Elvis promotes his concert in Hawaii
At midnight on January 14, the King took the stage in Honolulu and for the first time a billion people around the world (more than the 650 million who watched man's landing on the moon live) were able to enjoy a live concert. The harsh regime must be in shape and why Argentina was not among the countries that saw the show
They graduated in Paris on Saturday, January 27, 1973 Peace negotiations in Vietnam between the governments of Washington and Hanoi. Much of the international media viewed the event as the most notable historical event of the decade. However, despite the diplomatic agreements, the confrontations only ended on April 30, 1975 with the collapse of the Saigon regime. Just as silent witnesses survive the images of people trying to climb into the last American helicopters that took off from the roof of the embassy in Saigon to escape communism. In the same 1973 he became Prime Minister of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev would travel to the United States to deepen relations with President Richard Nixon. There were backlogs with the Soviet water industry and its technology.
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For many, the Paris Accords were not the only major event at the beginning of 1973. Thousands of kilometers away – geographically and technologically – from Buenos Aires, a few thousand less from Hanoi and Saigon, on January 14, 1973 at midnight (by the standards of the time) . difference to the Far East), Elvis Aaron Presley took the stage at the Honolulu International Center Arena in Hawaiiwhile 1 billion people They watched it live, via satellite and in color. More publicity than when the astronauts landed on the moon in July 1969 and were followed by 650 million television viewers. The Globecam satellite signal sent the images to Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Vietnam and other countries. In addition, it was delayed in around 30 European countries and aired in the United States on April 4 on NBC. The live broadcast in January attracted 37.8% of viewers in Japan, 91.8% in the Philippines, 70% in Hong Kong and 70-80% of viewers in Korea. In the United States it reached 51% of the television audience. Never before has an artist captured the world's attention in this way. Elvis, who had prepared for the occasion, was in excellent physical and mental condition. This is probably the peak of his fame, one of the greatest moments of his career. It was the first time that satellite technology was used to broadcast a live concert around the world The idea came from Presley's manager “Colonel” Tom Parker.while they both lived temporarily in Palm Springs in 1972. Parker sold the idea to RCA, owner of NBC, and John Hamlin, NBC's vice president of late-night programming, a Palm Springs resident, and assigned the task to Marty Pasetta, who had just completed his directorial debut at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Pasetta had just finished his directorial debut at the Academy Awards in Hollywood when Hamlin offered him the opportunity to work with Presley. Pasetta wasn't sure he wanted to do it at first. Hamlin told him to see Presley at the Long Beach Arena in November, where Presley put in a modest performance. “He moved very little and when I came back to NBC I said, Hey guys, what should I do with this guy? How long is the show? 90 minutes? He can't dance that much. It doesn't look like it's moving, and they told me, 'That's your problem.'” After accepting the challenge, Pasetta met with Elvis in Long Beach, near Los Angeles. At the first meeting, the king was accompanied by two bodyguards: “He sat right in front of me and his boys on either side took out their weapons and left them on the table.” Pasetta said he told Presley that he would lose weight before the concert must: “I want you to be skinny because I’m going to use close-ups.”Yes, I will go from your neck to the top of your head. This will be your sex appeal, along with your voice, and it will be a milestone.” Elvis took off his huge glasses, revealed his eyes and “jumped out of his chair. He grabbed me, put his arms around me and said: You are the first person to speak honestly to me. I'll lose weight for you, and he lost 20 pounds (9.5 kilos) in two months.” He did, and according to his biographers, he ate no more than 500 calories of dehydrated food a day He received a daily injection containing the urine of a pregnant woman. In the concert film, Presley would perform an hour-long benefit concert to support the Kui Lee Cancer Foundation in Hawaii. Kui Lee was a Hawaiian songwriter who died of cancer in his 30s and wrote the song “I'll Remember You,” which Elvis had previously recorded in Nashville in 1966.
Tom Parker, Elvis and the showman Ed Sullivan
Pasetta tried to give the show an international reach by putting Elvis' name on the set in different alphabets and international fonts. “I wanted to put a 3 meter wide rail so I could walk through the middle,” and he suggested that the stage should be 1.8 meters above the ground. The colonel always required that the stage be 3 meters above the ground and that guards stand in front of it.
He didn't want anyone to touch Presley. When I told Parker this, he threw a fit of anger and threats: “I’m not going to destroy the stage. “I'll have my guards there and he can stay there and sing or the show won't happen.” But Pasetta got his way and Presley ignored his manager as he told him, “The Colonel controls my business.” I control mine Creativity, my music and my show. He has nothing to say about it. That's your rule. You will deal with Joe Esposito,” an old friend and Member of the Memphis Mafia.
In preparation for the concert, Elvis Presley He arrived on a charter flight on January 9th with eleven kilos less After a diet, he went to Sin City, Las Vegas, accompanied by Linda Thomson (the successor to Priscilla Beaulieu), a former Miss Tennessee, whom he met on July 6, 1972, and the guys from the Memphis Mafia (so called because she). were his confidants) and his wives. He was also accompanied by rhythm section members James Burton (lead guitar); John Wilkinson (rhythm guitar); Glen Hardin (pianist); Ronnie Tutt (drums), Charlie Hodge and Kathy Westmoreland (vocals).
Finally, on January 14, 1973, at 12:30 a.m., the concert began to the beat of Also Spoke Zarathustra, famous since the premiere of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Then when the beginning of See See Rider played, Elvis took the stage in the famous “American Eagle”a one-piece jumpsuit to which a cape with the silhouette of a rhinestone eagle could be added, made especially for the occasion by Bill Belew, her trusted tailor since 1968. The “American Eagle” suit weighed about 80 pounds and cost $65,000.
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