1.Elvis
Has Left the Building gets 22K hits on Google
2. Sideburns.
3. Disney's "Lilo and Stitch," will feature 5 Elvis
tunes and a new version of "Burning Love" by Wynonna.
4. Las
Vegas - Elvis in-depth Vegas interview.
5. El Vez, "the Latin Elvis," discography includes
"Graciasland" and "Misery Tren."
6. The official Elvis site has a 24-hour GracelandCam
7. British TV chef Nigella Lawson featured Elvis's fried
peanut butter and banana sandwiches on "Nigella
Bites"
8. Florida company was granted rights by EPE Inc to use
Elvis's image on its cellular phone face plates
9. Countries
that have issued an Elvis
postage stamp now includes the Central African Republic,
St. Vincent and the Malagasy Republic.
10. Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi sang "I Can't Help Falling
in Love With You" at a dinner in Australia, proclaiming
it is his favorite song.
11. With 600,000 people visit Graceland
every year, making it second only to the White House. Half of
the visitors are under the age of 35.
12. Priscilla Presley remade
herself into a successful actress and looking to produce a
Broadway play
13. A book called "The Inventory of the Estate of Elvis
A. Presley" is currently in its second edition.
14. Documentary film "Schmelvis: Searching for the King's
Jewish Roots" will debut
on Bravo cable network.
15. The number of officially registered Elvis impersonators in
the United States is up to 35,000.
16. AnnMargret
remembered as Elvis' favourite co-star
17. The "Elvis Presley 6 Figure Series: Aloha from
Hawaii" by X Toys.
18. Mike Powell, an Elvis impersonator from Texas, started a
"support page" to provide online sales of Elvis
jumpsuits and accessories."
19. Gyrating hips.
20. A Virginia furniture manufacturer releasing The Elvis
Presley Collection that includes large "Love Me
Tender" bed and the "Burning Love" heart-shaped
mirror.
21. At the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, weddings
cost $55 to $225, but having an Elvis impersonator officiate
will cost $495.
22. A Texas A & M professor has written "The Tao of
Elvis," described as "the first attempt to
illustrate Elvis's Taoist nature and interpret his
never-ending search for purpose and meaning."
23. Today marks the release of the CD "Karaoke: Songs
Made Famous By Elvis Presley."
24. The book,
"Are You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis' Favorite Recipes,"
features recipe for Elvis & Cilla's wedding cake
25. "Suspicious Minds," his last No. 1 single.
26. The sneer
that sexy sneer that only could do so well
27. The pine oaks in front of Graceland
are featured in the book, "America's Famous and
Historic Trees."
28.Elvis' motorcycle collection
is a major pilgrimage for members of the Hells Angels.
29. The National Archives with more than 9 million
photographs. The one of President Richard Nixon shaking hands
with Elvis, December 1970 is the most requested reprint.
30. Eminem lashed out at Elvis fans on his new CD.
31. U2 - spiritual descendants.
32. Bill Clinton's Secret
Service code name: Elvis. When he played the sax on
"The Arsenio Hall Show," the song was
"Heartbreak Hotel."
33. "Be Elvis! A Guide to Impersonating the King" by
Rick Marino on Amazon.com.
34. You can buy a genuine piece of Elvis' hair saved by his
barber, Fred Stoll, in 1970. The price: $695.
35. Elvis' girlfriend June
Juanico back in 1955 still talking about it while
insisting they never did "the wild thing."
36. Cybill Shepherd still
talking about her date with Elvis in Memphis back in 1972. She
said: "He was gorgeous then, and I didn't look so bad
either."
37. Lisa
Marie Presley managed to put a new twist on her dad's
rebelliousness and spirituality by marrying Michael Jackson
& joining the Church of Scientology
38. Elvis' FBI file are on
the Internet. Most of the papers concern extortion plots
against "The King" and his bizarre contacts with
Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover.
39. Among the 425 books about Elvis on Amazon are several
cookbooks and "Christmas
with Elvis."
40. The Flintstones in "Viva Rock Vegas."
41. "100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV" #2
Elvis's 1968 Comeback Special with The
Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was #1
42. The cellblock performance clip from "Jailhouse
Rock."
43. "Blue
Hawaii" on late-night cable TV.
44. ElvisPresleyNews.com
top five at google.com.
45. In the current voting for the United Kingdom's favorite
No. 1 song of all-time, "Jailhouse Rock" is No. 9.
46. The closing riff of "a hunka hunka burning
love!"
47. Radio Two, a popular station in Belgium, announced to play
nothing but Elvis records for 24 hours in August
48. "Blue Christmas."
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49. A new musical
"jukebox" program for Palm handheld devices called: "Elvis."
50.
Emergency patients at Medical Center in Memphis are sent to
the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center.
51. "Tervetuloa Suomen Elis-kerho" - The Official
Elvis Presley Fan Club of Finland.
52. "The First Church of Jesus Christ, Elvis."
website
53. The Elvis fan club of Ireland has raised more than
$200,000 for charity. Its mission is
"Keeping the name 'Elvis Presley' alive"
54. A lengthy article was on the Internet regarding this
question: "Was Elvis Presley
Welsh?"
55. "You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no
friend of mine."
56. Elvis still holds the record for most chart singles, most Top
10 singles and most weeks at #1 Only the Beatles had more
#1 hits.
57. Kurt Russell's
movie debut, at age 10, was kicking Elvis in the shin in
"It Happened at the World's Fair."
58. Recent posting on the "Elvis Tales" Web site:
"I am from Iran. I just want to say that Elvis is G*d in
my country and one of the main reasons that I came to
America."
59. The world "Elvis" is an
anagram for "lives."
60. Even
Ivy-League Princeton University has an Elvis Web site, called
"Pelvis."
61. David Letterman did a Top 10 list of "Things Elvis
Would Say if He Came Back" #10: "I've been dead for
30 years and I still look better than Keith
Richards"
62. The Flying
Elvi, the 10-member skydiving team featured in "Honeymoon
in Vegas," is still available for hire.
63. The B-sides.
64. University of Arkansas released "All Shook Up:
Collected Poems about Elvis" with works by Joyce Carol
Oates & Charles Bukowski.
65. Bob Meyer is the founder of "Americans for Cloning
Elvis" Thousands have signed his petition
66. Elvis Costello.
67. The opening chant of "Blue Suede Shoes."
68. Rhinestones.
69. The "Aloha from Hawaii" special on DVD.
70. "The Elvis Presley Scholarship Fund" at the
University of Memphis.
71. Shooting out the TV set.
72. The "ugh!" between "I'm in love" and
"I'm all shook up."
73. "Elvis-style seasonings" includes Jailhouse Rock
(BBQ), King Creole (Cajun) and GI Blues
74. The Sun Studios
75. Libertyland, the Memphis
amusement park that Elvis rented out late at night for his
friends.
76. Bruce Springsteen jumping the fence at Graceland.
77. The Overton Park Shell in Memphis, where Elvis first
performed.
78. The opening notes of "Jailhouse Rock."
79. The laughing "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
80. The
Grammy-winning gospel recordings.
81. The movie "2000 Miles from Graceland" proof
that EPE Inc will green-light anything
82. The Jordanaires.
83. Memphis Mafia the role
model for all posses
84. The
Tennessee Karate Institute, where Elvis worked out, stages a
memorial tournaments
85. "That's Alright Mama," his first 45, and
possibly still the best
86. "In the Ghetto" Elvis' plea for racial
understanding
87. Col Tom Parker, his manager. No fiction writer could
invent a character like that.
88. The Loudermilk Boarding House in Cornelia, has more
than 30K pieces of Elvis collectibles. One being "Elvis'
Toenail" that the owner picked up on a tour of Graceland.
89. "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong."
90. Erin Brockovich has a life-sized Elvis statue inside her
front door.
91. Andy
Warhol's paintings of Elvis.
92. The Pennsylvania Lottery's Elvis instant game
93. Sotheby's auctioned a jukebox given by RCA to Elvis
with 50 of his hit singles for $60,000
94. "Elvis Day
by Day" that faithfully reconstructs it all
95. "American Trilogy" - now more than ever.
96. KrispyKreme doughnuts has Elvis as its fan
97. Giving away Cadillacs to
friends and strangers - how cool is that?
98. Rock 'n' roll like Elvis, can
never die.
99. 30 years after his death,
he still sells copies of the Daily News.
100. Thankyou - Thankyouverymuch |