On this day in 1955, entertainment conglomerate RCA Victor made its best investment when they paid $35,000 to Sam Philips’ small Memphis record company for Elvis Presley’s contract, making today NATIONAL SUN RECORDS DAY! Everyone knows that Presley went on to become one of the most successful and recognizable entertainers of all time, but Sun …
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Call it the Yalta of Rock & Roll, When Worlds Collide or Clash of The Titans, but today is NATIONAL BEATLES MEET ELVIS DAY! In 1965, Brian Epstein and Colonel Tom Parker, the two most celebrated personal managers in music history, arranged for the Beatles to meet Elvis Presley in his Memphis mansion, Graceland. The Beatles …
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On this day in 1964, The Beatles did something no musical artist has done before or since. They not only had the #1 hit on the Billboard Charts, they had numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 records as well, making today NATIONAL HIT SINGLE DAY! Billboard Top 5 Songs, April 4, 1964: No. 1 “Can’t …
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On this date in 1956, Elvis Presley made his acting debut in a forgettable piece of crap called “Love Me Tender,” launching his movie career and making today NATIONAL ELVIS MOVIE DAY! The King made 31 movies in all, usually playing a handsome young rebel with a guitar who gets in and out of trouble, …
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Well, it’s Elvis Presley’s birthday today, and The King would have been 75. Turns out he didn’t live all that long, a measly 42 years. So much for Long Live The King. We’ll just have to settle for Long Live the King’s music, which is still shaking hips. Speaking of hips, his once shook the …
