#TBT: Elvis Presley rocked Corpus Christi's Memorial Coliseum in 1956. The Memorial Coliseum wasn't even two years old when it hosted what was likely the largest concert in its history on April 16, 1956. That's the day that 21-year-old Elvis Presley played to a crowd of 6,000 screaming fans.
December 31,1975 Elvis makes his biggest concert ever, earning a gross $800.000. With a crowd of over 60000!! Elvis performes at the "Pontiac Silverdome" in Pontiac, Michigan 8:30 p.m. Elvis wore the Rainfall suit with original belt.
On June 9, 1972, Elvis held a press conference before performing his first of four concerts in New York City. Singing to more than 80,000 people at the Madison Square Garden, Elvis made history by becoming the first entertainer to sell out four consecutive shows at that venue.
They pulled away a drape to reveal the statue of Elvis in his Vegas heyday and a plaque noting he had performed 837 consecutive sold-out shows at the hotel. Ever since, that number has been held up as the official total of sold-out shows during Elvis' reign at the International and Hilton.
$125,000. The amount of money Elvis earned per week to perform in Las Vegas.
Conversation. On Jan. 14, 1973, #Elvis performed at the International Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This wasn't just any show – this was “Aloha from Hawaii.” Between the live show and delayed broadcasts, an estimated total of 1.5 billion people worldwide watched “Aloha from Hawaii.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
Wearing his iconic black leather, Presley performed his biggest hits and climbed back to the top of the charts. But by that time, he had already made a huge impact on Hawaii.
Elvis fell in love with the beauty of the islands and the hospitality of the people of Hawaii. The Islands are a true paradise for people in search of sun, white sandy beaches, surfing and beautiful nature scenes. Hawaii would become Elvis' favorite vacation destination and he would enjoy many vacations there.
Presley Did Not Fire Parker on Stage
Presley rants about Parker's illegal alien status and reveals his gambling debt before firing him as his manager for the entire audience to see. Presley never fired Parker publicly, but he did have an on-stage meltdown at a Vegas show over the firing of a kitchen employee he liked.
His performance of “An American Trilogy” has earned him countless praises, even today. At the end of the concert, Elvis threw his $8,000 cape into the audience where Bruce Spinks, a reporter from the Honolulu Advisor, caught it.
However, The Beatles outrank Elvis in terms of “fame”: The Beatles scored 4.423 vs. Elvis at 3.592.
Tears: Ken Dodd record outsold everyone but the Beatles in the 1960s.
The admiration of Elvis expanded greatly when Paul got to see Presley's sense of humor and good looks in the movies. “We all loved Elvis – he was so hot,” Paul McCartney gushed years later. “We were just so in love with him.
Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.
Whenever he ran into financial trouble he would approach his manager to negotiate a deal on his behalf. These deals generated a lot of money. Elvis would get $130,000 for a one night performance, he could received $1million for a movie deal and $250,000 to do a recording session.
Elvis has grossed more than $284 million worldwide. In terms of global box-office, it's No. 2, just behind Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-winning 2018 biopic of Queen's Freddie Mercury. Here are the 25 top-grossing biopics of musicians in terms of domestic box-office.
Elvis Presley, recognised as the best-selling solo music artist of all time by Guinness World Records, sold over 400.
Second to Elvis in the most physical copies sold is Frank Sinatra with 95,250,000 units sold. My Way was his best-selling single of all time with an impressive 989,000 sales. And coming in third is Michael Jackson on 79,350,000 physical units sold, with 27 million vinyl of Thriller included.
Elvis held Roy Orbison is very high regard, publicly stating that Roy had ' most perfect voice' and referring to him as the 'greatest singer in the world' during one of his Vegas concerts.
Elvis is in the house—the online auction house, that is.
It is about five-feet long and weighs about 12 pounds. Presley didn't actually wear the cape in concert, as he discovered during rehearsal that its weight made it unwieldy.
Elvis' girlfriend, Linda Thompson sitting with actor, Jack Lord during the Aloha from Hawaii concert on January 14, 1973.