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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                   April 1, 1963, (Monday)

Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee?

 

 

Shortly after his return to Memphis, Elvis bought Priscilla a red Corvair so that she could drive herself to school

instead of being chauffeured every day by Vernon. 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                  April 2, 1963, (Tuesday)

Chenault’s Restaurant, 1400 South Bellevue, Memphis, Tennessee.

 

Elvis was spotted with Priscilla in the Chenault's parking lot by a Memphis Press-Scimitar reporter. He told the reporter

that Priscilla was the daughter of an army officer who "sent her ahead because she wanted to graduate on time." Her

family, he suggested, was not far behind and was, as had already been reported in the Commercial Appeal, friendly with

his family in Germany. On the subject of movies he told the reporter that he had seen both "Lawrence of Arabia" and "To

Kill a Mockingbird" since he returned home and expected the former would win an Oscar "because more money was spent on it, but I think Mockingbird was really better-that's a wonderful movie." 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                          April 3, 1963, (Wednesday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                April 4, 1963, (Thursday)

On this and at least five other days in the next two weeks Elvis purchased a total of $1,388.69 worth of women's clothing at Laclede's on Union Avenue in Memphis. 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                       April 5, 1963, (Friday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                 April 6, 1963, (Saturday)

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BILLBOARD POP CHART  (singles)

He's So Fine

HOT 100:

"He's So Fine" by the Chiffons.

"One Broken Heart for Sale" by Elvis Presley. #29

Honor Roll of Hits: 

"He's So Fine" by Mack.

"One Broken Heart for Sale" by Blackwell/Scott. #22

BILLBOARD C&W CHART  (singles)

Don't Let Me Cross Over

HOT C&W SIDES:

"Don't Let Me Cross Over" by Carl Butler.

BILLBOARD R&B CHART  (singles)

He's So Fine

HOT R&B SIDES:

"He's So Fine" by the Chiffons.

"One Broken Heart for Sale" by Elvis Presley. #21

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (LP)

Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show

MONO ALBUMS

"Songs I Sing On the Jackie Gleason Show"

by Frank Fontaine

"Girls! Girls! Girls!" by Elvis Presley. #32

"Blue Hawaii" by Elvis Presley. #96

BILLBOARD POP CHART  (LP)

West Side Story

STEREO ALBUMS

"West Side Story" Soundtrack.

"Girls! Girls! Girls!" by Elvis Presley. #26

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TOP LP's BY CATEGORY

BEST SELLING POP VOCAL ALBUMS

BEST SELLING SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS (Non Cast)

"Girls! Girls! Girls!" (S) by Elvis Presley. #26

"Girls! Girls! Girls!" (M) by Elvis Presley. #32

"Blue Hawaii" (M) by Elvis Presley. #96

 

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"One Broken Heart for Sale" was still number one in Hong Kong.

 

The charts still had a strong R&B and C&W presence, but the pop chart now reflected how popular folk and surf music had become. All female groups were starting to emerge by creating the "Wall of Sound" inspired through it's producer Phil Spector. There was still a place for the teen idol, but "Rock n' Roll" as a whole, had become more "sanitised" over the last three years.

Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                    April 7, 1963, (Sunday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                   April 8, 1963, (Monday)

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