Here’s a handy database of dates and events in Elvis Presley’s life during 1972.
January 8: Elvis invites Congressional aide Joyce Bova—a new flame he met while married to Priscilla — to Memphis for his 37th birthday.January 13: Elvis begins rehearsals for his upcoming Vegas shows.January 26: Elvis opens his latest Vegas series looking trimmer yet seeming more subdued than in earlier tours, introducing several new covers that speak to a theme of lost love. Priscilla is in the audience for this engagement.February 4: Presley’s new management contract takes effect officially, handing the Colonel a hefty third of his concert draw for the next two years.February 14: Taping of Elvis’ latest shows begins tonight for a planned concert album.February 23: Backstage at Elvis’ final Vegas show of the engagement, Priscilla informs him that she’s been seeing karate master Mike Stone, whom Elvis introduced to her. The King is furious.March 29: The Colonel warns the Hilton that the planned upcoming concert documentary may impact on Elvis’ availability for the venue, resulting in a shrewd re-negotiation.March 30: The documentary Standing Room Only (which will eventually make it to theaters as Elvis: On Tour) begins filming, with a camera crew present at a studio rehearsal.April 8: After the recording equipment breaks down completely and forever during tonight’s show, plans for the upcoming concert album are shelved… for now.April 20: The Colonel hints around that he may take Elvis to the new MGM Grand as soon as it is built, forcing yet another contract renegotiation, one which also nets Parker a cushy new position as a consultant for the entire chain.May 24: Elvis attends Glen Campbell’s Hilton show in Vegas.June 6: Rehearsals begin for the new stadium tour at the Hollywood RCA Studios, the first appearance by Elvis there since his movie days.June 9: Elvis opens at Madison Square Garden for four nights, representing the first time the King has played a true New York City concert. Presley begins the day displaying his International Hotel “boxing belt” at an afternoon press conference at the Hilton.July 6: George Klein brings Linda Thompson, current Miss Tennessee, to the Memphian during one of Elvis’ many reserved movie nights there. Presley is immediately smitten, yet she soon leaves for a three-week family outing.July 8: The Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert, as yet unnamed, is announced at a press conference given by the Colonel, touted as the first worldwide satellite broadcast. It isn’t, quite, although a subsequent simultaneous global release of the soundtrack is a first for the industry.July 20: Elvis gives a surprisingly candid interview for Elvis: On Tour, saying, among other things, that “I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it every show,” and “My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn’t work. So he told me, ‘You should make up your mind about either playing guitar or being an electrician. I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.’“July 24: Elvis checks into Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis to take care of an ankle injury.July 26: Elvis begins rehearsals for his new Vegas engagement on the same day that his separation from Priscilla is officially made legal.August 4: An unspecified illness causes Presley to cut tonight’s show short after 45 minutes.August 14: The date for the Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert is pushed back to January 1973, due to the upcoming release of Elvis: On Tour.August 17: Priscilla files for divorce from Elvis in a Santa Monica court, asking $100,000 plus $1,500 monthly for spousal and child support.September 4: In Vegas, The Colonel holds yet another Aloha From Hawaii press conference, resetting a definite date. The show will be the first to be presented by the Colonel and RCA’s new joint tour management venture.November 1: Elvis returns to Vegas, now with Linda Thompson in tow, on the same day that Elvis: On Tour opens in theaters.November 20: Elvis holds his own press conference in support of Aloha, now a charity concert for cancer, this time in Hawaii.December 25: Elvis presents Linda Thompson with a new mink coat at Graceland’s Christmas party.
Here’s a handy database of dates and events in Elvis Presley’s life during 1972.
January 8: Elvis invites Congressional aide Joyce Bova—a new flame he met while married to Priscilla — to Memphis for his 37th birthday.January 13: Elvis begins rehearsals for his upcoming Vegas shows.January 26: Elvis opens his latest Vegas series looking trimmer yet seeming more subdued than in earlier tours, introducing several new covers that speak to a theme of lost love. Priscilla is in the audience for this engagement.February 4: Presley’s new management contract takes effect officially, handing the Colonel a hefty third of his concert draw for the next two years.February 14: Taping of Elvis’ latest shows begins tonight for a planned concert album.February 23: Backstage at Elvis’ final Vegas show of the engagement, Priscilla informs him that she’s been seeing karate master Mike Stone, whom Elvis introduced to her. The King is furious.March 29: The Colonel warns the Hilton that the planned upcoming concert documentary may impact on Elvis’ availability for the venue, resulting in a shrewd re-negotiation.March 30: The documentary Standing Room Only (which will eventually make it to theaters as Elvis: On Tour) begins filming, with a camera crew present at a studio rehearsal.April 8: After the recording equipment breaks down completely and forever during tonight’s show, plans for the upcoming concert album are shelved… for now.April 20: The Colonel hints around that he may take Elvis to the new MGM Grand as soon as it is built, forcing yet another contract renegotiation, one which also nets Parker a cushy new position as a consultant for the entire chain.May 24: Elvis attends Glen Campbell’s Hilton show in Vegas.June 6: Rehearsals begin for the new stadium tour at the Hollywood RCA Studios, the first appearance by Elvis there since his movie days.June 9: Elvis opens at Madison Square Garden for four nights, representing the first time the King has played a true New York City concert. Presley begins the day displaying his International Hotel “boxing belt” at an afternoon press conference at the Hilton.July 6: George Klein brings Linda Thompson, current Miss Tennessee, to the Memphian during one of Elvis’ many reserved movie nights there. Presley is immediately smitten, yet she soon leaves for a three-week family outing.July 8: The Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert, as yet unnamed, is announced at a press conference given by the Colonel, touted as the first worldwide satellite broadcast. It isn’t, quite, although a subsequent simultaneous global release of the soundtrack is a first for the industry.July 20: Elvis gives a surprisingly candid interview for Elvis: On Tour, saying, among other things, that “I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it every show,” and “My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn’t work. So he told me, ‘You should make up your mind about either playing guitar or being an electrician. I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.’“July 24: Elvis checks into Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis to take care of an ankle injury.July 26: Elvis begins rehearsals for his new Vegas engagement on the same day that his separation from Priscilla is officially made legal.August 4: An unspecified illness causes Presley to cut tonight’s show short after 45 minutes.August 14: The date for the Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert is pushed back to January 1973, due to the upcoming release of Elvis: On Tour.August 17: Priscilla files for divorce from Elvis in a Santa Monica court, asking $100,000 plus $1,500 monthly for spousal and child support.September 4: In Vegas, The Colonel holds yet another Aloha From Hawaii press conference, resetting a definite date. The show will be the first to be presented by the Colonel and RCA’s new joint tour management venture.November 1: Elvis returns to Vegas, now with Linda Thompson in tow, on the same day that Elvis: On Tour opens in theaters.November 20: Elvis holds his own press conference in support of Aloha, now a charity concert for cancer, this time in Hawaii.December 25: Elvis presents Linda Thompson with a new mink coat at Graceland’s Christmas party.
Here’s a handy database of dates and events in Elvis Presley’s life during 1972.
January 8: Elvis invites Congressional aide Joyce Bova—a new flame he met while married to Priscilla — to Memphis for his 37th birthday.January 13: Elvis begins rehearsals for his upcoming Vegas shows.January 26: Elvis opens his latest Vegas series looking trimmer yet seeming more subdued than in earlier tours, introducing several new covers that speak to a theme of lost love. Priscilla is in the audience for this engagement.February 4: Presley’s new management contract takes effect officially, handing the Colonel a hefty third of his concert draw for the next two years.February 14: Taping of Elvis’ latest shows begins tonight for a planned concert album.February 23: Backstage at Elvis’ final Vegas show of the engagement, Priscilla informs him that she’s been seeing karate master Mike Stone, whom Elvis introduced to her. The King is furious.March 29: The Colonel warns the Hilton that the planned upcoming concert documentary may impact on Elvis’ availability for the venue, resulting in a shrewd re-negotiation.March 30: The documentary Standing Room Only (which will eventually make it to theaters as Elvis: On Tour) begins filming, with a camera crew present at a studio rehearsal.April 8: After the recording equipment breaks down completely and forever during tonight’s show, plans for the upcoming concert album are shelved… for now.April 20: The Colonel hints around that he may take Elvis to the new MGM Grand as soon as it is built, forcing yet another contract renegotiation, one which also nets Parker a cushy new position as a consultant for the entire chain.May 24: Elvis attends Glen Campbell’s Hilton show in Vegas.June 6: Rehearsals begin for the new stadium tour at the Hollywood RCA Studios, the first appearance by Elvis there since his movie days.June 9: Elvis opens at Madison Square Garden for four nights, representing the first time the King has played a true New York City concert. Presley begins the day displaying his International Hotel “boxing belt” at an afternoon press conference at the Hilton.July 6: George Klein brings Linda Thompson, current Miss Tennessee, to the Memphian during one of Elvis’ many reserved movie nights there. Presley is immediately smitten, yet she soon leaves for a three-week family outing.July 8: The Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert, as yet unnamed, is announced at a press conference given by the Colonel, touted as the first worldwide satellite broadcast. It isn’t, quite, although a subsequent simultaneous global release of the soundtrack is a first for the industry.July 20: Elvis gives a surprisingly candid interview for Elvis: On Tour, saying, among other things, that “I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it every show,” and “My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn’t work. So he told me, ‘You should make up your mind about either playing guitar or being an electrician. I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.’“July 24: Elvis checks into Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis to take care of an ankle injury.July 26: Elvis begins rehearsals for his new Vegas engagement on the same day that his separation from Priscilla is officially made legal.August 4: An unspecified illness causes Presley to cut tonight’s show short after 45 minutes.August 14: The date for the Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert is pushed back to January 1973, due to the upcoming release of Elvis: On Tour.August 17: Priscilla files for divorce from Elvis in a Santa Monica court, asking $100,000 plus $1,500 monthly for spousal and child support.September 4: In Vegas, The Colonel holds yet another Aloha From Hawaii press conference, resetting a definite date. The show will be the first to be presented by the Colonel and RCA’s new joint tour management venture.November 1: Elvis returns to Vegas, now with Linda Thompson in tow, on the same day that Elvis: On Tour opens in theaters.November 20: Elvis holds his own press conference in support of Aloha, now a charity concert for cancer, this time in Hawaii.December 25: Elvis presents Linda Thompson with a new mink coat at Graceland’s Christmas party.
Here’s a handy database of dates and events in Elvis Presley’s life during 1972.
January 8: Elvis invites Congressional aide Joyce Bova—a new flame he met while married to Priscilla — to Memphis for his 37th birthday.January 13: Elvis begins rehearsals for his upcoming Vegas shows.January 26: Elvis opens his latest Vegas series looking trimmer yet seeming more subdued than in earlier tours, introducing several new covers that speak to a theme of lost love. Priscilla is in the audience for this engagement.February 4: Presley’s new management contract takes effect officially, handing the Colonel a hefty third of his concert draw for the next two years.February 14: Taping of Elvis’ latest shows begins tonight for a planned concert album.February 23: Backstage at Elvis’ final Vegas show of the engagement, Priscilla informs him that she’s been seeing karate master Mike Stone, whom Elvis introduced to her. The King is furious.March 29: The Colonel warns the Hilton that the planned upcoming concert documentary may impact on Elvis’ availability for the venue, resulting in a shrewd re-negotiation.March 30: The documentary Standing Room Only (which will eventually make it to theaters as Elvis: On Tour) begins filming, with a camera crew present at a studio rehearsal.April 8: After the recording equipment breaks down completely and forever during tonight’s show, plans for the upcoming concert album are shelved… for now.April 20: The Colonel hints around that he may take Elvis to the new MGM Grand as soon as it is built, forcing yet another contract renegotiation, one which also nets Parker a cushy new position as a consultant for the entire chain.May 24: Elvis attends Glen Campbell’s Hilton show in Vegas.June 6: Rehearsals begin for the new stadium tour at the Hollywood RCA Studios, the first appearance by Elvis there since his movie days.June 9: Elvis opens at Madison Square Garden for four nights, representing the first time the King has played a true New York City concert. Presley begins the day displaying his International Hotel “boxing belt” at an afternoon press conference at the Hilton.July 6: George Klein brings Linda Thompson, current Miss Tennessee, to the Memphian during one of Elvis’ many reserved movie nights there. Presley is immediately smitten, yet she soon leaves for a three-week family outing.July 8: The Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert, as yet unnamed, is announced at a press conference given by the Colonel, touted as the first worldwide satellite broadcast. It isn’t, quite, although a subsequent simultaneous global release of the soundtrack is a first for the industry.July 20: Elvis gives a surprisingly candid interview for Elvis: On Tour, saying, among other things, that “I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it every show,” and “My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn’t work. So he told me, ‘You should make up your mind about either playing guitar or being an electrician. I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.’“July 24: Elvis checks into Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis to take care of an ankle injury.July 26: Elvis begins rehearsals for his new Vegas engagement on the same day that his separation from Priscilla is officially made legal.August 4: An unspecified illness causes Presley to cut tonight’s show short after 45 minutes.August 14: The date for the Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert is pushed back to January 1973, due to the upcoming release of Elvis: On Tour.August 17: Priscilla files for divorce from Elvis in a Santa Monica court, asking $100,000 plus $1,500 monthly for spousal and child support.September 4: In Vegas, The Colonel holds yet another Aloha From Hawaii press conference, resetting a definite date. The show will be the first to be presented by the Colonel and RCA’s new joint tour management venture.November 1: Elvis returns to Vegas, now with Linda Thompson in tow, on the same day that Elvis: On Tour opens in theaters.November 20: Elvis holds his own press conference in support of Aloha, now a charity concert for cancer, this time in Hawaii.December 25: Elvis presents Linda Thompson with a new mink coat at Graceland’s Christmas party.
