ELVIS HAS BEEN VOTED THE KING OF MUSIC FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW!!!
LET’S ALL BAN TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR ELVIS EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS YEAR SO WE CAN MAKE IT FOUR YEARS IN A ROW!!!!
Choose who must hold the title of
THE KING for 2018 !
PLEASE VOTE ONCE EVERY DAY!!!
Also Elvis’ song “Suspicious Minds” was in second place for the Song of Ages and was not far behind the #1
Also Elvis’ Album “Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley” was in second place for the Album of Ages and was not far behind the #1
So do NOT forget to vote for these two categories also!!!
thekingofmusic.com
songofages.com The Song of February – Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley with 4,295 Votes.
albumofages.com The Album of January – Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley with 2,897 Votes.
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Help Linda Sigmon get more signatures – We need 194 more signatures today!
Linda Sigmon and 4,832 people have already signed. Sign the petition now! NBC: Honor the 50th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1968 Comeback Special
March 2, 2018: 5,389 have signed. Let’s get to 7,500!
CHANGE.ORG
Petitioning NBC
Honor the 50th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1968 Comeback Special
On December 3, 1968, NBC aired what has since become known as Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special which was not only the most watched TV special that year, but also the catalyst for a rebirth in Elvis’ career and the motivating factor in his decision to return to performing in front of live audiences again after several years of making movies in Hollywood.
We are petitioning NBC to replay the unedited version of this special on the 50th Anniversary next December 3, 2018, in the same time slot of 9:00PM EST in honor of this historic television and cultural event.
This will not only be a great show of respect for the life and legacy of Elvis, but also a true thrill for his millions of fans around the world.
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MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018
I POSTED THE FOLLOWING ON MY FACEBOOK PAGES LAST NIGHT…
Linda Sigmon added 2 new photos.
URGENT REQUEST!
ELVIS HAS BEEN VOTED THE KING OF MUSIC FOR 3 STRAIGHT YEARS.
WE ARE FALLING DOWN ON OUR PART OF THE JOB THOUGH. FOR MONTHS NOW, WE HAVE NOT VOTED ENOUGH AND SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR 2018.
WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!
PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE FOR ELVIS EVERY SINGLE DAY THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
ALSO, PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW ASKING THAT THEY JOIN US IN VOTING. IT IS STILL EARLY IN THE YEAR AND WE CAN OVERCOME!!
http://thekingofmusic.com/


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I thank my friend Debbie KF who took the below photo of an Elvis billboard in Canada. Debbie thinks that Jesse may enjoy seeing that he is on a billboard in Canada currently. I love seeing this too.
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A friend to my site, Shawn K., wrote to bring something to my attention about the Federal badge which was on display at Graceland back during one of our visits from years ago. I displayed a photo of this badge on my March Current News page. Shawn wrote to say that this badge which we photographed at Graceland shows “retired” at the very bottom. Shawn wonders when Elvis was issued a “retired” badge and if it could have been sometime AFTER Elvis left that image behind on August 16, 1977. This is interesting as we all know that Elvis was still wearing his DEA STAFF logo jogging suit right up until the early morning hours of August 16, 1977 which, I think, meant that he was still active in that work at that time.
Below is an enlarged copy of our photo of the badge on display at Graceland and also a photo of his badge which President Nixon presented to him.
I thank Shawn for pointing out this interesting fact.
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My good friend, Simon Laxon, has been so busy creating more wonderful video comparisons between the photo of Jesse and various photos of Elvis. I love them all and appreciate Simon making these for all of us to enjoy.
Elvis / Jesse Comparison 32
Elvis / Jesse Video Comparisons
Published on Mar 30, 2018
youtu.be/LG15KZrFs24
Elvis / Jesse Comparison 33
Elvis / Jesse Video Comparisons
Published on Apr 1, 2018
youtu.be/WZME4xJ0oEc
Elvis / Jesse Comparison 33 (close up)
Elvis / Jesse Video Comparisons
Published on Apr 1, 2018
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2018
Elvis Week festivities announced

(Photo: The Estate of Elvis Presley, LLC/file)
By Associated Press |
Posted: Fri 4:28 PM, Mar 30, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Lisa Marie Presley will headline a concert in Memphis, Tenn., to mark 41 years since the death her father, Elvis Presley.
She will perform at the Graceland Soundstage on Aug 15. Darlene Love, who performed on Elvis’ “’68 Comeback Special,” and former Elvis backup singer Cissy Houston will each perform at Elvis Week for the first time in August.
Elvis Week festivities also include a live concert with Elvis performing on video, associates of Elvis who will be guest speakers and the traditional candlelight vigil past Elvis’ grave on the evening of Aug. 15.
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Hear Elvis Presley’s Rare, Stripped-Back Take of ‘Suspicious Minds’
Track will appear on soundtrack to new HBO doc ‘The Searcher’
Listen to Elvis Presley’s rare, stripped-back take of “Suspicious Minds,” which will appear on the soundtrack to HBO’s ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher.’ © Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.
April 06, 2018 12:55 PM
Updated 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Hard to believe, but there really was a time when Elvis Presley was just another aspiring musician hoping to break through.
And here’s proof: a 1955 concert poster with Presley among the opening acts, listed in small print toward the bottom and well below Faron Young, headliner Hank Snow, the Wilburn Brothers and others.
The kicker is that the show happened in Raleigh — and the only known copy of this poster is up for auction, with bidding to start at $5,000. It’s a rare piece of rock ‘n’ roll history.
“We’ve never seen this poster before, so it was exciting to find,” said Giles Moon, consignment director for entertainment and music with Texas-based Heritage Auctions. “Not only for the particular date and venue, but any poster of Elvis from the ’50s is exceptionally rare.
http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article207841094.html
Elvis Upstages, Excites in Raleigh
Elvis Upstages, Excites in Raleigh
On May 19, 1955, Hank Snow’s All Star Jamboree tour, featuring a new young talent named Elvis Presley, ended at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. It marked the beginning of the end of the touring relationship between the headliner, Faron Young, and featured player Presley. Young later recounted that each night of the tour Elvis got bigger and wilder crowds. Before intermission, each show included a new talent portion in which Presley took the stage, with the headliners performing after intermission.
As the tour progressed, fans began to shout for more Elvis during the other performances, and he was called back for encore after encore. In the early days of the tour Colonel Tom Parker, as booking agent, actually paid teenagers $5 apiece to scream for Presley. He used the publicity photographs to send to the newspapers in the next cities on the tour. Other performers on the tour recalled how much they discounted Presley and his odd onstage behavior. Most country singers thought that he was a fad who would quickly fade, but Presley soon found himself the headliner, and few established stars would agree to perform with him on a tour.
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2013/05/19/elvis-upstages-excites-in-raleigh
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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018
Gates of Graceland – Secrets of Vernon’s Office
Graceland
Published on Apr 10, 2018
When guests tour Elvis Presley’s Graceland, they have the chance to take a peek inside the office of Vernon Presley, Elvis’ father. In this episode of Gates of Graceland, go inside the office with Graceland’s Vice President of Archives, Angie Marchese, and host Tom Brown. Find out what furniture was brought to the office from the Presley family’s Audubon house, dig into Vernon’s filing cabinets and more in this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=81naMFAE-54&feature=share
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Simon Laxon has worked his magic with another video comparison of Elvis and Jesse. As always, I thank him so very much for another great video.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5g5-j_rzdo
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
Soul-Music Legend David Porter Talks About Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Documentary Debuting 4/14 on HBO
He was a boy from Tupelo who grew up to become the biggest star in music. Along the way, he absorbed a staggering range of influences, creating a revolutionary sound in his lifelong search for self-expression.
Following his creative journey from childhood through the final 1976 Jungle Room recording sessions, the two-part presentation Elvis Presley: THE SEARCHER debuts SATURDAY, APRIL 14 (8:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. The documentary includes stunning atmospheric shots taken inside Graceland, Elvis’ iconic home, and features more than 20 new, primary source interviews with session players, producers, engineers, directors and other artists who knew him or who were profoundly influenced by him, as well as never-before-seen photos and footage from private collections worldwide.
Memphis soul-music legend David Porter, the co-author of such classic hits as “Hold On! I’m Coming” and “Soul Man,” recently took time to offer his thoughts on Elvis.
Q: You were a teenager when Elvis became a star. What were your initial impressions of him?
David Porter: This was a white kid in the 1950s going on Beale Street, learning from masters of black music like Roy Hamilton, Jackie Wilson and others. He was different, interesting, but not something you felt the magnitude of at first – not until you heard Dewey Phillips playing “That’s All Right” on [his radio show] “Red, Hot & Blue.” Hearing what he was doing, singing black music with a confidence and a uniqueness, made me and other African-American talents say, “This guy has something.” And he did!
Q: Did you initially see his r’n’b covers as a respectful borrowing, or a weaker copy of THE ORIGINALS (like Pat Boone) diluted for the white audience? What did your fellow musicians think of him?
DP: We felt that maybe he was opening up a market that had been not fully opening up to black music, breaking down barriers to a greater appreciation of what black music truly was. That opened up more doors for artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Brook Benton and so many others. He was not Pat Boone, because he was soulfully expressing the songs with an r’n’b flair, showing what black music was through his perspective.
Q: Even if it wasn’t Elvis’ conscious goal to break down boundaries for his audience, it seems like that’s what he did.
DP: What Elvis did for me was cement in my mind the great potential reach of r’n’b and soul music. The credibility that he bought to it, whether he viewed it that way or not, doesn’t matter, because this was the net result.
Q: Is there a common strain running through great Memphis music? Elvis and Otis Redding must have shared some musical DNA.
DP: The common thread that runs through great Memphis music is emotional connectivity. You can’t help but feel the passion, the pain, the joy that comes when true Memphis artists put their truth into the song that they are singing. The “it” factor comes only through the great ones.
Q: Are there any songs of yours in particular that you would have liked to see him sing? Elvis could have done a great job on “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby.”
DP: “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” is one. The second is “You Got Me Hummin’.”
Q: What did you take away from the film on a personal level?
DP: This documentary gives the complete picture of the person, his greatness, some of his secrets, some of his ups, some of his downs and an abundance of his power.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018
My good friend, Tim Graves, gave me permission to share his very rare photo here for everyone to enjoy. My sincerest thanks to Tim.
Tim’s description: “Check this photo. This is DJ Fontana and Elvis. This is a promo shot with DJ first and Elvis second. This is a very rare photo.”
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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018
My good friend, Mike M., shared the following Ebay item for sale. Very nice, indeed!!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332610985627?ul_noapp=true
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Chris M., a very nice friend, sent the link to the following video. He thought that Jesse would perhaps enjoy watching it.
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gpwvqJcLA&feature=youtu.be
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2018
I want to share with everyone that Jesse phoned me this afternoon. He sounded wonderful and is feeling well today. We had a very nice visit and had a while to talk. One of the things he brought up in our conversation which I don’t think he will mind my sharing is this: He was telling me about some small items which he has in a box from Graceland. It is some things which his father kept…some of them, Jesse remembers, others he does not know where they came from. He said that his Daddy was a hoarder…he kept everything. I said that is why there are so many things saved from the course of his life…because his Daddy kept everything. He said, that is right.
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SENT TO JESSE THROUGH THIS POINT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018
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SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2018
My good Facebook friend, Jeannette H., sent me the below photo for comparison to Jesse’s photo. This is such a good comparison of Jesse’s mouth. My thanks to Jeannette for sharing.
Jeannette wrote “Mouth sooo Jesse“.
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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018
I have several thoughts that I would like to share after viewing the HBO documentary which aired this past weekend, Elvis Presley: The Searcher.
There were two parts to this movie…Part 1 and Part 2. I don’t have much to add about Part 1. I thought it was good and factual.
Part 2, for me, is another story. I do NOT like the portrayal of Col. Parker. Most of all I do NOT appreciate that they even brought a mention of “drug addiction” into the movie at all.
Because of my 26 years of knowing Elvis (Jesse) personally, I have quite a different take on both of these two subjects.
I don’t think that Jesse will object to me telling several things about Col. Parker that I have never shared before, now that Col. Parker is gone. Jesse and Col. Parker were close until the day Col. Parker died in 1997. Col. Parker’s death was one of the events which Elvis used to prove to us that he really was Elvis. He phoned our mutual acquaintance, the man who actually asked Elvis to contact me to begin with, and told him about three weeks before Col. Parker died, that “Col. Parker is dying“. At that time it had not been published anywhere that Col. Parker was nearing the end of his life. In Jan. 1997 on the day that Col. Parker passed away, Elvis called our mutual friend and said “See, I told you so.” I was driving home from work that day and heard on the radio that Col. Parker had died. I was so elated that, through Elvis, I had known this was coming for weeks because of what he had told our mutual friend. After being elated that Elvis’ statement was proven true, then I felt sad that the Col. had died.
I had always believed that after 1977, Col. Parker was the person taking care of things for Elvis so that he had income and things that he needed done were done by the Col. This was just my gut feeling up until long after I became acquainted with Elvis myself. I was worried when I heard about the lawsuit by EPE which took control away from Col. Parker. At the time, I worried and wondered what that was going to do to Elvis’ well being.
There are two things that Jesse has made clear in his book and in his conversations with me that have given me a totally different view of the Col. than what is portrayed in this documentary by Priscilla and Jerry Schilling. First of all, in his book, he wrote that the Col. was “the mastermind” behind the faking of his death on August 16, 1977. Below is a page of his letter in which he wrote this statement:
This page is copied from my own copy of the rough draft.
FOOTNOTE ADDED: In this second letter about Col. Parker shown below, you will again see that it was Col. Parker who came up with the plan to fake Elvis’ death. So, we have Col. Parker to thank for Jesse being with us today.
Jesse told me, in recent years: “I didn’t know what I was going to do when Col. Parker died.” These are his exact words to me. He also said that Col. Parker took many secrets to his grave.
I do fully understand that there were times when there were differences between Elvis and Col. Parker. In that extremely high level of pressure and stress on both of them, I know that it was inevitable that there were disagreements. But, I also know how loyal Elvis is to his friends and I know that he never forgot all that the Col. had done for him to help bring him to the heights that he reached.
I just hated to see them portray Col. Parker in such a negative way in this documentary…they blamed him for so many things. Elvis was always aware of how much money the Col. was making. I am certain he felt that the Col. deserved to be well compensated for all that he had done for him.
The second thing about part 2 of the documentary which troubles me is the dialogue regarding the “drug addiction“. I didn’t like that people like Tom Petty who did not even know Elvis were making statements. I also did not appreciate that Priscilla Presley has NEVER once since 1977 mentioned the physical health problems with which Elvis was struggling to deal as he tried to keep on being “Elvis” for the world. It seems that when this topic comes up, people act like the Drs. were just giving medicine to Elvis for no valid medical reasons. Elvis DID have very valid health issues for which he had to have the medicine to survive and to keep being Elvis with his work.
He had a colon issue with which he had dealt for many, many years and which worsened with time. He had been told that he needed surgery for this problem and was wrestling with that worry and decision. This was a problem which could have taken his life eventually. He was worried that if he had the surgery, he would not be able to continue to perform. He had insomnia…a problem with which he had struggled always. He had a sleep walking problem with which he had dealt for most of his life. His mother always worried about him being away from home because of that problem and asked others to always be with him to watch for this. He had a number of fractures in his spine from all of the hard work he did on stage during his many moves. He had pain in his hands from holding microphones for all those years. He had glaucoma for which he was being treated. He had so much stress and some depression from life events and the demands upon him. I honestly don’t know how any one human could have possibly dealt with all that he did and still continue to perform his music so magnificently and to appear to his audiences to still be having fun when on stage…MOST of the time. He certainly did go to heroic lengths to continue as long as he did.
Below are two pages from another letter which he wrote for the Introduction to his book in which he mentions some of the above reasons for leaving. 
Below you will see that he wrote that he was “…lonely, depressed and in bad health.“
Below is one of my own videos from my YouTube channel. I watched this news report when it aired and recorded it because they had announced that they were going to do a segment about Elvis. In this video, you will see and hear a very compassionate young Dr. who documents some of Elvis’ health problems and states how much Elvis went through to go out there and keep on being “Elvis” for those fans.
You will see that I posted this video on YouTube at the same time that I started my Website in May 2009.
ELVIS IS ALIVE. NBC August 16, 1997 news report about Elvis’ health problems in 1977.
Published on May 24, 2009
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efU4zFQi95I&t=21s
Although this person was not mentioned at all in the HBO documentary, I still want to add a few words in defense of Dr. Nick. Dr. Nick has also been given an unfair portrayal. Some people even blame him for the “death of Elvis“. Dr. Nick was a true friend to Elvis up until the day he died. Jesse also told me that Dr. Nick took “secrets to his grave”.
I want everyone to just stop and think for one minute about all the loyalty, devotion, love and dedication it took for Col. Parker and Dr. Nick to stand strong in protecting Elvis/Jesse until they died. Considering the unfair attacks and criticisms of these two men, most people would have caved in under that kind of pressure and just threw up their hands and admitted that Elvis did not really die. It took so much fortitude for both of them to stand their ground and not throw Elvis/Jesse to the wolves. Let’s all recall that someone even actually took a shot at Dr. Nick at a sports event. Many people blame him to this day for “Elvis’ death“. These same people will not accept the documented truth that Elvis did not die and lives to this very day thanks to his dedicated friends who made it possible for him to escape the life that was literally going to kill him had he not left when he did.
Jesse told me himself that “Dr. Nick was railroaded“.
I know for an absolute fact that Jesse held appreciation and affection for Col. Parker and Dr. Nick when they each died. Do you not think that what Elvis/Jesse thought of these two great men was and is much more important than public opinion?
So, that is my opinion about some of the topics which were touched upon so heavily in the Part 2 of this documentary. I hope that something I have written will cause someone to stop and think on the truths which I know firsthand from Elvis, who IS Jesse.
Please don’t judge so harshly these two brave men in whose shoes you have not walked.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018
Just want to let everyone know that Jesse phoned me this afternoon. However, I am sad to say that we were not home. He left us a sweet and lengthy message and he sounded well. My heart is heavy because I missed speaking with him…but very happy to hear his voice and know that he is OK.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
This month is the 26th anniversary of my very first contact from Elvis/Jesse. As I have done in some years past, I want to share the images of my very first two post cards from him. I treasure every single thing I have ever received from him and have kept it all safe.
I cannot express the absolute joy and ecstasy I felt when I read the first card and then the second one. It really touched my heart so deeply when I read that he had written “…you have waited long enough.“. He knew about my newsletters which is the reason for the first contact I had from a man who was in touch with him. That man told me, in his first phone call, “He really liked your newsletters.” That man introduced me to another man who was friends with Elvis and he asked Elvis to contact me. And the rest is history…over a quarter century of friendship. I have been so very blessed.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018
Below is a current screen capture of our total site visitors count. As I explained before, some browsers do not display the counter on my site. Firefox is the only browser which does do so among the several browsers that I have.
I want to sincerely thank each and every person who visits my site. Your presence is truly appreciated.
This display is as it appeared on Friday, April 20th