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presley family 1953 apartment
from elvis presley posted in music by tacopolis
The Presley family moved to an apartment at 398 Cypress Dr on January 7, 1953 after living at a boarding house at 698 Saffarans Ave, which was after they were evicted from their low-income apartment at Lauderdale Courts.
The family lived here for only a short time, until April of the same year (1953).
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Although Suge Knight's shakedown of Vanilla Ice didn't end up with Ice held from his 15th floor balcony by his ankles as the exaggerated version of story says, the record producer did pay a visit to Vanilla Ice in his Bel Age Hotel room after the success of "Ice Ice Baby" in 1989 demanding payment for the work his associate (either Mario "Chocolate" Johnson or Floyd ‘Earthquake’ Brown depending on who you ask) did on the record. When the dispute was settled in court, Suge Knight used the royalties to start Death Row Records with Dr. Dre which would go on to release The Chronic, Doggystyle and a bunch of albums by 2Pac.
The Bel Age on the Sunset Strip is now called the The London West Hollywood.
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from elvis presley posted in music by tacopolis
The apartment (#328) can be rented by the night for the hardcore fans.
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from elvis presley posted in music by tacopolis
In September of 1949, the Presley family (Vern, Gladys, and Elvis) moved to apartment #328 of the Lauderdale Courts, a low-income housing project in downtown Memphis. The family paid $35.00 a month in rent.
The shy and reticent Elvis would practice guitar in the basement laundry room, meet and play with other musicians in the Courts, listen to records at the Poplar Tunes record store around the corner, and walk down to nearby Beale Street to receive inspiration.
The Presley family lived at the location until 1952 when they were evicted for exceeding the maximum monthly income for residents. After the eviction, the Presley's moved to a boarding house near the Courts at 698 Saffarans Ave for a couple of months.
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from elvis presley, alan lomax posted in music by tacopolis
The Parchman Penitentiary, also known as the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) or more informally the Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison in Mississippi.
In 1933, Alan Lomax and his brother John went to the prison to record prison work songs. Speaking of the people he met and the material he archived, "These people were poetic and musical and they had something terribly important to say."
On June 1, 1938, Elvis's father, Vernon Presley, was imprisoned for forgery in the Parchman Penitentiary.
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