tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40591247818356796572024-03-13T19:33:07.943+02:00 Elvis Presley Fan Club of AfricaA spot where we watch, listen and talk ElvisNicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-39960024496993319412024-01-24T10:01:00.001+02:002024-01-24T10:01:04.963+02:00 Elvis Grammy Award SongsElvis, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, won only 3 Grammy Awards for his music. All for Gospel. How can that be? The Grammys were founded in 1958. Elvis' heyday was from 1956-1957. Easy to see how he missed out on some possible major Rock 'n' Roll Grammys. In total Elvis received 14 Grammy Nominations, of which 6 were for Singles. If we dive into his SingleEPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-74147989443118013692023-07-01T22:20:00.014+02:002023-07-01T22:24:35.810+02:00 Elvis Live on CD (1971)Via FTD we previously had two live 1971 Elvis concerts:1. Dinner Show, 28-10-71, Las Vegas, NV, (The Impossible Dream CD) 2. Evening Show, 28-11-71, Boston, MA, (Elvis As Recorded at Boston Garden CD)As part of its ongoing live on tour series, the label has released Elvis: Live In Vegas '71 as a 3-CD 5" digipak, featuring three 1971 shows recorded in Vegas, EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-24007245839640616782023-06-02T09:56:00.005+02:002023-06-03T11:05:48.018+02:00Thanks to Bill PorterIn November 2022 The Elvis Collector's label, FTD Records, released Elvis: Live In Vegas '71. Turns out the initial recording engineer was Bill Porter. How did Bill cross paths with Elvis?After the '68 Comeback Special, Elvis recorded some songs at the beginning of 1969 to get into the charts again and cemented his comeback. There was a mixing problem on one of the EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-31692666329633490802023-05-24T10:45:00.007+02:002023-06-03T11:05:13.797+02:00Jailhouse RockLast Saturday afternoon we got together to watch, listen and talk Elvis! We had great fun. The film Jailhouse Rock was spotlighted in the series The Elvis Award Nominated Films. Did you know this beloved film has received 2 honours?1. An ASCAP for Most Performed Feature Film Standard for the title song (1991)2. An induction into the National Archives Film Registry as EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-89334625601204681992023-04-18T08:42:00.102+02:002023-06-03T09:54:47.798+02:00The JordanairesThe book The Jordanaires: The Story of the World's Greatest Backup Vocal Group (as told by Gordon Stoker) is currently available online at Loot.The synopsis includes the following:The greatest backup group in the history of recorded music undoubtedly was The Jordanaires, a gospel group of mostly Tennessee boys, formed in the 1940s, that set the standard for studio vocal groups in EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-58296905409756079932023-03-21T07:56:00.115+02:002023-06-03T08:40:15.072+02:00Girls! Girls! Girls! (and a boy)Last Saturday we got together to watch, listen and talk Elvis!What a great afternoon we had.The film Girls! Girls! Girls! was spotlighted in our series The Award Nominated Films.Did you know this film received a total of 4 award nominations? Yes!In 1963 the Elvis musical comedy Girls! Girls! Girls! was nominated for a:1. Golden Globe for Best Motion EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-49432047496356089562023-02-24T11:29:00.006+02:002023-02-28T02:32:59.301+02:00The Genesis of ElvisFrom the Netherlands comes a new Elvis book by Bart Eikema van Hommes, The Genesis of Elvis, first written in Dutch in 2016 but recently translated into English!Synopsis:This biography aims to uncover Elvis’s cultural roots and identify the sources he drew from on the path to his world-changing sound. The musical history surrounding the pop icon is excessive and this book EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-83987186584653130462023-02-21T19:30:00.044+02:002023-03-01T22:14:47.464+02:00 Elvis: Aloha From HawaiiIn 2023 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of this first worldwide satellite concert by ONE MAN. Some interesting tidbits surrounding this historical broadcast:There
were other satellite concerts before and after Elvis. The
satellite that would transmit the concert signal belonged to NBC and
was very costly to hire. NBC was asked toEPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-45521366949102352152023-01-24T15:20:00.000+02:002023-01-24T15:20:06.997+02:00Elvis Songs With Spoken SegmentsIn the 1950s, talking over the music was big, especially on slow songs. The question is, what qualifies as a spoken segment in a song? The answer is a good poetry or dramatic reading, or some idle chatter and everyday speech. As the spoken segment is part of the song, shout outs and cheering instructions to the crowd or band do not qualify. The goal of EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-66774338190895359662022-11-01T12:43:00.007+02:002023-02-28T02:32:19.123+02:00Who Was Elvis?Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of children's books that explore the lives of outstanding people. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. In one of the new releases you can now discover Elvis.This book might be just in time, because it seems as if we have reached a point in time where journalists have to explain toEPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com04GX5H29R+QM-30.4305275 23.0417036-60.178858255718247 -12.114546399999998 -0.68219674428175381 58.197953600000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-15527153681618130872022-09-27T18:05:00.009+02:002022-10-11T20:25:05.913+02:00From Dick to RoyDick Guyton has been the executive director of the Elvis Presley
Memorial Foundation that has overseen the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum
in Tupelo for the last 20 years. At 82 he has decided it is time to slow
down. He started working at the Birthplace in 2002 (when the EPFCA
started to meet up.) The Tupelo Convention
and Visitors Bureau Nicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-48966650701706274772022-09-06T17:41:00.044+02:002022-10-11T20:32:02.996+02:00The Making of Jailhouse RockThis FTD CD/Book package is the ultimate background story into how
the MGM movie Jailhouse Rock was created. FEATURES
- 2 x Hardback coffee style deluxe books about
the making of the movie and the music. Inside are lots of newly discovered
photos and details about the script, shooting schedule, memos, contracts and
session information, and memories from theNicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-55525497558174546902022-09-01T17:31:00.004+02:002022-10-11T20:33:04.546+02:00Elvis on ForbesLast time Elvis was #7 on the Forbes List of highest paid deceased
celebrities to the amount of $30 million.
Due to Parker having arranged for Elvis' 1954-1972 catalogue to be
sold to RCA, Elvis doesn't earn any monies from that.
In the meantime, Graceland has landed new partnerships. These
include the new Elvis Presley Channel which debuted thisNicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-28342533866914514232022-08-26T19:08:00.104+02:002022-10-11T20:51:23.163+02:00Release MeIn 2022 we celebrate all things Elvis in 1972, especially the
Golden Globe Award winning film, ELVIS ON TOUR. It's been 50 years. 50. And
still, hours of unreleased footage of this rockumentary are sitting in the
vaults. Just waiting to be released. Ander here's the kicker: At least 4
FULL evening shows were filmed for this documentary. 4.
MGM did make a Nicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-45532398804347205402022-08-16T17:48:00.009+02:002022-10-11T20:47:46.169+02:00 Why Elvis?Of the seminal icons to emerge in the 1950s - Elvis, James Dean
and Marilyn Monroe - it is Elvis who continues to move people in a way that
many of the artists no longer can. So, why Elvis?Author Paul Simpson finds 10 reasons. Maybe you can find more.1. The name. The first name only was unique in popular culture at the time. And
he's was real. Once heard, it is never Nicolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832633417152705338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-16164169082557359752016-04-20T14:02:00.000+02:002016-04-21T17:39:22.965+02:00A Star is Born - A Missed Opportunity for Elvis?
The Premise
The story goes that in 1975 Barbra Streisand offered Elvis the role of the leading man in A Star Is Born, a movie she was about to make, but that the deal was nixed by our old friend Colonel Tom Parker - either on the basis that Streisand was getting star billing over 'his boy', alternatively that there was not enough money involved.
It seems in
retrospect EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-27675383037840741862015-10-03T16:24:00.003+02:002015-10-03T17:09:31.805+02:00Private Presley Returns
In 2013 Bovim Ballet presented the stunning rock-ballet Private Presley in Cape Town and Joburg, to critical acclaim. Some of our club members attended the show repeatedly, especially because Bovim made use of Elvis' own recordings as musical backdrop. What more can you ask for, than to hear Elvis' extraordinary voice during a superior show? Except for Elvis appearing himself, EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-7078254526633714662015-09-27T15:53:00.004+02:002015-09-28T16:55:48.287+02:00Best. Elvis. Tribute. Ever.
A BIG thank you to The Steyn Family Band, for bringing the Nicholis Louw - Elvis On My Mind Show to Cape Town. Boy, did the Quarry rock!
This morning, spontaneous feedback from EPFCA members found their way to our local Whatsapp group:
Was I pleasantly surprised by the Elvis Tribute yesterday evening!
Thank you for encouraging us to attend the show. Nicholis is actually a
really good EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-41200508380490945022015-09-07T15:41:00.000+02:002015-09-07T17:45:09.309+02:00How Elvis Really Died
Finally. Someone whose work and word can be respected by the general public gives his verdict re Elvis' cause of death.
Dr Stephen Kingsmore, a genetic scientist who has been named one of Medscape's physicians of the year and has had his work featured among Time Magazine's Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2012, has established the exact cause of Elvis' death - and ultimately put to EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-30732738849464496442015-09-01T19:44:00.001+02:002015-09-01T21:32:09.735+02:00Elvis - An Army Trilogy Volume II
No, you did not miss Volume I. It is still in the making, as is Volume III.
Which makes me think ... who of you have, since becoming fans, also read piles of books on
Elvis? At first perhaps mostly those available via normal retail outlets, then moving on to the loads of quality self-published gems, which - it seems - are not going out of fashion any time soon. Elvis fans are EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-49787871576794367822015-08-19T17:49:00.000+02:002015-09-01T19:51:08.291+02:00Elvis On My MindIn our beloved country we literally have few to no tributes to Elvis'
music where jumpsuits are not involved. Luckily, one such eventuality
will eventuate in Cape Town, shortly.
The place to be on Saturday 26 September 2015 at 7 p.m. is the Hillcrest Quarry Wine Estate, Durbanville Hills, where The Steyn Family Band will present pop superstar Nicholis Louw in his ELVIS ON MY MIND show, EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0Durbanville Hills, Cape Town, 7550, South Africa-33.8482252 18.639829899999995-33.8614127 18.619659899999995 -33.8350377 18.659999899999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-16706081588209900632015-08-16T16:36:00.001+02:002015-08-19T17:53:17.581+02:00We Miss YouEPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-8887229655579923012015-08-15T08:47:00.001+02:002015-08-15T08:47:46.535+02:00Does Elvis Still Matter?"No Elvis, probably no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Bowie, no U2, no T Rex. I doubt even guys like Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry would have ever had the high-profile careers they had without Elvis crashing the party.
Would most of us even care who Bill Monroe is without Elvis' cover of "Blue Moon of Kentucky"? He may not have invented rock and roll, but he was the first guy to EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-3957820977808908322015-08-10T11:17:00.001+02:002015-08-11T01:23:12.451+02:00Statue In Tupelo
When four of us visited the US for the first time in 2007, Tupelo was one of the stops. Of course. At the time there was a wonderfully done statue of Elvis as a boy of about 11, at The Birthplace, you've all seen it.
Looks like it has been upgraded or these ones added? We look forward to visit there again in 2017. I know, it's been 10 years. Too long. But what can you do when you reside at EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4059124781835679657.post-45569415597039423652015-08-09T19:59:00.001+02:002015-08-10T16:29:08.086+02:00If I Can Dream
Sony Legacy Recordings will bring us a new collaboration between Elvis and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the imminent "If I Can Dream" CD, scheduled for release on 31 October 2015.
Interestingly the lineup includes five songs from the 70s, eight from the 60s (amongst them a possible hidden gem - for the mainstream public, that is) and one 50s song. Elvis sang most of these on stage EPFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12647931722553413287noreply@blogger.com0