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For his role in Viva Las Vegas, Elvis Presley received a third place prize 1965 Laurel Award for best male performance in a musical film. Viva Las Vegas was also the 1965 Laurel runner-up in the category of the best musical of 1964. Ann-Margret was praised for her on screen chemistry with Elvis, as she nearly stole the film from him.
Elvis had gone to the home of an employee he liked, whose wife was dying from cancer, and Hilton terminated the employee because of a rule banning any contact between employees and hotel talent.
"Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman [1] for his film of the same name, which along with the song was set for general release the year after. Although Elvis Presley never performed the song live, it has since become popular and often performed by others.
The following year, he was ranked second, with his highest annual income ever—$60 million—spurred by the celebration of his 75th birthday and the launch of Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis show in Las Vegas. [306] In November 2010, Viva Elvis: The Album was released, setting his voice to newly recorded instrumental tracks.
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America lost one of its true cultural icons when Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977.Hailed as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935. If Presley were alive today ...
Elvis: That's the Way It Is is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Denis Sanders. The film documents American singer Elvis Presley's Summer Festival in Las Vegas during August 1970. It was his first non-dramatic film since the beginning of his film career in 1956, and the film gives a clear view of Presley's return to live performances ...
It complemented the first residencies that any artist was doing in Las Vegas… Elvis, I think, was one of the first people to do that." WATCH: ELVIS PRESLEY REGRETTED TURNING DOWN ‘A STAR IS ...