History With Elvis

Author : Ginger Alden
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101616130

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Elvis and Ginger by Ginger Alden Pdf

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Elvis Presley’s fiancée and last love tells her story and sets the record straight in this deeply personal memoir that reveals what really happened in the final years of the King of Rock n' Roll. Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story… In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Author : Joseph A. Tunzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1888464062

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Elvis No. 1 by Joseph A. Tunzi Pdf

Author : Bradford E. Loker
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781457508073

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History with Elvis by Bradford E. Loker Pdf

Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780349144450

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Last Train To Memphis by Peter Guralnick Pdf

This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich in documentary and interview material, this volume charts Elvis' early years and his rise to fame, taking us up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Of all the biographies of Elvis - this is the one you will keep coming back to.

Author : Elaine Dundy
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496847218

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Elvis and Gladys by Elaine Dundy Pdf

Who on the planet doesn't know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn't know that he was the King of Rock 'n' Roll? But who knows that the King himself lived in the thrall of one dominant person? This was Gladys Smith Presley, his protective, indulgent, beloved mother. Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Elvis's early life, reconstructs the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years. Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Elvis—his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty. Coming to life in the compelling narrative is the poignant story of a unique boy and the maternal tie that bound him. It is at once an intimate psychological portrait of a tragic relationship and a mesmerizing tale of the early years of an international idol. “For once, a legend is presented to us by the mind and heart of a literate, careful biographer who cares,” wrote Liz Smith in the New York Daily News when Elvis and Gladys was originally published in 1985. This is the book, Smith says, “for any Elvis lover who wants to know more about what made Presley the man he was and the mama's boy he became.” The Boston Globe called this thoughtful, informative biography of one of popular music's most enduring stars “nothing less than the best Elvis book yet.”

Author : Marie Clayton
Publisher : Parragon Pubishing India
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 144540530X

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A Photographic History of Elvis by Marie Clayton Pdf

A Photographic History of Elvis presents his life and achievements in a series of photographs, which capture Elvis the singer and movie star as well as Elvis the family man, accompanied by detailed narrative captions. From his first record release in 1954 to his untimely death in 1977, this book tells the amazing Presley story.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1985229579

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Elvis Presley by Hourly History Pdf

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley was much more than a cultural icon; he was a reliable barometer of the world he grew up in. Long before the cultural revolutions of the '60s and '70s, Elvis was sparking a dynastic change of hands in American society. And by his own admission, much of it was by accident. Whenever his performances caused a stir, Elvis was always the first to ask what all the fuss was about. When questioned if he was trying to provoke a response from his audience, Elvis innocently replied that he was just doing what came naturally. Inside you will read about... - Elvis and His Twin - That's All Right - Presley's Controversial Rise - Elvis Joins the Army - Comeback in Las Vegas - Last Years and Death And much more! According to Elvis, as much as James Dean was a "rebel without a cause," he was a rebel completely by accident. If we believe him, everything he did that led to his rise to stardom was just some sort of cosmic alignment of happenstance. Elvis claimed that when he went into Sun Records to record his first song, he wasn't looking to become famous; he maintained that he just wanted to record a song for his mom's birthday. This book will let you decide for yourself as you learn about the life, the legend, and the unmistakable icon-Elvis Presley.

Author : Larry Birnbaum
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810886384

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Before Elvis by Larry Birnbaum Pdf

An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.

Author : Jerry Osborne
Publisher : Jerry Osborne Enterprises
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780932117540

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Elvis, Like Any Other Soldier (2010) by Jerry Osborne Pdf

Author : Joel Williamson,Donald Lewis Shaw
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199863174

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Elvis Presley by Joel Williamson,Donald Lewis Shaw Pdf

One of the most admired Southern historians of our time paints an intimate portrait of Elvis Presley, set against the rich backdrop of Southern society, that illuminates the zenith of his career, showing how Elvis himself changed—and didn't—and providing a deeper understanding of the man and his times.

Author : James D. Torr
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 0737706430

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Elvis Presley by James D. Torr Pdf

A collection of seventeen essays that examine Elvis Presley's life, career, and influences, as well as his impact on music and on U.S. culture. Also includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, discussion questions, and a collection of primary source documents.

Author : Richard Zoglin
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501151200

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Elvis in Vegas by Richard Zoglin Pdf

“Outstanding pop-culture history.” —Newsday The “smart and zippy account” (The Wall Street Journal) of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time. Elvis’s 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour—bad movies, mediocre pop songs that no longer made the charts—and he’d been dismissed by most critics as over-the-hill. But in Vegas he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. His performance got rave reviews; “Suspicious Minds,” the song he introduced there, gave him his first number-one hit in seven years; and Elvis became Vegas’s biggest star. Over the next seven years, he performed more than 600 shows there, and sold out every one. Las Vegas was changed, too. By the end of the ‘60s, Vegas’ golden age—when the Rat Pack led a glittering array of stars who made it the nation’s premier live-entertainment center—was losing its luster. Elvis created a new kind of Vegas show: an over-the-top, rock-concert extravaganza. He set a new bar for Vegas performers, with the biggest salary, the biggest musical production, and the biggest promotion campaign the city had ever seen. He opened the door to a new generation of pop/rock artists and brought a new audience to Vegas—not the traditional well-heeled older gamblers, but a mass audience from Middle America that Vegas depends on for its success to this day. At once “a fascinating history of Vegas as gambling capital, celebrity playground, mob hangout, [and] entertainment Valhalla” (Rolling Stone) and the incredible “tale of how the King got his groove back” (Associated Press), Elvis in Vegas is a classic feel-good story for the ages.

Author : Jerry Schilling,Chuck Crisafulli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781592403059

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Me and a Guy Named Elvis by Jerry Schilling,Chuck Crisafulli Pdf

On a lazy Sunday in 1954, twelve-year-old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teenager whose first record, "That’s All Right," had just debuted on Memphis radio. The two became fast friends, even as Elvis turned into the world’s biggest star. In 1964, Elvis invited Jerry to work for him as part of his "Memphis Mafia," and Jerry soon found himself living with Elvis full-time in a Bel Air mansion and, later, in his own room at Graceland. Over the next thirteen years Jerry would work for Elvis in various capacities — from bodyguard to photo double to co-executive producer on a karate film. But more than anything else he was Elvis’s close friend and confidant: Elvis trusted Jerry with protecting his life when he received death threats, he asked Jerry to drive him and Priscilla to the hospital the day Lisa Marie was born and to accompany him during the famous "lost weekend" when he traveled to meet President Nixon at the White House. Me and a Guy Named Elvis looks at Presley from a friend’s perspective, offering readers the man rather than the icon — including insights into the creative frustrations that lead to Elvis’s abuse of prescription medicine and his tragic death. Jerry offers never-before-told stories about life inside Elvis’s inner circle and an emotional recounting of the great times, hard times, and unique times he and Elvis shared. These vivid memories will be priceless to Elvis’s millions of fans, and the compelling story will fascinate an even wider audience.

Author : Alfred Wertheimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Portrait photography
ISBN : 174178655X

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Elvis by Alfred Wertheimer Pdf

"In 1956, a 21 year old singer named Elvis Presley was at the begining of his remarkable career . Alfred Wertheimer, a young New York freelance photojournalist , was asked by Elvis's new label , RCA Victor, to photograph the reising star. In the course of his one assignment for RCA. Wertheimer was struck by the charisma of the stunningly photogenic performer . After the and assignment, and whenever time and budget permitted , Whertheimer felt compelled to continue documenting Elvis and the everyday moments in the musical artist's life during that crucial year..etc...With hundreds of gorgeously reproduced , high quality quandratone prints , Elvis a king in the making presents , for the first time , the most comprehensive loo at the charasmatic young man who became an enduring legend-- Book jacket.

Author : Jerry Hopkins
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780859658997

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Elvis by Jerry Hopkins Pdf

Elvis Presley is the single biggest personality in American popular culture. Over three decades after his death in August 1977, he remains the undisputed king of rock'n'roll. Featuring a wealth of first-hand interviews, Elvis combines Jerry Hopkins's two previous classic bestselling Elvis biographies - Elvis: A Biography and Elvis: The Final Years - with all-new material to give the definitive detailed account of Presley's fantastic life