It's great how he moves different in every song and every film every stage performance and he looks different practically every year. Give or take. And it was all cool.
The Film was Girls! Girls! Girls! From 1962. I've seen all 31 of his films and my favorites Elvis film is King Creole from 1958. It's so beautifully shot, he's fantastic in it and the music is incredible.
This song was a worldwide hit for Elvis in 1962. The movie was filmed in Hawaii, and was a moneymaker. The soundtrack album reached #3 in the US Billboard charts.
A very delivering reaction 📬! It's from the 1962 film: Girls! Girls! Girls!. He was around 27 years old. I see 👁👁you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Love Me, Too Much, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, My Way, Polk Salad Annie, Take My Hand Precious Lord, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), Baby What You Want Me To Do, Unchained Melody, You Gave Me A Mountain, '68 Comeback Gospel Medley, Steamroller Blues and Heartbreak Hotel-All Shook Up-Hound Dog Medley. Return To Sender was released as the lead single from the 1962 Elvis Presley movie soundtrack album for the film: Girls! Girls! Girls!. It later appeared on Elvis Presley's 1958 album: Elvis' Golden Records. It was written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell. It was produced by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins. The song reached #1 on the Cash Box 100, #2 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the R&B chart. It also reached #1 in the UK, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. The single earned a Gold record given for sales of over one million copies in the US. The song is about a guy who sends a letter to a girl, but she refuses to read it, instead writing "Return To Sender" on it and having it sent back to him. Our hero has a hard time believing she doesn't want to read the letter, so he sends it special delivery to make sure it arrives. When that letter gets sent back, he decides to hand-deliver it. Gerri Granger later recorded an answer song: "Don't Want Your Letters" (1962). The song was arranged and conducted by Bert Keyes, and was released as a 45 single on Big Top Records. On January 8 1993, the US postal service released a stamp commemorating Elvis Presley on what would have been his 58th birthday. This caused a stir, as stamps were usually reserved for historical figures rather than entertainers, so the US postal service let their customers vote on one of 2 designs for the stamp: a young Elvis Presley or an older Elvis Presley. Young Elvis Presley won handily and on January 8, 1993, the stamp was released. Enterprising stamp collectors put Elvis Presley stamps on letters that day and mailed them off with false addresses so they would be sent back marked "Return To Sender" and become collector's items. The phrase "Return To Sender" was engraved on the coffin of Freddie Starr (January 8, 1943 - May 9, 2019), a comedian and famous Elvis Presley impersonator in the UK. The song has been covered by some other artists including 📻: Henri Salvador, Ted Herold, Rupert, Vikingarna, The Hollyridge Strings, Helmut Lotti, The Residents, Ian McColloch, Chico Valento, Lee Towers, Rod Stewart and The MG's, Will Tura, John Spencer and more. Lyrics 🗒: Return to sender Return to sender I gave a letter to the postman He put it in his sack Bright early next morning He brought my letter back Return to sender, address unknown No such number, no such zone We had a quarrel, a lover's spat I write I'm sorry, but my letter keeps coming back So then I dropped it in the mailbox And sent it special D Bright and early next morning It came right back to me Return to sender, address unknown No such person, no such zone This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand And if it comes back the very next day then I'll understand Return to sender, address unknown No such number, no such zone Return to sender Return to sender Return to sender Return to sender Elvis Presley Info 📰: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country. Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth. In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation". ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the Top Ten with 76. As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut. As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27). Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit. In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor. In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone . In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida. Miscellaneous Info 🗃: Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready. On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery. Elvis Presley is the only music artist to be honored with two US Postal Service commemorative stamps (1993 & 2015). His 1993 stamp is still the most popular US commemorative stamp of all time. Elvis Presley has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock ‘n Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and R&B. He is the only artist inducted into all five Hall of Fames. Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com. Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺: Elvis (1968) Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973) Elvis In Concert (1977) Elvis Presley Filmography 📽: Love Me Tender (1956) Loving You (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Flaming Star (1960) Wild In The Country (1961) Blue Hawaii (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Kid Galahad (1962) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun In Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Viva Las Vegas (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Tickle Me (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Stay Away, Joe (1968) Speedway (1968) Live A Little, Love A Little (1968) Charro! (1969) The Trouble With Girls (1969) Change Of Habit (1969) Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬: Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973) Elvis In Hollywood (1977) Elvis (1979) Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981) This Is Elvis (1981) Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984) Elvis: One Night With You (1985) Elvis '56 (1985) Elvis: His Life And Times (1987) Heartbreak Hotel (1988) Elvis And Me (1988) Elvis Is Alive (1988) Elvis: The Great Performances (1990) Elvis (1990) America Comes To Graceland (1993) Elvis: The Tribute (1994) Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995) Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996) Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) Finding Graceland (1999) He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999) Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001) Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001) A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002) Elvis Lives (2002) 200 Cadillacs (2002) Elvis (2005) Elvis By The Presleys (2005) Viva Elvis (2007) Protecting The King (2007) Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009) Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009) Elvis & Nixon (2016) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) The King (2018) Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀: Elvis Presley (1956) Elvis (1956) Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) Elvis Is Back! (1960) His Hand In Mine (1960) Something For Everybody (1961) Pot Luck (1962) Elvis For Everyone! (1965) How Great Thou Art (1967) From Elvis In Memphis (1969) From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969) That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) Love Letters From Elvis (1971) Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971) Elvis Now (1972) He Touched Me (1972) Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973) Good Times (1974) Promised Land (1975) Today (1975) From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976) Moody Blue (1977) Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀: Loving You (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Blue Hawaii (1961) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Speedway (1968) ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, That's All Right, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, Just Because, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), Memories, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Fame And Fortune, Anyplace Is Paradise, Money Honey, Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Crying In The Chapel, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, A Mess Of Blues, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), Always On My Mind, King Creole, The Wonder Of You, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, A Little Less Conversation, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', Little Sister, Playing For Keeps, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), Frankie And Johnny, My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Never Ending, I Got Stung, Hard Headed Woman, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Wild In The Country, Paralyze, Rock-A-Hula Baby, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Party, I Feel So Bad, Little Sister, I'm Yours, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me), Clean Up Your Own Back Yard, Memories, Blue River, Guitar Man, Rip It Up, If Every Day Was Like Christmas, That's Someone You Never Forget, Kentucky Rain, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Mama Liked The Roses, Until It's Time For You To Go, Life, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Spinout, I Really Don't Want To Know, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Viva Las Vegas, One Sided Love Affair, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Patch It Up, Judy and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. Fun Fact 🕵♂: In 1963, US postal "Zones" were replaced by "Zip Codes", making the "Return To Sender" song lyrics: "No such number, no such zone", outdated less than a year after the release of the single. Although, 60 plus years later it is less of a footnote and a widely accepted part of the song, assumed to be used for rhyming purposes.
Right at the beginning you see Elvis look to his left and smile. He has just spotted his friend Jackie Wilson in the movie night club audience. That is why Elvis starts with the arm and dance moves. He is copying arm and dance moves that Wilson was famous for. He is having fun with Wilson.
Gorgeous Elvis in Girls Girls Girls! Hemsde 31 movies and I love them all. He is do charismatic. My favourite is King Creole in black and white. Recommend you watch it as he was so young and could really act
Check out Bossa Nova Baby from the same movie. I love several of his movies. There are a couple that are just really bad, but for the most part if you compare his movies to other 60s musical romcoms they are at least average and they have the added bonus of starring Elvis 😊
Girl I loved all of his movies but I have to say my favorite ones were king creole and follow that dream he was so funny in follow that dream I wished u would react to his song new Orleans from his movie scene in king creole he even did a duet in king creole with a singer named kitty white the song us called crawfish girl u would love both of those songs! Love ur elvis reactions
@@Sheraytv Sheraytv, you would love that song and scene from that movie. You're probably thinking "How can a song about crawfish be that good?" But stay tuned.
Elvis was, is and always be The King! There is only one Elvis! Love your reaction! ♥
The one and only the king!!!!!!
Love your enthusiasm & keep on the Elvis journey 💕
Elvis Movie's
GI Blues and Viva Las Vegas are also Good if you haven't seen them yet
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It's great how he moves different in every song and every film every stage performance and he looks different practically every year. Give or take. And it was all cool.
Ahh, the extremely young and cool Elvis. Making movies!!! Does anyone remember writing a letter?
The Film was Girls! Girls! Girls! From 1962.
I've seen all 31 of his films and my favorites Elvis film is King Creole from 1958. It's so beautifully shot, he's fantastic in it and the music is incredible.
This song was a worldwide hit for Elvis in 1962. The movie was filmed in Hawaii, and was a moneymaker. The soundtrack album reached #3 in the US Billboard charts.
Thank you Sheray, enjoyed your reactions very much !
Elvis always the best
He was 27 years old in 1962. He was born January 8, 1935
A very delivering reaction 📬! It's from the 1962 film: Girls! Girls! Girls!. He was around 27 years old. I see 👁👁you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Love Me, Too Much, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, My Way, Polk Salad Annie, Take My Hand Precious Lord, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), Baby What You Want Me To Do, Unchained Melody, You Gave Me A Mountain, '68 Comeback Gospel Medley, Steamroller Blues and Heartbreak Hotel-All Shook Up-Hound Dog Medley.
Return To Sender was released as the lead single from the 1962 Elvis Presley movie soundtrack album for the film: Girls! Girls! Girls!. It later appeared on Elvis Presley's 1958 album: Elvis' Golden Records. It was written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell. It was produced by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins. The song reached #1 on the Cash Box 100, #2 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the R&B chart. It also reached #1 in the UK, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. The single earned a Gold record given for sales of over one million copies in the US.
The song is about a guy who sends a letter to a girl, but she refuses to read it, instead writing "Return To Sender" on it and having it sent back to him. Our hero has a hard time believing she doesn't want to read the letter, so he sends it special delivery to make sure it arrives. When that letter gets sent back, he decides to hand-deliver it.
Gerri Granger later recorded an answer song: "Don't Want Your Letters" (1962). The song was arranged and conducted by Bert Keyes, and was released as a 45 single on Big Top Records.
On January 8 1993, the US postal service released a stamp commemorating Elvis Presley on what would have been his 58th birthday. This caused a stir, as stamps were usually reserved for historical figures rather than entertainers, so the US postal service let their customers vote on one of 2 designs for the stamp: a young Elvis Presley or an older Elvis Presley. Young Elvis Presley won handily and on January 8, 1993, the stamp was released. Enterprising stamp collectors put Elvis Presley stamps on letters that day and mailed them off with false addresses so they would be sent back marked "Return To Sender" and become collector's items.
The phrase "Return To Sender" was engraved on the coffin of Freddie Starr (January 8, 1943 - May 9, 2019), a comedian and famous Elvis Presley impersonator in the UK.
The song has been covered by some other artists including 📻: Henri Salvador, Ted Herold, Rupert, Vikingarna, The Hollyridge Strings, Helmut Lotti, The Residents, Ian McColloch, Chico Valento, Lee Towers, Rod Stewart and The MG's, Will Tura, John Spencer and more.
Lyrics 🗒:
Return to sender
Return to sender
I gave a letter to the postman
He put it in his sack
Bright early next morning
He brought my letter back
Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone
We had a quarrel, a lover's spat
I write I'm sorry, but my letter keeps coming back
So then I dropped it in the mailbox
And sent it special D
Bright and early next morning
It came right back to me
Return to sender, address unknown
No such person, no such zone
This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand
And if it comes back the very next day then I'll understand
Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone
Return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender
Return to sender
Elvis Presley Info 📰:
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country.
Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley.
His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth.
In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation".
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Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the Top Ten with 76.
As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut.
As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27).
Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit.
In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor.
In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone .
In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor.
In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.
Miscellaneous Info 🗃:
Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready.
On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery.
Elvis Presley is the only music artist to be honored with two US Postal Service commemorative stamps (1993 & 2015). His 1993 stamp is still the most popular US commemorative stamp of all time.
Elvis Presley has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock ‘n Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and R&B. He is the only artist inducted into all five Hall of Fames.
Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com.
Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺:
Elvis (1968)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973)
Elvis In Concert (1977)
Elvis Presley Filmography 📽:
Love Me Tender (1956)
Loving You (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Flaming Star (1960)
Wild In The Country (1961)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Follow That Dream (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun In Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
Charro! (1969)
The Trouble With Girls (1969)
Change Of Habit (1969)
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬:
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973)
Elvis In Hollywood (1977)
Elvis (1979)
Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984)
Elvis: One Night With You (1985)
Elvis '56 (1985)
Elvis: His Life And Times (1987)
Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Elvis And Me (1988)
Elvis Is Alive (1988)
Elvis: The Great Performances (1990)
Elvis (1990)
America Comes To Graceland (1993)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994)
Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995)
Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996)
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Finding Graceland (1999)
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001)
Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001)
A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002)
Elvis Lives (2002)
200 Cadillacs (2002)
Elvis (2005)
Elvis By The Presleys (2005)
Viva Elvis (2007)
Protecting The King (2007)
Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009)
Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
The King (2018)
Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀:
Elvis Presley (1956)
Elvis (1956)
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Elvis Is Back! (1960)
His Hand In Mine (1960)
Something For Everybody (1961)
Pot Luck (1962)
Elvis For Everyone! (1965)
How Great Thou Art (1967)
From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
Love Letters From Elvis (1971)
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
Elvis Now (1972)
He Touched Me (1972)
Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album
Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
Good Times (1974)
Promised Land (1975)
Today (1975)
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
Moody Blue (1977)
Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀:
Loving You (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Speedway (1968)
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Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, That's All Right, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, Just Because, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), Memories, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Fame And Fortune, Anyplace Is Paradise, Money Honey, Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Crying In The Chapel, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, A Mess Of Blues, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), Always On My Mind, King Creole, The Wonder Of You, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, A Little Less Conversation, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', Little Sister, Playing For Keeps, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), Frankie And Johnny, My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Never Ending, I Got Stung, Hard Headed Woman, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Wild In The Country, Paralyze, Rock-A-Hula Baby, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Party, I Feel So Bad, Little Sister, I'm Yours, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me), Clean Up Your Own Back Yard, Memories, Blue River, Guitar Man, Rip It Up, If Every Day Was Like Christmas, That's Someone You Never Forget, Kentucky Rain, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Mama Liked The Roses, Until It's Time For You To Go, Life, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Spinout, I Really Don't Want To Know, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Viva Las Vegas, One Sided Love Affair, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Patch It Up, Judy and Blue Moon Of Kentucky.
Fun Fact 🕵♂: In 1963, US postal "Zones" were replaced by "Zip Codes", making the "Return To Sender" song lyrics: "No such number, no such zone", outdated less than a year after the release of the single. Although, 60 plus years later it is less of a footnote and a widely accepted part of the song, assumed to be used for rhyming purposes.
Right at the beginning you see Elvis look to his left and smile. He has just spotted his friend Jackie Wilson in the movie night club audience. That is why Elvis starts with the arm and dance moves. He is copying arm and dance moves that Wilson was famous for. He is having fun with Wilson.
Gorgeous Elvis in Girls Girls Girls! Hemsde 31 movies and I love them all. He is do charismatic. My favourite is King Creole in black and white. Recommend you watch it as he was so young and could really act
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U going to fall in love with he king,be carefull!
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! 1962
Oh, do his Bossa Nova movie clip if ya wanna see some moves!
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My father worked in the post office back then. He didnt particularly like postal songs. He hated "Please Mr Postman".
The movie was “Girls, Girls, Girls”…
Listen to Elvis's version of "Down In The Alley".
Check out Bossa Nova Baby from the same movie. I love several of his movies. There are a couple that are just really bad, but for the most part if you compare his movies to other 60s musical romcoms they are at least average and they have the added bonus of starring Elvis 😊
This is Girls Girls Girls Bosa Nova was Fun in Acapulco so many movies we get them mixed up lol
@@sherrera66 you are absolutely correct. Good catch
You really do need to find him while in CHINA EARTH BOY
Girl I loved all of his movies but I have to say my favorite ones were king creole and follow that dream he was so funny in follow that dream I wished u would react to his song new Orleans from his movie scene in king creole he even did a duet in king creole with a singer named kitty white the song us called crawfish girl u would love both of those songs! Love ur elvis reactions
I’m adding that to the list
@@Sheraytv Sheraytv, you would love that song and scene from that movie. You're probably thinking "How can a song about crawfish be that good?" But stay tuned.
Of his movies in the 1960s "Follow That Dream" is my favorite. # 2 is "Wild In The Country."
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that was great I don't know name of movie Sorry