have to be torn down. My last visit to the home a few years ago, there was no A/C, the car port had to be torn down and there were roaches in the house. Now that was a few years ago, things could have changed? This is the second home of Vernon Presley and his second wife. The first was on Hermitage Road. Elvis for sure did not want the second wife living in the home he bought for his beloved mama, Gladys. As if we needed ANOTHER reason to love this man! LOYALTY! 💖 When Priscilla Presley first moved from Germany to be close to Elvis, this is where her parents were told she would live but that ended rathe...

“Graceland Presents Elvis” was a short-lived attraction inside the former International Hotel, an off-strip resort that hosted hundreds of performances by the legend. The exhibit opened in April of 2015, and closed the following February. The 28,000-square-foot exhibit offered visitors the chance to view 350 pieces of Elvis memorabilia, the largest collection outside of Graceland. The artifacts included stage outfits, jewelry, letters, guitars, and other relics that were loaned to the casino from his estate in Tennessee. But with the exhibit poorly attended, Elvis Presley Enterprises threatened to abandon its 10-year lease agreement less than a year after opening . Westgate, which claimed to have invested over $9 million in preparing the space for the spectacle, subsequently closed the attraction and locked the memorabilia as ransom.     Despite a lawsuit filed in March of 2016 that sought for the items to be returned, the Westgate has maintained their possession. ...