In 1973 Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live around the world, via satellite.over a billion viewers watched worldwide.
The concert was aired in over 40 countries across Europe and Asia,This concert was the first to be broadcast live via satellite,
Elvis taped a rehearsal concert on January 12th as a fail-safe just in case anything
went wrong with the satellite, during the actual broadcast.Elvis was dressed in a white "American Eagle" jumpsuit which was designed by Bill Belew.
Audience tickets for January 14th concert and the pre-broadcast rehearsal show on January 12th carried no price.members of the audience were asked to pay whatever
they could afford. The performance and concert merchandise sales raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii. (Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer
who died of cancer,he was only in his thirties.)
elvis performed a vast array of old and recent hits like "Blue Suede Shoes" "Steamroller Blues", "See See Rider", A Big Hunk o' Love" "Early Morning Rain", "Burning Love",
"Can't Help Falling in Love."and "Suspicious Minds".
Elvis sang ballads like "I'll Remember You" "Welcome to my World","I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry",and his most remembered performance of "An American Trilogy".
Elvis recorded five more songs on stage
to be aired during the American airing of the show.after the concert had finished and the audience had left.
on Sunday the 8th of January 2012 Elvis Presley would of celebrated his 77th birthday, hundreds of fans came from
around the world to make the annual pilgrimage
to his home
Graceland's,
It was early in January 1973, Elvis was due to be in Hawaii.and on the 14Th, just past
midnight,Elvis was to appear at the Honolulu International Centre, in a concert that would
be beamed live by satellite all around the world
We are having our Annual Elvis Presley Continentals Charity Festival and Car Show. Held at the Ramada Orlando Celebration Resort, 6375 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee Fl. 34747