Elvis Presley | On the Train and arriving in Los Angeles California, April 20, 1960 to film G.I. Blues
By David English
Elvis Presley (And Charlie Hodge) : On the train to California : April 20, 1960.
Elvis on his way to Los Angeles Union station, late on April 20th, 1960. Charlie Hodge can be seen in the reflection sat next to Elvis. Charlie Hodge : 'Going out on the train to California, it was amazing to me. Every little whistle stop where trains no longer stopped, there was mobs of people all the way across the United States of America, they would be waving when the train went by, because they knew Elvis was on there'.
Elvis Presley (And Charlie Hodge) : On the train to California : April 20, 1960
Question : Has Rock N' Roll died out?
Elvis: 'A lot people say it is has'.
'I'll tell ya, It has changed some, the music itself has changed, it's progressed quite a bit I think'.
Question : It's better?'
Elvis: 'I think it's getting better all the time, you know, because the arrangements are getting better, they're adding more intsruments, and, you know so forth, it's getting better, but in 1956 when I first started out, I was hearing the same thing, that Rock N Roll was dead, that it was dying out, I'm not saying that it won't die out, because it maybe dead tomorrow, completely, I don't know'.
April 20, 1960 : El;vis Presley : Los Angeles Airport California.
April 20, 1960 : El;vis Presley : Los Angeles Airport California.
As his cab is mobbed by teenagers, returning veteran Elvis Presley (rear seat) plays it cool as he arrives in Los Angeles to start work on a movie at Paramount Studios. Despite his attempts to get from the station to his private car via the cab route, he was recognized and quickly surrounded by adoring fans.
Charlie Hodge : 'When we got to Los Angeles, they put us in about five or six different cars, and each car went in a different direction, and they didn't know which one Elvis was in, so they didn't know which one to follow,then we of course, went through the hotel there in Beverly Hills, the Beverly Wilshire Hotel'.
April 20, 1960 : Los Angeles Airport California : Elvis Presley proved he has the same old magic yesterday as screaming teenagers surrounded his taxi as it left Union Station. The faithful had waited four hours for their hero.
Elvis Presley : Fort Worth, Tx Train Station, April 19, 1960 : On the way to film G.I. Blues
The G.I. Blues Recording Sessions : April 1960
Elvis Presley on the set of G.I. Blues : Paramount 1960
Elvis Presley : The G.I. Blues : Publicity Photo Session
January 1960
Elvis Presley Leave of absence request | January 2, 1960
March
Elvis Presley 1960 | Sergeant Presley Preparing To Go Home
Elvis Presley March 1, 1960 | Sergeant Presley Preparing To Go Home
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu during their final moments in Germany: March 2, 1960
Elvis Presley In Scotland | March 3, 1960 | Prestwick Airport in Scotland
Elvis Presley at Fort Dix | March 3, 1960
Elvis Presley being discharged from the Army | March 5, 1960
Sergeant Elvis Presley Back in the USA | March 3, 5, 6 and 7, 1960
Elvis Presley Press Conference at Graceland | March 7, 1960
'Holiday On Ice Company' Visiting at Elvis Home March 12 and 13, 1960
Elvis Presley Rainbow Rollerdrome | March 19, 1960
Elvis Presley Nashville | March 20-21, 1960
Elvis at the rear of a train enroute to Miami | March 21, 1960
Elvis Presley Miami | Hotelroom | March 22, 1960
Elvis Presley and Sheila Riddell | March 24, 1960 Fontainebleau Hotel
Elvis Presley 'The Frank Sinatra Timex Special' | March 1960
April
Elvis Presley Fort Worth, Tx Train Station, April 19, 1960
Elvis Presley On the Train and arriving in Los Angeles California, April 20, 1960 to film G.I. Blues
June
Elvis Presley with Princesses Margrethe of Denmark, Astrid of Norway, and Margaretha of Sweden
July
Boating at McKellar Lake | July 8, 1960
Rollin' in the rocket | Elvis Presley & Anita Wood July 11, 1960
It's Now Or Never / A Messof Blues | Pick Of The Week | July 16, 1960
Photos and Video | Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin and George Burns | July 26, 1960
August
Letter to Colonel Parker from actor George Burns
September
Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse | September 12, 1960
October
Elvis Presley October 24, 1960 | Arkansas State College and the Man of the Year Award
Elvis Presley Hospital, Memphis | October 16, 1960
Elvis Presley Fairgrounds Amusement Park Memphis | October 26, 1960
The Movies Of 1960
1960, GI Blues, Paramount
1960, Flaming Star, Twentieth Century Fox
1961, Wild In The Country, Twentieth Century Fox
The Movies In Photos
The G.I. Blues Recording Sessions | April 1960
Elvis Presley on the set of G.I. Blues | Paramount 1960
Elvis Presley The G.I. Blues | Publicity Photo Sessions
Flaming Star
Wild In The Country
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