Elvis Aron Presley, 1935-1977
Thursday August 16, 2007
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Elvis "died" at Graceland on this day 30 years ago. So they say. Check the spelling on the stone....
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From Elvis' Wikipedia page:
"Presley's genuine birth certificate does actually say "Elvis Aaron Presley" (as written by a doctor). There is also a souvenir birth certificate that reads "Elvis Aron Presley." When Presley did sign his middle name, he used Aron. It says 'Aron' on his marriage certificate and on his army duffel bag. Aron was apparently the spelling the Presleys used to make it similar to the middle name of Elvis's stillborn twin, Jesse Garon. Elvis later sought to change the name's spelling to the traditional and biblical Aaron. In the process he learned that official state records had always listed it as Aaron. Therefore, he always was, officially, Elvis Aaron Presley. Knowing Presley's plans for his middle name, Aaron is the spelling his father chose for Elvis' tombstone, and it is the spelling his estate has designated as the official spelling whenever the middle name is used today. Interestingly, his death certificate says "Elvis Aron Presley". This quirk has helped inflame the "Elvis is not dead" conspiracy theories. Elvis' stillborn brother's first name is given as Jesse in many sources. However, according to a memorial marker in the grounds of "Graceland", the correct spelling is Jessie." (May 9, 2002). Elvis Presley - the Singer. BBC.co.uk. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
I for one can't make out what the name says on the video...anyway, God bless all your Elvis fans. :-)
My sister was born exactly five years before Elvis' death.
So my entire extended family (grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc.) is gathered with my sister and the birthday cake on August 16, 1977. We're waiting to light the candles for my mom's brother to arrive, when he comes rushing up the stairs flustered and says, "You're not going to believe it ..."
You've never seen a party end so fast. I was 8, so I sort of "got" the significance of Elvis' death. But my sister was too young. She never figured out until years later why her 5th birthday party (and celebration of her going to kindergarten in a couple of weeks, no less) was so abruptly halted.
And now her birthday is permanently associated with Elvis. (Though it could be worse -- I had friends get married SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 ...)
The day Elvis died, I came home from a friend's house, and made some smart___ comment about Elvis dying, and my mom (who didn't know), absolutely lost it, and began crying.
I felt about an inch high.
I didn't get the appeal of Elvis, then or now. The Elvis I knew was Vegas Elvis, not Young Elvis. But I had people who were from his era that said you had to be in that time to appreciate how big an event this was. (I was also told the same thing about the Beatles).
That was my problem. I was about 11. The only Elvis I knew was either from those rather cheesy movies that showed during Saturday afternoons, or the guy in the sequined jumpsuit.
I do know, though, that my stepmother cried for days after it happened.
You obviously didn't see Men In Black. Elvis didn't die, he just went home.
It's easy to dismiss the greatness of Elvis, given how he was at the end. Remember the great things.
He was the definition of cool. Nonetheless grandmas and 5-year olds and everyone in between can listen to his timeless songs and enjoy them.
Remember, also, he served his country honorably and without complaint. His only 3 Grammy awards were for gospel recordings(kinda like Jethro Tull getting the first heavy metal Grammy-what dolts!). And he personally paid for the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.
Rest in peace, King.
Elvis is SO obviously dead. If Lisa Marie marrying Michael Jackson didn't bring him out of hiding, he's DEAD!
Re the comment from Larry Parker - my daughter was born on 9/11. Her 6th birthday was, shall we say, a total bust. Fortunately, we had done all the celebrating with friends over the weekend and on Monday night. It was kind of depressing for most of the year thinking about her next birthday until a man we met on vacation in August, 2002, told her he was really happy she had a 9/11 birthday because we need to have lots of good things that happened on that day as well and she was obviously one of them.
i would love to find out who sings the song the the spellong on my stone can you please help me out i have been tyring to find this song for so long
can you please help me out im trying to find out who sings the song check the spelling on the stone or check the spelling on my stone i have been trying to find out who sings it for a while now can you please help me out
Mary,
I am the one who sang the original "Spelling on the Stone."
Dan Willis
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