June 20 - Jack Soden in Memphis Hall of Fame

Memphis Music Hall of Fame announced its 2024 inductees. Besides various musicians like Wilson Pickett, the 2024 Memphis Music Hall of Fame class also includes veteran Memphis music businessmen Jack Soden, head of Graceland / Elvis Presley Enterprises. 

The newly minted hall of famers will be formally inducted Sept. 27 during public ceremonies at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Carr and Pickett will be enshrined posthumously.

The Memphis Music Hall of Fame stated: "A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Soden was working in money management when he met Priscilla Presley in the early 1980s and helped the Presley family develop a plan for opening Graceland. 

Forty years later, Graceland has become one of the nation’s premier tourist attractions with more than 600,000 visitors annually. Under Soden’s leadership the company has grown to more than 400 employees, bringing an estimated US$200 million per year to the Memphis economy - while Elvis Presley Enterprises has steadily grown into a entertainment, licensing, merchandising and music publishing juggernaut."

Elvis Almanaque 2023

Brazilian author Waldenir Cecon published his 220-page Portuguese book 'Elvis Almonaque 2023'. The book is available in a colored and as a cheaper B&W edition. 

Publicity stated: In this book you will find special articles about Elvis Presley, such as: a review of the main albums released by Elvis in Brazil, 'On the Road with Elvis' by Joe Esposito, 'My First and Last Meeting with Elvis' by Linda Thompson, a 2023 retrospective of the 2023 Elvis news, book and CD releases and a special feature on Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie. All illustrated with colorful photos. 

(Source: Commercial Appeal)