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PART ONE THE BACKDROP -- AMERICAN MUSIC BEFORE ELVIS |
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White settlement of the South, immigrant folk music |
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Black Americans and their music |
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The migration to the cities |
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Beale Street Memphis, home of the blues |
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The independent labels and the musical revolution |
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The World From Elvis's Window |
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The musical figures that looked into Presley's early life |
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PART TWO BEFORE THE STORM -- FROM EAST TUPELO TO SUN RECORDS |
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Life in East Tupelo, Mississippi 1935 to 1948 |
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Musical Memphis, crossroads of the South |
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First Steps From Listening To Singing |
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PART THREE RAISING THE STORM -- THE SUN YEARS 1954--1955 |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (2) |
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Memphis performances 1954 through 1955 |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (2) |
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The Louisiana Hayride 1954--56 |
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Live shows January to February 1955 |
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Live shows February through April 1955 |
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The Hank Snow All-Star Jamboree, May 1955 |
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`Like Nothing Ever Seen Before' |
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Tours and concerts May to July 1955 |
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Live performances July to September 1955 |
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Moving Out Of The Deep South |
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Concerts September to October 1955 |
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Live shows November 1955 to January 1956 |
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PART FOUR THE WORLD CAPITULATES --RCA, TELEVISION AND THE MOVIES, 1956--1958 |
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Nashville and the recording of `Heartbreak Hotel', January 1956 |
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TV shows and Hound Dogs, New York City 1956 |
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Fifty Four Million Fans Coast to Coast |
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The explosion in TV audiences |
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Tours of the east coast states, February 1956 |
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From Florida To Hollywood |
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Screen test, TV and live shows, February to April 1956 |
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Hollywood to Las Vegas, via Texas and Nashville |
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Tours of the Mid west and California, May and June 1956 |
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TV, recording and live shows, June through August 1956 |
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Memphis Comes To Tinsel Town |
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Elvis's Hollywood in the fifties |
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Live shows September through December 1956 |
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Middle America bites back |
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`It's All Happened So Fast' |
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Elvis's America, July 1954 to March 1958 |
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PART FIVE DUTY AND EASY MONEY -- THE ARMY AND THE MOVIES 1958--1968 |
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Army induction and Gladys Presley's death |
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With the US Army in Germany, 1958 to 1960 |
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With Elvis in Bad Neuheim and Frankfurt |
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Tracing his footsteps through Europe |
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112 | (2) |
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The return to the States and an uncertain future |
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Memphis in the sixties and seventies |
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Movie locations from California to Florida |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (8) |
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124 | (6) |
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PART SIX ESCAPING THE SYSTEM -- THE COMEBACK YEARS 1968--1974 |
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130 | (4) |
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Making of the TV special in 1968 |
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134 | (2) |
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The first live shows for eight years, July 1969; Elvis's Las Vegas |
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136 | (2) |
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Live At Madison Square Garden |
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140 | (2) |
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The Hawaii TV special and the 1973 tours |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (6) |
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146 | (4) |
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PART SEVEN DECAY AND DEATH 1975--1977 |
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150 | (4) |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (2) |
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September to December 1976 |
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158 | (2) |
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Live shows January to August 1977 |
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Where Did Things Go Wrong? |
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The unplayed, interrupted and strange concerts |
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Solitary Death Of A Public Idol |
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The events of Tuesday August 16, 1977 |
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164 | (4) |
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166 | (2) |
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PART EIGHT LIFE AFTER DEATH -- THE MYTHS, THE MONEY AND THE TRUE LEGACY |
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Elvis museums, gift shops, fan clubs |
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A summary of Elvis's appearances throughout his life |
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A muscial heaven in Elvis's gospel songs |
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176 | (2) |
Live Appearances |
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178 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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185 | (7) |
Acknowledgements |
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