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WEEKLY LISA #2 💫

On February 10, 1968, Lisa Marie is being held by Priscilla. Ten days after her birth, Elvis looks at her adoringly. The picture was taken at their Hillcrest Home in Beverly Hills, California. The second picture could be from the same day or around the same time.

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Elvis: one man, a thousand voices. 🎙

Have you ever paid attention to how much Elvis’ voice changes over the years? 🤓

“Elvis’s voice changed almost on a yearly basis, and I’m not sure anyone has ever come up with the real reason why this was. If we listen to Sinatra, we can say, ‘that’s the 50s,’ or ‘that’s the 70s.’ With Elvis, we can say, ‘that’s 1961’ or ‘that’s 1976’.

Elvis’s voice of 1953 doesn’t sound much like the voice of 1956 (compare the ballad singing, for example). 1960 doesn’t sound much like 1956. And those sweet vocals of the early 1960s really take hold in late 1960s (“His Hand in Mine”, “Wild in the Country” sessions). Those sweet vocals start to disappear in 1963.

By 1965, we have a weird thick, almost unhealthy sounding vocal. That’s gone by 1966, where we get a fuller, darker, deeper sound. The TV show from 1968 through the live recordings of 1960 bring us the edgier, raw sound. That starts to disappear as early as February 1970, and the ‘70s’ voice starts to appear as the year carries on.

1971 brings a weaker sound with more vibrato, but that’s gone by the November 1971 tour. 1972 has Elvis in fuller voice, with powerful vocals - much better than the year before. ‘Aloha’ returns us to the weaker voice heard in 1972, but by the end of 1973 he’s in better voice again - but still not sounding the same as 1972.

1974 sees him with more power again, as does most of 1975. 1976 is so full of ups and downs that you can almost pinpoint the tour, let alone the year. October 1976 finds him in much better voice than February or June, for example. […]

His voice matures and changes when in the army, and again between 1965 and 1966 - both times when we know he was making much music at home and recording himself on his own equipment there. He was trying out new material, new styles, and even trying to expand his range.” (Steve Hoffman)

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ELVIS’ GUITARS #1 🎸 Kay

This was Elvis’ first guitar, purchased at Tupelo Hardware Co. for $7.75 (nowadays it would be $116) on his 11th birthday, January 8, 1946. He used it throughout his high school years and on his first recording sessions at the Memphis Recording Service.

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ELVIS CARS #1 🚗 1942 Lincoln Zephyr V12 Club Coupe

For his 18th birthday in January of 1953, Elvis received his first car as a gift from his father Vernon. Purchased for $50, the 1942 Lincoln Zephyr allowed him a great deal of freedom on high school dates.

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DIARY ENTRY #1 📖

Dear diary. It’s January 4, 1957. My single ‘Too Much’ / ‘Playing for Keeps’ has just been published. Ain’t that great? I love the fact that these songs are the opposite: one is danceable and has rhythm, and the other is a very sad ballad. Anyway. I just arrived at the Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis with my Cadillac Eldorado, since Colonel Parker told me that I’m gonna be drafted into the US Army. Cliff Gleaves and Dottie Harmony came with me - she’s a real cutie.

Later on, when we’re done here, Dottie will go back to LA while I’ll go back home to Audubon Drive. I’ll probably have to jump over the fence, my parents must still be sleeping…

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JUMPSUIT #1 ⚡️ Black Herringbone

It was used for the Season 1 of the Las Vegas residency, which means 57 shows, from July 31 to August 28, 1969. It’s a two-piece suit of the same color, inspired by karate outfits, so Elvis could easily do his moves on stage. The name ‘herringbone’ comes from the pattern that is sewn around the chest opening and the small collar, it ends at the end of the chest opening. Both pants and top are made of a silky fabric. It’s also known as the ‘Black Cossack’ or ‘Black Karate Style’ suit.

Elvis would match this suit with the black scarf with blue and white stripes: he would wear scarves for every concert, and sometimes he would throw it to the audience. The belt was almost every time black macramé, even if once he changed it to the metal concha one.

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Remembering actress Barbara Werle who passed away on this day in 2013. 🕊

She acted in three movies with Elvis: the first one in 1965, “Tickle Me” (Norman Taurog), where she played Barbara; the second one was also in 1965, “Harum Scarum” (Gene Nelson), where she played one of the Harem girls. The third and final one was in 1969, “Charro!” (Charles Marquis Warren) where she played Sara Ramsey, the sheriff’s wife.

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WEEKLY LISA #1 💫

On February 1, 1968, Lisa Marie was born by Elvis and Priscilla Presley at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis. She was her parents’ joy.

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Remembering actress Donna Douglas who passed away on this day in 2015. 🕊

Elvis was very fond of her because he could have spiritual conversations with her. Larry Geller recounted: “Even though Elvis respected Donna, he only regarded her in a professional capacity and held her in high esteem.”

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Please everyone! Let’s give our man another chance! 💖

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I’ve been tagged, so thank you to whoever tagged me! This is gonna be hard. Anyway:

P - pocketful of rainbows

O - o little town of betlehem

C - c’mon everybody

K - kissin’ cousins

E - early morning rain

T - There’s a brand new day on the horizon

F - Frankfort special

U - u.s. male

L - love me

O - o come all ye faithful

F - five sleepy heads

E - earth boy

L - love coming down

V - viva las vegas

I - if I can dream

S - shake rattle and roll

S - see see rider

THERE! Quite impossible but I made it 🤌

#tagging whoever! ❤️ as long as you’re an Elvis fan ❤️

Thank you for tagging me @boshemians it wasn't as easy as i thought it would be :)

This is how my URL looks spelled out as a playlist:

N no more lonely nights - paul mccartney

I in degrees - foals

K kentucky rain - elvis

I i need a forest fire - james blake/bon iver

D do i wanna know? - arctic monkeys

O on hold - the xx

N naive - the kooks

T take me out - franz ferdinand

S smooth sailing - queens of the stone age

U unfinished sympathy - massive attack

R ragoo - kings of leon

F finder - moderat

Spell out your username as a playlist, I tag (only if you're interested): @lizztaylor @bilbao-song @whositmcwhatsit

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Good day, folks!

I know that I’ve been missing in action lately, but Instagram removed the feature to share everything even on here.

Now, I’ve decided that, with the new year, I want to be more active also on Tumblr, so I will try to post everything I post on there, also on here! At least the pictures.

Are y’all ready?

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Thank you @lookingforrainbows for the tag!! 💕 I don’t know many people here so join in, whoever you are, if you wanna! 💗

there's this very cool Barbie piccrew and I thought it would be fun to start a tag game to share your Barbiesona lmao

I'm tagging @septembersghost @joons @lllsaslll and whoever else would like to do this 💕

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“Darlene [Tompkins, second from right], who played one of the teenagers, had first run into him in the hallway of the hotel, where he said, ‘Hi, how are you?’ in a ‘very soft, friendly voice.’ She doesn’t remember what either of them said after that because, ‘I was so nervous and my legs were so wobbly I was afraid I was going to fall on the floor right there in front of him. I just remember thinking as we stood there chatting, «I can’t believe how beautiful he is, more so than in any picture I’ve ever seen of him.» It was an experience I’ll never forget.’” (Nash, 2010: 346) * #elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe https://www.instagram.com/p/CqdE4eqsMHm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy birthday to Hoyt Hawkins (right)! 💗 * #elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe https://www.instagram.com/p/CqciVBGL0BN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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03/31/1955: Elvis at the Reo Palm Isle in Longview, Texas. * #elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe https://www.instagram.com/p/CqciPnKrMLJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Because Elvis was so impressed with Studio 4 and its adjoining king-size star dressing room when I brought him out to NBC earlier, he made the decision to move in and live there while we were both rehearsing and taping the special. He hated the thought of having to drive every day. It really made a lot of sense to me and turned out to be a lucky decision for us all.” (Binder, 2018: 39) * #elvispresley #presley #theking #graceland #elvis #smile #love #idol #music #iconic #vintage #style #classy #vintagefashion #kingofmusic #rockandroll #sideburns #blessedsoul #rip #elvisthepelvis #memphis #tupelo #soldier #elvislegacy #epe https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbNjQMLWeA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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