I-Elvis Tour yaseMemphis

01 kwezingu-10

Isingeniso

Naphezu kwalolu dumo lomhlaba wonke, u-Elvis wakwazi ukuthinta umuzi wakubo ngendlela yakhe siqu. Buza noma iyiphi i-Memphian yaseNyakatho mayelana ne-Elvis, futhi iningi lizobe likhuluma indaba. Kubonakala sengathi wonke umuntu uye wawela emigwaqweni neNkosi yaseDwala neRoll ngandlela-thile. Isizathu esikhulu salokho ukuthi u-Elvis wayehlala ngempela eMelphis. Wayejabulela leli dolobha futhi wabona okuningi okwakudingeka anikele. Woza nami ekuhambeni okubonakalayo kuka-Elvis 'Memphis ubone lapho iNkosi ihlala khona, isebenza futhi idlale.

02 kwezingu-10

I-Lauderdale Courts

185 Winchester Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105

Ngemva kokuba u-Elvis nabazali bakhe bathuthele eMemphis baseTupelo, eMisissippi ngo-1948, bahlala ezindlini zezindlu zokuhlala. Ifulethi labo e-Lauderdale Courts, iphrojekthi ephansi yokuthola izindlu, yayiyindawo yokuhlala yesithathu yomndeni. Kubikwa ukuthi bakhokhela u-$ 35.00 ngenyanga ngokuqashiswa. Bathuthela efulethini ngo-1949 baphila kuze kube ngu-1952 lapho imali yabo engenayo idlula inani elivunyelwe. Leli gumbi manje lingashayiswa ubusuku kubalandeli abafuna ukulala lapho u-Elvis enza khona.

Thatha ukuvakasha kwesithombe kuwo wonke amakheli ayisishiyagalolunye e-Elvis 'Memphis.

03 ka-10

I-Humes High School

U-Elvis waya e-Humes High School kusukela ngo-1948 kuya ku-1953 lapho ephothula. Wayengowokuqala emndenini wakhe ukuqeda isikole esiphakeme. Lapho ekhona eHumes, u-Elvis wanikeza umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala phambi kwesixuku. Wahlabelela futhi wadlala isiginci ngesiboniso se talente esikhwameni sesikole. Wamangala futhi wajabula, wathola umncintiswano. Namuhla, isakhiwo sesikole sokuqala sisekhona kodwa uHumes manje isikole esiphakathi.

04 kwezingu-10

I-Sun Studio

706 Union Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103

Ngo-1953, u-Elvis Presley owayeneminyaka engu-18 ubudala waya eSay Studio (yayibizwa ngokuthi iMemphis Recording Service ngaleso sikhathi) ngesiginci eshibhile nokuphupha. Ngokudabukisayo, wahlabelela ingoma ye-demo, ehluleka ukumjabulisa uSam Phillips. U-Elvis waqhubeka nokuzungezela i-studio, kodwa kwathi ngo-1954, uSam Phillips wamcela ukuba ahlabelele futhi, exhaswe iqembu elakhiwe uS Scotty Moore noBill Black. Ngemuva kwamahora e-studio iqembu elincane lalingakabhalisi noma yiliphi inani. Ukuze kube mnandi, u-Elvis waqala ukudlala nxazonke ngomsindo omdala we-blues, "Lokho kuyiqiniso, Mama." Ukuhumusha kwakhe kwamhlaba umxhwele uPhillips futhi wambamba inkontileka yokurekhoda.

05 ka-10

Ama-Poplar Tunes

I-Poplar Tunes (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Pop Tunes) isitolo sokurekhoda esiseduze nje ukusuka ku-Elvis 'Lauderdale Courts apartment. Ngesikhathi esemusha, u-Elvis wasebenzisa isikhathi esiningi esitolo, ezifaka emcimbini womculo we-Memphis. Njengoba u-Elvis eba umculi ophumelelayo ngokwakhe, kubika ukuthi uzoyeka ePopular Tunes ukuthola ukuthi amarekhodi akhe athengisa kahle kangakanani.

Ukubuyekezwa: Ngo-Septhemba 10, 2009, i-Poplar Tunes ivaliwe iminyango yayo kuze kube phakade.

06 kwangu-10

I-Audubon Drive

1034 i-Audubon Drive
Memphis, TN 38117

Ngenxa yokuphumelela kwe-first # 1 hit, i- Heartbreak Hotel , u-Elvis wakwazi ukuthenga ikhaya lomndeni wakhe. Wathengisa le ndlu ngo-1956 ngezingu-$ 29,000 nje. Lawa ma-Presleys amathathu ahlala khona ngonyaka owodwa kuphela lapho isidingo esengeziwe sokwemfihlo senza u-Elvis athenge iGraceland. Indlu ye-Audubon Drive isaqhubeka nanamuhla futhi inabanikazi abangu-8 kusukela ePreleys ehlala khona.

Thatha ukuvakasha kwesithombe kuwo wonke amakheli ayisishiyagalolunye e-Elvis 'Memphis.

07 kwangu-10

I-Coletta's Restaurant

I-Coletta's Restaurant yikhungo seMemfis esaqala ukuvula iminyango yayo ngo-1923. Lo wesifazane ongumdabu wase-Italy uthi ungumsunguli we-pizza ye-barbecue. Ngama-akhawunti amaningi, yilo kanye le pizza eyayiyintandokazi ka-Elvis. Lona ulwazi oluthakazelisayo oluthakazelisayo, njengoba kubikwa ukuthi iNkosi ayikuthandi ibhande, ngokwayo.

Manje kukhona izindawo ezimbili zeColetta endaweni yaseMemphis. Nguyena eSouth Parkway ukuthi u-Elvis uhamba njalo.

08 kwezingu-10

Indawo yokudlela yaseGridiron

Indawo yokudlela yaseGridiron ingenye yezinto zokudlela ezizithandayo zika-Elvis. Kunezizathu eziningana zalokhu. Okokuqala, i-Gridiron itholakala nje emgwaqweni ovela eGraceland. Okwesibili, ivulekile amahora angu-24 ngosuku, okwenza kube indawo ephelele ku-Elvis 'phakathi kokudla kokuhlwa. Okwesithathu, i-Gridiron yakha i-cheeseburger ngendlela u-Elvis ayithandayo ngayo: inqwaba, enamanzi, futhi yaphuza iziqephu ezintathu zashizi futhi ihambisana ne-ulethisi, utamatisi no-anyanisi.

09 kwezingu-10

Zippin Pippin

I-Zippin Pippin ingenye yama-coasters ezindala kunazo zonke zezwe. Yakhiwa ngo-1912 futhi yahanjiswa endaweni yayo yamanje eMid-South Fairgrounds ngo-1923. Ngo-1976, ipaki yokuzijabulisa ebizwa ngokuthi iLibertyland yakhiwe nxazonke. U-Elvis, yena ngokwakhe, wayemthanda iPippin Pippin futhi ngezinye izikhathi wayeqashisa i-park yonke yokuzijabulisa ukuze akwazi ukugibela ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa. Eqinisweni, isibonakaliso esithunyelwe emnyango we-coaster sifunda:

"I-Zippin Pippin yayihamba ngokuthandayo kakhulu u-Elvis Presley." Ikosi "yaqasha i-Libertyland ngo-Agasti 8, 1977 kusukela ngo-1: 15 ekuseni kuya ku-7: 00 ekuseni ukujabulisa iqembu lezimenywa ezingaba ngu-10. Uboshiwe ngezigqoko ezinezintambo kanye namaketanga egolide, "iNkosi" yahamba ngokuphindaphindiwe ngesikhathi sehora lamahora amabili. Ulahlekelwe ibhande lakhe ebhishi ngalobo busuku, futhi yatholwa futhi yabuyela ngosuku olulandelayo. Ukuqashiswa kuka-Elvis sikaLibertyland kwaba ukubonakala komphakathi kokugcina. Wafa ngo-Agasti 16. "

Ngo-2005, iLibertyland yavala amasango ayo, echaza ubunzima bezezimali. I-Zippin Pippin ekugcineni yathengiswa epaki lokuzijabulisa eWisconsin futhi ayisekho eMemphis.

10 kwangu-10

Graceland

3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard
Memphis, TN 38186

U-Graceland wayengowokugcina ezindlini zika-Elvis 'Memphis. Yilapho efa nalapho yilapho isidumbu sakhe sibeke khona ukuze siphumule.

U-Elvis wathenga ikhaya ngo-1957 nge $ 102,000 kusuka kuRuth Brown Moore. Ngo-Ephreli walowo nyaka, yena, abazali bakhe, nogogo wakhe bonke bahlala endlini. Ngemuva kokushona kukaMama ngo-1958, uyise nomkakhe omusha bahlala eGraceland isikhashana. U-Priscilla Presley naye wahlala khona iminyaka eyishumi ngaphambi kokushada kwakhe no-Elvis.

Ngo-Agasti 16, 1977, u-Elvis watholakala efile endaweni yokugezela ngaphakathi eGraceland, ngokusobala ngenxa yokudlulela kwezidakamizwa. U-Elvis ekuqaleni wangcwatshwa e-Forest Hill Emathuneni eMemphis kodwa ngemuva kokuthi othile ezama ukutshontsha imfuyo yakhe, isidumbu sakhe sathunyiselwa e-Garden Meditation eGraceland.

Namuhla, i- Graceland iyona ethandwa kakhulu ezokuvakasha eziseMemphis, idonsa amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabalandeli unyaka ngamunye. Ngenye yezindlu ezivakashelwa kakhulu e-United States, okwesibini kuphela ku-White House.