Elvis Presley Funeral

Ranked #2,222 in Music, #60,744 overall

Elvis Presley Funeral

ELVIS PRESLEY GRACELAND. GRACELAND IN MEMPHIS. THE KING OF ROCK N ROLL
Elvis Aron Presley Born 8 January 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi
Elvis died 16 August 1977, in Graceland Memphis Tennessee. He was 42 years old

Funeral August 18, 1977 at 2pm in Graceland

Every year on 16 August the "ELVIS WEEK" vigil has become, via the Graceland cam,  the most watched online event

Elvis, in death as in life, will remain and remembered by his millions of fans around the world

Many fans make the Graceland pilgrimage, or say a prayer at the Graceland Chapel and they all say that he will remain in their heart forever

 "It has been 30 years since Elvis checked into that Heartbreak Hotel in the sky" and he is and will always be everywhere

 

Elvis Presley Funeral Video

Elvis Presley Funeral
by orwelliantimes | video info

3,424 ratings | 5,202,673 views
automatically generated by YouTube

Elvis Presley Funeral - The details

On Tuesday, 16 August 1977, just after 2pm, Ginger Alden found Elvis on the floor of his bathroom at Graceland with his face down and unconscious. He was crouched over, his face darked and bloated. At 3.30pm he had been pronounced dead. (Baptist Memorial Hospital)

Half an hour later at Graceland: Vernon Presley, grief stricken,announced: "My son, Elvis is dead.."

Within minutes the press headlines announced:
The Memphis Press Scimitar announced: LONELY LIFE ENDS ON ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD
The French headlines read: L'ADIEU A ELVIS!
The British frontpage said: KING ELVIS DEAD AT 42 AND ALONE
The Soviet newspaper PRAVDA ran a full-page: ELVIS IS DEAD. THE USA HAS GIVEN US THREE CULTURAL PHENOMENON: MICKEY MOUSE, COKE AND COLA AND ELVIS PRESLEY
The Australian Herald: ONE HOUR BATTLE FAILS. KING ELVIS DIES

Richard Nixon (ex-president) asked the americans to fly their flags at half-mast
Jimmy Carter's to the nation:"With Elvis Presley a part of our country died as well."
Some others said with the death of Elvis "American Dream died" too. It's true as well that with Elvis' death rock n roll music died
Tupelo, Elvis'birthplace: The mayor declared August 16 an official day of mourning
National Inquirer : Veteran Editorial Director, Iain Calder, wrote a book: "The Untold Story:My 20 Years Running the National Inquirer"

16. August 1977: It was a day that everyone remembers:Where they were, what they were doing when they first heard the news - "Elvis is Dead")

Two days later, his funeral became a "media circus". Thousands of fans coming in Memphis at Graceland, Elvis' property

Robert Kendall: Funeral director of the Memphis Funeral home. Arranged all the procedures for Elvis Presley's burial. Decided that Elvis should be buried in an identical casket ($8,000) as his mother Gladys Love Presley who died 19 years before him This casket also provided a 2 by 4-inch stainless steel cylinder for identification purposes

The grave of Elvis PResleyElvis Presley cylinder read:
Elvis Aaron Presley
Born January 8, 1935 - Died August 16, 1977
Funeral August 18, 1977 at 2pm in Graceland
Interment same day at Forest Hills Cemetery (Midtown Memphis, Tennessee)

A part allowing Lisa Maria Presley (she was 9 years old at this time) to place a small token (which was a thin metal bracelet) inside the coffin, Robert Kendall discouraged the family to place valuables inside.

Elvis Presley Cause Of Death - The Report by Physicians

Elvis Presley Cause Of Death Elvis dead
by tcbhome01 | video info

28 ratings | 60,557 views
automatically generated by YouTube

Elvis PResley - His Big Albums

Loading

Elvis Presley Videos

Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour
by exit9999 | video info

0 ratings | 35,803,083 views
automatically generated by YouTube

Rare recordings of Hits by Elvis Presley on Vynil, CD's, MC's and DVD

Looking for rare recordings of Elvis Presley? We have the latest vynil records on sale, some of them true collectors items, just click on the music titles below to place your bid.
Loading

Elvis #1 Singles - "Vynil" Collector's Box - CD's

Limited Edition - Numbered! - With large Elvis Poster

RCA Records introduced the 45 record format in 1949, but it took six years for the seven-inch, two-sided single to gain popularity. And, coincidentally, it was soon after Elvis Presley signed with the label and released "Heartbreak Hotel," the first of his 21 chart-topping hits over the next 16 years.

To celebrate the half-century since that hip-quaking debut, this tidy box set repackages every song--with its original B-side--on 20 CD singles, each designed to look like a 45 record and tucked into a colorful cardboard picture sleeve that closely replicates the original single.

Elvis rocks ("All Shook Up," "Jailhouse Rock") and croons ("Love Me Tender," "Teddy Bear") through the early years, all chronicled with dates and credits in an accompanying booklet, and reinvents himself for late-'60s hits ("In the Ghetto," "Burning Love" and the still-fresh "Suspicious Minds").

Grouped with such star power, the B-sides could get overlooked. But mostly undiscovered jewels like "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" (1957), "Lonely Man" (1961) and "Any Day Now" (1969) provide bonus tracks to casual fans of the King, and remind his greatest devotees that the Elvis legacy looms far deeper than his #1 singles. --Scott Holter

This limited-edition, deluxe collector's box set is numbered for authenticity. It includes all of Elvis' 21 #1 US hits on 20 singles with original B sides.

Each single includes original 45 rpm single artwork and has a black finish to replicate the original vinyl release.

A 19" x 24" poster with cover art for all 20 singles is also includes in the package.
Loading

Elvis Presley Costume

Loading

Books about Elvis Presley

Think of Elvis by the Presleys as the ultimate souvenir guide from your tour of Graceland.

The 256 pages are packed with family photos, reminisces, and still-life photography of Elvis's possessions. The book is also a companion volume to the multimdedia event that brings the personal side of Elvis to the masses from the recollections of just six family members: wife Priscilla; daughter Lisa Marie; cousin Patsy; along with Priscilla's mom, dad, and sister.

Many of the words written here were not in the TV show but one assumes what will make this a keeper are the photos. Along with candid shots, there are stills of the home movies seen on the CBS special (and subsequent--and expanded--DVD), and the still life shots by Henry Leutwyler get your mind racing.

Here one can dwell on Elvis's guitar and think of all the music that came out of it. You can spy his phonograph with the record that was on it when he died, his wallet, an autographed Bible, his first contract, a hand-drawn football play, even his FBI badge along with pristine views inside Graceland. Some shots seem like filler (a boot, "with the original mud," Lisa Marie's crayons), but the overall impression is you are viewing pieces from the Museum of Cool, circa 1970.

Several of Pricilla's passages and some of the images allude to Elvis's dark side: the massive reference book on pills and three guns are shown (plus the TV Elvis shot) looking like items from a murder investigation. Ultimately, do we really learn anything new about Elvis? Perhaps not, but there are several segments where Priscilla (the main voice) draws us in with her emotional recollections.

The book (and program) is never better than telling the courtship in Germany when a homesick solider found an older-than-her-age 9th grader. Elvis by the Presleys does not try to be compressive; it succeeds as a warmer, more heartfelt tribute to The King. - Doug Thomas

Nearly 30 years after his death, America just can't get enough of Elvis, and to feed that hunger, some of the King's surviving family members present a big, colorful celebration of all things E. Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, abetted by daughter Lisa Marie, mother and father Ann and Paul Beaulieu, sister Michelle Beaulieu Hovey, and "Elvis' double first cousin" Patsy Presley Geranen, presents cozy reminiscences--"Elvis was sentimental, and Christmas brought out his sentiments in force"--and tons of photos, including even a reproduction of one of youthful Elvis' favorite books as marked up by him. Picture books about Elvis are hardly new, nor are collections of the memories of those nearest to him, but this book offers some offbeat stuff that should be new to most fans, like the two-page spread of an old mailbox with "3764 Hwy. 51" hand scrawled on the side, a full-page picture of what was apparently Presley's favorite plastic comb, and the selection of pictures of the King's favorite toys, such as a tricycle and a snub-nosed revolver. Sure, there's nary a disparaging word to be found here--"The hits my father cut like 'In the Ghetto' and 'Suspicious Minds' are great," reports Lisa Marie with admirable restraint--but the down-home, funky charm and honest (not to mention salable) sentiment on view are well worth a look. Good, clean fun; fry up a banana sandwich, and enjoy. Mike Tribby
Loading

Graceland

Loading

Rare Elvis Presley Memorablia

Loading

by

biography

Hi and welcome! I love to read and listen about famous people, people who did something special and have been an example for us all. So I'm making pages... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!