Elvis Day By Day 2025 Yearbook Released!

The yearbook you have been waiting for all year long, has been released! 'Elvis Day By Day 2025 - The Year In Review', the 9th volume in the series, is now available as a paperback from >>> Amazon, the >>> Poplar Tunes webshop and soon from your local fan-club. More details on the hardcover edition later this week. 

Description: Born in a shotgun two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935, Elvis Presley achieved legendary status just 21 years later. He transformed the entertainment industry and youth culture with his unique sound and style, leaving a legacy that still resonates in 2025.

A remarkable aspect of Elvis is that his posthumous legacy, like his life, continues to make news, day by day. His legacy is debated and celebrated every day by millions of fans around the world. In recognition of Elvis's 90th birthday year in 2025, this day by day yearbook features all the significant releases and events from the continuing saga of the King of Rock and Roll.

This detailed timeline traces everything Elvis Presley from 2025: All the new books on a wide variety of subjects, the "EPIC" movie releases on DVD and Blu-ray and of course the music on CD and multi-colored vinyl. The book also features over 70 in-depth reviews and articles on the main releases by well-known Elvis experts, authors, and fans, showing you what you missed, and helping you to distinguish what you should, or shouldn't add to your collection. 

Also included are talks by, and interviews with Peter Guralnick, Ernst Jorgensen and Baz Luhrmann that paint the background for the new biography on Colonel Parker and the making of the 'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert' movie.

No other artist could justify such a retrospective each year, but Elvis does! And if you thought you'd seen it all, just browse through these 480 full-color pages with "everything Elvis Presley from 2025" that mattered, while skipping the nonsense. 

The foreword was written by Roy Turner, the Executive Director of the Elvis Presley Birthplace, where Elvis' legacy began on January 8, 1935, 90 years ago in 2025. The King still lives today, this book proves it! 

January 10 - Elvis Day By Day 2023 Released

The book you’ve been waiting for all year long; ‘Elvis Day by Day 2023 - The Year In Review’, has been released as a paperback and a hardbound edition. 

Your annual wrap-up of the past Elvis year can be ordered from >>> Poplar Tunes and from >>> Amazon.com, >>> Amazon Germany and from various fan clubs and webshops. 

Description: 2023 is a year with two sides for the Elvis world as it took fans from splendor to tragedy and back. Kicking off in high gear with a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘ELVIS’ movie, turning into a tragedy with the unexpected death of Elvis’ only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.

Fortunately, 2023 brought us many entertaining and interesting book, film and music releases with Deluxe Audiophile book and CD sets on the ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie, the Madison Square Garden concerts, the 1972 tours, ‘Aloha From Hawaii’, his early SUN and RCA recordings in stereo, new movies in the cinema and more new (colored) vinyl than CD releases. All of these illustrating the splendor of Elvis’ legacy that continues to resonate with old and young fans almost 50 years after his passing.

Perhaps we even got too much, as it gets harder and harder to keep up with every new title that came out in 2023. This is where the ‘Elvis Day By Day 2023 - The Year In Review’ comes to the rescue. It contains the complete “2023 Elvis year” in one physical reference; all the music, movies, concerts, books, and everything else that happened in the Elvis world, that is worth preserving for future generations.
The yearbook distinguishes itself by identifying the most important releases of the year, in more than 80 in-depth reviews. 

With this 2023 edition you are completely up-to-date, including reviews of the latest FTD releases like 'Elvis - In Person 1972', 'Elvis: Summer of '76'.

All written by well-regarded Elvis world  like you and I, sharing their perspectives and opinions, providing both a fun and insightful read, as well as helping you to select new additions for your collection.

This 6th volume in the ‘Elvis Day by Day’ series is all you need as an entertaining and fact-finding reference on everything Elvis Presley from 2023. Well-known 'Elvis UK' author Gordon Minto wrote the foreword.

As renowned author Pål Granlund stated at the introduction of this new volume: “It’s a great book, I can tell you, I have them all”.

Pre-order Elvis Day By Day 2023

Coming January 2024 is the book you’ve been waiting for all year long; ‘Elvis Day by Day 2023 - The Year In Review’. Your annual wrap-up of the past Elvis year. 

2023 is a year with two sides for the Elvis world as it took fans from splendour to tragedy and back. Kicking off in high gear with a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘ELVIS’ movie, turning into a tragedy with the unexpected death of Elvis’ only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.

Fortunately, 2023 brought us many entertaining and interesting book, film and music releases with Deluxe Audiophile book and CD sets on the ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie, the Madison Square Garden concerts, the 1972 tours, ‘Aloha From Hawaii’, his early SUN and RCA recordings in stereo, new movies in the cinema and more new (colored) vinyl than CD releases. All of these illustrating the splendour of Elvis’ legacy that continues to resonate with old and young fans almost 50 years after his passing.

Perhaps we even got too much, as it got harder and harder to keep up with every new title that came out in 2023. This is where ‘Elvis Day By Day 2023 - The Year In Review’ comes to the rescue. It contains the complete “2023 Elvis year” in one physical reference; all the music, movies, concerts, books, and everything else that happened in the Elvis world that is worth preserving for future generations.

The yearbook distinguishes itself by identifying the most important releases of the year, in 70+ in-depth reviews. All written by well-regarded Elvis world writers and fans like you and I, sharing their perspectives and opinions, providing both a fun and insightful read, as well as helping you to select new additions for your collection.

This 6^th volume in the ‘Elvis Day by Day’ series is all you need as an entertaining and fact-finding reference on everything Elvis Presley from 2023. As author Pål Granlund stated at the introduction of this new volume: “It’s a great book, I can tell you, I have them all”.

Practical information:

Published by Poplar Tunes Publishing, the new 480-page yearbook will be available from Amazon, fan-clubs and the Poplar Tunes web-shop in January 2024. 

For more information and previews please visit 

• the Elvis Day By Day blog at www.ElvisDayByDay.com 
• or the Poplar Tunes web-shop at www.PoplarTunes.com. 
• For whole-sale inquiries, please use the >>> Contact Poplar Tunes web-shop form.
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.co.uk.
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.com. 
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.de. 
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.ca.
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.co.jp.
• Pre-order the paperback edition from >>> Amazon.com.au.

The Poplar Tunes webshop is also the place to keep your collection of Elvis Presley yearbooks complete, with individual volumes on the years 2018 to 2022 already available.

Elvis Day By Day 2022 Released

It’s time to start TCB! Taking Care of Books. 

The 2022 edition of 'Elvis Day By Day - The Year In Review' has been released and is available from various on-line outlets.

Description: Four and a half decades, that's how long it has been since the world lost Elvis Presley. After some entertainers pass away, they fade away too. Not Elvis! 

His legacy is just as diverse as it is relevant 45 years later. If the memory of his greatness and uniqueness as a musical artist has slightly faded over the past years, the stunning No. 1 Hollywood blockbuster 'ELVIS', starring Austin Butler as the man himself and Oscar-winner Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker, is a powerful reminder of what an unmatched giant musical and showbiz force he was - and continues to be. 

And did you hear the soundtrack for the 2022 biopic? Elvis, side-by-side with contemporary artists, really rocked! Confirming once more that his life and legacy still influence pop culture today. 

But there was more that made 2022 another great Elvis year. After 50 years we finally got all the concerts from 'Elvis On Tour', remastered and remixed to perfection by audio-engineer Matt Ross-Spang, just like he did with the 'Aloha from Hawaii' album. 

From the Follow that Dream collectors label we got the ‘Lost Album Sessions’, new concerts and vinyl re-issues. Official and bootleg labels treated us with many new titles containing new concert performances or alternate recordings, while others offered us newly created stereo mixes. Also hot this year was fan shot 8mm concert footage, especially the combination of remastered concert on CD with the live footage included on DVD proved to be a favorite among fans. 

The ’Elvis Day By Day 2022’ yearbook covers all the movie released on DVD and Blu-ray, new music releases on CD, vinyl, cassette-tape and digital platforms. Also included are books from all corners of the world on his all aspects of his life, faith, the SUN recordings, the German and U.K. and LP catalogues, the marketing of his first movies, his cars, planes, pilot and much more. 

Added to all the news, this 2022 yearbook contains 55 reviews on all the important releases, including the year’s Top 10 must-have releases and warnings which ones to stay-away from and an in-depth interview with renowned Elvis-author Alanna Nash, talking about Colonel Parker and the 2022 biopic and more. Yes, Elvis still matters today, and with this 5th volume in the series - over 70 pages bigger than the 2021 edition! - you hold the proof in your hands. 

The Foreword was written by the late Elvis World's Phil Gelormine.

The book is available from the >>> Poplar Tunes webshop.

You can also buy the book from:

>>> Amazon.com

>>> Amazon U.K.

>>> Amazon Germany

>>> Amazon France

>>> Amazon Japan

>>> Amazon Australia

>>> Amazon Canada

Signed editions are available from the author at >>> elvis @ xs4all.nl. For wholesale enquiries please use the same address.

January 26 - Elvis Day by Day Paperback Released

The paperback edition of the 'Elvis Day By Day 2021 - The Year In Review' yearbook has been released by Poplar Tunes Publishing.

Like the previous volumes on 2018, 2019 and 2020, it covers everything Elvis Presley from this past year on 350 pages. All the news as it happened and when it happened with 60 in-depth reviews on the important music, movie and book releases by Elvis fans, Elvis-experts and Elvis-authors from around the world, making this volume a real 'international edition'.

The book contains contributions by Carlos R. Ares (Argentina), Piers Beagley, Nigel Patterson and Geoffrey McDonnell (Australia), Andy Pendl (Austria), Robert Gilbert (Canada), Michael Sander and Thomas D. Weiß (Germany), Rogier van Luyken (The Netherlands), Giuseppe Castiglia (United Kingdom), Phil Gelormine and Trina Young (United States).

The foreword was written by Elvis Songwriter Michael Jarrett. You can listen to two of his compositions on the new 'Elvis Back In Nashville' box-set.

The book is available from the author's >>> Poplar Tunes webshop.

For fans living outside Europe, the book is also available from: 

>>> Amazon.co.uk

>>> Amazon.com

>>> Amazon.ca

>>> Amazon.co.jp

>>> Amazon.com.au

January 27 - Elvis Day By Day 2020 Released!

The book 'Elvis Day By Day 2020 - The Year in Review' has been released! This is the second volume in the 'Day By Day' Elvis yearbook series. 

The book was compiled and written by Kees Mouwen with additional contributions by Nigel Patterson and Piers Beagley - from the Elvis Information Network - and other fans from around the world.

The foreword was written by renowned Elvis Presley author Alanna Nash.  

We compiled all the Elvis Presley news from all over the world (wide web) and added 50 in-depth reviews, articles and interviews, covering both the important as well as more odd-ball releases of the year, in one complete and fully illustrated reference-book. 

The 600 news-updates on everything that happened in the Elvis world this year clearly show that Elvis Presley still matters today! 

The full color book measures 20 x 25 cm / 8 x 10 inch and contains 312 pages with more than 550 illustrations.

Description 'A Yearbook About Him'

2020 is a year none of us will forget. The Covid-19 pandemic affected almost all aspects of our lives. At the same time, we tried to adapt to a new normal in which "social distancing can't be wrong", with Elvis Presley as a good distraction.   

2020 brought us several great Elvis releases on CD and vinyl (lots of it!), many new books, movie releases on DVD, Blu-ray and in cinemas around the world. We had to say good-bye to friends from the Elvis world and there was the Covid-19 pandemic, which had a huge impact on the Elvis world too.  

2020 also marked several anniversaries. We celebrated the 85th anniversary year with a virtual Elvis Week. Sixty years ago Elvis Presley appeared on Frank Sinatra’s 'Welcome Home Elvis’ TV-show, released the classic ‘Elvis Is Back’ album and his first gospel LP 'His Hand In Mine'. 

This year also marked the 50th anniversary of Elvis’ On Stage season and album, breaking his own attendance records, the sold out Houston Astrodome concerts and Elvis’ legendary visit to President Nixon at the White House. 

But above all, 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the legendary Nashville Marathon recording sessions and the release of the movie 'Elvis: That's The Way It Is'. 

Everything Elvis Presley from 2020 is captured in this comprehensive, day-by-day yearbook. Fully illustrated, with new in-depth reviews, articles and interviews on the main - and odd-ball - releases of the year. The good, the bad, the funny and the sad, and even the news and reviews you may have missed. All packed in one comprehensive book to revisit 2020 as it happened.

For previews, visit the >>> 'Elvis Day By Day 2020' page. 

Available at:

The book is available for European fans at the >>> Memphis Mansion online shop.

If you want an autographed copy, contact Kees Mouwen at >>> by e-mail.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Brexit shipping from Europe is expensive. So for a for Elvis fans outside Europe, the book is available through your local Amazon shop. 

Click here for >>> Amazon.com.

Click here for >>> Amazon.co.uk.

If you want to keep your series complete, the 'Elvis Day By Day 2019' book is available >>> here. 

The book comes in two editions, just like the 2019 edition, a paperback version and a hardback. The latter, a bit more expensive as it is made print-on-demand', comes with 24 bonus pages holding 8 additional reviews. 

Hardcover edition available >>> here.

The publishing platform currently has a 30% discount and free shipping. Use the code IHEART30.

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Praise for Elvis Day By Day 2019 - The Year In Review

In January 2020 I released the first volume of 'Elvis Day By Day - The Year in Review'. The reactions were positive and several readers described the book as a 2.0 version of the annual Elvis Specials that were published from 1963 to 1985. 

"This is an informative and easy to read book for fans and collectors, only when you read it you know what you missed. It should have been done years ago."  

"I definitely recommend this book. It offers an excellent overview of everything Elvis has done in 2019."

"It’s brilliant, nothing sure of absolutely brilliant … Get it if you can, you will not be disappointed."

 "It is extremely well laid out - in full colour, easily accessible and fully illustrated."

"There is nothing like this book, very original, and stands up to the best books out there of Elvis 10/10." 

"What an amazing book this is! … I do try to keep up with all things Elvis but was pleasantly surprised to read something new to me on nearly every page! … Of course almost all of this can be found if you want to search the internet, however the book puts it all together in a much more accessible way." 

July 27 - Elvis Interactive

Graceland has announced it will be adding ten new interactive experiences to the Elvis Presley’s Memphis Complex as of August 8, 2020. These state-of-the-art activities invite guests to become the King or Queen of their social media with dozens of interactive, shareable moments that allow them to get closer to Elvis than ever before via virtual and augmented reality technology. Designed to inspire, entertain and inform guests, all experiences are included in the Graceland ticket price, and most allow visitors to create customized photos and videos of themselves with Elvis to download free of charge.

Experiences include:

• Eras of Elvis Game asks guests to answer a series of questions that will result in meeting 50s, 60s or 70s Elvis via augmented reality technology for a downloadable photo.
• “Elvis Yourself” Virtual Dress-Up Experience allows fans to be virtually dressed in one of Elvis’ iconic costumes and have their photo taken.
• Elvis Album Cover Photo Booth virtually places guests onto an album cover of their choice with Elvis resulting in a downloadable photo.
• Elvis Movie Match Game asks guests to answer a series of questions that will result in meeting one of Elvis’ big screen characters via augmented reality for a downloadable photo.
• Interactive LED Dance Floor Quiz invites visitors to test their Elvis IQ by answering questions on an illuminated dance floor.
• Elvis’ Interactive Golf Cart Ride offers guests a virtual tour of the Graceland grounds in a custom-designed golf cart simulator with 360-degree video technology.
• “Can’t Help Falling in Love” AR Serenade virtually transports guests onto the set of Blue Hawaii and allows them to be serenaded by the king! The video will be downloadable and sharable.
• Elvis Movie Posters Photo Booth virtually places guests in one of Elvis’ movie posters and delivers another unique and sharable photo.
• “Memories” AR Serenade allows guests to take a virtual seat on stage next to Elvis at the ’68 Comeback Special as he performs this song resulting in a downloadable video.
• Elvis: Front Row offers visitors a taste of what it was like to see Elvis perform live in this immersive concert experience that combines elements of live footage, stage lighting and surround sound.

Built in 2017 across the street from Graceland Mansion, Elvis Presley’s Memphis is a 200,000 square foot entertainment and exhibit complex that is home to the largest collection of Elvis memorabilia in the world. There are ten separate exhibits featuring thousands of artifacts from Elvis’ life and career. The crown jewel is the Elvis the Entertainer exhibit showcasing Elvis’ gold and platinum records, his stunning jumpsuits, movie memorabilia and more. Many of the new Instagrammable experiences will located in this area.

“I’ve always wanted to dress like Elvis, but never quite found the courage,” said Joel Weinshanker, Graceland Holdings Managing Partner. “I plan to be first in line for these socially shareable attractions.”

(Source: Graceland)

Press release: New Book Elvis Day By Day - The Year in Review

Due for release early January 2020 is the book “Elvis Day By Day 2019 - The Year in Review” by Kees Mouwen.

2019 was a year of many celebrations. It marked the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley's triumphant return to live performing and the release of two of his most iconic recordings, "Suspicious Minds" and “In The Ghetto”.

This was celebrated with several milestone releases like the "Elvis Live 1969" deluxe 11 CD box, a vinyl re-issue of "From Elvis in Memphis" and the sessions that for that album on the “American Sound 1969” 5 CD set, a Record Store Day 2-LP and the “Elvis Now In Person” book. 

2019 also marked the 60th anniversary of the release of the classic "A Date With Elvis" LP, his trip to Paris and much more. 

Sadly 2019 also marks the 42nd anniversary of his untimely death. Elvis Presley has (almost) been gone for longer than he was among us, but he left a permanent mark. His cultural impact may very well have been more visible and ‘alive’ during the last 42 years than when he was actually alive. And so is the Elvis-world today.

The almost 500 news-updates about Elvis Day By Day this year about the many new books, CDs, LPs, movie releases on DVD, Blu-ray and in movie theaters around the world, appearances on music and movie charts (and still topping some of those) and still playing sell-out arenas clearly show that Elvis Presley still matters today. Especially when younger generations discover his music through digital releases and Spotify and start to buy re-issues of his work on old fashioned vinyl.

Today’s Elvis news primarily finds its way to fans through on-line channels and in summarized form in newsletters and fan-club magazines. Based on the Elvis Day By Day news blog, and with additional and exclusive in-depth reviews by Nigel Patterson and Piers Beagley from the Elvis Information Network, the "Elvis Day By Day 2019 - The year in Review" book compiles a comprehensive and illustrated chronology of ‘everything Elvis from 2019’ in one physical reference book.

The full color book measures 20 x 25 cm, contains around 280 pages with more than 550 illustrations. The book will be available on-line as both a paperback and hardcover edition early January 2020.

The book was inspired by the great “Elvis Day By Day” book by Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen.

For more information or to order the book visit ElvisDayByDay.com or ElvisInfoNet.com or contact the author elvis @ xs4all.nl.

I want to close with a big 'Thanks You' to Nigel Patterson and Piers Beagley from the Elvis Information Network for allowing me to use their great articles for this project; together with all the news from the Elvis world they create the real 'Year in Review'!