Saturday, June 13, 2015

June 13 - Home Movies

Due for release from Total-Content LLC on June 23, 2015 is the DVD “Elvis Home Movies” (image from Amazon Prime).

Synopsis:
Hidden in a closet for decades, the discovery of this rare 8mm color home movie footage is akin to striking gold for every Elvis fan! Dating back to the summer of 1956, before Elvis became The King , ELVIS HOME MOVIES features the oldest footage of Elvis in a private setting.

Jim Ed Brown Died

Jim Ed Brown, a Grand Ole Opry star whose smooth, sweet baritone made him a chart-topper as a solo act and as one third of the close-harmony group the Browns, whose 1959 hit “The Three Bells” sold more than a million records, died on Thursday in Franklin, Tenn. He was 81. Mr. Brown (left in the photo) and the other members of the Browns — his sisters Maxine and Bonnie — were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March. 

In the late fifties the Country Music group The Browns were enjoying unprecedented international success, rivaled only by their longtime friend Elvis Presley. The Browns performed with Elvis Presley on the Louisiana Hayride. Picture from May 27, 1955, Municipal Auditorium, Texarkana.

(Source: Amazon / Elvis Information Network / Echoes Of The Past))