"A Day in the life"
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 1, 1961, (Sunday)
Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee.
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 2, 1961 (Monday)
Elvis flew back to Los Angeles with Sonny West, Charlie Hodge, Alan Fortas and Gene Smith.
Possibly no Billboard Magazine this week as from the following week they changed the style which was called "Billboard Music Week."
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley.
"I Gotta Know" by Elvis Presley. #33
Honor Roll of Hits:
"Wonderland By Night" by Bert Kaempfert, Anita Bryant, Louis Prima.
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Al Jolson, Jaye P. Morgan, Elvis Presley. #2
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"Wings of a Dove" by Ferlin Husky.
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley. #24
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
"He Will Break Your Heart" by Jerry Butler.
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley. #4
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
MONO ACTION ALBUMS (on the charts 39 weeks or less)
"G.I. Blues" by Elvis Presley.
ESSENTIAL INVENTORY ALBUMS (40 weeks or more)
"The Sound of Music" by Original Cast.
BEST SELLING LOW PRICE MONO LP'S
"Ebb Tide" by Frank Chacksfield.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
STEREO ACTION ALBUMS (on the charts 29 weeks or less)
"String Along" by the Kingston Trio.
"G.I. Blues" by Elvis Presley. #6
ESSENTIAL INVENTORY ALBUMS (30 weeks or more)
"Persuasive Percussion" by Terry Snyder & the All Stars.
BEST SELLING LOW PRICE STEREO LP'S
"101 Years of Familiar Songs" by 101 Strings.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (EP)
No EP Chart
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 3, 1961, (Tuesday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 4, 1961, (Wednesday)
MOVIE PRODUCTION - (20th Century Fox) "Wild in the Country"
20th Century Fox, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
Filming continued.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 5, 1961, (Thursday)
MOVIE PRODUCTION - (20th Century Fox) "Wild in the Country"
20th Century Fox, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
Filming continued.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 6, 1961, (Friday)
MOVIE PRODUCTION - (20th Century Fox) "Wild in the Country"
20th Century Fox, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
The cast and crew organised a birthday party for Elvis on the set. They presented him with a plaque saying, "Happy
Birthday, King Karate." (photos)
Hal Wallis agreed to amend Elvis' October 1958 contract, which turned it into a five-picture deal, with payments of $175,000 apiece for the first three, and $200,000 each for the last two.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 7, 1961, (Saturday)
525 Perugia Way, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California?
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 8, 1961, (Sunday)
525 Perugia Way, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California?
Elvis celebrated his 26th birthday.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 9, 1961 (Monday)
MOVIE PRODUCTION - (20th Century Fox) "Wild in the Country"
20th Century Fox, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
No information.
"Billboard Music Week" introduced a new "LP by Category" chart and a new singles chart: "Top Market Breakouts." I have only added Elvis albums where applicable in the "Categorised Chart" as they are all now listed alphabetically.