ELVIS PRESLEY 1975 - Elvis buys a cadillac for stranger, Elvis buys Lisa Marie plane.

Описание: We visit sites where Elvis gave a cadillac to a stranger, live Memphis & Huntsville shows and story of Lisa Marie plane.
TIMESTAMP
0:00 January 1975
0:16 February 1975
0:32 March 1975
1:37 April 1975
1:54 Drive by Linda Thompson's Memphis home
2:46 May 1975
2:56 Von Braun Center, Huntsville
4:01 Mobile Municipal Center
4:15 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis
4:53 July 1975
5:12 Where Elvis gave Cadillac to stranger
6:36 Liberty Bowl (Memorial Stadium), Memphis
6:57 August 1975
7:18 September 1975
7:28 Super Cycle, Memphis
8:48 Hound Dog II Lockheed Jetstar
9:03 October 1975
9:13 Lisa Marie plane
10:14 December 1975
10:45 Outro

The next installment of my potted history of the life and career of Elvis Presley - an Elvis biography. Where possible I've included video I've taken in and around Memphis relating to the period, taken during our 2017 and 2019 trips. Elvis 1975 was a year of a few highs but a lot of lows. Elvis' January Las Vegas engagement was postponed and Elvis was admitted to Baptist Memorial Hospital - the first of 2 hospital admissions of Elvis in this year. The rescheduled Elvis Las Vegas engagement in March appeared to show Elvis benefitted from the rest as Elvis was in good spirits and good form. Also, the last time Elvis recorded in a recording studio was in March, at RCA Recording Studios on Sunset Boulevard. Elvis also bought planes this year, and also leased planes. Elvis bought the 2 planes on display at Graceland, the Lockheed Jetstar (Hound Dog II) piloted by Milo High, and the Lisa Marie (Hound Dog I). On tour Elvis played the Von Braun in Huntsville and again Elvis had a concert at Mid-South Coliseum in Elvis's hometown Memphis. Elvis's spending wasn't limited to planes however, and on one day in July Elvis would visit the Madison Cadillac showroom on Union Ave in Memphis. Elvis bought 14 Cadillacs. Also Elvis bought a Cadillac for a stranger - Minnie Person who just happened to be admiring the Cadillacs through the showroom window. Elvis gave the stranger keys to a brand new Cadillac. The summer Elvis Vegas season was cut short as Elvis was ill. Elvis was in hospital for several days. His recuperation involved film showings at another of Elvis' favourite theatres, the Crosstown. Elvis bought several trikes at Super Cycle in Memphis. Toward the end of the year the converted Convair 880 called Lisa Marie was finally ready and Elvis flew to Vegas for the dates to make up for the August cancellations. Elvis New Year's Eve concert was a record-breaking concert at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
Sources of information include books by Peter Guralnick, Ernst Jorgensen, Pal Granlund, David English, Erik Lorentzen, Alan Hanson, Paul Richardson and Keith Flynn. Websites include elvisinfonet.com, elvis.com/au, historic-memphis.com, elvisconcerts.com and the fascinating stories and information contributed by so many to the sites, and magazines 'Elvis The Man and His Music' and 'Essential Elvis'. Also the Memphis locations books 'Elvis - Memphis Style' by Mike Freeman and 'Follow Me To Memphis' by Andrew Hearn.

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29 January 1975 Elvis is admitted to Baptist Memorial Hospital
5 February 1975 Elvis's father, Vernon, suffers a heart attack and is in the room next door to Elvis
Linda Thompson is pictured outside the hospital February 12
10 March 1975 Elvis is at RCA's studio on Sunset Boulevard to begin first recording sessions since recording at Stax in Memphis 1973.
The LP is Today, and the singles are T-R-O-U-B-L-E, and Bringin' It Back / Pieces Of My Life.
Barbra Streisand approaches Elvis with the idea of him starring alongside her in a remake of A Star Is Born. 17 April 1975 For $250,000 Elvis buys a Convair 880 jet
21 April 1975 Elvis buys girlfriend Linda Thompson a house on Old Hickory Road near Graceland. Elvis played Von Braun Huntsville several times in the 1970s. Memphis Fairgrounds The Mid-South Coliseum. 10 June 1975 forms the 2nd CD of FTD release 'Hometown Shows'.
Madison Cadillac, which until 1966 was called Southern Motors - or Southern Cadillac.
Elvis bought the famous pink Cadillac in the 1950s Elvis bought 14 Cadillacs in one day in 1975 giving one to a stranger looking at the Cadillacs Elvis gave her a set of keys for a brand new Cadillac.
September 1975 Elvis is pictured riding his trikes around Memphis.
Super Cycle Elvis became a customer here in 1975 and bought many of his bikes and trikes here.
10 November 1975 LISA MARIE Convair aircraft is delivered to Memphis Airport
The 'Lisa Marie'. The Convair 880 jet originally owned by Delta Airlines
Elvis bought Lisa Marie plane in 1975
The 'Lisa Marie' was brought back to Memphis in 1984 for display at Graceland.
31 December 1975 Elvis performs a New Year's Eve show at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Elvis breaks the record for the biggest gross for a single performer for a single performance - over $800,000.