Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley has inspired artistic and cultural works since he entered the national consciousness. From that point, interest in his personal and public life has never stopped. Some scholars have studied many aspects of his profound cultural influence. [1] Billboard historian Joel Whitburn declared Presley the "#1 act of the Rock era".

Contents

The following lists cover various media which include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. Only people and works with Wikipedia articles are included.

For purposes of classification, popular culture music is a separate section from operas and oratorios. Television covers live action series, TV movies, miniseries, and North American animation but not Japanese anime, which appears with manga and graphic novels.

Portrayals

Actors' last names in alphabetical order

Actor Credited characterTitle (year of release; medium)
Lloyd Ahlquist Elvis Presley"Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley," Epic Rap Battles of History (Season 2, 2012)
Paul Boensch IIIElvis Presley, child at age 10 This Is Elvis (1981)
Austin Butler Elvis Elvis (2022)
Bruce Campbell Elvis Presley (fictional) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Rob Delaney Elvis Presley Rocketman (2019; deleted scene)
Dick Dale Elvis Presley Let's Make Love (1960)
Peter Dobson i) young Elvis Presley (fictional)

ii) The King

i) Forrest Gump (1994)

ii) Protecting the King (2007)

Ral Donner Elvis Presley, narration This is Elvis (1981)
Jacob Elordi Elvis Presley Priscilla (2023)
Randy GrayElvis Presley as a boy Elvis (1979)
Johnny Harra Elvis Presley, age 42 This Is Elvis (1981)
Tyler Hilton young Elvis Presley Walk the Line (2006)
Paul Hipp Elvis Presley Liberace: Behind the Music (1988; TV film)
Chaydon JayYoung Elvis Elvis (2022)
Don Johnson Elvis Presley Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981; TV film)
Stephen JonesElvis ghost segmnent (fictional) Mystery Train (1989)
Harvey Keitel Elvis Presley (fictional) Finding Graceland (1998)
David Keith Elvis Presley (fictional) Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Val Kilmer Mentor True Romance (1993)
Shawn Klush Elvis Presley (fictional)"The King and I," Vinyl (Season 1, 2016)
Ron Livingston Elvis Presley (fictional) Shangri-La Suite (2016)
Reiley McClendon Elvis Presley (fictional) Shangri-La Suite (2016)
Dana MacKayElvis Age 35 This Is Elvis (1981)
Gil McKinney Elvis Presley (fictional) Elvis Has Left the Building (2004; direct-to-video)
Dale Midkiff Elvis PresleyElvis and Me (1988; TV film)
Kevin MilaneseElvis Presley Relic Hunter (1999, episode "Thank You Very Much")
Drake Milligan Elvis Presley Sun Records (2017)
Chunkey Pandey Elvis Presley (fictional) Hello, Darling (2010)
Robert Patrick Mr. Aaron (fictional) Lonely Street (2008)
Steven PeriOld Elvis (fictional) Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Brady PermenterElvis The Gift (2015)
Rick Peters Elvis Presley Elvis Meets Nixon (1997; TV film)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Elvis Presley Elvis: The Early Years (2005; miniseries)
Kurt Russell i) Elvis Presley

ii) Elvis Presley (fictional) (voice)

i) Elvis (1979; TV film)

ii) Forrest Gump (1994)

David Scott Elvis Presley, age 18 This Is Elvis (1981)
Michael Shannon Elvis Presley, age 35 Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Jason Alan SmithElvis Presley Crazy
Ron SteinElvis Presley (fictional) Death Becomes Her (1992)
Frank Stallone Elvis Presley (fictional)Angels with Angles (2005)
Ron SteinElvis Presley (fictional) Death Becomes Her (1992)
Michael St. Gerard i–ii) young Elvis Presley

iii) young Elvis Presley (fictional)

i) Elvis (1990; mini-series)

ii) Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

iii) Heart of Dixie (1989)

George ThomasElvis Presley (fictional), as John BurrowsMemphis Rising: Elvis Returns (2011)
Jeff Yagher Elvis Presley (fictional)"The Once And Future King," The Twilight Zone (Season 2, 1986)
Rob YoungbloodElvis PresleyElvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993; TV film)
Jack White Elvis Presley (fictional) Walk Hard (2007)

Advertising branding and tourism

Elvis & Kresse, a company owned by Kresse Wesling and James (nicknamed Elvis at university) Henrit whose upcycling of industrial waste, mostly turning old fire hoses into new luxury products including bags and other carry-on accessories yield profits half of which are donated to various charities.

In 2018, the discount store Poundland changed the voice of its self-service checkouts to that of Elvis in all of its stores throughout the United Kingdom. [2]

Other examples include Audi's 2001 Wackel-Elvis campaign, [3] [4] [5] and State Farm's 2015 "Magic Jingle Elvis" commercial, directed by Roman Coppola [6]

in 2023, a plan was announced by developers to built a "Follow That Dream Park", a 228-lot RV resort on 30 acres off County Road 40. The land is north of the Withlacoochee River and west of U.S. 41 in the city of Dunnellon and will recall the movie that was filmed near the resort land as well as spots in Ocala and Citrus and Levy counties. In fact, West from the RV resort site the road is already known as Follow That Dream Parkway

Art

Elvis-related artwork, or those based on known earlier works focusing on Elvis.

Artworks (excl. Andy Warhol)
ArtistWorkLocation / exhibitionDescriptionAuction / worth ($USD)
Jef Aerosol "Elvis"Passage des Postes, Rue Blainville, Latin Quarter, Paris
Craig Alan"Elvis"Whitewall Galleries (headquartered in High Wycombe, London)
Robert Arneson "Elvis" National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.8-foot sculpture
Tammam Azzam (Syrian cultural caravan)"Elvis Warhol"
Noah Becker "Elvis" (2014) Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Saanich, British Columbia Oil-on-canvas (24 x 30 in)
Bill Belew untitledSketch of an Elvis jumpsuit23 November 2013: Sold at Sotheby's for $35,000
Knowledge Bennett "Elvis" (Cojones series)Shown at SCOPE Art Show, NYC (March 2017). Currently hung at the home of Nile Niami.Estimated worth of $17,500
"Obama Cowboy, Six-Shooter" (2012)Repeat of several Elvis multiple imaginaries, by Warhol
Ashley Bickerton "The Bar" Art Basel in Hong KongIts foreground, on jute, copies the seams in the pants worn by Elvis in the original color photo used by Andy Warhol in his Elvis series.Sold for $290,000
Peter Blake "Girls with their hero" (1959)Currently at the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, England
Jorge M. Garcia (Argentinean artist)"BMW 507 Elvis- Munchen y Graceland"
G. Boersma"Double Elvis- Painting Of Woman Enjoying Portrait Of Elvis Presley By Andy Warhol" (sold: 2018)Originally located at Saatchi Art Acrylic on masonite (8" x 8")
Mr. Brainwash Don't be cruel series
Ryan Callahan"Hans Solo Double"Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, FL
Enrique Chagoya "Elvis meets the Virgin of Guadalupe" Metropolitan Museum of Art Property of philanthropist Arlene Schnitzer (1994)
City of Tupelo "You may have a pink Cadillac, but don't you be nobody's fool"Official Artwork for the 2019 anniversary Elvis Birthday Celebration
George Condo "Double Elvis"First shown the Arsenale, Venice Biennale (7 May 2019)
Ralph Wolfe Cowen "Elvis" National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC.

(Its sister painting is currently at the Graceland Museum, Memphis, TN)

Bonnie Daly"Pablo Presley" (1994) Museum of Bad Art, Dedham, MAAcrylic-on-paper (19.5" x 11")
Adam Devir"Woman as Elvis" National Botanic Gardens, DublinAcrylic-silkscreen-on-canvas (1.98 x 1.52 cm)
Leah Devorah"Elvis Presley" ArcLight Hollywood (November 2017)
Simon Dixon"Elvis 56"Art Republic Prints (30 x 30)
William Eggleston untitled (1983; printed 1984) Smithsonian American Art Museum (gift from Amy Loeserman Klein)Depiction of Elvis and Priscilla
Elisabetta Fantone "Elvis"Pangee Gallery, Montreal
Howard Finster "Elvis" Enamel painting on board, depicting Elvis and his manager at the set of Love me Tender (11 x 12½ in.)7 May 2018: Sold at a Material Culture auction in Philadelphia, PA, for $12,500.
Stefano Fioresi"My interior: Double Elvis" Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Stoccarda
Autumn de Forest "Elvis Warhol at age 9" Park West Gallery (15 June 2013)
Michael Friedel (German photographer)"Elvis" (28 October 1956)
Adrian Ghenie "Elvis"17 May 2018: Sold for $519,000 at Phillips.
Douglas Gordon "Self Portrait of You + Me (Split Elvis)" (2015)
Red Grooms "Elvis" National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Arthur Halucha"Elvis"DekoArt-Gallery
Peter Halley "Elvis"12 November 2015: Sold at Sotheby's for $262,000
Keith Haring "Elvis"7 October 2017: Sold at Christie's for $121,000
Betty Harper "Rock is born" (and other Elvis drawings in her collection) Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (2013)
Corinna Heumann"Warhol Meets Lichtenstein (Elvis)" (2004)
Gottfried Helnwein "Boulevard of Broken dreams" (1985)Philadelphia Art Museum (2017)
Roberto Jimenez"Eight Red Elvises" (2012)
Deborah Kass "Double Silver Yentl (My Elvis)" (1993) Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York,
"My Elvis" (1993)
Steve Kaufman "Elvis"Gallery Hotel Art, Florence, Italy (2017)2017: Sold for $4,000 after it was shown at the Gallery Hotel Art
Jeff Koons "Triple Elvis"13 May 2015: Sold at Christie's for $8,565,000
Milorad KrsticRadmila and ElvisLágymányosi Bridge, Budapest
Marc Lacroix "The White Hand of Salvador Dalí wearing the shirt Elvis gave him" (1971)Property of Damien Leclere, Marseille, France
Hal Mayforth "Elvis has left the building"Original acrylic on wood panel (12 x 16 in.)Price met $1,300
Shannon Oksanen"Blue Elvis" (2008) Vancouver Art Gallery Oil-on-linen (20 x 18 in.)Est. $5,500
Dren Maliqui"Face to Face" The Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić, Novi Sad, Serbia (7 February 2008)
Peter Mars "Elvis" William J. Clinton Presidential Library (first launch; 2011)Exhibit
Etta McFarland"Heartbreak Hotel"Barns of Rose Hill, Berrybill, VA (February 2019) Quilt
Ronnie McDowell "Reflections of the King"Published in connection with his TV series Ronnie McDowell Painting America.
Ivan MessacuntitledSilkscreen of Elvis
Meddlesome Moth"The Trinity"Dallas, TexasDrawings of Elvis, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis in stained glass (12 x 4 ft), affixed as windows to the sky to one of the restaurant's diagonal ceilings
David Nicholson"Rushmore Elvis" (2016)Photo of Elvis at Mount Rushmore, together with U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt
Natalie Nelson"Elvis Presley's birthplace"Drawn in connection with Time magazine's "Special Edition on the South of The United States" (publ. 6 August 2018.)Illustration
Steve Payne"Elvis" Dovetailing of George Dawe's "Russian general" portraits with Payne's "Replace a Face technique" (2018).
George Dawe Guy Peellaert"Elvis Presley's Last Supper"Rock Dreams (1970-1973)
Richard Pettibone"Andy Warhol, Elvis, 1964"13.3 x 13.3 cm2006: Sold at Sotheby's London Office for $226,818.
Pietro Psaier"Wounded" (1989)Depiction of Elvis and Warhol
Jonathan Ramirez "Elvis"Mural at 106 N. Pine St. in Inverness, FL

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 Daniel Richter "Elvis"16 November 2006: Sold at Phillips for $419,200.
George Rodrigue "You Ain't Nothin’ But a Blue Dog" (1996)Neal Auction Company24 x 36Ben Roe Jr."Elvis and the Birds"South Broadway Cultural Center (31 August 2019)
Mimmo Rotella "Elvis Presley", sold at Christie's on May 26, 2008, for US$157,000.
David Scheinmann"Elvis/Marilyn" 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KYSilkscreen
"Elvis Playboy"2018: Sold for $5,400.
Honoré Desmond Sharrer "Leda & the Folks"Currently alternating its location between: Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.Painting focusing on Elvis' parents
Robert Silversuntitled Photomosaic of Elvis
Mark StutzmanElvis US$0.29 stamp (1993; Legends of American Music series) Airbrush and acrylic, requested by United States Postal Service.
Roger G. TaylorElvis in Art (1987) [7] Elm Tree publicationsBook of illustrations
Lucrecia Torva"Elvis" Tempe Marketplace, Tempe, AZ Mural (10 x 10 ft)
Gavin Turk "Elvis, Beige and Green"4 December 2012: Sold at Sotheby's Paris for $56,000.
David Uhl "Elvis in tune" (2007)Currently at Graceland.
Donald Urquhart"Elvis" Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Gary Varvel "Aretha joins music royalty" Indianapolis Star (18 August 2018)Cartoon
Geraldo Vitorio (Brazilian artist)untitled French Consulate, São Paulo, BrazilPainting of Elvis and five other deceased music giants (David Bowie, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, and Michael Jackson)
Albert Wertheimer"The Kiss"Photograph (12 x 18 in.)9 October 2009: Sold at Sotheby's to actress Diane Keaton for $4.063.
David Willardson "Elvis I & II"Rebecca Molayem Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Ronnie Wood "Elvis I 1988" Serigraph-on-paper (30 x 23 in.), handsigned at lower right
Russel Young"Elvis"28 July 2016: Sold at Sotheby's for $11,875

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol's "Portrait of Jean-Michel as David" (1986) is a silver-screen of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat which revisits Warhol's seminal 1963 painting "Double Elvis." It was sold at Sotheby's in New York City on 14 May 2014 for US$3,189,000.

Known silkscreens by American artist Andy Warhol featuring the image(s) of Elvis Presley and their current location, including art museums worldwide, as well as prices met and identified buyers and/or sellers. Prices paid (at either auctions houses or privately) for ten of the silkscreens below, as of end of April 2020 total US$344,000,000.

Silk screens by Andy Warhol
WorkLocation(s) of original or copiesPaid price ($USD)Note / Provenance
"Single Elvis" (1963) The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Similar original silkscreens, all from 1963, are located:

2004: $3,367,500.

2009: undetermined. 2020: $21.6 million

11 May 2004: A "Single Elvis" was sold at Christie's in NYC.

2009: Acquired for a price still undetermined by billionaire Eli Broad, founder and owner of The Broad Museum.

19 May 2020:"Single Elvis" sold in NYC

"Elvis X2" (1963–64)
  1. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and
  2. Pergamon Museum of Art, Berlin.
"Double Elvis" (1963)Another 21 original silkscreens similar to, or closely resembling the work are said to exist, including those located:
  1. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (for which Warhol made a second, blank panel to be paired with the painting to emphasize absence and loss);
  2. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, ES (6 x 6.9 feet);
  3. Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, DE;
  4. Fukuoka Art Museum, JA;
  5. "Ghost Elvis," the final and most opaque image in the series, as exhibited at the Halcyon Gallery, London (July 2012); and
  6. The Future Perfect Gallery Los Angeles, since 2018 located inside a section of the home at 1174 N. Hillcrest Rd (since advertised as "Casa Perfect, Elvis Presley' Trousdale Estates home from 1967 to 1974").
1989 (private): $750,000.

2019: $25.46 million

1989: Sold by the Estate of Albert Grossman (previous owner: Bob Dylan, Grossman's main client) to the New York Museum of Modern Art.

March 2019: It was disclosed that the home had just been purchased by Harry Morton, son of one of its previous owners (Peter Morton) who was the co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain.

"Double Elvis" (1963; 3.5 x 6.6 ft)Another original, entitled "Elvis 2 times" (1963), can be found at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.2012: $37,100,000

2018: $37,000,000

9 May 2012: Sold at New York's Sotheby's to billionaires Jose Mugrabi and then Steve Wynn, respectively.

17 May 2018: Sold by Wynn at Christie's in New York to British art dealer Brett Gorvy, co-owner of the Levy-Gorby Gallery in NY, London, and Geneva. He in turn confirmed his purchasing of the "Double Elvis" being actually done on behalf of one of his clients.

"Double Elvis" (1963; 4.3 x 6.8 ft)Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich;

Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome;

Private collection in Turin; and then

Dominique Lévy Gallery, Geneva.

2019: $53,000,00015 May 2019: Sold at New York's Christie's for the highest price ever paid for a "Double Elvis". It was offered to Christie's, for its sale at auction by Mexican billionaire David Martínez.
"Elvis I and II" (1963; 13 x 6.82 ft)Currently: Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto2017: $15,700,00013 November 2007: Bought at Christie's.and currently located at the -
"Triple Elvis" (1964; 208.3 x 121.5 cm)1998: $1,872,500First in the "Triple Elvis" series whose price is known. The work heralds a trio of images so close together that they appear to be one.

19 November 1998: Sold at Christie's.

"Triple Elvis" (1963; 6.8 x 9.8 ft)Four other very similar silkscreens, all from 1963, can be found at:
  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (original owners: philanthropists Frances & Sydney Lewis.
  2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (two of the figures closely mixed, and a third, isolated).
  3. Milan's Italian Gallery (Luigi e Peppino Agrati Collection, May 2018; its three heads joined at the ears)
  4. Saatchi Gallery, London (the three images so much apart from each other that the middle one only meets the other two at its feet).
2014: $81,900,00013 November 2014: Purchased at Christie's by billionaires Doris and Donald Fisher, who lent it to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
"Elvis Five" The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA.
"Eight Elvises" (1963; 6.5 × 12 ft)2008: $100,000,000 ($111,200,000 with feesA one-of-a-kind large silkscreen.

26 October 2008: Sold privately by Italian art collector Annibale Berlingieri. It is thought to have been purchased by the House of Al Thani's Qatari Royal Family.

"Elvis Eleven Times" (1963)Currently: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PAThe largest Elvis by Warhol in existence, as well as being a unique piece.
"Campbell's Elvis" (1962)2010: $1.450,000

2019: $2.850,000

Warhol's first painting in which he superimposed two images onto a single canvas. The painting was originally owned by Salvador Dalí and eventually sold after his death to Steve Wynn.

10 November 2010: First auctioned at Christie's.

20 March 2019: Sold at the 2019 Art Basel in Hong Kong.

"Gold(en) Boot (Slippers) Elvis Presley" (1957)Currently: private collection of actor Tom Lacy
"Red Elvis" (1962)2000: $2.900,000February 2000: Bought privately. It was later adjudicated, after a Connecticut Superior Court ruling, to its original owner, multi-millionaire art collector Peter Brant.
"Elvis 21 times" (1962)
  1. Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, New York (on loan)
  2. "The Creeks" in East Hampton, New York
  1. 1993: undisclosed
  2. .
  1. 3 May 1993: Sold by the Andy Warhol Foundation at Sotheby's to Warhol collector and actress Jane Holzer.
  2. AGP Holdings, holding companies for Ronald O. Perelman, who as of 16 November 2022 is in dispute with insurers about whether a 2018 fire at "The Creeks" (Perelman's estate) damaged the work and reduced its value from a claimed $75 million. [8]
"Elvis 49 times" (1964; 5 x 7 ft)Hangs in the home of multi-millionaire Robert Mnuchin.1980s: $75,000Late 1975: Sold by Warhol to his friends Messrs Todd Brasser and Stuart Pivar, both of whom being art dealers.

1980s: Sold to art dealer Leo Castelli. The painting then was sold to millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi, who more recently sold it to multi-millionaire Robert Mnuchin.

"Elvis Presley Rock Close Up" (1964)Art NY Gallery.

Cartoons

Cartoon illustrations of Elvis include:

Academia

Events

The Memphis Summer Storm of 2003 was nicknamed "Hurricane Elvis"

Festivals

Film

According to John Beyfuss, who reviews films for Memphis' Commercial Appeal since 1998, there has been since then an average of eighteen movies per year which carry some allusion to Elvis. There were an additional one hundred before 1998, which puts the number of such Elvis referencing in motion pictures, from numerous countries, at a minimum of four hundred since 1957, when the first such mention was made as part of the BBC-TV movie documentary A Night in the City. The list below is only a partial account and will be updated accordingly.

Internet

In the shared alternate history of Ill Bethisad (1997 and after), an analogue of Presley called "Elvis Pressler" appears. [11] Just like the real-life Presley, his alternate universe counterpart Pressler was a famous Rock singer who was also an actor though there are also several notable differences between the two. First, Presley's identical twin brother, Jesse was stillborn, but Pressler's twin brother (also called Jesse) was born alive. [12] Next, Pressler withdrew from public life in 1973 after he divorced his wife, Drusilla. [13] While the real Elvis Presley was addicted to prescription drugs and had poor health during the mid-1970s, those were only rumors in the case of Pressler who spent most of 1973 to 1976 in his mansion helping doctors treat his twin Jesse for depression and alcoholism. [14] Unlike Presley whose comeback happened in 1968 with a TV special, Pressler's comeback occurred in 1976 with the release of a new album Hope. [15] Finally, both die on the same day (August 16, 1977) but Pressler dies in a more dignified manner (resembling how John Denver died in reality, though Denver, called both "Jean de Cournouaille" and "John Cornwall" and isn't an analogue, doesn't die that way in Ill Bethisad but is still alive and performing as of the mid-2000s [16] ) compared to the real-life Presley. Pressler, a few hours before a planned concert in Thunder Bay decides to fly on his personal autogyro (a much more common aircraft in Ill Bethisad then in reality [17] ) which he often did to relax, but while flying, the autogyro crashes and Pressler is killed. Neither his body or the craft were found until 1981. In the meantime, rumors and conspiracy theories circulated purporting to explain what really happened to Pressler. [18]

Literature

Science, technology and weather

Musicals, plays and stage productions with at least an Elvis' like character or important reference


Television

Notable references

Appearances and other programming

Stage Show, 6 episodes in 1956 filmed at CBS Studio 50 in New York City on January 28, February 4, 11, 18, March 17 and 24, for the so-called " Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey's show", a program produced by Jackie Gleason as a lead-in for his show. Each episode was watched by an estimated audience of 6 million viewers, averaging an 18.4% share. Jazz and pop musician Quincy Jones, then 23 years old and on a somewhat extended three-month visit to his family in New York, played second trumpet on all Presley's performances.

Texaco Star Theater , 2 episodes in 1956:

  1. April 3 aboard the 24 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hancock in San Diego, CA.
  2. June 5 from NBC studios Los Angeles, CA. Audience estimated to have been 18 and 22 million viewers respectively. Segments of the latter were shown in the 1994 blockbuster Forrest Gump .

Teenage Dance Party, June 16, 1956; hosted by Wink Martindale, WHBQ-TV Memphis, TN

Hy Gardner Calling , July 1, 1956 television interview, WRCA-TV, New York City, NY

The Steve Allen Show , July 1, 1956 from the NBC studio at The Hudson Theatre, in New York City. This show was watched by 40 million viewers representing a 20.2 rating and a 55.3% share, the highest in the history of the Steve Allen Show. Also, according to interviewers from Sidlinger & Company, it was the most talked about show in the preceding 52 weeks, with 38 million adults, or 31% of the US population acknowledging having discussed the show in the period from 1 to 7 July, the highest ever since the interviews were first launched.

The Ed Sullivan Show . 3 episodes. All three episodes were released in their entirety on DVD format on November 21, 2006, by Image Entertainment, selling 100,000 copies during its first year alone. [22]

  1. September 9, 1956, live feed from CBS Television City in Fairfax District, CA, garnering some 60.7 million viewers and a 57.1 rating, both records up to that time. The % share, an 82.6% and also a record, remains the largest ever garnered, by any network or group of networks, for any single program in the history of US television.
  2. October 28, 1956 from CBS Studio 50, New York City, drawing a 34.6 rating with a 57% share and an estimated audience of 56.5 million and....
  3. January 6, 1957, also from Studio 50, New York City, drawing a 47.4 share and reaching some 54.6 million viewers.

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis  : Taped March 26, 1960 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, FL; it aired on ABC May 12, 1960. Nielsen reported a 41.5 rating and 67.7% share, with an audience at 50 million, the top-rated show of 1960 and of Frank Sinatra's 21-year television special career (1960–1981). It was released on DVD by Quantum Leap on February 10, 2004

Elvis (also known as the Elvis Comeback Special or the 68 Comeback Special). Taping in June 1968 was at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA; the air date being December 3. 1968. With a 47.8 share, the telecast garnered the highest ratings of any program in 1968, viewed by an estimated audience of 50 million. Released on VHS in 1986, RIAA Platinum; on DVD format in 2004, RIAA 4× Platinum; as DVD Special Edition in 2006, RIAA 2× Platinum. Presented by Ann-Margret.

Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite , was a Kui Lee Cancer Fund benefit concert at Honolulu's Neal S. Blaisdell Center, presented by Ann-Margret. It was broadcast by NBC worldwide, live on January 14, 1973, and in the US as a deferred telecast on April 4, 1973. Ratings for the US telecast were the highest of the week reaching a 33.8 rating, a 57% share, as well as a viewership estimated at 50 million. Global viewership reached about a billion when shown live by INTELSAT on January 14, 1973. It attracted 91.8 percent of viewers in the Philippines, 70-80 percent in both Hong Kong and South Korea, as well as almost 40% percent in Japan. It was first released on VHS in 1986, earning an RIAA Platinum award; on DVD in 2004, RIAA 4× Platinum; as Special Edition DVD 2006, RIAA Platinum

Elvis in Concert. His last concert tour, filmed 2 months before his death, then broadcast by CBS as a one-hour special after his death and airing on October 3, 1977. This posthumous presentation was the top-rated program of the week, with a 34.1 rating, reaching a little over 24.1 million households and an estimated audience of 50 million viewers.

The Elvis Cover-Up. Special airing in 1979. According to Nielsen, it obtained a 43% share, equivalent to an estimated audience of over 50 million viewers, the 2nd highest audience ever garnered for the "20/20" series, a popular news-magazine program on the ABC network.

One Night with You. HBO Special airing on August 15, 1985. Released by Light Year Video Entertainment on VHS on November 24, 1992, and on DVD on August 1, 2000 [19]

Elvis and Me. An ABC TV two-part miniseries which aired on the nights of February 7 and 8, 1988. According to Nielsen it was the highest rated TV film of 1987–88 season as seen by 32.4 and 31.4 million viewers, respectively.

Elvis: The Tribute. This was an ABC TV Special, originally on pay per view and airing on October 8 of 1994 live from the Pyramid Arena in Memphis. It then aired on ABC in 1995, as hosted by John Stamos and with the then Mr.and Mrs Michael Jackson in the audience.

He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley. Three-hour documentary airing on various channels in 1998 and 1999 and released in DVD by Coming Home Studios in 2000, RIAA Platinum and RIAA 2× Platinum, respectively.

Elvis Lives. NBC special made in conjunction with the release of ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits and airing on 28 November 2002.

Elvis by the Presleys. CBS special airing May 13, 2005, receiving an 8.1 rating and a 15% share and winning its time slot with an audience of 12 million viewers. Released on DVD in 2005, RIAA 2× Platinum.

Idol Gives Back. The Elvis and Celine Dion segment dueting on "If I can dream" was broadcast by Fox through rotoscoping on April 25, 2007. It drew a 24% share and an audience of 26.4 million viewers while raising US$79 million in donations by year's end. It was also the top show of the week and the top rated "Idol Gives Back" in its 3-year history (2007–2010).

Elvis Presley: The Searcher . An HBO Special airing on 14 April 2018, whose parts 1 and 2 reaching close to 900,000 viewers. Released on DVD format by Sony Legacy on April 6, 2018

1968 Special's 50th anniversary (All Star Tribute). Elvis and 19 other performers (Blake Shelton, Shawn Mendes, Keith Urban, Post Malone, John Fogerty, Ed Sheeran, Kelsea Ballerini, Jennifer Lopez, Darius Rucker, Alessia Cara, Mac Davis, John Legend, Little Big Town, Adam Lambert, Pistol Annies, Carrie Underwood, Yolanda Adams, Dierks Bentley, and Josh Groban). Aired February 17.2019. Filmed October 2018 at NBC Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The telecast earned one of the top 5 highest ratings for any program in its time slot (Sunday, 8–10 pm ET, a 3% share with an audience estimated by Nielsen at 6.3 million viewers)

Christmas at Graceland. An NBC one hour live remembrance from Graceland featuring the singing of Lainey Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Kane Brown, Alanis Morissette, Post Malone, The War and Treaty, John Legend + the Memphis Choir and Kacey Musgraves, as well as the apparances of Dolly Parton, Jennifer Hudson. Jon Bon Jovi and Cher, as presented by Elvis' oldest grandaughtrer, actress Riley Keough. It won its slot for the night of November 23, 2023, scoring the second highest rating of the week for network and cable, and drawing nearly 5 million viewers via the following:3.03/9 (#1) Viewers: 4.92 million (#1), Adults 18-49: 0.52/6 (#1), Adults 18-34: 0.24/5 (#1), Adults 25-54: 0.77/6 (#1)

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