Description
Elvis received a telegram from the president of Capitol Records inviting him to a cocktail party in Los Angeles on August 24, where he was to meet The Beatles.
Related events
- Elvis Presley worked at Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood on music for the film “Paradise, Hawaiian Style,” including vocal overdubs.
- The EP “Tickle Me” reached number 70 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The recording used existing Elvis songs rather than new material.
- Elvis, Vernon Presley and Colonel Tom Parker visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Elvis also held a benefit concert to raise funds for the memorial.
- Elvis and his entire team returned to Memphis in a Dodge Motor Home from the filming of Paradise Hawaiian Style. Along the way, they traditionally stopped at the Holiday Inn on Route 66 in Albuquerque.
- Elvis arrived at Graceland at 11:00 p.m.; he was driving a Dodge Motor Home, followed by a convoy of five automobiles.
- Elvis Presley's compilation album "Flaming Star And Summer Kisses" reached No. 11 in the UK.
- Elvis Presley's single "I'm Yours" reached No. 11 in the US.
- At home for the first time in seven months, Elvis Presley purchased a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and, three days later, a 1966 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide for $1,941.25 from Taylor Harley Davidson Sales. He rode the new motorcycle around the grounds of Graceland.
- The soundtrack to Elvis Presley's film "Kissin' Cousins" reached No. 5 on the U.K. album chart.