THE ELVIS PRESLEY DIARY 
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1976 01 08 Elvis spends his birthday in Vail, Colorado 1976 01 29 Elvis records Way Down at Graceland 1976 02 01 Elvis spends the day at Graceland where he plays pool in the Jungleroom with Denver police captain Jerry Kennedy and Ron Pietrafesca. They later fly with the Lisa-Marie to Denver for Fool’s Gold Loafs 1976 02 02 Elvis records Bitter They Are Harder They Fall, She Thinks I Still Care and The Last Farewell at Graceland, Memphis 1976 02 03 Elvis records Solitaire at Graceland, Memphis 1976 02 04 Elvis records Moody Blue and Never Fall In Love Again at Graceland, Memphis 1976 02 05 Elvis records For The Heart, Hurt and Danny Boy at Graceland, Memphis 1976 02 06 Elvis records Never Again and Love Coming Down at Graceland, Memphis 1976 02 07 Elvis records Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain at Graceland, Memphis 1976 03 17 Elvis performs at The Freedom Hall, Jonson City, Tennessee 1976 03 18 Elvis performs at The Freedom Hall, Jonson City, Tennessee 1976 03 19 Elvis performs at The Freedom Hall, Jonson City, Tennessee 1976 03 20 Elvis performs at The Coliseum, Charlotte, NC 1976 03 21 Elvis performs at The Riverfront Stadium, Cincinatti, Ohio 1976 03 22 Elvis performs at The Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri 1976 04 20 Elvis borrows $700000 from The National Bank Of Commerce to finance a racquet-ball club named The Presley Center Courts 1976 04 21 Elvis performs at The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri 1976 04 22 Elvis performs at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska 1976 04 23 Elvis performs at The McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado 1976 04 24 Elvis performs at The Sports Arena, San Diego, CA 1976 04 25 Elvis performs at The Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA 1976 04 26 Elvis performs at The Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington 1976 04 27 Elvis performs at The Coliseum, Spokane, Washington 1976 04 28 Elvis flies with his crew to Nevada for rehersals 1976 04 30 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 01 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 02 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 03 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 04 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 05 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 06 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada. This night he invites impressionist Douglas Roy to come onstage 1976 05 07 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 08 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 09 Elvis performs at The Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 1976 05 27 Elvis performs at The Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana 1976 05 28 Elvis performs at The Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa 1976 05 29 Elvis performs at The Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1976 05 30 Elvis performs at The Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, TX 1976 05 31 Elvis performs at The Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, TX. Later that night he reminisces with friends about the old days when he, Buddy Holly , Johnny Cash, Scotty Moore and Bill Black was jamming in that town 1976 06 01 Elvis performs at The Community Center Arena, Tuscon, AZ 1976 06 02 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, El Paso, TX 1976 06 03 Elvis performs at The Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX 1976 06 04 Elvis performs at The Omni, Atlanta, GA 1976 06 06 Elvis performs at The Omni, Atlanta, GA 1976 06 10 Elvis records My Way 1976 06 25 Elvis performs at The Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo 1976 06 26 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Providence, RI 1976 06 27 Elvis performs at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland 1976 06 28 Elvis performs at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Penn 1976 06 29 Elvis performs at The Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia. Later Elvis collapses on the way to North Carolina 1976 06 30 Elvis performs at The Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC 1976 07 01 Elvis performs at The Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana 1976 07 02 Elvis performs at The Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1976 07 03 Elvis performs at The Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX 1976 07 04 Elvis performs at The Mabee Center Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1976 07 05 Elvis performs at The Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee 1976 07 07 Elvis was upset when he heard no one even considered him for the role of James Dean in the movie The Legend. He blamed everyone around him for letting him become ugly 1976 07 13 Red West, Sonny West and Dan Hebler is fired by Vernon 1976 07 23 Elvis performs at The Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky 1976 07 24 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Charleston, WV 1976 07 25 Elvis performs at The Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY 1976 07 26 Elvis performs at The Community War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY 1976 07 27 Elvis performs at The Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY 1976 07 28 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut 1976 07 29 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Springfield, Mass 1976 07 30 Elvis performs at The Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hartford, Connecticut 1976 07 31 Elvis performs at The Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1976 08 01 Elvis performs at The Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1976 08 02 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia 1976 08 03 Elvis performs at The Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, NC 1976 08 05 Elvis performs at The Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, NC 1976 08 27 Elvis performs at The Convention Center, San Antonio, TX 1976 08 28 Elvis performs at The The Summit, Houston, TX 1976 08 29 Elvis performs at The Mobile Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama 1976 08 30 Elvis performs at The Memorial Auditorium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1976 08 31 Elvis performs at The Coliseum, Macon, GA 1976 09 01 Elvis performs at The Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL 1976 09 02 Elvis performs at The Curtis Hixson Hall, Tampa, FL 1976 09 03 Elvis performs at The Bay Front Center, St. Petersburg, FL 1976 09 04 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Lakeland, FL 1976 09 05 Elvis performs at The State Fair Civic Center, Jackson, Mississippi 1976 09 06 Elvis performs at The Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, Alabama 1976 09 07 Elvis performs at The Convention Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 1976 09 08 Elvis performs at The Convention Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 1976 10 14 Elvis performs at The Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois 1976 10 15 Elvis performs at The Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois 1976 10 16 Elvis performs in Duluth, Minnesota 1976 10 17 Elvis performs at The Metropolitan Sports Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1976 10 18 Elvis performs at The Arena, Sioux Falls, SD 1976 10 19 Elvis performs at The Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin 1976 10 20 Elvis performs at The Notre Dame Athletic And Convention Center, South Bend, Indiana 1976 10 21 Elvis performs at The Wings Stadium Coliseum, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1976 10 22 Elvis performs at The Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois 1976 10 23 Elvis performs at The Cleveland Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio 1976 10 24 Elvis performs at The Roberts Memorial Stadium, Evansville, Indiana 1976 10 25 Elvis performs at The Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1976 10 26 Elvis performs at The University Of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio 1976 10 27 Elvis performs at The Southern Illinois University Arena, Carbondale, Illinois 1976 10 29 Elvis records It's Easy For You, Way Down and Pledging My Love at Graceland, Memphis 1976 10 30 ???Elvis records He'll Have To Go at Graceland, Memphis??? 1976 11 19 Elvis meets Ginger Alden for the first time at a party at Graceland 1976 11 20 Elvis and Ginger flies to Las Vegas 1976 11 21 Elvis and Ginger returns to Memphis 1976 11 23 Jerry-Lee Lewis is arrested outside Graceland 1976 11 24 Elvis performs at The Centennial Coliseum, Reno, Nevada 1976 11 25 Elvis performs at The McArthur Court, Eugene, Oregon 1976 11 26 Elvis performs at The Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon 1976 11 27 Elvis performs at The McArthur Court, Eugene, Oregon 1976 11 28 Elvis performs at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA 1976 11 29 Elvis performs at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA 1976 11 30 Elvis performs at The Anaheim Convention Center i Anaheim, CA, according to Geller, he sounds as good as he did in 1958 1976 12 01 Elvis is back in Las Vegas to perform, but this day he is free and spend it with Ginger Alden 1976 12 02 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 03 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 04 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 05 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Afterwards he is completely exhausted, but his voice is better than in a very long time 1976 12 06 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, he doesn't feel at all well and really has to struggle to make the concert. Elvis is very upset with the Colonel because of the delay of their planned European tour 1976 12 07 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. This night he writes a note that is later found in his room that explains his desperate mental state. 1976 12 08 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 09 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 10 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 11 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 1976 12 12 Elvis performs at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. No one knows it then, but this is Elvis’ last perfomance in Las Vegas 1976 12 13 Elvis is supposed to go back to Memphis, but has to stay at the hotel one extra day to rest 1976 12 25 Elvis donates $1000 to policeman Kelly Lange, gives cars to strangers and donates $52000 to charity 1976 12 27 Elvis flies to Wichita and performs at The Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita, Kansas 1976 12 28 Elvis performs at The Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX 1976 12 29 Elvis performs at The Civic Center, Birmingham, Alabama 1976 12 30 Elvis performs at The Omni, Atlanta, GA 1976 12 31 Elvis performs at The Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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