Description
Elvis arrived at Graceland at 11:00 p.m.; he was driving a Dodge Motor Home, followed by a convoy of five automobiles.
Related events
- Elvis Presley worked at Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood on music for the film “Paradise, Hawaiian Style,” including vocal overdubs.
- The EP “Tickle Me” reached number 70 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The recording used existing Elvis songs rather than new material.
- Elvis, Vernon Presley and Colonel Tom Parker visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Elvis also held a benefit concert to raise funds for the memorial.
- Elvis received a telegram from the president of Capitol Records inviting him to a cocktail party in Los Angeles on August 24, where he was to meet The Beatles.
- Elvis and his entire team returned to Memphis in a Dodge Motor Home from the filming of Paradise Hawaiian Style. Along the way, they traditionally stopped at the Holiday Inn on Route 66 in Albuquerque.
- The soundtrack to Elvis Presley's film "Kissin' Cousins" reached No. 5 on the U.K. album chart.
- Elvis Presley had a private meeting with Colonel Parker concerning Larry Geller.
- Elvis Presley reached No. 16 on the U.S. chart with “Such A Night”.
- The musical film Viva Las Vegas starring Elvis Presley was premiered.