elvis tour dates 1970

Elvis Presley Concerts 1970s

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January 26-February 23, 1970 International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

February 27-March 1, 1970 Astrodome, Houston, TX (2 shows each night 2.00 & 7.45, 2.00 & 7.00 on 1st)

August 10-September 8, 1970 International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 3 shows on 6/7th & 7/8th 8.15, Midnight & 3am, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

September 9-11, 1970 Veteran Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ

September 12, 1970 Convention Center, Miami, FL (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30)

September 13, 1970 Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30)

September 14, 1970 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL

November 10, 1970 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA

November 11, 1970 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

November 12, 1970 Coliseum, Seattle, WA

November 13, 1970 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA

November 14, 1970 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30)

November 15, 1970 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

November 16, 1970 Fairground Arena, Oklahoma City, OK

November 17, 1970 Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO

January 26-February 23, 1971 International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

July 20-August 2, 1971 Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV (2 shows each night 10.00 & Midnight)

August 9-September 6, 1971 International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

November 5, 1971 Metropolitan Sports Center, Minneapolis, MN

November 6, 1971 Public Hall Auditorium, Cleveland, OH (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

November 7, 1971 Fair & Expo C, Louisville, KY

November 8, 1971 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

November 9, 1971 Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

November 10, 1971 Boston Garden, Boston, MA

November 11, 1971 Cincinnati Garden, Cincinnati, OH

November 12, 1971 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX

November 13, 1971 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

November 14, 1971 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

November 15, 1971 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

November 16, 1971 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT

January 26-February 23, 1972 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

April 5, 1972 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY

April 6, 1972 Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI

April 7, 1972 University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

April 8, 1972 UOT Stokely Arena, Knoxville, TN (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

April 9, 1972 Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Roads, VA (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

April 10, 1972 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA

April 11, 1972 Civic Center Coliseum, Roanoke, VA

April 12, 1972 Fair Grounds Col, Indianapolis, IN

April 13, 1972 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

April 14, 1972 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC

April 15, 1972 Macon Coliseum, Macon, GA (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

April 16, 1972 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30)

April 17, 1972 T.H. Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, AR

April 18, 1972 Convention Center, San Antonio, TX

April 19, 1972 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM

June 9-11, 1972 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (2 shows on 10th 2.30 & 8.30)

June 12, 1972 Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN

June 13, 1972 Roberts Memorial Stadium, Evansville, IN

June 14-15, 1972 Auditorium Arena, Milwaukee, WI

June 16-17, 1972 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL (2 shows on 17th 2.30 & 8.30)

June 18, 1972 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX

June 19, 1972 Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita, KS

June 20, 1972 Civic Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK

August 4-September 4, 1972 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 3 shows on 2/3rd at 3am, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

November 8, 1972 Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, TX November 9, 1972 Community Center Arena, Tucson, AZ November 10, 1972 Civic Center Coliseum, El Paso, TX November 11, 1972 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA November 12-13, 1972 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA November 14-15, 1972 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach CA November 17-18, 1972 The H.I.C. Arena, Honolulu, HI (2 shows on the 18th 2.30 & 8.30)

January 12 & 14, 1973 H.I.C. Arena, Honolulu, HI

January 26-February 3, 1973 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, except opening night. Both shows on January 31st, plus the midnight show's of February 1st, 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th & 15th were cancelled)

April 22, 1973 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ April 23-24, 1973 Convention Center, Anaheim, CA April 25, 1973 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA (2 shows 4.00 & 8.30) April 26, 1973 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA April 27, 1973 Coliseum, Portland, OR April 28, 1973 Coliseum, Spokane, WA (2 shows 3.00 & 8.00) April 29, 1973 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (2 shows 3.00 & 8.00) April 30, 1973 Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO

May 4-20, 1973 Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV (2 shows each night 10.00 & Midnight, except opening night. There was also an extra 3am show on the morning of the 13th. All shows from the 17th until the 20th were cancelled)

June 20, 1973 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL June 21, 1973 Omni, Atlanta GA June 22-24, 1973 Nassau Veteran Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (2 shows on 23rd 3.00 & 8.30) June 25-26, 1973 Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, PA June 27, 1973 Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH June 28, 1973 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO June 29-30, 1973 Omni, Atlanta, GA (2 shows on 30th 3.00 & 8.30) July 1, 1973 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30) July 2, 1973 Myriad Center Arena, Oklahoma City, OK July 3, 1973 Omni, Atlanta, GA

August 6-September 3, 1973 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, 3 shows on 1/2nd at 3am, 1 show 1st night 10.00)

January 26-February 9, 1974 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows each night 8.15 & Midnight, except 2 shows on January 26th 10.00 & Midnight and only one 10pm show on January 27th)

March 1-2, 1974 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK March 3, 1974 Astrodome, Houston, TX (2 shows 2.00 & 8.00) March 4, 1974 Civic Center, Monroe, LA March 5, 1974 University Memorial Coliseum, Auburn, AL March 6, 1974 Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, AL March 7-8, 1974 Civic Center, Monroe, LA March 9, 1974 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30) March 10, 1974 Civic Center, Roanoke, VA March 11, 1974 Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Roads, VA March 12, 1974 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA March 13, 1974 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC March 14, 1974 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN March 15, 1974 University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN March 16-17, 1974 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN (2 shows each day 2.30 & 8.30) March 18, 1974 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA March 19, 1974 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN March 20, 1974 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

May 10, 1974 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA May 11, 1974 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30) May 12, 1974 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA May 13, 1974 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA

May 16-27, 1974 Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV (2 shows each night 10.00 & Midnight, except opening night. There was also an extra 3am show on the morning of the 27th)

June 15-16, 1974 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX (2 shows each night 3.00 & 8.30) June 17-18, 1974 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA June 19, 1974 Civic Center, Amarillo, TX June 20, 1974 Veterans Memorial, Des Moines, IA June 21, 1974 Convention Center, Cleveland, OH June 22, 1974 Civic Center, Providence, RI (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30) June 23, 1974 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30) June 24, 1974 Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30) June 25, 1974 St. Johns Arena, Columbus, OH June 26, 1974 Fair & Expo C-Hall, Louisville, KY June 27, 1974 Indiana University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN June 28, 1974 Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI June 29, 1974 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO (2 shows 3.00 & 8.30) June 30-July 1, 1974 Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE (2 shows on 30th 3.00 & 8.30) July 2, 1974 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT

Engagement - Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 11 - Las Vegas August 19th - September 2nd 1974 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info August 19 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Opening 2200 Peacock Original belt Black Suit Yes Info August 20 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Blue Swirl Original belt Yes Info August 20 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Turquoise Phoenix Original belt Yes Info August 21 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Pharao Original belt Yes Info August 21 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Plain Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Yes Info August 22 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 1974 American Eagle Original belt Yes Info August 22 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Plain Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Yes Info August 23 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Blue Swirl Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Info August 23 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Mermaid Beige Leather Two-Piece Yes Yes Info August 24 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Mermaid Beige Leather Two-Piece Yes Yes Info August 24 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 25 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Info August 25 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Mermaid Beige Leather Two-Piece Yes Info August 26 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV CANCELLED Info August 26 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV CANCELLED Info August 27 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 27 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Turquoise Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info August 28 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info August 28 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Rainfall Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 29 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 29 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Rainfall Beige Leather Two-piece Black Suit Yes Yes Info August 30 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 30 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Two-toned Wine Glass Leather Two-piece Yes Yes Info August 31 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Emperor Beige Leather Two-piece White Suit Yes Yes Info August 31 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Mermaid Beige Leather Two-Piece White Suit Yes Info September 1 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Mad Tiger Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info September 1 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Black Spanish Flower with red stones Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info September 2 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Chinese Dragon Original belt Yes Yes Info September 2 1974 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Closing (12.00am) 2200 Mad Tiger Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 14 - September 27th - October 9th 1974 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info September 27 1974 College Park Field House College Park MD (8:30 pm) 15000 Peacock Original belt Yes Yes Yes Info September 28 1974 College Park Field House College Park MD (8:30 pm) 15000 Blue Swirl Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info September 29 1974 Olympia Stadium Detroit MI (2:30 pm) 17105 Chinese Dragon Original belt Purple Suit Yes Yes Info September 30 1974 Notre Dame Athletic Center South Bend IN (8:30 pm) 12301 Mad Tiger Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 1 1974 Notre Dame Athletic Center South Bend IN (8:30 pm) 12301 Chinese Dragon Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 2 1974 Civic Center St Paul MN (8:30 pm) 17163 Peacock Original belt White Suit Yes Info October 3 1974 Civic Center St Paul MN (8:30 pm) 17163 Blue Swirl Original belt Yes Info October 4 1974 Olympia Stadium Detroit MI (8:30 pm) 17105 Chinese Dragon Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 5 1974 The Expo Center Indianapolis IN (2:30 pm) 14000 Mad Tiger Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 5 1974 The Expo Center Indianapolis IN (8:30 pm) 14000 Peacock Original belt Black Suit Yes Info October 6 1974 University Of Dayton Dayton OH (2:30 pm) 13500 Blue Swirl Original belt Purple Suit Yes Yes Info October 6 1974 University Of Dayton Dayton OH (8:30 pm) 13500 Chinese Dragon Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 7 1974 Levitt Arena Wichita KS (8:30 pm) 10000 Mad Tiger Original belt Yellow Suit Yes Info October 8 1974 Convention Center San Antonio TX (8:30 pm) 10500 Peacock Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Info October 9 1974 Exposition Center Abilene TX (8:30 pm) 8604 Blue Swirl Original belt Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: Lake Tahoe Season 4 - Lake Tahoe October 11th - October 14th 1974 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info October 11 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Dinner (10.00pm) Info October 11 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Midnight (12.00am) 1974 Arabian Original belt White Suit Info October 12 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Dinner (10.00pm) 1974 Arabian Original belt Info October 12 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Midnight (12.00am) Mexican Sundial Original belt Purple Suit Yes Info October 13 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Dinner (10.00pm) Yes Info October 13 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Midnight (12.00am) 1974 American Eagle Original belt Yes Yes Info October 14 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Dinner (10.00pm) Info October 14 1974 Sahara Hotel Lake Tahoe NV Closing (12.00am) Mexican Sundial Original belt Purple Suit

Engagement - Tour Ref: Las Vegas Season 12 - Las Vegas March 18th - April 1st 1975 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info March 18 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Opening 2200 White Leather Two-Piece Yes Yes Info March 19 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Info March 19 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Info March 20 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Info March 20 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Info March 21 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Dark Blue Two-Piece Suit None Yes Yes Info March 21 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Yes Info March 22 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Info March 22 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None White Suit Yes Yes Info March 23 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Info March 23 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None Info March 24 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Info March 24 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Info March 25 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 25 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Yes Info March 26 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Info March 26 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 27 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 27 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Yes Info March 28 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 28 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 29 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Yes Yes Info March 29 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None White Suit Yes Yes Info March 30 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Yes Yes Info March 30 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info March 31 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Yes Info March 31 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Midnight (12.00am) 2200 Yes Yes Info April 1 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Dinner (8.15pm) 2200 Yes Info April 1 1975 Hilton Hotel Las Vegas NV Closing (12.00am) 2200 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None White Suit Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 15 - April 24th - May 7th 1975 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info April 24 1975 Macon Coliseum Macon GA (8:30 pm) 10242 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 25 1975 Veterans Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville FL (8:30 pm) 10532 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Info April 26 1975 Curtis Hixon Hall Tampa FL (2:30 pm) 7500 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 26 1975 Curtis Hixon Hall Tampa FL (8:30 pm) 7500 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Multi Colored Arrows None Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 27 1975 Lakeland Civic Center Lakeland FL (2:30 pm) 8200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Snake Design None White Suit Yes Info April 27 1975 Lakeland Civic Center Lakeland FL (8:30 pm) 8200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Red Suit Yes Yes Info April 28 1975 Lakeland Civic Center Lakeland FL (8:30 pm) 8200 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Red Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 29 1975 Middle Tennessee State U. Murfreesboro TN (8:30 pm) 12000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Multi Colored Arrows None Light Blue suit Yes Yes Info April 30 1975 Omni Coliseum Atlanta GA (8:30 pm) 17228 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info May 1 1975 Omni Coliseum Atlanta GA (8:30 pm) 17228 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Blue Suit Yes Yes Info May 2 1975 Omni Coliseum Atlanta GA (8:30 pm) 17228 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None White Suit Yes Yes Info May 3 1975 Civic Center Monroe LA (2:30 pm) 8000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Light Blue suit Yes Yes Info May 3 1975 Civic Center Monroe LA (8:30 pm) 8000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info May 4 1975 Civic Center Lake Charles LA (2:30 pm) 10000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info May 4 1975 Civic Center Lake Charles LA (8:30 pm) 10000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None Red suit (possibily) Yes Yes Info May 5 1975 State Fair Coliseum Jackson MS (8:30 pm) 10242 White Two-piece suit with blue shoulder ornaments None Red Suit Yes Info May 6 1975 Middle Tennessee State U. Murfreesboro TN (8:30 pm) 12000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Blue Armadillo None Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Info May 7 1975 Middle Tennessee State U. Murfreesboro TN (8:30 pm) 12000 Navy Blue Two-Piece with Red Armadillo None White Suit Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 16 - May 30th - June 10th 1975 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info May 30 1975 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (8:30 pm) 8000 Silver Phoenix Black Phoenix suit belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info May 31 1975 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (2:30 pm) 8000 Chief Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info May 31 1975 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (8:30 pm) 8000 Red Phoenix Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 1 1975 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (2:30 pm) 8000 Silver Phoenix Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 1 1975 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (8:30 pm) 8000 Black Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 2 1975 Municipal Auditorium Mobile AL (4:30 pm) 10620 Silver Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 2 1975 Municipal Auditorium Mobile AL (8:30 pm) 10620 Chief Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info June 3 1975 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL (8:30 pm) 15400 Red Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info June 4 1975 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston TX (8:30 pm) 12000 Silver Phoenix Black Phoenix suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Info June 5 1975 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston TX (8:30 pm) 12000 Chief Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 6 1975 Dallas Memorial Auditorium Dallas TX (8:30 pm) 10128 Black Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 7 1975 Hirsch Coliseum Shreveport LA (2:30 pm) 11000 Silver Phoenix Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 7 1975 Hirsch Coliseum Shreveport LA (8:30 pm) 11000 Chief Original belt Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Info June 8 1975 State Fair Coliseum Jackson MS (2:30 pm) 12000 Black Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 8 1975 State Fair Coliseum Jackson MS (8:30 pm) 12000 Silver Phoenix Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Yes Info June 9 1975 State Fair Coliseum Jackson MS (8:30 pm) 12000 Black Phoenix Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info June 10 1975 Mid-South Coliseum Memphis TN (8:30 pm) 12367 Chief Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 17 - July 8th - July 24th 1975 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info July 8 1975 Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City OK (8:30 pm) 15291 Chief Original belt Red Suit Yes Info July 9 1975 Hulman Civic Center Terre Haute IN (8:30 pm) 10244 Silver Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info July 10 1975 Cleveland Coliseum Richfield OH (8:30 pm) 21000 Black Phoenix Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info July 11 1975 Civic Center Charleston WV (8:30 pm) 8400 Red Phoenix Original belt Black Suit Yes Info July 12 1975 Civic Center Charleston WV (2:30 pm) 8400 Silver Phoenix Original belt White Suit Yes Info July 12 1975 Civic Center Charleston WV (8:30 pm) 8400 Chief Original belt Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Info July 13 1975 Convention Center Niagara Falls NY (2:30 pm) 11500 Silver Phoenix Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info July 13 1975 Convention Center Niagara Falls NY (8:30 pm) 11500 Black Phoenix Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info July 14 1975 Springfield Civic Center Springfield MA (8:30 pm) 9000 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Red Suit Yes Info July 15 1975 Springfield Civic Center Springfield MA (8:30 pm) 9000 Chicken Bone Light Blue Armadillo belt Light Blue Suit Yes Info July 16 1975 Veterans Memorial Coliseum New Haven CT (8:30 pm) 10800 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Red Suit Yes Info July 17 1975 Veterans Memorial Coliseum New Haven CT (8:30 pm) 10920 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Black Suit Yes Info July 18 1975 Cleveland Coliseum Richfield OH (8:30 pm) 21000 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info July 19 1975 Nassau Veteran Coliseum Uniondale NY (2:30 pm) 16500 Chicken Bone Light Blue Armadillo belt White Suit Yes Yes Info July 19 1975 Nassau Veteran Coliseum Uniondale NY (8:30 pm) 16500 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info July 20 1975 Scope Cultural and Convention Norfolk VA (2:30 pm) 11300 Silver Phoenix Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 20 1975 Scope Cultural and Convention Norfolk VA (8:30 pm) 11300 Black Phoenix Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info July 21 1975 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro NC (8:30 pm) 16300 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Red Suit Yes Info July 22 1975 Ashville Civic Center Asheville NC (8:30 pm) 7437 Chief Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 23 1975 Ashville Civic Center Asheville NC (8:30 pm) 7437 Totem Pole Red Armadillo belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 24 1975 Ashville Civic Center Asheville NC (8:30 pm) 7437 Chicken Bone Light Blue Armadillo belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes

August 18-20, 1975 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows on 19th & 20th 8.15 & Midnight)

December 2-15, 1975 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows on 6th & 13th 10.00 & Midnight)

December 31, 1975 Silverdome, Pontiac, MI

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 19 - March 17th - March 22nd 1976 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info March 17 1976 Freedom Hall Johnson City TN (8:30 pm) 7000 Silver Phoenix Second belt White Suit Yes Yes Info March 18 1976 Freedom Hall Johnson City TN (8:30 pm) 7000 Silver Phoenix Second belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info March 19 1976 Freedom Hall Johnson City TN (8:30 pm) 7000 V-Neck Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info March 20 1976 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte NC (2:30 pm) 12000 Silver Phoenix Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info March 20 1976 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte NC (8:30 pm) 12000 White Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info March 21 1976 Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati OH (2:30 pm) 17540 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info March 21 1976 Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati OH (8:30 pm) 17540 Rainfall Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info March 22 1976 Kiel Auditorium St Louis MO (8:30 pm) 10500 Chicken Bone Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 20 - April 21st - April 27th 1976 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info April 21 1976 Kemper Arena Kansas City MO (8:30 pm) 17600 White Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 22 1976 City Auditorium Arena Omaha NE (8:30 pm) 10546 V-Neck Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info April 23 1976 McNicholes Sports Arena Denver CO (8:30 pm) 19000 White Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info April 24 1976 San Diego Sports San Diego CA (8:30 pm) 17500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Info April 25 1976 Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA (2:30 pm) 14000 White Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info April 25 1976 Long Beach Arena Long Beach CA (8:30 pm) 14000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 26 1976 Coliseum Seattle WA (8:30 pm) 14687 White Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info April 27 1976 Coliseum Spokane WA (8:30 pm) 7500 Chicken Bone Original belt Blue Suit Yes

April 30-May 9, 1976 Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV (2 shows on the 30th, 1st, 7th & 8th at 8.00 & Midnight, except opening night, when the first show was at 8.15)

May 27, 1976 Indiana University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN May 28, 1976 James W. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA May 29, 1976 Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK May 30, 1976 Ector Country Coliseum, Odessa, TX (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30) May 31, 1976 Municipal Auditorium, Lubbock, TX June 1, 1976 Comunity Center Arena, Tucson, AZ June 2, 1976 Civic Center Coliseum, El Paso, TX June 3, 1976 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX June 4-6, 1976 Omni, Atlanta, GA

June 25, 1976 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY June 26, 1976 Civic Center, Providence, RI (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30) June 27, 1976 Landover Capital Center, Largo, MD (2 shows 2.30 & 8.30) June 28, 1976 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA June 29, 1976 Coliseum, Richmond, VA June 30, 1976 Coliseum, Greensboro, NC July 1, 1976 Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, LA July 2, 1976 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA July 3, 1976 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX July 4, 1976 Oral Roberts University Mabee, Tulsa, OK July 5, 1976 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 23 - July 23rd - August 5th 1976 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info July 23 1976 Freedom Hall Louisville KY (8:30 pm) 19400 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Info July 24 1976 Civic Center Charleston WV (2:30 pm) 8500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info July 24 1976 Civic Center Charleston WV (8:30 pm) 8500 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 25 1976 Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse NY (8:30 pm) 8550 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 26 1976 Community War Memorial Rochester NY (8:30 pm) 10000 Blue Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 27 1976 Onondaga War Memorial Syracuse NY (8:30 pm) 8550 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Black Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 28 1976 Civic Center Hartford CT (8:30 pm) 12314 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 29 1976 Civic Center Springfield MA (8:30 pm) 10000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 30 1976 Veterans Memorial New Haven CT (8:30 pm) 11088 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info July 31 1976 Hampton Roads Coliseum Hampton Roads VA (8:30 pm) 11000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info August 1 1976 Hampton Roads Coliseum Hampton Roads VA (2:30 pm) 11000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info August 2 1976 Civic Center Roanoke VA (8:30 pm) 10594 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info August 3 1976 Cumberland County Memorial Fayetteville NC (8:30 pm) 7000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info August 4 1976 Cumberland County Memorial Fayetteville NC (8:30 pm) 7000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info August 5 1976 Cumberland County Memorial Fayetteville NC (8:30 pm) 7000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 24 - August 27th - September 8th 1976 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info August 27 1976 Convention Center San Antonio TX (8:30 pm) 11000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info August 28 1976 The Summit Houston TX (2:30 pm) 17500 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Info August 29 1976 Municipal Auditorium Mobile AL (2:30 pm) 10720 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info August 29 1976 Municipal Auditorium Mobile AL (8:30 pm) 10720 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info August 30 1976 Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa AL (8:30 pm) 12000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info August 31 1976 Macon Coliseum Macon GA (8:30 pm) 10200 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info September 1 1976 Coliseum Jacksonville FL (8:30 pm) 9500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Light Blue Suit Yes Info September 2 1976 Curtis Hixon Hall Tampa FL (8:30 pm) 7500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info September 3 1976 Bay Front Center St Petersburg FL (8:30 pm) 8000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Yes Info September 4 1976 Civic Center Lakeland FL (2:30 pm) 8000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Red Suit Yes Yes Info September 4 1976 Civic Center Lakeland FL (8:30 pm) 8000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info September 5 1976 State Fair Coliseum Jackson MS (8:30 pm) 12000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info September 6 1976 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (2:30 pm) 7000 White Egyptian Bird Egyptian suit belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info September 6 1976 Von Braun Civic Center Huntsville AL (8:30 pm) 7000 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info September 7 1976 Convention Center Pine Bluff AR (8:30 pm) 7500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes Info September 8 1976 Convention Center Pine Bluff AR (8:30 pm) 7500 Blue Egyptian Bird Original belt White Suit Yes Yes

Engagement - Tour Ref: On Tour number 25 - October 14th - October 27th 1976 Info: Date: Venue: Location: Showtime: Crowd: Suit: Belt: Musicians: Pics: CD: CDR: Info October 14 1976 Chicago Stadium Chicago IL (8:30 pm) 19000 Egyptian Chinese Dragon Head belt Dark Blue Suit Yes Yes Yes Info October 15 1976 Chicago Stadium Chicago IL (8:30 pm) 19000 Chief Second belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 16 1976 Duluth Arena Duluth MN (8:30 pm) 7718 Red Phoenix Second belt Black Suit Yes Info October 17 1976 Metropolitan Sports Minneapolis MN (8:30 pm) 15800 Egyptian Chinese Dragon Head belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 18 1976 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls SD (8:30 pm) 7903 1974 Arabian V-Neck suit belt Red suit Yes Info October 19 1976 Dade County Coliseum Madison WI (8:30 pm) 10221 Blue Swirl White Two-Piece suit belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 20 1976 Notre Dame Athletic Center South Bend IN (8:30 pm) 12000 Colorful Flame Original belt Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 21 1976 Wings Stadium Kalamazoo MI (8:30 pm) 7200 1974 Arabian V-Neck suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 22 1976 University of Illinois Champaign IL (8:30 pm) 17000 Egyptian Chinese Dragon Head belt Red Suit Yes Yes Yes Info October 23 1976 Cleveland Coliseum Richfield OH (8:30 pm) 20000 1974 Arabian V-Neck suit belt Light Blue Suit Yes Yes Info October 24 1976 Roberts Municipal Evansville IN (8:30 pm) 13500 Chief Second belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info October 25 1976 Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne IN (8:30 pm) 8500 Blue Swirl White Two-Piece suit belt White Suit Yes Yes Info October 26 1976 University Of Dayton Dayton OH (8:30 pm) 13000 Colorful Flame Original belt Black Suit Yes Yes Info October 27 1976 Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL

November 24, 1976 Centennial Coliseum, Reno, NV November 25, 1976 MacArthur Court, Eugene, OR November 26, 1976 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR November 27, 1976 MacArthur Court, Eugene, OR November 28-29, 1976 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA November 30, 1976 Convention Center, Anaheim, CA

December 2-12, 1976 Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2 shows on 3rd & 4th & 10th-11th)

December 27, 1976 Wichita State University, Wichita, KS December 28, 1976 Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX December 29, 1976 Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL December 30, 1976 Omni, Atlanta, GA December 31, 1976 Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

February 12, 1977 Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL February 13, 1977 Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL February 14, 1977 Bay Front Center, St Petersburg, FL February 15, 1977 Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL February 16, 1977 Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, AL February 17, 1977 Civic Center, Savannah, GA February 18, 1977 Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC February 19, 1977 Civic Center Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN February 20-21, 1977 Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

March 23, 1977 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ March 24, 1977 Civic Center, Amarillo, TX March 25-26, 1977 University Of Oklahoma, Norman, OK March 27, 1977 Taylor County Coliseum, Abilene, TX March 28, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX March 29-30, 1977 Rapidas Parish Coliseum, Alexandria, LA March 31, 1977 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (cancelled, after Elvis was admitted to Baptist Hospital with complaints of intestinal flu) April 1, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL (cancelled) April 2, 1977 Macon Coliseum, Macon, GA (cancelled) April 3, 1977 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (cancelled)

April 21, 1977 Coliseum, Greensboro, NC April 22, 1977 Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI April 23, 1977 University of Toledo, Toledo, OH April 24, 1977 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI April 25, 1977 Saginaw Center, Saginaw, MI April 26, 1977 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI April 27, 1977 Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI April 28, 1977 Brown County Veterans, Green Bay, WI April 29, 1977 Duluth Arena, Duluth, MN April 30, 1977 Civic Center, St. Paul, MN May 1-2, 1977 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL May 3, 1977 Saginaw Center, Saginaw, MI

May 20, 1977 University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN May 21, 1977 Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY May 22, 1977 Capital Center, Largo, MD May 23, 1977 Civic Center, Providence, RI May 24, 1977 Civic Center, Augusta, ME May 25, 1977 Comunity War Memorial, Rochester, NY May 26-27, 1977 Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY May 28, 1977 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA May 29, 1977 Civic Center, Baltimore MD May 30, 1977 Civic Center Arena, Asheville, NC (Postponed until August 26th) May 30, 1977 Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (Rescheduled from April 3rd) May 31, 1977 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Rescheduled from March 31st) June 1, 1977 Coliseum, Macon, GA (Rescheduled from April 2nd) June 2, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL (Rescheduled from April 1st)

June 17, 1977 SW State University, Springfield, MO June 18, 1977 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO June 19, 1977 Civic Center, Omaha, NE June 20, 1977 Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, NE June 21, 1977 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD June 22, 1977 Sioux Falls Arena, Sioux Falls, SD June 23, 1977 Veterans Mem Auditorium, Des Moines, IA June 24, 1977 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI June 25, 1977 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH June 26, 1977 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN

August 17-18, 1977 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME (cancelled) August 19, 1977 Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY (cancelled) August 20, 1977 Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY (cancelled) August 21, 1977 Civic Center, Hartford, CT (cancelled) August 22, 1977 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (cancelled) August 23, 1977 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (cancelled) August 24, 1977 Civic Center Coliseum, Roanoke, VA (cancelled) August 25, 1977 Cumberland County Memorial Arena, Fayetteville, NC (cancelled) August 26, 1977 Civic Center Arena, Asheville, NC (cancelled) August 27-28, 1977 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN (cancelled)

September 16, 1977 Indiana State University Hulman Civic University Center, Terre Haute, IN (cancelled) September 20-22, 1977 Civic Center, Huntington, WV (cancelled) September 26, 1977 Indiana State University Hulman Civic University Center, Terre Haute, IN (cancelled) September 28, 1977 Civic Center, Savannah, GA (cancelled)

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A different elvis went back on tour in september 1970.

On November 11, 1957, Elvis Presley left the stage at Schofield Barracks near Honolulu to conclude a four-city tour of California and Hawaii. At the time, he had no idea that it would be nearly 13 years before he would take his show on the road again. Colonel Parker had already sketched out a tour for 1958 after Elvis completed filming  King Creole , but a dreaded draft notice arrived on Christmas Eve to scuttle Parker’s plans.

After Elvis’ army discharge two years later, he played a couple of one-day concerts in Memphis and Honolulu in 1961 before spending the rest of the sixties concentrating on a Hollywood career. Finally, in the summer of 1969, Elvis went back to the stage, but at first only in the safe confines of a Las Vegas showroom. Following 114 shows during two stints at the International Hotel, Parker tested tour possibilities by booking Elvis for six performances in the Houston Astrodome in early 1970. The crowds that came out to see Elvis there confirmed Parker’s belief that a return to touring the country would be profitable.

An article in  Billboard  on August 22, 1970, announced the initial Presley tour. It was to be an odd combination of cities, beginning with Phoenix on September 9, followed without a break by shows in St. Louis, Detroit, Miami, Tampa, and closing in Mobile on September 14. (Colonel Parker indicated that the widely spaced stops allowed him to address commitments he had made for Presley appearances back in 1958.) Parker would handle the arrangements himself for the Phoenix and Tampa shows, but he hired Jerry Weintraub and Tom Hulett, experienced promoters of big name rock shows in the sixties, to take care of business in the other four cities.

Parker knew the tour was going to make money. The coliseums and arenas in all six cities sold out quickly. His concern involved organizing a rock tour, the complexity of which had increased ten-fold since he had last done it in the fifties. Parker decided to retain some of the strategies from Elvis’ early tours and change others. To insure sellouts and make Presley accessible to the masses, ticket price were kept relatively low at $10, $7.50, and $5. The show content followed the pattern of the fifties shows—over an hour of inconsequential opening acts, an intermission, and 50 minutes of Elvis.

• No time for interviews, said the Colonel

Gone, however, was the standard Elvis pre-concert press conference of 1956-57. “We just don’t have time for that sort of thing,” Parker announced a week before the tour opened. Press coverage of Presley shows, vigorously promoted in the fifties, was effectively discouraged on the new tour. Newspaper writers had to buy tickets like everyone else for the privilege of reviewing Elvis. In Phoenix, photographers, who also had to buy tickets, were kept away from Elvis before the show, and, according to Ken Burton of the  Tucson Daily Citizen , when they tried to get some shots of Elvis on stage, “They were first asked for credentials, allowed to shoot The King and were then summarily yanked by their collars away from the stage.”

The number of background singers and musicians supporting Presley was greatly expanded from the early days. In 1957 just seven others shared the stage with Elvis. They were guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, drummer D.J. Fontana, and the four Jordanaires. Elvis had put together a new and expanded stage band for his Las Vegas shows, and that set, along with vocal backing groups The Imperials and the Sweet Inspirations were invited to be part of the tour entourage.

Parker had a problem, though, when The Imperials declined, citing previous commitments. The Colonel then asked Hugh Jarrett to put together a male quartet in time for the Phoenix show. Jarrett then became the only one of Elvis’ fifties stagemates to join him on tour in the seventies. (The Jordanaires had fired Jarrett as their bass singer in 1958 and replaced him with Ray Walker. Elvis had inquired about the Jordanaires backing him in Las Vegas in 1969, but the group, which had steady sessions work in Nashville, declined.)

In Las Vegas, Elvis also worked with the Joe Guercio orchestra, but in a cost-cutting move for the first tour, Parker decided to take only Guercio and a single trumpet player, filling in the 15-piece orchestra with local musicians in each city. Guercio later recalled the stress of that first tour: “It was pretty funky compared to what came later. Most of us were traveling in a Granny Goose airplane. We called it Greyhound Airlines. Oh, it was pretty together, but we didn’t know how much equipment we needed and we had different pickup musicians in every town. We were doing a show every day and when you’re rehearsing new horns and strings every day, you want to cut your wrists.”

• Bomb threat delayed start of Phoenix show

After completing his third engagement at the International Hotel, Elvis flew out of Las Vegas on September 8, 1970, to open his first tour since 1957 in Phoenix the next night. The first of several glitches in that opening show occurred that afternoon. In an essay originally published in  Strictly Elvis  magazine, Debbie Lynn Gobins, then 12 years old (soon to be 13), recalled what happened when she arrived at the Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum two hours before show time.

“There were big lines of Elvis fans at each of the many entrances. We waited, and finally 7:30 came when the doors normally would open … but they did not. When 8:30 came I started to wonder if Elvis was O.K. I thought that I might not even get to see the King. But finally, the doors opened at 8:30. I later found out that someone had made a prank call stating that there was a bomb set to go off in the Coliseum at 8:30, when the show as to start.”

After being tortured by the opening acts for an hour, the crowd responded when Elvis finally appeared. “Elvis, looking as sexy as a 35-year-old can look, sauntered onto the stage,” Burton noted in his review the next morning. “Before you could say ‘Don’t Be Cruel,’ the squeals went up—largely from the part of the audience that must have been 3 or 4 years old when Elvis started the whole thing.”

In the fifties, teenagers made up 90 per cent of the crowd at Presley shows. In 1970 Phoenix, however, it was a mixed audience that filled the seats. In an article in  The Arizona Republic , Jerry Eaton described the new Elvis demographic, the one that would come out to see him throughout the 1970s:

“Teenagers were there but the socio-economic composition of the crowd was different than in 1956. The establishment was on hand—blondes, brownettes, brunettes, Presley’s contemporaries and those not many years his junior. Presley’s male contemporaries were there, too—ex-motorcycle drivers who have shed black, leather jackets for business suits and other garb of the real world of work, veterans of Seoul and Pork Chop Hill, professional men, mid-managers, others. They were all there—the beautiful people, the well-mannered, well-dressed teenagers, a few senior citizens, some fading flower children, some young bearded hippies.”

• House sound system inadequate in Phoenix

Soon after Elvis arrived on stage, Colonel Parker learned a lesson about modern rock concerts. In the cozy environment of a Las Vegas showroom, the house sound system worked well enough, but it was pitifully inadequate in the raucous atmosphere of an arena concert. On stage in Phoenix the audience couldn’t hear Elvis and the singers couldn’t hear each other. At times the background singers overpowered Elvis, and on at least once song, he had to stop and start over. It was the last time Elvis performed on tour using a public address system. The next night in St. Louis, Weintraub and Hulett had a state-of-the-art sound system on stage, and, according to Hulett, “probably for the first time in his life, [Elvis] heard himself.”

While Parker was struggling with logistics, Elvis had to make decisions about his music. It was easy for him in the fifties—just sing all your hits and throw in a few other contemporary rock ’n’ roll numbers. In 1970 he understood that’s what his new audience wanted to hear most, but he couldn’t just live in the past. He had a need to show he could handle trendy pop music and compete with the likes of Tom Jones.

When he first went on tour in 1970, Elvis decided to employ the same musical repertoire he had compiled for his Las Vegas audience. There was no guarantee that it would work on the road, since tour crowds were much more diverse than the Vegas showroom regulars. Still, Elvis decided to stay with a mix of old and new.

Debbie Gobins wrote down Elvis’s Phoenix playlist, which presumably was used again the following five nights. It included, “That’s All Right,” “I Got a Woman,” “Love Me Tender,” “I’ve Lost You,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “Polk Salad Annie,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “The Wonder of You,” “In the Ghetto,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Kentucky Rain,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Hound Dog,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Suspicious Minds,” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”

In the Tucson  Citizen , Burton categorized Presley’s selections as “something borrowed (‘That Lovin’ Feelin’’ from the Righteous Brothers), something new (‘Kentucky Rain’), something old (‘Hound Dog’) and something blue (‘In the Ghetto’). Some reviewers along the tour stops noted that, although the crowd responded more enthusiastically to the old songs, they were the ones Elvis seemed least interested in singing.

• Elvis scarf tradition began in Phoenix

In Phoenix, Elvis started a stage tradition that continued during all his tours in the seventies. He pulled the green scarf from his neck and threw it to a fan in the front row. Of the lucky recipient, Burton noted, “She screamed well enough to be a member of the Class of 1955, but she wasn’t old enough.” The act played so well that it wasn’t long before Elvis was doling out multiple scarves at every concert.

When that initial tour ended in Mobile at September 14, 1970, a euphoric Elvis flew back home to Memphis. He loved the freedom of the road and doing what he always called his favorite part of the entertainment business—performing before a live audience. That first tour would be followed by 25 more over the next six years. The last one ended in Indianapolis on June 26, 1977. And, of course, Elvis planned to start still another tour on the very day that he died.

Hundreds of thousands of his fans had an opportunity to see Elvis Presley during those tours that began in the fall of 1970. I was fortunate to see him at his best (Seattle in 1970) and at his worst (Spokane in 1976), and I’ll be grateful for both opportunities. —  Alan Hanson  | © April 2013

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Elvis Presley 1970-1972 : From Las Vegas 1970 to Hawaii 1972, in concerts, studio Recordings and important events in his Life. 'That's The Way It Is' and 'Elvis On Tour'.

International. Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv January 1970

Elvis opens this four week engagement with a single invitation only show, attended by everyone from Fats Domino to Zsa Zsa Gabor, that generally draws rave reviews

26 Jan Midnight 27 Jan 8.30pm 27 Jan Midnight 28 Jan 8.30pm 28 Jan Midnight 29 Jan 8.30pm 29 Jan Midnight 30 Jan 8.30pm 30 Jan Midnight 31 Jan 8.30pm 31 Jan Midnight

February 1970

01 Feb 8.30pm 01 Feb Midnight 02 Feb 8.30pm 02 Feb Midnight 03 Feb 8.30pm 03 Feb Midnight 04 Feb 8.30pm 04 Feb Midnight 05 Feb 8.30pm 05 Feb Midnight 06 Feb 8.30pm 06 Feb Midnight 07 Feb 8.30pm 07 Feb Midnight 08 Feb 8.30pm 08 Feb Midnight 09 Feb 8.30pm 09 Feb Midnight 10 Feb 8.30pm 10 Feb Midnight 11 Feb 8.30pm 11 Feb Midnight 12 Feb 8.30pm 12 Feb Midnight 13 Feb 8.30pm 13 Feb Midnight 14 Feb 8.30pm 14 Feb Midnight 15 Feb 8.30pm 15 Feb Midnight

February 16 , Felton Jarvis supervises the recording of selected songs from both the dinner and midnight shows which will serve as the backbone for Elvis' upcoming ' On Stage ' album.

The album features the world-wide #1 single 'The Wonder of You'.

16 Feb 8.30pm 16 Feb Midnight

February 17 , RCA continues to record selectively at both evening shows.

17 Feb 8.30pm 17 Feb Midnight

February 18 , An afternoon rehearsal is called to work out arrangements for three additional songs, since there is not enough satisfactory new material in the show to fill an album. The thee songs are; the 1959 Ray Peterson ballad ' The Wonder of You ', Ray Price 's ' Release Me ' and the blues standard ' See See Rider ' -- Recording continues during both shows on this and the following night.

18 Feb 8.30pm 18 Feb Midnight 19 Feb 8.30pm 19 Feb Midnight 20 Feb 8.30pm 20 Feb Midnight 21 Feb 8.30pm 21 Feb Midnight 22 Feb 8.30pm 22 Feb Midnight

February 23 , Elvis closes his engagement with a midnight show that runs until 3am giving what many consider to be one of his finest performances.

23 Feb 8.30pm 23 Feb Midnight

February 25 , Elvis flies to Houston for his shows at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Kirk Kerkorian's private jet.

Astrodome, Houston, Tx February 1970

February 26 , Elvis became aware from the first moments that the sound system is hopeless and the band will be unable to hear itself. 'Don't fight it' he says to Glen Hardin. 'Just go ahead and play'.

27 Feb 2.00pm 27 Feb 7.45pm 28 Feb 2.00pm 28 Feb 7.45pm 01 Mar 2.30pm 01 Mar 7.00pm

March 1 , Elvis hold another press conference after the final show, at which he is presented with Gold records for five of his 1969 releases: 'Don't Cry Daddy', 'In THe Ghetto', 'Suspicious Minds', and the two LP's From Elvis In Memphis and From Memphis to Vegas/ From Vegas to Memphis.

June 4 , Elvis begins five days of recording at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, reporting each evening at 6.00pm and working until the dawn hours. The decision to follow up the magnificent sessions in Memphis by going back to RCA's Nashville studio and hiring Nashville musicians, must have puzzled quite a few people at the time. However, as Chip Moman's Memphis studio had folded, both RCA and Felton Jarvis must have been pleased to see the situation return to what it had been before - RCA because of administrative differences with Chip Moman , and Jarvis because he would once more be in total control again. Felton Jarvis had quit RCA in the beginning of 1970, and from the June sessions onwards would work for Elvis exclusively, both in the recording studios and with live recordings. ln this capacity Jarvis supervised all the arrangements such as booking studios, hiring musicians, and staying in touch with the various publishing companies and RCA.

Whereas Elvis would be in control during the actual sessions, Jarvis would do all the overdubbing sessions at a later date and see to the forwarding of the master tapes to RCA.

Given the different location and the presence of a different producer, the radical change in sound perhaps did not come as a total surprise. Gone was the soul-imbued Memphis sound, substituted by the slick Nashville country sound. The 1970 band line-up had changed drastically from the one last employed in January 1968.

No longer present were the old timers like Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana , Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Pete Drake, Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph, and The Jordanaires . Of the old crew only Chip Young, David Briggs, and Charlie McCoy were in the studios, Some of the newcomers such as Norbert Putnam on bass and Jerry Carrigan on drums were in the same age group as Young and Briggs.

From Elvis' live band only James Burton took part in the sessions, perhaps because apart from Jerry Reed no lead guitarist of top-notch quality was available in Nashville.

The sessions lasted live nights, and produced a total of no less than 34 recordings. The usual recording procedure was reverted to, with Elvis doing his vocals along with the rhythm track. Unlike the previous Nashville sessions this time a lot of overdubs were made, probably in order to simplify technical proceedings during the actual sessions. All the back-up vocals and such extras as banjo and fiddle parts were recorded during the following months. The saxophone that was so prominent in Elvis' sixties sessions was dropped in the seventies' band, and any horn section work was now dubbed in later. Once again the quality of the material to be recorded presented a problem, and, unfortunately, a great number of mediocre ballads were chosen. Generally, the songs that make up Elvis Country are of a high standard, with Bill Monroe's 'Little Cabin On The Hill' and a great rocker like 'l Washed My Hands ln Muddy Water' being especially impressive. Apart from rock oriented songs like 'Patch It Up' and the medley 'Got My Mojo Working'/ 'Keep Your Hands Off Her' during these sessions rock repertoire unfortunately was neglected, not to mention blues or soul oriented repertoire. A definite disadvantage of the overdubbing procedure was Elvis' absence when this work 'was done. As a result, Felton Jarvis' rather traditional concepts became the ruling factor in all the overdubbing and mixing. Jarvis would then submit final mixes to Elvis, who would perhaps occasionally ask for certain changes to be made.

June 4 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Mystery Train / Tiger Man (Jam) Twenty Days & Twenty Nights ZPA4 1593-09 I've Lost You ZPA4 1594-07 I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago ZPA4 1595-01 The Sound Of Your Cry ZPA4 1596-11 Faded Love (Country Version) WPA5 2584-01 The Fool ZPA4 1597-02 A Hundred Years From Now WPA5 2569-SP Little Cabin On The Hill ZPA4 1598-02 Cindy Cindy ZPA4 1599-03

June 5 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Bridge Over Troubled Water ZPA4 1600-08 Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off It ZPA4 1601-01 How The Web Was Woven ZPA4 1602-03 It's Your Baby, You Rock It ZPA4 1603-05 Stranger In The Crowd ZPA4 1604-09 I'll Never Know ZPA4 1605-07 Mary In The Morning ZPA4 1606-05

June 6 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

I Didn't Make It On Playing Guitar (Jam) WPA5 2583-01 It Ain't No Big Thing ZPA4 1607-09 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me ZPA4 1608-03 Just Pretend ZPA4 1609-03 This Is Our Dance ZPA4 1610-11 Life ZPA4 1613-20 Heart Of Rome ZPA4 1614-03 Heart Of Rome ZPA4 1614-03 Heart Of Rome (Work Part) ____-01 Heart Of Rome (Composite) ZPA4 1614-SP

June 7 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

June 7 , A new idea began taking shape. The original plan to cut just eighteen songs could not have included any thought of a second album, but on the fourth night, all of a sudden, a country album began to emerge.

When I'm Over You ZPA4 1615-01 I Really Don't Want To Know ZPA4 1616-04 Faded Love ZPA4 1617-01 Tomorrow Never Comes ZPA4 1618-13 Tomorrow Never Comes (Work Part) ____-01 The Next Step Is Love ZPA4 1619-11 Make The World Go Away ZPA4 1620-03 Make The World Go Away (Work Part) ____-01 Make The World Go Away (Composite) ZPA4 1620-SP Funny How Time Slips Away (Remake) ZPA4 1621-01 I Washed My Hand In Muddy Water ZPA4 1622-01 Love Letters ZPA4 1623-05

June 8 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

There Goes My Everything ZPA4 1624-03 If I Were You ZPA4 1625-09 Only Believe ZPA4 1626-04 Sylvia ZPA4 1627-08 Patch It Up ZPA4 1628-08

July , After the marathon session, 35 masters in 5 days, in Nashville, Elvis enjoyed himself until he had to go west for the upcoming Las Vegas engagement. On June 22 he bought three snow mobiles, which were able to drive the Graceland grass. He went to Nashville, maybe to review and repair some recordings, he stayed in Dallas for a couple of days and flew back to Memphis as 'John Carpenter', together with Richard Davis and Charlie Hodge . Until he went to California he saw screenings in the Memphian every night.

International. Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv August 1970 - Elvis - Thats's The Way It Is

Above , This great shot from the August 7, 1970 rehearsal is taken from the back of the booklet from the FTD release of That's The Way It Is Special Edition CD. Back to Las Vegas for rehearsals for another month-long engagement at the International. Elvis opens on August 10 and closes on September 7. MGM is on hand to shoot a documentary film called Elvis : That's the Way It Is that will show Elvis off stage, in rehearsals, in the recording studio, and on stage. RCA will also release an album with the same title.

August 17 , Soprano Kathy Westmoreland replaces Millie Kirkham , who has in essence taken over some of departed Sweet Inspiration Cissy Houston's solo duties solely for the filming of 'That's The Way it Is'. Kirkham who is busy with session work in Nashville cannot extend her commitment though the engagement, and Kathy signs on initially just for the remaining three weeks - but stays for the next seven years.

17 Aug 8.30pm 17 Aug Midnight 18 Aug 8.30pm 18 Aug Midnight 19 Aug 8.30pm 19 Aug Midnight 20 Aug 8.30pm 20 Aug Midnight 21 Aug 8.30pm 21 Aug Midnight 22 Aug 8.30pm 22 Aug Midnight 23 Aug 8.30pm 23 Aug Midnight 24 Aug 8.30pm 24 Aug Midnight 25 Aug 8.30pm 25 Aug Midnight

August 26 , a security guard at the hotel received a phonecall in which he was told that Elvis would be kidnapped that same evening. The following day 'Colonel' Parker got a similar telephone message. On 28th August, at 6:15 in the morning, the wife of Joe Esposito received a phone call where the person on the other end of the line claimed Elvis would be shot during his last show the following day. The person demanded $ 50.000 to reveal the name of the potential killer. A couple of hours later a menu was found in Elvis' mail at the hotel on which Elvis' face was destroyed and a gun had been drawn pointing to his heart. On the menu was written: 'Guess Who, and Where?' Elvis took the death threats very seriously, just like his employees - and the FBI - but knowing that there were FBI agents in the showroom probably didn't help to relieve the enormous pressure Elvis must have been under during the performance that night.

The situation must have been almost unbearable during 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' - when the stage lights go off and only a small spotlight lights up Elvis' head and shoulders, a perfect target for a killer...

26 Aug 8.30pm 26 Aug Midnight 27 Aug 8.30pm 27 Aug Midnight 28 Aug 8.30pm 28 Aug Midnight 29 Aug 8.30pm 29 Aug Midnight 30 Aug 8.30pm 30 Aug Midnight 31 Aug 8.30pm 31 Aug Midnight 01 Sep 8.30pm 01 Sep Midnight 02 Sep 8.30pm 02 Sep Midnight 03 Sep 8.30pm 03 Sep Midnight 04 Sep 8.30pm 04 Sep Midnight 05 Sep 8.30pm 05 Sep Midnight 06 Sep 8.30pm 06 Sep Midnight 07 Sep 8.30pm 07 Sep Midnight

One Night In Vegas CD - Tracks 1-18 are from the August 10 show, tracks 19-23 are from August 4.

On Tour September 1970

Elvis leaves Mobile at 3pm, flying home to Memphis so that he can complete a sheduled two-day recording session in Nashville before returning to the West Coast on September 24.

September 21 , Sheriff Roy Nixon makes Elvis an honorary deputy Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee.

September 22 1970 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Snowbird ZPA4 1797-06 Where Did They Go Lord? ZPA4 1798-06 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ZPA4 1799-02 Rags To Riches ZPA4 1800-SP

Elvis had just returned from a one day recording session in Nashville the day before

October 15 , Back in Memphis Elvis attends the Gospel Quartet Convention at Ellis Auditorium where he is introduced to the crowd by Blackwood Brothers leader James Blackwood.

October 17 , Elvis returns to the Quartet Convention, where he forms an impromptu quartet with James Blackwood, Statesmen founder Hovie Lister and bass singer J.D. Sumner and has his picture taken backstage.

On Tour - November 1970

Elvis, That's the Way It Is , Elvis thirty-second film, opens in theaters to good reviews and good box office. Documentaries traditionally do not do well at the box office, but this one makes a respectable showing.

December 20 , Elvis arrived in Los Angeles at 2.17 a.m. and saw a doctor about a rash he had developed on his face and neck. Most likely caused by an allergic reaction to the medication he was taking for an eye infection, but aggravated by the chocolate he ate on the plane. In the afternoon he explained to Jerry Schilling that he wanted to return to Washington. Jerry protested because he had to be back in California for work. Elvis then allowed him to call Sonny West and have him meet them in Washington. He gave Sonny permission to tell Vernon and Priscilla he was safe, but not where he was. On the plane Elvis wrote a letter to President Nixon offering his services in the government's effort to combat illicit drug use.

Elvis arrived in Washington and was picked up at the airport. He dropped off his letter to the president at 6.30 a.m. Then he checked into the Hotel Washington again. Elvis tried to get in touch with the BNDD's director John Ingersoll. This failed, but there was a call from President Nixon's deputy counsel, asking Elvis to meet him in 45 minutes at the Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. There Elvis, Sonny and Jerry met with President Nixon. To everyone's surprise, except for Elvis', they really hit it off, and Elvis left the following day with that what he came for: the BNDD badge.

December 24, Elvis presents a Mercedeses to Sonny West as a wedding present.

December 29, 1970 : A day after Elvis was best man at Sonny West's wedding he drives to Tupelo to collect yet another badge, this one from Tupelo sheriff Bill Mitchell , whom Elvis has known from the time Mitchell played fiddle in the band led by Mississippi Slim on radio station WELO when Elvis was a child. This was such a brief visit not even the media got in on the photo taking, making these two photos very special.

December 30 , Elvis returns to Washington with eight friends, including ex-sheriff Bill Morris, for a visit to the headquarters of the National Sheriffs Association, where Elvis takes out memberships for everyone so that they will all be eligible for automatic life insurance policies. Morris has also promised to arrange for an appointment with J. Edgar Hoover, but once again this falls through, though the group does visit FBI headquarters the following day fora special tour.

Elvis Presley 1971

International. Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv January 1971

January 16, 1971

He is touched, excited and deeply proud. This national honor has been given each year since the late 1930's and recognizes young men who have made great achievements in their field of endeavor, illustrating the opportunities available in the free enterprise system. It also applauds humanitarianism and community service.

Scientists, inventors, performers, film makers, politicians bound for the Presidency, and men of greatness in all fields, have been selected for this award over the years.

For Elvis, a man who grew up poor, and, in his early career knew the sting of ridicule from the Establishment, who, through the years has known criticism of his work, this is one of his proudest moments. It is a sign that he has achieved acceptance, recognition, and respect for his work and for the kind of person he is.

March 15, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ginger Holladay Duet) APA4 1255-12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face APA4 1255-12 Amazing Grace APA4 1256-05 Early Morning Rain APA4 1257-SP (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me APA4 1258-12

May 15, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Miracle Of The Rosary APA4 1259-04 It Won't Seem Like Christmas APA4 1260-07 If I Get Home On Christmas Day APA4 1261-08 Padre APA4 1262-12 Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees APA4 1263-10 Merry Christmas Baby APA4 1264-01 Merry Christmas Baby MWA5 9086-01 Silver Bells APA4 1265-02

May 16, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

The Lord's Prayer (Informal Jam) WPA5 2571-01 I'll Be Home On Christmas Day APA4 1266-08 On A Snowy Christmas Night APA4 1267-NA Winter Wonderland APA4 1268-10 Don't Think Twice It's All Right (Jam) APA4 1269-01 O Come All Ye Faithful (Track) APA4 1270-NA O Come All Ye Faithful APA4 1270-01 O Come All Ye Faithful MWA5 9085-02 The First Noel (Track) APA4 1271-NA The First Noel APA4 1271-NA The Wonderful World Of Christmas (Track) APA4 1272-NA The Wonderful World Of Christmas APA4 1272-NA

May 17, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Help Me Make It Through The Night APA4 1273-SP Until It's Time For You To Go APA4 1274-08 Lady Madonna (Informal Recording) WPA5 2572-01 Lead Me Guide Me APA4 1275-06

May 18, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Fools Rush In APA4 1276-24 He Touched Me APA4 1277-04 Johnny B Goode (Jam) I've Got Confidence APA4 1278-02 An Evening Prayer APA4 1279-03

May 19, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Seeing Is Believing APA4 1280-14 (12) A Thing Called Love APA4 1281-09 It's Still Here APA4 1282-05 I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen APA4 1283-01 I Will Be True APA4 1284-03

May 19, 1971 RCA Studio A - Nashville, Tennessee

Miracle Of The Rosary (V.O.) APA4 1259

May 20, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

I'm Leavin' APA4 1285-05 We Can Make The Morning APA4 1286-01 I Shall Be Released (Informal Recording) WPA5 2573-01 It's Only Love APA4 1287-10

May 21, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Love Me Love The Life I Lead APA4 1288-12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Temple Riser Duet) APA4 1255-01

June 1971 , The City Council of Memphis, Tennessee officially changed the name of Highway 51 South to Elvis Presley Boulevard in June 1971. The first sign was erected in January 1972 at a ceremony outside Graceland with Memphis Mayor Wyeth Chandler and Elvis' father Vernon Presley . When Elvis purchased Graceland in 1957, Highway 51 South and the area known as Whitehaven were 'out in the country'.

By the 1970s, shopping centers, housing developments and apartment complexes had sprung up in the area.

The actual street address of Graceland is 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard .

June 8, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Until It's Time For You To Go (Remake) APA4 1289-10 Put Your Hand In The Hand APA4 1290-02 Reach Out To Jesus APA4 1291-10

June 9, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

He Is My Everything APA4 1292-05 There Is No God But God APA4 1293-05 I John APA4 1294-02 Bosom Of Abraham APA4 1295-06 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Vocal Repairs) APA4 1255

June 10, 1971 RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

My Way WPA5 2599-01 I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (Remake) APA4 1296-10

Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nv July 1971

20 July 8.30pm 20 July Midnight 21 July 8.30pm 21 July Midnight 22 July 8.30pm 22 July Midnight 23 July 8.30pm 23 July Midnight 24 July 8.30pm 24 July Midnight 25 July 8.30pm 25 July Midnight 26 July 8.30pm 26 July Midnight 27 July 8.30pm 27 July Midnight 28 July 8.30pm 28 July Midnight 29 July 8.30pm 29 July Midnight 30 July 8.30pm 30 July Midnight 31 July 8.30pm 31 July Midnight 01 Aug 8.30pm 01 Aug Midnight 02 Aug 8.30pm 02 Aug Midnight

Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv August 1971

On Tour November 1971 05 Nov 8.30pm Metropolitan Sports Center, Minneapolis, Mn 06 Nov 2.30pm Public Hall Auditorium, Cleveland, Oh 06 Nov 8.30pm Public Hall Auditorium, Cleveland, Oh

On the 7th November 1971 Elvis played Louisville Kentucky again and at Freedom Hall he introduced his Grandfather Jesse Pressley (who was in the audience) to the crowd.

07 Nov 2.30pm Fair & Expo Center, Louisville, Ky 07 Nov 8.30pm Fair & Expo Center, Louisville, Ky 08 Nov 8.30pm Spectrum, Philadelphia. Pa

15 Nov 8.30pm Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo 16 Nov 8.30pm Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Ut

Following their departure, Elvis announces to everyone that Priscilla is leaving him.

'She hasn't told him why, simply that she no longer loves him'.

December 31 , Elvis hosts a small New Years Eve party at Graceland, not at the local club as he has in the past.

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Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nv

An American Trilogy CD is the long awaited and asked for FTD release of multi-track recordings from February 1972's Las Vegas season + extra songs from the opening night January 26th 1972 soundboard concert to give us a total of 24 tracks. Most of the 15th Feb 1972 M/S here is unreleased, the title track from 14.2.72 M/S is also unreleased, but tracks 10-14 were previously released. More Elvis Stereo Concerts .

March 27, 1972 RCA Studio C - Hollywood, California

Separate Ways BPA3 1149-21 For The Good Times BPA3 1150-04 Where Do I Go from Here? BPA3 1151-08

March 22 , after a good deal of effort, Felton Jarvis persuades Elvis to try the rocker -- Burning Love -- that he has gotten from his friend, Nashville publisher Bob Beckham. Both Felton and Beckham are convinced that songwriter Denis Linde's 'Burning Love' can be a big hit for Elvis.

The song reaches #2 on the Billboard and #1 on Cashbox charts.

March 28, 1972 RCA Studio C - Hollywood, California

Burning Love BPA3 1257-06 Fool BPA3 1258-02

March 29, 1972 RCA Studio C - Hollywood, California

Always On My Mind BPA3 1259-01 It's A Matter Of Time BPA3 1260-05

A follow-up to the 1970 release Elvis : That's the Way It Is , another musical-documentary, this film followed Presley as he embarked on a 15-city tour of the United States in April 1972. The working title of the film was Standing Room Only and a soundtrack album was planned with this title, but never released. Elvis on Tour is the only Elvis Presley film from which no actual soundtrack recordings were released concurrent with the film's release (although Presley did have hits with studio recordings of songs such as 'Burning Love' and 'Separate Ways' which are also featured in the film).

The Elvis On Tour Movie begins with Elvis singing Johnny B. Goode over the credits. Elvis is filmed arriving at the auditoriums, waiting nervously backstage and then appearing on stage to rapturous welcomes. The multiple image effect is used to great effect throughout the whole film. Part of several concerts are shown, interspersed with rare footage of the first Ed Sullivan Show, Army induction, Elvis in his gold suit and other clips and stills.,

Elvis is seen recording 'Separate Ways' in the studio as well as being driven to and from concerts, running the gauntlet of his fans as he enters and exits hotels and concert halls.

In between shots of Elvis singing and kissing his fans, many kissing scenes from previous MGM movies are edited in and this makes for a very entertaining segment.

A lot of action is packed into the film with nostalgia and good music. Like the Elvis shows themselves it had to finish and the end of the film shows Elvis running offstage after 'Can't Help Falling In Love' and into a waiting Limousine which carries him away. As the closing credits roll Memories is the perfect background music to the traveling and back stage scenes being shown. As the film fades there's a reprise of the shot of Elvis in the car smiling at some distant memory. On Tour is a marvelous film capturing Elvis doing what he did best, singing for his fans. Like That's The Way It Is it will always be a cherished, favorite movie.

' I never met a guitar player worth a damn ', a statement attributed to Vernon by Elvis in the documentary 'Elvis On Tour' is an old southern expression. Over and over again in Southern imagery comes the figure of a man sitting on his front porch with his guitar pickin' and singin' while the crops go to ruin. - Elvis and Gladys .

Above - Elvis talks about his early career, hand picking Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana (Scotty was already there) - Moving on to '69 Elvis again talks about hand picking his band for Las Vegas in '69. Elvis talks of asking who are the best guitar players around and Glen Campbell and James Burton were suggested. Elvis then discusses his Jaycees speech and how nervous he was and when he first decided he wanted to be a singer. He thinks (From memory) he one 5th place in a talent contest.

Elvis reveals his disappointment with his movie career and that he he had no self satisfaction 'inside'. Elvis thought they would develop something better for him.

Above - Elvis talks about making his first record for his mother. His first time he appeared on stage it was a charity 'thing', talks about the reaction to his movements on stage.

Elvis says, 'It was amazing how popular I became at school after that'.

On Tour April 1972

Elvis Presley : Arriving at McGhee Tyson Airport : Knoxville : April 8, 1972

19 Apr 8.30pm Tingley Coliseum, Alburquerque, Nm

Madison Square Garden, New York City, Ny

Elvis makes entertainment history by performing four sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Art Garfunkel are among the music stars spotted at the shows. Nine days after it is recorded, RCA rush-releases a live album from one of the shows - Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden . Elvis tours to seven more cities. Elvis' Vegas and concert tour career is hot, hot, hot during the early to mid-seventies. He breaks attendance records in cities all over America.

Years later the best of the concerts is released on CD as An Afternoon In The Garden . (10 June 2.30pm). In fact, the lineup of songs on the two albums is nearly identical: the performances vary only slightly but An Afternoon In The Garden is the recommended purchase particually with Reconsider Baby and I'll Remember You .

On Tour June 1972

July 6 , Elvis and Priscilla's separation is formalized. A divorce is to come. Through George Klein Elvis is introduced to Linda Thompson , at the Memphian. He sees her again the following night and is captivated by her beauty and sense of humour, but is prevented for the time being from following up when she goes off on a three week family vacation. later in the month Elvis will briefly date another Memphis beauty queen, actress Cybill Shepherd . (Read about Elvis meeting Linda Thompson )

July 8 , Colonel Parker announces that there will be a worldwide satellite broadcast of an Elvis concert from Hawaii in October or November.

July 26 , Elvis is legally separated from Priscilla on this date.

July 31 , Around this time goes to Los Angeles to meet Linda Thompson , whom he has persuaded to fly in from Memphis. Together they fly back to Las Vegas where Linda stays for most of the engagement.

(Cybill Shepherd is a visitor at one point during Linda's absence.)

September 4 , Elvis participates in a press conference in Vegas announcing plans for a television concert to be broadcast via satellite around the world from Hawaii on January 14 . It is predicted that the show will reach the largest audience in television history and that the live album will be a big hit.

October 1972 , Elvis has a number two pop hit with the single Burning Love , one of his biggest records in recent years.

October 3 , Elvis and Linda return to Los Angeles, then fly home to Memphis the following evening.

November , Elvis on Tour opens to good reviews and good box office performance in theaters. Later, its producers will receive the Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary of 1972.

November 1 , Elvis and Linda return to Los Angeles.

On Tour November 1972

November 8 , Elvis flys to Lubbock, Texas to begin an eight day tour, his third for the year.

08 Nov 8.30pm Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, Tx 09 Nov 8.30pm Community Centre, Tucson, Az 10 Nov 8.30pm Coliseum, El Paso, Tx 11 Nov 8.30pm Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, Ca 12 Nov 8.30pm Swing Auditorium, San Berdandino, Ha 13 Nov 8.30pm Swing Auditorium, San Berdandino, Ha 14 Nov 8.30pm Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, Ca 15 Nov 8.30pm Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, Ca

November 16 , Elvis, linda and Lisa Marie fly from Los Angeles to honolulu with a large group, including Joe Esposito , Dick Grob, Gee Gee Gambill, Charlie Hodge , Dr. Nichopoulos, Sonny West , Red West , and the three Stanley brothers, Ricky, David and Billy.

One of the following two concerts was originally planned as the worldwide satellite broadcast.

November 20 ,

Elvis holds a press conference at the Hawaiian Village Hotel to announce the satellite broadcast once again.

December 25 , For Christmas Elvis presents Linda Thompson with a mink coat.

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Elvis Presley Unravelled #29 1970 Tour first since 1957

Elvis Presley was back on the road after an absence of over 12 years. His November 1970 tour first since 1957.

17 to 23 June – 1970 Tour first since 1957 guest feature on the Mop Tops and The King show

Steve Chelmsford presents the Mop Tops and the King radio show. Certainly, a great name for a show that is all about the music of The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Every other week, author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Derek Shelmerdine presents The Beatles Unravelled , alternating with Elvis Presley Unravelled . The podcast provides this 1-minute segment of a little bit of Beatles and Elvis Presley history. Moreover, the Unravelled stories take a look at some of the more obscure parts of the story.

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Elvis’s 1970 Tour was his first tour since 1957

On 9 September 1970. 13,000 lucky people saw Elvis on the opening night of his first tour since 1957. He played the odd gig in between but this was his first tour in over 12 years. His last tour bade its farewell in Hawaii, in November 1957.

The tour opened in Phoenix, Arizona. After that, Elvis played a handful of gigs in the Southern States and closed in Phoenix, Arizona on 14 September.

Elvis was back on the road but this was a very different Elvis to the rock’n’roller of the 1950s. His old band were no longer with him. Guitarist Scotty Moore, bass player Bill Black and drummer DJ Fontana were relegated to Elvis’s past. They were replaced by some of his new Las Vegas musicians, including guitarist James Burton and drummer Ronnie Tutt. Despite these Las Vegas regulars, most of his touring band were pick-up musicians.

Concert footage from the tour is shown in the movie, Elvis: That’s the Way It Is .

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Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.

In addition to the music, the book looks at the social factors influencing the music. The Vietnam War, fear of communism and Civil rights struggle certainly helped to shape the sounds of the time.

If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s. ’60s, ’70s and its roots – it’s in the book. For example, there are stories about bands and artists. Also, a look at classic albums and singles, landmark recording sessions. Not forgetting memorable gigs and festivals. Plus stories about influential managers, how bands came together, lineups and – SO MUCH MORE…

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Consequently, as the review in Record Collector magazine puts it in its review of the book, “Shelmerdine has made a painstaking effort to documented pretty much every event that will prove significant in shaping popular music”. In addition, the review went on to describe the book as, “comprehensive… invaluable”.

Moreover, the cross-referenced events in What Happened Today create the other two sections, Timeline and Pocket Histories .

Timeline – consequently provides a date-order listing of all of the events in What Happened Today .

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Elvis Presley is one of history’s most successful artists by Billboard Hot 100 standards, even if you don’t take into account the numerous hits he had before the chart’s inception in 1958. There’s a reason why they call him The King.

In fact, with seven Hot 100 No. 1s and 25 top 10 smashes overall, the late legend is one of very few artists to ever have more than 100 songs enter the chart — an elite group otherwise dominated by modern musicians like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and Drake. He was also the first-ever act to hit the triple-digit milestone, doing so in 1975, two years before his death.

But a survey of the Memphis legend’s biggest hits wouldn’t be complete without including the tracks he made famous before the Hot 100’s advent, some of which are the most iconic songs of his career. Just factoring in the numbers he accumulated on antiquated rankings, such as the retired Top 100 or disc jockey, juke box and sales charts, brings his total No. 1 count up to 17.

If his quirky persona, bedazzled jumpsuits and once-controversial dance moves don’t continue to live on in infamy for decades to come, then Presley’s buttery voice and soulful, classic rock-pioneering music certainly will. Keep reading to see Elvis’ top 37 hits of all time — on the Hot 100 or otherwise — from “Are You Lonesome To-night?” to “Suspicious Minds,” below.

Songs are ranked by peak position on the Billboard Hot 100 and predecessor charts the Top 100 and charts ranking disc jockey play, juke box play and sales. Ties are broken by weeks at peak position, followed by weeks on chart, with titles that hit the Hot 100 ranked above those on predecessor charts-only; for pre-Hot 100 hits, ties are broken, beyond as noted above, by number of charts on which songs peaked for total weeks cited. Peak dates reflect songs’ first week at No. 1 on any of the aforementioned charts.

"The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked the Roses"

Peak position: No. 9 Peak date: 6/27/1970 Chart: Hot 100

Listen here and here .

"I Beg of You"

Peak position: No. 8 Peak date: 2/10/1958 Chart: Top 100

Listen here .

"Bossa Nova Baby"

Peak position: No. 8 Peak date: 11/16/1963 Chart: Hot 100

"I Got Stung"

Peak position: No. 8 Peak date: 11/24/1958 Chart: Hot 100

"Don't Cry Daddy/Rubberneckin'"

Peak position: No. 6 Peak date: 1/31/1970 Chart: Hot 100

"I Feel So Bad"

Peak position: No. 5 Peak date: 6/5/1961 Chart: Hot 100

"She's Not You"

Peak position: No. 5 Peak date: 9/8/1962 Chart: Hot 100

"Little Sister"

Peak position: No. 5 Peak date: 10/2/1961 Chart: Hot 100

"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"

Peak position: No. 4 Peak date: 9/18/1961 Chart: Hot 100

"I Need Your Love Tonight"

Peak position: No. 4 Peak date: 4/20/1959 Chart: Hot 100

"One Night"

Peak position: No. 4 Peak date: 12/15/1958 Chart: Hot 100

Listen above.

"In the Ghetto"

Peak position: No. 3 Peak date: 6/14/1969 Chart: Hot 100

"Crying in the Chapel"

Peak position: No. 3 Peak date: 6/12/1965 Chart: Hot 100

"(You're The) Devil in Disguise"

Peak position: No. 3 Peak date: 8/10/1963 Chart: Hot 100

"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 5/5/1958 Chart: (Sales)

"Can't Help Falling In Love"

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 2/3/1962 Chart: Hot 100

"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I"

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 4/27/1959 Chart: Hot 100

"Burning Love"

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 10/28/1972 Chart: Hot 100

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 1/5/1957 Chart: (Disc jockey)

"Return To Sender"

Peak position: No. 2 Peak date: 11/17/1962 Chart: Hot 100

"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"

Peak position: No. 1 (one week) Peak date: 7/28/1956 Chart: (Sales)

"Suspicious Minds"

Peak position: No. 1 (one week) Peak date: 11/1/1969 Chart: Hot 100

"Hard Headed Woman"

Peak position: No. 1 (two weeks) Peak date: 7/21/1958 Chart: (Sales)

"Surrender"

Peak position: No. 1 (two weeks) Peak date: 3/20/1961 Chart: Hot 100

"Good Luck Charm"

Peak position: No. 1 (two weeks) Peak date: 4/21/1962 Chart: Hot 100

"A Big Hunk O' Love"

Peak position: No. 1 (two weeks) Peak date: 8/10/1959 Chart: Hot 100

Peak position: No. 1 (three weeks) Peak date: 2/9/1957 Chart: (Sales)

"Stuck On You"

Peak position: No. 1 (four weeks) Peak date: 4/25/1960 Chart: Hot 100

Peak position: No. 1 (five weeks) Peak date: 2/10/1958 Chart: (Sales)

"Love Me Tender"

Peak position: No. 1 (five weeks) Peak date: 11/3/1958 Charts: (Sales, Disc jockey)

"It's Now Or Never"

Peak position: No. 1 (five weeks) Peak date: 8/15/1960 Chart: Hot 100

"Are You Lonesome To-night?"

Peak position: No. 1 (six weeks) Peak date: 11/28/1960 Chart: Hot 100

"Jailhouse Rock"

Peak position: No. 1 (seven weeks) Peak date: 10/21/1957 Chart: (Sales)

"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"

Peak position: No. 1 (seven weeks) Peak date: 7/8/1957 Charts: (Top 100, Sales)

"Heartbreak Hotel"

Peak position: No. 1 (eight weeks) Peak date: 4/21/1956 Charts: (Sales, Juke box)

"All Shook Up"

Peak position: No. 1 (nine weeks) Peak date: 4/13/1957 Chart: (Juke box)

"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog"

Peak position: No. 1 (11 weeks) Peak date: 8/18/1956 Charts: (Sales, Juke box)

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