LIVE PERFORMANCE (DINNER SHOW) - (Las Vegas - Season 9) (58 Shows) (57)

The Main Showroom, The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. (8:15 pm)

Attendance: 2,200

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Costume: White with Blue Starburst (Blue Target) Suit with Original Belt.

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MUSICIANS: Vocals: Elvis Presley - Lead Guitar: James Burton - Rhythm Guitar: John Wilkinson - Bass Guitar: Emory Gordy - Drums: Ronnie Tutt - Piano: Glen D. Hardin - Guitar/Vocals: Charlie Hodge.

BACKUP VOCALS: The Sweet Inspirations: Soprano: Myrna Smith - First Tenor: Estelle Brown - Second Tenor: Sylvia Shemwell.

J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet: Lead: Ed Enoch - Tenor: Bill Baize - Baritone: Dave Rowland - Bass: J.D. Sumner.

Soprano: Kathy Westmoreland.

MUSICIAL CONDUCTOR: Joe Guercio.

ORCHESTRA: Joe Guercio Orchestra.

 

 

The engagement continued with a dinner show.

 

Warm Up Act: Jackie Kahane (Comedian).

Opening Act: The Sweet Inspirations:

Songs performed: "NA"

The Stamps Quartet:

Songs performed: "NA"

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Songs performed: "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "See See Rider", "I Got a Woman"/"Amen", "Love Me", "Steamroller Blues", "You Gave Me a Mountain", "Trouble", "Long Tall Sally"/"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"/"Mama Don't Dance"/"Flip, Flop & Fly", "Hound Dog", "Love Me Tender", "Fever", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Suspicious Minds", "Band Introductions", "Release Me (and let me love again)", "An American Trilogy", "MysteryTrain"/"Tiger Man", "Jailhouse Rock", "Teddy Bear"/"Don't Be Cruel", "It's Now Or Never", "How Great Thou Art", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Polk Salad Annie", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Closing Vamp"   

LIVE PERFORMANCE (CLOSING SHOW) - (Las Vegas - Season 9) (58 Shows) (58)

The Main Showroom, The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. (12:00 am)

Attendance: 2,200

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Costume: White King of Spades (Kitchen Sink, Arabian) Suit with Original Belt.

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MUSICIANS: Vocals: Elvis Presley - Lead Guitar: James Burton - Rhythm Guitar: John Wilkinson - Bass Guitar: Emory Gordy - Drums: Ronnie Tutt - Piano: Glen D. Hardin - Guitar/Vocals: Charlie Hodge.

BACKUP VOCALS: The Sweet Inspirations: Soprano: Myrna Smith - First Tenor: Estelle Brown - Second Tenor: Sylvia Shemwell.

J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet: Lead: Ed Enoch - Tenor: Bill Baize - Baritone: Dave Rowland - Bass: J.D. Sumner.

Soprano: Kathy Westmoreland.

MUSICIAL CONDUCTOR: Joe Guercio.

ORCHESTRA: Joe Guercio Orchestra.

 

 

This was a very memorable day for Elvis and the group. Elvis concluded the engagement by arriving on stage for his final show on Lamar's back with a toy monkey attached to his neck. (photos) Then he joked around with the crowd, tossing back and forth on a bed (provided by Sonny on stage), while singing "What Now My Love". When the band began to play "Suspicious Minds", Elvis began to sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Elvis introduced a number of people that included actors George Hamilton, Bill Cosby, female vocalists Bobbie Gentry and Shirley Bassey, his manager Tom Parker and finally his father Vernon and girlfriend Linda Thompson. He even mentioned that a hotel employee was being fired and the Hilton's should know better. At the end of the show he tried to make up for this by stating: "I know we kid a lot and have fun and everything, but we really love to sing, play music and entertain people, that's the name of the game. As long as I can do that, I'll be a happy old sonofabitch." The Colonel was not pleased at all, by Elvis' behaviour, especially the stuff about Barron Hilton and they even got into a public argument, shouting at each other in the dressing room while a lot of group members present at the time. 

 

Later that night Elvis fired the Colonel, but the Colonel had already quit himself. He wanted all the money Elvis owed him and then he moved to his suite to draw up the bill of payment. He gave it to Jerry Schilling to pass on to Elvis.

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Warm Up Act: Jackie Kahane (Comedian).

Opening Act: The Sweet Inspirations:

Songs performed: "NA"

The Stamps Quartet:

Songs performed: "NA"

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Songs performed: "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "See See Rider", "I Got a Woman"/"Amen", "Love Me", "Steamroller Blues", "You Gave Me a Mountain", "Trouble", "Long Tall Sally"/"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"/"Mama Don't Dance"/"Flip, Flop & Fly"/"Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "Love Me Tender", "Fever", "What Now My Love", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Suspicious Minds", "Band Introductions", "My Boy", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "An American Trilogy", "A Big Hunk O' Love", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Mystery Train"/"Tiger Man", "How Great Thou Art", "Help Me Make it Through the Night", "Softly As I Leave You", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Closing Vamp" (Audio)