1968

1968 01 15 Elvis records the soundtrack for Stay Away Joe + studio session at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Songs: Too Much Moonkey Business and Goin' Home

1968 01 16 Elvis records the soundtrack for Stay Away Joe + studio session at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Songs: U.S Male and Stay Away

1968 01 17 Elvis holds a pressconferance announcing the '68 TV-special. Participants where: Elvis and the Colonel, Steve Binder, Bones Howe, Bob Finkel, Joe Esposito, Charlie Hodge, Lamar Fike and Alan Fortas

1968 02 01 Lisa-Marie Presley is born at The Baptist Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces

1968 02 05 Elvis and Priscilla brings Lisa-Marie from The Baptist Hospital

1968 02 16 The album How Great Thou Art is awarded a goldrecord

1968 03 07 Elvis records the soundtrack for Live A Little, Love A Little at Western Recorders in Los Angeles. Songs: Edge Of Reality, Wonderful World and A Little Less Conversation

1968 05 18 Elvis and Priscilla flies to Hawaii. The expense report for this day lists baby food for Lisa-Marie, 3 months old at the time

1968 06 12 Speedway premiers in Charlotte, NC. It grossed $3 million in 1968

1968 06 20 Elvis records Nothingville for the TV-special

1968 06 21 Elvis records the songs for the gospel-section of the TV-special: Where Could I Go But To The Lord, Up Above My Head and Saved

1968 06 22 Elvis records the songs for the gospel-section of the TV-special: Where Could I Go But To The Lord, Up Above My Head and Saved

1968 06 25 Elvis holds a pressconferance prior to recording the '68 TV-special

1968 06 26 It's the Colonel 59th birthday. Elvis and the team organize a party for him. Elvis sings a parody on It Hurts Me about the fact that the Colonel wanted Elvis to sing christmas songs in the special

1968 06 27 The "sit-down" live part of The '68 TV-special is recorded at The NBC Burbank Studio

1968 06 28 The '68 TV-special is recorded

1968 06 29 The "stand-up" live part of The '68 TV-special is recorded at The Burbank Studio

1968 06 30 The '68 TV-special is recorded

1968 08 25 Elvis returns home to Memphis after the shooting of Charro

1968 10 23 Elvis records the soundtrack for The Trouble With Girls at United Recorders in Hollywood. Songs: Clean Up Your Own Backyard, Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Signs Of The Zodiac, Almost, The Wiffenpoof Song and Violet. Live A Little, Love A Little opens nationally

1968 12 03 Elvis '68 TV-special aires in U.S.A and is viewed by over 54 millioner viewers. The psychedelic era had dawned, the time of the Magical Mystery Tour, and most trend-followers had written off the King. With this electrifying televised special, Elvis reclaimed his throne. The opening salvo showed Presley in an ultratight closeup, his face filling the screen. There were the low, dark eyebrows, the simmering eyes, a red bandanna tied around his throat above a black silk shirt, his famously full lips an inch from the microphone, as he sang, "If you're lookin' for trouble/You came to the right place." This was Elvis in his electrifying adult prime, taking care of business as only he could.

1968 12 31 Elvis paid three thousand dollars to rent the Thunderbird Lounge, which was located in the lobby of the Shelbourne Towers Apartments, for a New Year's Eve party. He bought his own security, and hired his own entertainment, which for that night was the Short Cuts, Billy Lee Riley, Flash and the Board of Directors, and B.J. Thomas. The party was by invitation only and was the talk of the town. However, the event was short since Elvis arrived late and left early: When he left everyone else followed

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