Elvis Presley’s famed 24-carat-gold-painted grand piano, a first-anniversary gift from Priscilla, sits in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum — for now. If it doesn't sell for 3,5 million $US before September 3rd, it goes to a major auction house and, presumably, someplace other than the Country Music Hall of Fame. The family of Russ Kemppel, an Akron, Ohio, businessman who died in January 2012, owns the piano. Kemppel bought the piano for $2 million. He moved it out of Graceland, Presley’s Memphis estate, 22 years ago and leased it to the hall for $1. Now the family would like to sell. Ferrell said he connected with Fenn in an effort to keep the piano in Nashville, but he's given the required 90-day notice to end the hall's lease...Weekend charts
The "Elvis At Stax" set entered the Australian Album chart at #43. In Belgium the set climbed from #79 to #75, in The Netherlands it dropped from #610 to #61, on the Swedish Album chart it dropped from #41 to #59 and in Switzerland it dropped from #53 to #81. The CD fell off the charts in Austria and France.
In the U.S. the "Heart & Soul" compilation climbed from #182 to #172, no sign of "Elvis At Stax" yet.
The CD "The Real... Elvis" climbed from #72 to #55 on the irish Album chart while the "Elvis At Stax" set did not yet make an appearance.
(Source: ElvisMatters / The King's World)