Elvis performs in Las Vegas 1956. Elvis returns to film Viva Las Vegas in 1963. Elvis tells fans in Las Vegas, "A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake."
At once “a fascinating history of Vegas as gambling capital, celebrity playground, mob hangout, [and] entertainment Valhalla” (Rolling Stone) and the incredible “tale of how the King got his groove back” (Associated Press), Elvis in ...
George Carlin was another young comic who was experimenting with more provocative material and testing the boundaries of Vegas acceptability. At the Frontier Hotel in 1969 he did a routine about his small ass: ...
The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
Elvis Presley's two weeks in Las Vegas April-May 1956
With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of Elvis' Vegas years, this book is the key volume in any Elvis aficionado's collection.
Written by Ken Sharp, the book tells the remarkable story of Elvis's return to the concert stage told through first-hand accounts by those lucky enough to be on hand to witness Elvis's miraculous artistic and creative rebirth.
It's 1964 and Elvis is in Las Vegas for a little R & R. Before long Elvis finds himself under pressure to find a killer.
I have written this book without bias or self-proclamation so that I may share the story of what was with those of you who loved him then and those of you who still love and respect him today.
I'll be back." In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to ...
My Vegas Life: Memories of Elvis Presley, Barry Manilow,