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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                March 1, 1971, (Monday)

A surveillance system was installed at Graceland, with cameras placed at the gates and in several rooms of the house. These were hooked up to four monitors, which Elvis saw as a diversification of his television viewing at times and would occasionally serve as a substitute for human contact. 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                               March 2, 1971, (Tuesday)

The Presley's left Las Vegas and flew to Los Angeles.

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                        March 3, 1971, (Wednesday)

Elvis and his family, as Dr. and Mrs. John Carpenter and Lisa Carpenter, flew home to Memphis by way of Dallas, along with Elvis' stepbrother, Ricky Stanley, and Charlie Hodge. 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                              March 4, 1971, (Thursday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                    March 5, 1971, (Friday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                              March 6, 1971, (Saturday)

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One Bad Apple

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"One Bad Apple" by the Osmonds.

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"For All We Know" by the Carpenters.

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I'd Rather Love You

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"I'd Rather Love You" by Charley Pride.

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Pearl

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"Pearl" by Janis Joplin.

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Pearl

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"Pearl" by Janis Joplin.

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                 March 7, 1971, (Sunday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                                March 8, 1971, (Monday)

Ellis Auditorium, 225 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee. (8:30 pm)

The first Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier fight happened at Madison Square Garden. Elvis and Priscilla attended the closed-circuit

broadcast at Ellis Auditorium. Elvis arrived wearing his gold "championship" belt from the International, accompanied by a large

group of guys and former sheriff Bill Morris. Later in the evening he went to the Memphian for the first time since his return home and subsequently attended the movies for the next four nights. 

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                               March 9, 1971, (Tuesday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                      March 10, 1971, (Wednesday)

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Elvis: "A Day in the Life"                                                                                                                           March 11, 1971, (Thursday)