"A Day in the life"
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 1, 1971, (Friday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 2, 1971, (Saturday)
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RCA released their latest Elvis album "(I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Country" (LSP-4460). The album as it's title suggested, was made with a country feel to it and included the two tracks that made up his latest single. The material was from the recording sessions in Nashville in June and September. The front cover used a picture of a 2yr+ Elvis and had a bonus double-sided photo inside which used the same photo on the front and a picture from the rehearsals in August on the back. The rear cover used a live shot from Vegas surrounded by the track-listing made up of wooden logs.
"(I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Country" (LSP-4460)
Songs:
Side 1: "Snowbird", "Tomorrow Never Comes", "Little Cabin on the Hill", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "I Really Don't Want to Know"
Side 2: "There Goes My Everything", "It's Your Baby, You Rock It", "The Fool", "Faded Love", "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water", "Make the World Go Away"
RCA Victor (LSP-4460)
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Bonus Photo
It was also released on 8 track cartridge "(I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Country" (P8S-1655)
Tape Cassette: "(I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Country" (PK-1655)
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #35
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #32
EASY LISTENING (TOP 40):
"One Less Bell to Answer" by the 5th Dimension.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #22
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (singles)
HOT COUNTRY SINGLES:
"Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson.
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Elvis Presley. #65
BILLBOARD SOUL CHART (singles)
BEST SELLING SOUL SIDES:
"Groove Me" by King Floyd.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #21
"Almost in Love" by Elvis Presley. #80
"Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1"
by Elvis Presley. #150
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY LP'S
"For the Good Times" by Ray Price.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #21
"On Stage" by Elvis Presley. #34
BILLBOARD SOUL CHART (LP)
BEST SELLING SOUL LP'S
"...To Be Continued" by Isaac Hayes.
BILLBOARD CHART (TAPE)
BEST SELLING 8-TRACK & CASSETTE
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #21
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 3, 1971, (Sunday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 4, 1971, (Monday)
Elvis flew to Dallas with Charlie Hodge, Sonny West, Richard Davis, and Bill Morris, where he registered at the Royal Coach Motor Hotel under the name of Jon Burrows, long one of his favourite pseudonyms and the name under which he registered at the Hotel Washington the previous month.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 5, 1971, (Tuesday)
Elvis returned from Dallas to Memphis.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 6, 1971, (Wednesday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 7, 1971, (Thursday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 8, 1971, (Friday)
ELVIS' 36th BIRTHDAY
Perhaps as a birthday gift to himself, Elvis had a police radio installed in his Mercedes and bought an array of police equipment that included revolving blue lights, shoulder holsters, chemical weapons, and handcuffs. Over the next few days he purchased a number of Smith & Wesson pistols as well as additional police equipment.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 9, 1971, (Saturday)
The Junior Chamber of Commerce of America announced that Elvis had been selected as one of the nation's Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year for 1970. The Jaycee awards had been given out since 1939 and had been awarded to distinguished men in all fields (including Leonard Bernstein, Orson Welles, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Ralph Nader), with all having one common denominator: they had to be all thirty-five or younger. Elvis was nominated by former sheriff Bill Morris and joined other winners, who this year included Ronald Reagan's press secretary, Ron Ziegler, Tom Atkins, a civil rights activist from Boston, and a medical researcher from Harvard University. Elvis flew to Los Angeles and then to Palm Springs for the weekend, where he purchased another $3,520 worth of guns and gun-related equipment.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #29
EASY LISTENING (TOP 40):
"One Less Bell to Answer" by the 5th Dimension.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #22
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (singles)
HOT COUNTRY SINGLES:
"Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #50
BILLBOARD SOUL CHART (singles)
BEST SELLING SOUL SIDES:
"Groove Me" by King Floyd.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #21
"Almost in Love" by Elvis Presley. #95
"Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1"
by Elvis Presley. #168
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (LP)
HOT COUNTRY LP'S
"For the Good Times" by Ray Price.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #18
"On Stage" by Elvis Presley. #32
BILLBOARD SOUL CHART (LP)
BEST SELLING SOUL LP'S
"...To Be Continued" by Isaac Hayes.
BILLBOARD CHART (TAPE)
BEST SELLING 8-TRACK & CASSETTE
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #21
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 10, 1971, (Sunday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 11, 1971, (Monday)
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Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 12, 1971, (Tuesday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 13, 1971, (Wednesday)
Back in Los Angeles, Elvis obtained more firearms as well as twenty-two additional TCB pendants.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 14, 1971, (Thursday)
No information.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 15, 1971, (Friday)
Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee.
After he arrived in Memphis with Priscilla at 11:30 pm, Elvis spent several hours in the study next to his bedroom and worked
on his acceptance speech for the JCC awards dinner.
Elvis: "A Day in the Life" January 16, 1971, (Saturday)
U.S. JAYCEES 33rd. CONGRESS "TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN"
The Holiday Inn, 160 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. (Luncheon)
Elvis and Priscilla attended the JCC prayer breakfast at the Memphis Holiday Inn Rivermont. At the press conference Elvis
responded to a question about the effect of music on today's youth. "I don't go along with music advocating drugs and desecration of the flag. I think an entertainer is for entertaining and to make people happy.
United Nations ambassador appointee George Bush was the keynote speaker at the JCC luncheon, which was attended by Marion Keisker, formerly Sam Phillips' assistant at Sun Records, among others. (video)
The ten recipients of the award were: Elvis Presley, Entertainer; Ronald L. Ziegler, the Presedential Press Secretary; Dr. Mario Capecchi, 33 a bio physicist on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School; Capt. Paul William Bucha, 27, assistant professor at the United States Military Academy; Walter J. Humann, 33, a former White House Fellow; Harry Wendell Cherry, 35, a self‐made millionaire; Thomas Edward Coll, 31, founder of the Revitalization Corps, a private version of the Government's VISTA program; Thomas I. Atkins, 31, first black man elected to Boston's City Council; Jim Goetz, former Minnesota Lieutenant Governor, and George Todaro, 33, a scientist with the National Cancer Institute. (The New York Times 1970)
Graceland, 3764 Highway 51 South, Memphis, Tennessee. (5:00 pm)
At 5:00 pm. Elvis held a reception at Graceland for award winners and Jaycee officials, during which he conducted informal
tours of the house.
The Four Flames Restaurant, 1085 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. (6:00 pm)
An hour later Elvis and Priscilla hosted a formal dinner for 100 guests at the Four Flames Restaurant, where place cards had
been embossed with the TCB logo and signed by the star. An elegant "Chateaubriand dinner" was served at a cost of $1,907.51,
with entertainment provided by singer and accordionist Tony Barrasso and two violins. (photos)
Ellis Auditorium, 225 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee. (8:00 pm)
During the 8:00 pm. awards ceremony at Ellis Auditorium Elvis proudly accepted an honour that clearly meant much to him as
any public recognition he had ever received. "When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen," he declared in a halting voice, "I was a
dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every
dream that I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times." He concluded with a quote that he first learned from a Roy Hamilton record: "'Without a song the day would never end / Without a song a man ain't got a friend / Without a song the road would never bend / Without a song ...' So I keep singing a song." (video)
BILLBOARD POP CHART (singles)
HOT 100:
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #25
EASY LISTENING (TOP 40):
"Watching Scotty Grow" by Bobby Goldsboro.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #3
BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART (singles)
HOT COUNTRY SINGLES:
"Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson.
"I Really Don't Want to Know" by Elvis Presley. #45
BILLBOARD SOUL CHART (singles)
BEST SELLING SOUL SIDES:
"Groove Me" by King Floyd.
BILLBOARD POP CHART (LP)
TOP LP's
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison.
"That's the Way It Is" by Elvis Presley. #34
"Almost in Love" by Elvis Presley. #107
"Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1"