"A Day in the life"
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 1, 1959 (Friday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 2, 1959 (Saturday)
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany.
In early May, Red West went home to Memphis. He wasn't being paid enough to stay and felt no better than a flunkie. Things were supposedly so bad that Red couldn't even afford to buy a beer.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 3, 1959 (Sunday)
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany.
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 4, 1959 (Monday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. (photo) Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
No information.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"Come Softly To Me" by the Fleetwoods.
"A Fool Such As I" by Elvis Presley. #6
"I Need Your Love Tonight" by Elvis Presley. #7
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"White Lightning" by George Jones.
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
"It's Just A Matter of Time" By Brook Benton.
BILLBOARD POP CHART
Honor Roll of Hits:
"Come Softly To Me" by the Fleetwoods.
"A Fool Such As I" by Elvis Presley. #7
"I Need Your Love Tonight" by Elvis Presley. #8
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
"Gigi" Soundtrack.
"For LP Fans Only" by Elvis Presley. #23
BILLBOARD POP CHART (EP)
"the music from Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini.
"Elvis Sails" by Elvis Presley. #5
"King Creole - Vol. I" by Elvis Presley. #6
BEST SELLERS ON THE RACKS
Best Selling EP's:
"the music from Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini.
"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley. #7
"King Creole - Vol. I" by Elvis Presley. #8
"King Creole - Vol. 2" by Elvis Presley. #9
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 5, 1959 (Tuesday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 6, 1959 (Wednesday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 7, 1959 (Thursday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" May 8, 1959 (Friday)
Up at 5:30 am - Breakfast - Leave Goethestrasse to arrive at base for 6:30 am.
Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany.
Home for lunch. Back to base and home for 7:00 pm.
Goethestrasse 14, Bad Nauheim, West Germany
Sign autographs: (7:30 pm - 8:00 pm)
There was a brief interview with Red West in the Memphis Press-Scimitar that revealed he had been home for several days. Elvis tried to recruit Alan Fortas to replace him but failed, because Fortas had already been forewarned by Red of the restrictiveness of life in Germany. Elvis contacted Cliff Gleaves, who made plans to depart for Germany on the thirteenth.