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The biggest and saddest deaths in the history of musical entertainment icons were Elvis,John Lennon, Michael Jackson And Prince. R.I.P. to these legends.

I remember this day. I was five years old and a few weeks away from starting school. He was supposed to be in our area for a concert the following week and my parents had tickets to the show. Proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the local hospital in his memory. I grew up as a big Elvis fan!

How wonderful to have this radio compilation. Just like being in that moment. The radio announcers are professional while being so moved by Elvis' passing. Angie Marchese, of Graceland's Elvis archives, for sure must have copies from all stations. Again, how fortunate that these tapes exist. A five hour tribute, people standing in the rain waiting for record stores to restock Elvis' records... ❤❤ ❤❤ Imagine that these expressions of love played out all around the world. Only Elvis.

Scott, love these pieces of broadcast history, thank you for posting!

Heard the news that night 16th August 1977, I was 12, my dad came to my room and I sat up in bed. Everybody was talking about it and all the news papers covered it. My mum bought 3 different papers, next day, just to read about it. It was a shock. What made it more so was a photo taken '77. I now know it was doctored. People still talk about it and then there were films and records played non-stop. Elvis sure gave a lot of love and certainly recieved it. The king lives forever in our hearts.

Love the phone calls. I was 8 in New York and our whole family mourned like all these people. I remember that day very well. My mother almost drove off the road when with her six kids (coming back for shopping with us for new school clothes) the news came over the radio that afternoon. She pulled over to collect herself. She too was 42 and a fan since the 1950s. It was a season ofMourning through October (when they broadcast his final TV special and really for the next year or two there was so much attention to elvis in the media… only in the 80s was a bit of a backlash. But you hear the sincerity and genuineness inn these reactions. It would have been nice to hear some of the records played here because they mentioned that the records are worn out and scratched.. it would’ve been fun to have heard that !

I was three years old when Elvis Died

Dr. Nicopolous kept the king medicated

Hey Scott....Thanks for this post. I remember you well from your days at QXI and Z-93! Those were good times!

I don`t think the media really understood how big this story really was. ELVIS was dead. He was the biggest star that had walked the earth, and was beloved by millions of people worldwide.

Too much fame is not good for humans.

Elvis was the best

I didn't believe it even though they announced it over the loudspeaker at work which was very unusual for them to do. Elvis always the best

14:50 Making a reference to when one of The Beatles passes away. Scary to think that would come just 3 years later when John Lennon was shot.

I heard this on the radio coming home in our station wagon from camping when I was 13 years old

this shxt sounds like it happened this morning

Man… am I just obsessed with old radio.. like from the 70s to the 90s was when radio was at its peak and at its best, my mom and dad got to grow up in All the best decades of raido possible ❤️ but so sad to hear this.. what a shock it must have been for people who heard it back then on that day, he was definitely the king and a legend

Crazy Lisa Marie Presley died today

my mom heard it on the radio and just wailed and screamed. i'll never forget it.

Elvis died ten days before my eight birthday. Two months before he passed my dad took me to the airport in Kansas City to see his jet. I became a mega fan that day. Love hearing this recording. I remember seeing all the news when he passed away but never heard anything on the radio. Somehow I thought radio in 1977 was poor quality, with static like AM or something. This sounds so good. Almost like it could have been recorded yesterday. Thanks for sharing.

I remember where I was at I was in Tustin California at my grandparents house, I was 10 yrs old when I seen it on the TV that Elvis had died I ran outside to tell my grandfather and his response was; "well it's about time".... 10 years later when my grandfather died and I was told about it, I said: "yeah well it's about time"

I was 20 when Elvis died. I didn't believe my brother when he first told me. I told him not to make up stuff. Unfortunately, I learned soon after that he wasn't making it up. I was stunned. It just didn't seem possible that Elvis could be dead. I just saw the Elvis movie and would like to say that Austin Butler did the King proud.

Wow, I don't think I've seen any of these clips in YEARS! So thank you for uploading. Any chance you have any of the original remarkable mouth commercials in your collection? Even more than that, I would love to see WPGC parody of it with the lady "speaking" with Congressman Cottonpicker's voice!

OK, seeing this again was awesome - thanks for sharing! I remember listening to WPGC around the time you left. Do you have any more tapes from around this time? I remember Q107 running the "remarkable mouth" in the early 80s and WPGC striking back with a campaign of their own. I'd love to see these again!

And hearing the jingles - yes!

Elvis yes .. but it’s great to hear this good quality aircheck of you and Barry on WQXI back on the day! I love it.

Hello from England ELVIS died 2 days before my 12th birthday. It was a SHOCK. I remember watching the announcement on TV. Just think back in 1977 we only had 2 TV channels which were the BBC and ITV. On the day of the funeral of ELVIS i was helping my mother in the kitchen make my cake. and we watched it but what sticks out in my memory was seeing all those White Cadillac's behind the hearse and there must have been 16 of them at least. I have been a FAN for 44 years and will go on being one till i leave this earth. He WAS and STILL IS my HERO. Its a strong word to use BUT ITS TRUE

This is just my own view but I am one of those who believes he faked his own death with Richard Nixon's death. I heard where a man named Jesse was found dead under a bridge and it was an eighty year old man. That was were all the sighting claims were about.

We met him in Augusta, Maine that year. We also had tickets to his Portland, Maine as well. This was just an awful day

12:05 It did not rain on the 17th at the viewing

So sad to hear even today. STILL. 😔

I remember it being all over the TV papers world in shock plus he was 42 not 43 a sad day for all

I was in the dispatching office at the Memphis Fire Dept when the call came in. the guy next to me was talking to someone at graceland, turned to me and said...'they think Elvis may have died'.....the rest WAS of course...history'.

I remember saying to my 15 year old son when 9/11 happened, " This is your JFK & Elvis moment , you'll remember exactly where you were when you heard about this , and you'll be discussing this every now and again for the rest of your life ! "

Elvis Died at age of 42 not 43

The world kind of stopped that day. Thank you for editing this together and sharing.