30 Years Ago: The Day the Music Died

Remembering The King

Did You Know?
· The only Grammy awards Elvis Presley won were for gospel recordings.

· Elvis had an identical twin. Born stillborn.

· Aside from 3 concerts in Canada, Elvis never performed outside the United States.

· More than 20 million Elvis Presley records were reportedly sold on the day after his death.

· Elvis once wrote a letter to President Nixon in which he asked to be appointed as an undercover narcotics cop. Nixon gave Elvis a honorary Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge - a presentation which, in the light of his death (where heavy drug use was suspected), turned out to be pretty ironic.

Local Nostalgia: Portland's Church of Elvis Website