"A Day in the life"
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 1, 1964, (Tuesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 2, 1964, (Wednesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 3, 1964, (Thursday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 4, 1964, (Friday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 5, 1964, (Saturday)
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BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals.
"Such a Night" by Elvis Presley. #21
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"I Guess I'm Crazy" by Jim Reeves.
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
Chart discontinued from November 23, 1963.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"A Hard Days Night" by the Beatles (soundtrack).
"Kissin' Cousins" by Elvis Presley. #66
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS
"I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 6, 1964, (Sunday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 7, 1964, (Monday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 8, 1964, (Tuesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 9, 1964, (Wednesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 10, 1964, (Thursday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 11, 1964, (Friday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 12, 1964, (Saturday)
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BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals.
"Such a Night" by Elvis Presley. #33
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"I Guess I'm Crazy" by Jim Reeves.
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
Chart discontinued from November 23, 1963.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"A Hard Days Night" by the Beatles (soundtrack).
"Kissin' Cousins" by Elvis Presley. #81
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS
"I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 13, 1964, (Sunday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 14, 1964, (Monday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 15, 1964, (Tuesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 16, 1964, (Wednesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 17, 1964, (Thursday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 18, 1964, (Friday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 19, 1964, (Saturday)
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BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals.
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"I Guess I'm Crazy" by Jim Reeves.
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
Chart discontinued from November 23, 1963.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"A Hard Days Night" by the Beatles (soundtrack).
"Kissin' Cousins" by Elvis Presley. #73
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS
"I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 20, 1964, (Sunday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 21, 1964, (Monday)
Up until this point Elvis was an "Honorary Chief Deputy Sheriff" of Shelby County. Today he was appointed "Special Deputy Sheriff" and photographed and fingerprinted for his badge (photo). He had "always been interested in law enforcement," he told Sheriff Bill Morris, and in fact even "applied for a job as a Memphis policeman" at age nineteen. Whether or not this is actually true is unknown, but he was clearly drawn to the uniform and the badge.
A special preview of "Roustabout" was shown at the Studio Theatre on Marathon Street in Hollywood.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 22, 1964, (Tuesday)
Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee.
Not feeling the best, Elvis called Dr. Charles Clarke, the physician who attended his mother at her death. Clarke came out
to Graceland to see him and submitted a bill of $10 for the house call.
RCA issued their new Elvis single: "Ask Me"/"Ain't That Loving You Baby" (RCA 47-8440).
RCA were originally going to release Elvis' version of Chuck Berry's "Memphis" as the next single but Johnny Rivers had already beaten them to it. So with very little left in the vault in the way of new material, they chose the ballad "Ask Me" as the A-side and then picked a rockin' blues song from June 1958 titled "Ain't That Loving You Baby" as the B-side. This song was originally classed as not having a satisfactory master, but take 4 was selected. The sleeve used a publicity photograph from the movie; "Roustabout".
Songs: "Ask Me"/"Ain't That Loving You Baby"
RCA Victor (47-8440)
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 23, 1964, (Wednesday)
Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee.
Elvis had a chest X ray and blood work and for the second night in a row didn't attend the movies. His scheduled departure
for Los Angeles was delayed.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 24, 1964, (Thursday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 25, 1964, (Friday)
On his final night at home, Elvis screened "Dr. Strangelove" at the Memphian once again. He had just hired Memphian Mike Keaton to accompany the group to California, and now, in the early-morning hours, asked twentytwo-year-old Memphis State student Jerry Schilling if he would also like to go. Schilling, whose brother Billy Ray grew up with Red West and was a Memphis policeman, had been around the group since 1954, when at the age of twelve he started playing football with Elvis and his friends in Guthrie Park.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 26, 1964, (Saturday)
Elvis and his entourage set out for Hollywood.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison.
BILLBOARD C&W CHART (singles)
HOT C&W SIDES:
"I Guess I'm Crazy" by Jim Reeves.
BILLBOARD R&B CHART (singles)
HOT R&B SIDES:
Chart discontinued from November 23, 1963.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"A Hard Days Night" by the Beatles (soundtrack).
"Kissin' Cousins" by Elvis Presley. #65
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS
"The Best of Jim Reeves" by Jim Reeves.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 27, 1964, (Sunday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 28, 1964, (Monday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 29, 1964, (Tuesday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" September 30, 1964, (Wednesday)
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The Florida Sheriffs Boy's Ranch provided Elvis with an update of how the building he and the Colonel donated back in 1961 was progressing. (photo)
