1976 was the Bicentennial of America and it was a big year for me. A journalism major at Southwest Texas State University (SWT), I won statewide in reporting and columnist writing awards for news, entertainment, fine arts and humor. My confidence was high, but being honored as Investigative Reporter of the Year Award at the…
Could Trump Derangement Syndrome be the Elvis Presley Experience or Beatlemania in reverse? Psychology Today magazine suggests so: “Such forms of highly emotional reaction could be something akin to the fainting and screaming characterizing (the Elvis Presley phenomenons of the 1950s and 70s or) American Beatlemania in the 1960s.” “Unlike the Beatles, however, the extreme…
The death of baseball Hall of Famer second baseman Joe Morgan brought a flood of memories to fans of “America’s Pastime.” In 2020, we’ve lost such greats as Lou Brock, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Don Larson, Tom Seaver, and more. Many boyhood friends, classmates, fellow team players, as well as more recent pals…
On October 9, 1973, 47 years ago today, Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s divorce was made official. The couple filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica. Under the agreed-upon settlement, they would share custody of their daughter Lisa Marie. Priscilla was to be paid $725,000 in cash, or $4,200 per month…
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Caution. This article, a true story, contains graphic information and descriptions that could be disturbing to some people. Anne Walsh was being kind and offered to make a sandwich for the monster who would kill her 43 years ago today, September 30, 1977. In her memory, Dodie and I visited her grave at Saint Stanislaus…
Out of all the movies of 1939, nine-year-old Jerry Parr was most impacted by the film Code of the Secret Service. There were many top box office hits that year, but the Secret Service movie was his favorite. He sat in the theater fascinated by Agent “Brass Bancroft and his partner, Gabby Watters. They went…
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One of the most remarkable Elvis Presley fans of all time is Lida Keijzer from the Netherlands. Born three months before filming and recording at the Burbank Studios in California for Elvis’ television special in June 1968, Lida has been a lifelong and devoted Presley fan. The hour long show debuted in December and is…
Read more Elvis Presley Fan Gains World Fame From Miniature Graceland, Sun Studio and Tupelo House
Ours is a family of movie buffs dating back to the 1950s when my parents were dating. Teens in the Harlandale district on the southside of San Antonio frequented the Roxie, the Trail, the Mission and Loop 13 drive-in theaters. Families also enjoyed movies at downtown venues such as the Texas, Majestic, the Joy, the…
Elvis Presley is currently ranked #2 on the top list of high earning deceased celebrities this year. Decades after the death of Elvis Presley, America’s greatest music legend’s legacy remains strong with the King placing extremely high on Forbes’ list of “Top-Earning Dead Celebrities.” The successful opening of the Elvis Memphis complex across from his…
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Love him or hate him, there is little doubt Elvis Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker was one of the most influential men in music history. I met him only twice. Once at the Hilton Palacio Hotel on the River Walk in San Antonio and the other outside the Taylor Coleseum in Abilene, Texas. Both times…
Read more Elvis’ Manager Colonel Tom Parker’s Birthday Gift to Himself
