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Record: drop the needle on fourteen real places, side A and side B.
18 places in MemphisBjoertvedt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Display-cropped · City context photograph
Record: drop the needle on fourteen real places, side A and side B.
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18 places · 17 mapped locations
Lauderdale Courts
The Presleys lived in apartment 328 from 1949 to 1953.
Homes again, as Uptown Square: see the buildings from the street.
Humes High School
Elvis graduated from Humes on 3 June 1953.
Empty and waiting to reopen as an arts school: look from the street only.
Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue
In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid about $4 to record a demo here, as a present for his mother.
Daily 10am–5.15pm; tours on the half hour from 10.30am to 4.30pm, first come first served. Adults $20.
The Overton Park Shell
Elvis played his first paid show here on 30 July 1954.
Free to see in the park; concerts all year, many of them free.
Graceland
Elvis bought Graceland in March 1957 for $102,500.
Daily 9am–4pm, last mansion tour at 4pm. The Elvis Experience, with the mansion: adults $85. Book online.
The Mid-South Coliseum
Both Elvis and the Beatles played this 10,000-seat arena.
Closed since 2006: see it from outside, at the fairgrounds.
Original Lansky Brothers store
Elvis bought his signature clothing here.
Confirm current access with the venue. Source documentation does not establish present visitor access.
Sources and geography
126 Beale Street, Memphis · Source-recorded address level position; not an exact filming viewpoint or visitor route. OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Existing visitor restrictions still apply.
Coletta’s Italian Restaurant
Elvis and his entourage used the private dining room.
Confirm current access with the venue. Source documentation does not establish present visitor access.
Sources and geography
South Parkway location, Memphis · Source-recorded area position; not a surveyed filming viewpoint or visitor route. Existing visitor restrictions apply. English Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; revision 5385142.
Circuit Playhouse — former Memphian Theatre
Elvis rented the cinema for midnight screenings.
Confirm current access with the venue. Source documentation does not establish present visitor access.
Sources and geography
Overton Square, Memphis · Source-recorded official address site reference position; not a surveyed filming viewpoint or visitor route. Existing visitor restrictions apply.
Elvis’s Audubon Drive home
Elvis bought this home in 1956; private residence.
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Sources and geography
Audubon Drive, East Memphis, Memphis · Historic residential-site reference in the 2021 NPS snapshot; source labels this an arbitrary point with ±12m stated accuracy and unchecked coordinate accuracy/extant status. No access to grounds or interiors is implied. Existing visitor restrictions apply.
Hernando’s Hide-A-Way
Elvis performed here in 1953.
Confirm current access with the venue. Source documentation does not establish present visitor access.
Sources and geography
near Graceland, Memphis · Source-recorded site level position; not a surveyed filming viewpoint or visitor route. Existing visitor restrictions apply. OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul Museum
Museum displays Elvis costumes, lyrics and memorabilia.
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Sources and geography
Beale Street area, Memphis · Source-recorded area position; not a surveyed filming viewpoint or visitor route. Existing visitor restrictions apply. English Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; revision 5385142.
Memphis Music Hall of Fame
Museum interprets Elvis’s musical legacy.
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Sources and geography
Beale Street, Memphis · Source-recorded museum level position; not a surveyed filming viewpoint or visitor route. Existing visitor restrictions apply.
The Peabody Memphis
Hotel’s history room displays Elvis’s RCA contract.
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Sources and geography
149 Union Avenue, Memphis · Source-recorded address-level position, pending geography review. Not a surveyed filming viewpoint or confirmation of current access.
Former Poplar Tunes record shop
Elvis frequented the record shop.
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Sources and geography
Poplar Avenue, Memphis · Official historic address-site reference at 308 Poplar Avenue; no current business operation or surviving original shop asserted. Existing visitor restrictions apply.
Former American Sound Studios site
Elvis recorded his 1969 comeback sessions here.
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Sources and geography
Chelsea and Thomas, Memphis · Former American North site at 827 Thomas Street, distinct from the Deadrick Street East/Annex; no surviving studio interior or current operation asserted. Existing visitor restrictions apply. Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; community geographic record, article revision 1380309804.
Former Plastic Products record plant
Elvis’s first single was pressed here.
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Sources and geography
Memphis, Memphis · Official historic address-site reference at 1746 Chelsea Avenue; no surviving original plant or current operation asserted. Existing visitor restrictions apply.
Former Libertyland Zippin Pippin site
The historical marker commemorates Elvis’s favourite ride.
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Sources and geography
Memphis Fairgrounds, Memphis · Coordinates awaiting source review
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Record: drop the needle on fourteen real places, side A and side B.
The Mid-South Coliseum ↗Lauderdale Courts ↗Humes High School ↗The Overton Park Shell ↗Graceland ↗Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue ↗Original Lansky Brothers store ↗Coletta’s Italian Restaurant ↗Circuit Playhouse — former Memphian Theatre ↗Elvis’s Audubon Drive home ↗Hernando’s Hide-A-Way ↗Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul Museum ↗Memphis Music Hall of Fame ↗The Peabody Memphis ↗Former Poplar Tunes record shop ↗Former American Sound Studios site ↗Former Plastic Products record plant ↗Former Libertyland Zippin Pippin site ↗
Enter the existing World ↗City photograph: Bjoertvedt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Display-cropped for this layout.