2009 Elvis Blog Archives
by Alan Hanson
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January 2009 Entry #43: The Day Elvis’s Girlfriend Talked Too Much Entry #44: Remembering Why We're Elvis Fans on his Seventy-fourth Birthday Entry #45: Denver Writer Was Made to Run Gauntlet After Criticizing Elvis in 1956 Entry #46: Elvis Presley and the Curious Case of the Missing Verses Entry #47: How Billboard Helped Push a Young Elvis to the Top of the Charts February 2009 Entry #48: Jailhouse Rock Chronicles: A Prison, a Cow Bell, and a Riot Entry #49: Comparing Elvis Live in the Fifties with Elvis on Stage in the Seventies Entry #50: The Realists versus The Idealists: Who Are the “Real” Elvis Fans? Entry #51: Welcome to the Academy Awards for Elvis Presley Films March 2009 Entry #52: Award Winners in Elvis Movies & a New Way to Rank the King’s Films Entry #53: It Was Boys Against Girls in Teen Discussion About Elvis in 1956 Entry #54: My Top Ten I-Wish-I-Had-Been-There Elvis Moments Entry #55: Elvis and Drugs, The Beatles, and Mary Tyler Moore
April 2009 Entry #56: Some Fifties Journalists Urged Parents to Slap Their Daughters for Liking Elvis Entry #57: November 14, 1970: Elvis Gave His "Comeback" Concert in L.A. Entry #58: What If Elvis Had Been an Entertainer in the Army? Entry #59: In Search of Elvis, the "Political Activist"—Did He Take a Stand on the War? Entry #60: How Technology Has Affected My Elvis Music Through the Years May 2009 Entry #61: Elvis's Worst Recordings: My Top Ten Entry #62: Emotional Elvis Revealed in 1956 Waco Newspaper Article Entry #63: Bono's Elvis Poem Reveals Irish Rocker's Admiration for Presley Entry #64: The Elvis Record That Sold a Million Copies Before It Was Even Recorded June 2009 Entry #65: Elvis Wasn't the Only Fifties Teen Idol Who Tried to Make It in Hollywood Entry #66: Own a Piece of the American Dream—Two of the King's Cars Go Up for Sale Entry #67: Creative Reporter Covered Elvis's 1957 Show in Tacoma, Washington Entry #68: Let's Stop Blaming Colonel Parker for Elvis's Disappointing Movies July 2009 Entry #69: With “It’s Now or Never,” Elvis Left Rock ’n’ Roll for Pop Music’s Mainstream Entry #70: Sharing Memories of Seeing Elvis in Spokane in 1957 Entry #71: Debra Paget—Elvis’s First Leading Lady; What She Learned About Elvis in 1956 Entry #72: Crawdaddy Published the Best Elvis Tribute Article in 1977 Entry #73: It Might Have Been the Happiest Day of Elvis Presley's Life August 2009 Entry #74: Did Sinatra Really Call Elvis's Music a "Rancid Smelling Aphrodisiac"? Entry #75: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"—Elvis's Classic Recording of an Old Song Entry #76: This Year's Elvis Teddy Bear Wears a Las Vegas Jumpsuit Entry #77: Don't Believe Everything You Read About Elvis September 2009 Entry #78: Little Rock Columnist Had Sensible Attitude About Elvis in ’56 Entry #79: "Flaming Star"—the Elvis Record Inspired by a Denver Bootlegger Entry #80: Hal Wallis—The Paramount Producer Who Reigned Over Elvis’s Hollywood Career — Part One Entry #81: Hal Wallis—The Paramount Producer Who Reigned Over Elvis’s Hollywood Career — Part Two October 2009 Entry #82: Assessing Elvis’s Hollywood Career—And Who Was Joseph Hazen, Anyway? Entry #83: Elvis and The Beatles: How Did They Really Feel About Each Other? Entry #84: 1964—The Year Elvis Abdicated His Throne as King of the Charts Entry #85: Elvis Roots: Early R&B, Hillbilly, & Doo Wop Influences—Part 1 Entry #86: Elvis Roots: Early R&B, Hillbilly, & Doo Wop Influences—Part 2 November 2009 Entry #87: "Crying in the Chapel" & the Colonel's Plan to Make Elvis a Gospel Crooner Entry #88: Gordon Stoker and the Jordanaires—Their Contribution to Elvis's Gospel Music Entry #89: Elvis’s’ ’69 Opening in Vegas Was One of the Key Events in His Career Entry #90: Elvis and Thanksgiving December 2009 Entry #91: Iowa Newspaper Blasts Elvis After 1956 Stage Show Entry #92: Tiger Woods' "Transgressions" Similar to Elvis's 40 Years Ago Entry #93: Heartbreak Hotel Made Elvis King of the Charts in 1956 Entry #94: Elvis Deserves More Recognition for His Charitable Acts Entry #95: What Did Elvis Do on New Year's Eve?
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