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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                  March 1, 1957 (Friday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Scenes: 166/167/168/169/170/171/172/173

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                             March 2, 1957 (Saturday)

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BILLBOARD POP CHART  (singles)

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Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

"Playing For Keeps" by Elvis Presley. #25

"Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #26 (EP & LP)

BILLBOARD C&W CHART  (singles)

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Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #7

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"There You Go" by Johnny Cash.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #8

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #8

BILLBOARD R&B CHART  (singles)

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Best Sellers in Stores:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #10

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #10

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #5

BILLBOARD POP CHART

Honor Roll of Hits: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter, Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #14

The Top 100: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

"Playing For Keeps" by Elvis Presley. #37

"Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #40

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #41

"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" by Elvis Presley. #100

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (LP)

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"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #3

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (EP)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                March 3, 1957 (Sunday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                               March 4, 1957 (Monday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

"Hot Dog", "Party", "Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do!" (Montage)

Scenes: 50 (S.P.D.)/51/52/53/54/176/189/190

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                              March 5, 1957 (Tuesday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Scenes: 141 (part)/insert/188

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                     March 6, 1957 (Wednesday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Scenes: 210/211/212/retake 159 (part)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                            March 7, 1957 (Thursday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Scenes: 32/34 (part)/69/72/164/209/209B

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                   March 8, 1957 (Friday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Set 35 - Stage 2 (Lizabeth Scott & Elvis Presley)

INT. DEKE'S JALOPY - TR.

DAY - SOUND

Scene 36

Scenes: 36 (fin)/37 (fin)/201/206/retakes 5/8 (part)/38/39/insert 132

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                             March 9, 1957 (Saturday)

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BILLBOARD POP CHART  (singles)

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Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley.

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

BILLBOARD C&W CHART  (singles)

Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #5

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"There You Go" by Johnny Cash.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #4

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #6

BILLBOARD R&B CHART  (singles)

Best Sellers in Stores:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #11

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #6

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #5

BILLBOARD POP CHART

Honor Roll of Hits: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter, Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #17

The Top 100: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

"Playing For Keeps" by Elvis Presley. #57

"Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #62

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #74

"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" by Elvis Presley. #85

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (LP)

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"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #3

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (EP)

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No EP Chart

Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                             March 10, 1957 (Sunday)

Steve Sholes continued to put pressure on Elvis to record. This was probably due to the fact that RCA saw Elvis as little more than a passing fad. Despite the saturation release schedule of the past year, the Colonel continued to resist. He told Sholes that "Over exposure is like a sunburn, it can hurt".

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                            March 11, 1957 (Monday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

Scene Retakes: 60/61/67/68

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At the conclusion of filming, the Colonel threw a party on the movie set. He set up a booth where gave away promotional Elvis material and raffled on an RCA Victrola under a banner declaring: "Elvis and the Colonel thank you".

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                           March 12, 1957 (Tuesday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Filming continued on "Loving You".

 

 

 

Publicity photos for "Loving You" were taken around this time.

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                     March 13, 1957 (Wednesday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Publicity and promotional duties for the rest of the week.

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Elvis and Dolores Hart visited Lizabeth Scott's home. (photos)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                        March 14, 1957 (Thursday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Promotional duties continued for "Loving You".

Elvis held the new EPE endorsed six-string guitar. (photo)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                March 15, 1957 (Friday)

MOVIE PRODUCTION - (Paramount) "Loving You".

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California.

Promotional duties continued for "Loving You".

The Colonel hired Nudie Cohn, a Hollywood costume designer to make Elvis a Gold Leaf Lame suit at a cost of $2,500.

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Shortly after their return from Hollywood, Vernon and Gladys Presley began house-hunting for a bigger and more secluded home.

The constant fan invasion of Audubon Drive had made their fellow residents angry and the Presley's felt that they had never been accepted as part of the neighbourhood.

They finally settled on a mansion located in Whitehaven, on the outskirts of Memphis, on Highway 51 South, just before it entered the Mississippi. The house, built in 1941, was set well back from the road in a grove of towering oak trees. Surrounded by fourteen acres of land, it was called "Graceland" after the great-aunt of the woman who built it.

Elvis' parents contacted him in Hollywood and announced that they think they may have found their new home.

Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                          March 16, 1957 (Saturday)

Elvis left Los Angeles aboard the Sunset Limited. Hal Wallis screened a rough-cut of "Loving You" and approved Presley's departure. He left Hollywood at 8:25 pm.

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BILLBOARD POP CHART  (singles)

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Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

BILLBOARD C&W CHART  (singles)

Best Sellers in Stores:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #5

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #3

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Young Love" by Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #10

BILLBOARD R&B CHART  (singles)

Best Sellers in Stores:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #11

Most Played In Jukeboxes:

"Blue Monday" by Fats Domino.

Most Played By Jockeys:

"Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #7

BILLBOARD POP CHART

Honor Roll of Hits: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter, Sonny James.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #4

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #22

The Top 100: 

"Young Love" by Tab Hunter.

"Too Much" by Elvis Presley. #2

"Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #58

"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. #59

"Playing For Keeps" by Elvis Presley. #62

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (LP)

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"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #2

Most Played By Jockeys: 

"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte.

"Elvis" by Elvis Presley. #3

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (EP)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                             March 17, 1957 (Sunday)

Still on board the Sunset Limited, Elvis and his party continued their train journey home.

The Real Estate Board of Memphis approved the sale of the property known as "Graceland" (3764 Highway 51 South) to the Presley family for $102,500. The property at Audubon Drive was traded for $55,000 with a further $10,000 cash agreed to be paid at the closing of the deal. The remaining $37,500 was off set to a mortgage plan spanning over a 25 year period at an interest rate of no more than 6%. Elvis wasn't available to sign this document so he now had two days to approve this offer.

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                             March 18, 1957 (Monday)

Elvis contacted June Juanico and asked her to meet his train during a brief layover in New Orleans. She informed him that she is now engaged to be married.

The train arrived at Central Station in Memphis at 11:35 pm and Elvis made it to Audubon Drive around midnight.

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                           March 19, 1957 (Tuesday)