#60s!elvis

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Elvis and Ann-Margret on the set of “Viva Las Vegas”, 1963.

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Elvis photographed at Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami, FL – March 22, 1960.

Elvis stayed at the Fountainebleau from March 22 to 29 with Joe Esposito, Lamar Fike, Gene Smith and Cliff Gleaves for the taping of Frank Sinatra's show.

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Wardrobe tests for “Clambake”, 1967.

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Elvis photographed with The Colonel during a ten minute stopover in Yuma, Arizona on April 20, 1960 on their way to Hollywood to start filming G.I. Blues.

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Candids of Elvis at the Memphian Theater (now the Circuit Playhouse) in the 1960s.

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On June 26, 1968, Elvis, cast and crew enjoy a party in honor of his manager Colonel Tom Parker's birthday. It 'snows' as nod to Colonel's longstanding tongue-in-cheek fraternal order known as the Snowmen's League of America. Elvis performs special new comedic lyrics to the song It Hurts Me, giving a send-up to Colonel and his finagling with the producers. Executive producer Bob Finkel gives Colonel a portrait of himself as Napoleon.

The lyrics went:

It hurts me

to see the budget climb up to the sky

It hurts me

when Finkel gives me trouble

When I see all my money go

just for one goddamned ol' tv show,

it hurts me

the way that Finkel spends my dough

The whole town is talkin',

they're callin' me a fool

for listenin' to Binder's same old lies

Finkel calls me, says I've got no choice

then hangs up the phone in that damned Rolls Royce

It hurts me

when my tears start to flow

They promised me sure

if I would give in

that I would - that I would

never go wrong, but tell me the truth

is it too much to ask

for one lousy, tired ol'

Christmas song...?

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Elvis photographed late on the train from Memphis to California – April 20, 1960.

“Going out on the train to California, it was amazing to me. Every little whistle stop where trains no longer stopped, there was mobs of people all the way across the United States of America; they would be waving when the train went by, because they knew Elvis was on there.” – Charlie Hodge.

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Elvis with Joan Blackman and Lola Albright in publicity photos for “Kid Galahad”, 1962.