"[400], Reinforcing Presley's image as a sex symbol were the reports of his dalliances with various Hollywood stars and starlets, from Natalie Wood in the 1950s to Connie Stevens and Ann-Margret in the 1960s to Candice Bergen and Cybill Shepherd in the 1970s. EUREKA, S.C. (BP) Rick Stanley, a stepbrother to Elvis Presley who turned to Christ two months after Presley's death in 1977 and, as an evangelist, spoke at Billy Graham-sponsored events and in . [431] As the catalyst for the cultural revolution that was rock and roll, he was central not only to defining it as a musical genre but in making it a touchstone of youth culture and rebellious attitude. [432] With its racially mixed originsrepeatedly affirmed by Presleyrock and roll's occupation of a central position in mainstream American culture facilitated a new acceptance and appreciation of black culture. From August through October, they played frequently at the Eagle's Nest club and returned to Sun Studio for more recording sessions,[67] and Presley quickly grew more confident on stage. During this engagement, he was threatened with murder unless US$50,000 (equivalent to $349,000 in 2021) was paid. [71] House drummer D. J. Fontana brought a new element, complementing Presley's movements with accented beats that he had mastered playing in strip clubs. Please attempt to sign up again. [86] Several record companies had by now shown interest in signing him. [190], Parker had by now pushed Presley into a heavy filmmaking schedule, focused on formulaic, modestly budgeted musical comedies. would ruin his career. Everybody's looking at each other like, 'Is the tour gonna happen'? Eight studio singles from this period released during his lifetime were top ten hits on one or both charts, four in 1974 alone. especially Cadillacs, which he tended to acquire in multiples. "The most exciting single Elvis has made since 'All Shook Up'", wrote rock critic Robert Christgau. In 1955, drummer D.J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. [135] In his first full year at RCA Victor, then the record industry's largest company, Presley had accounted for over 50 percent of the label's singles sales. In 1953, Mr. Presley recorded his first song and paid $4 But, as with artistic merit, the commercial returns steadily diminished. Presley recalled, "I took the guitar, and I watched people, and I learned to play a little bit. Graceland has become known for many things, including the iconic "jungle room"-turned-recording studio as well as the kitchen, where he cooked up his famed peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Colonel Parker replied: "That's fine for me. After his first appearance, on January 28, Presley stayed in town to record at the RCA Victor New York studio. [489], In 2012, the spider Paradonea presleyi was named in his honor. He attended and graduated from L.C. According to his primary care physician, Dr. George C. Nichopoulos, Presley "felt that by getting drugs from a doctor, he wasn't the common everyday junkie getting something off the street". Two years later on 26 June 1979 Vernon Presley died of a broken heart. lvis Presley, the first and greatest American rock-and-roll star, died yesterday at the age of 42. Allen, no fan of rock and roll, introduced a "new Elvis" in a white bow tie and black tails. [342], As a teenager, Presley's musical interests were wide-ranging, and he was deeply informed about both white and African-American musical idioms. On August 14 at 3:15 a.m., while Elvis was resting from his near constant bedside vigil at home at Graceland, Gladys Presley died of a heart attack at 46 years old. [201] The flow of formulaic films and assembly-line soundtracks rolled on. [110] Ed Sullivan, whose own variety show was the nation's most popular, declared him "unfit for family viewing". In his nightclub act, he would occasionally parody himself. He initially went to record some songs as a gift for his mother. He rose from poverty to fame in the mid 1950s, attracting large audiences in concerts and especially teenage girls everywhere he went. ", When Colonel Parker went to negotiate with 20th Century-Fox on a film deal that would be Mr. Presley's screen debut, the studio executives dwelled on the singer's youth and inexperience. He maneuvered a deal with NBC that committed the network to both finance a theatrical feature and broadcast a Christmas special. "[265] More recent research has revealed that Francisco did not speak for the entire pathology team. "[263], Presley's divorce was finalized on October 9, 1973. "It's a big responsibility.". It was obvious there was something terribly wrong with his body. A phenomenal string of hit songs followed, and Elvis Presley fan clubs sprouted all over the world; membership at one time numbered 400,000. The house, Graceland, was an 18-room $1 million mansion with a jukebox at the poolside. Fellow film producer Sam Katzman described him as "the biggest con artist in the world". After graduation, he got a job driving a truck for $35 a week. After his death became known yesterday, radio stations around the country began playing nothing but old Presley records. Exclusive Details. In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. After the tour, the single "Burning Love" was releasedPresley's last top ten hit on the US pop chart. "Any demo you gave him he knew by heart in ten minutes. Eighty thousand fans jammed the street outside his Memphis mansion, Graceland, hoping for a view of the body; 30,000 were admitted to the house. [159], On March 24, 1958, Presley was drafted into the United States Army at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead in the bathroom of his palatial Graceland estate in Memphis officially of cardiac arrest, but . The ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang "Old Shep". Elvis died of a heart attack at the age of 42 on Aug. 16, 1977 at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee . That month, CBS taped two concerts for a TV special, Elvis in Concert, to be broadcast in October. They wouldn't let black music through. "[182] As a whole, the record "conjured up the vision of a performer who could be all things", according to music historian John Robertson: "a flirtatious teenage idol with a heart of gold; a tempestuous, dangerous lover; a gutbucket blues singer; a sophisticated nightclub entertainer; [a] raucous rocker". In the years following his death, Elvis' Memphis physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos aka "Dr. Nick" was implicated in the singer's death. Related Elvis Links Following the show, he became obsessed with the idea that the men had been sent by Mike Stone to kill him. He is a great success and a fine actor, but I think he shouldn't have said it. "To see the amount of people that still come to see Elvis is unbelievable," Priscilla said on TODAY. [148] Frank Sinatra, who had inspired both the swooning and screaming of teenage girls in the 1940s, condemned the new musical phenomenon. "It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us . It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation."[461]. By early 1955, Presley's regular Hayride appearances, constant touring, and well-received record releases had made him a regional star, from Tennessee to West Texas. Although the direct reason for his death is clear, there's still questions over whether or not Elvis's . Lisa Marie Presleythe only daughter of Priscilla and Elvis Presley, and the mother of Riley Keoughhas died at the age of 54 after suffering from . Elvis in publicity photos for the 1957 film, Presley broke new stylistic ground and displayed his vocal range with this number-one hit. Elvis Presley death anniversary August 16 1977. Don't you worry about it. [247] The Presleys separated on February 23, 1972, after Priscilla disclosed her relationship with Mike Stone, a karate instructor Presley had recommended to her. [111] To Presley's displeasure, he soon found himself being referred to as "Elvis the Pelvis", which he called "one of the most childish expressions I ever heard, comin' from an adult". [188] As described by John Robertson, it exemplifies the Nashville sound, the restrained, cosmopolitan style that would define country music in the 1960s. As described by Bobbie Ann Mason, "At the end of the show, when he spreads out his American Eagle cape, with the full stretched wings of the eagle studded on the back, he becomes a god figure. The pathologistsincluding the coroner of Shelby County, Tennesseefound that Elvis died of a heart attack. [275], RCA, which had always enjoyed a steady stream of product from Presley, began to grow anxious as his interest in the recording studio waned. In loving memory of a wonderful person. [323], In 2003, a remix of "Rubberneckin'", a 1969 recording of Presley's, topped the US sales chart, as did a 50th-anniversary re-release of "That's All Right" the following year. Mr. Presley responded, "That's the way the mop flops.". [181] Another Nashville session two weeks later yielded a pair of his bestselling singles, the ballads "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight? "Would $25,000 be all right?" Under the headline "Presley Records a Craze in Soviet", The New York Times reported that pressings of his music on discarded X-ray plates were commanding high prices in Leningrad. Panicked, his staff contacted an ambulance . A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. [69][70], In November 1954, Presley performed on Louisiana Hayridethe Opry's chief, and more adventurous, rival. With love to the Presley Family, "Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, and step out into the invincible future with him. [111] Presley appeared in two segments that night from CBS Television City in Los Angeles. (Video . [113] Allen later wrote that he found Presley's "strange, gangly, country-boy charisma, his hard-to-define cuteness, and his charming eccentricity intriguing" and simply worked him into the customary "comedy fabric" of his program. [353] While Katherine Charlton calls Presley "rockabilly's originator",[354] Presley's guitarist Carl Perkins said that "[Sam] Phillips, Elvis, and I didn't create rockabilly";[355] according to Michael Campbell, the first major rockabilly song was recorded by Bill Haley. [327] He was placed second in 2006,[328] returned to the top spot the next two years,[329][330] and ranked fourth in 2009. Moore, Fontana, and the Jordanaires declined to participate, afraid of losing the lucrative session work they had in Nashville. [324] The latter was an outright hit in Britain, debuting at number three on the pop chart; it also made the top ten in Canada. As they were about to abort and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number, Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right". finally asked. "[457], Since 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Presley. Though his life may have . The correct spelling of his middle name has long been a matter of debate. Bond rejected him after a tryout, advising Presley to stick to truck driving "because you're never going to make it as a singer". And since The King was just 42-years-old, he's now sadly been gone as long as he was alive. and four years later played a crew member in the original, failed Star Tr He's worshiped as a god today because in addition to inventing rock and roll he was the greatest ballad singer this side of Frank Sinatrabecause the spiritual translucence and reined-in gut sexuality of his slow weeper and torchy pop blues still activate the hormones and slavish devotion of millions of female human beings worldwide. During his military service Elvis' mother became seriously ill and he was granted emergency leave to be with her. We will love you and miss you always. Elvis Presley was found dead at the foot of the toilet with his bottom in the air after months of agonising constipation and cheese burger binges . I mentioned to him that I smoked marijuana, and he was just appalled. The others would centrally define the evolving sound of rock and roll: "Blue Suede Shoes""an improvement over Perkins' in almost every way", according to critic Robert Hilburnand three R&B numbers that had been part of Presley's stage repertoire for some time, covers of Little Richard, Ray Charles, and The Drifters. Presley came by the studio but was unable to do it justice. He was also denounced for what was considered sexually suggestive conduct on stage. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. [1], While in Bad Nauheim, Germany, Presley, 24 at the time, met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu. [82] The group maintained an extensive touring schedule throughout the second half of the year. "[106], The second Milton Berle Show appearance came on June 5 at NBC's Hollywood studio, amid another hectic tour. Robert Christgau December 24, 1985[430], Presley's rise to national attention in 1956 transformed the field of popular music and had a huge effect on the broader scope of popular culture. [77][78], In January, Neal signed a formal management contract with Presley and brought him to the attention of Colonel Tom Parker, whom he considered the best promoter in the music business. [205] Of the eight Presley singles released between January 1967 and May 1968, only two charted in the top 40, and none higher than number 28. As described by television historian Jake Austen, "Allen thought Presley was talentless and absurd [he] set things up so that Presley would show his contrition". forbade their children to watch him on television. According to Moore, "His movement was a natural thing, but he was also very conscious of what got a reaction. [423] In each case, any ambitions Presley may have had to play such parts were thwarted by his manager's negotiating demands or flat refusals. [198] Regardless of the songs' quality, it has been argued that Presley generally sang them well, with commitment. [189] It would be his sixth number-one LP. Others claimed he'd died from a drug overdose . The . Presley, at first, insisted on pursuing higher roles, but when two films in a more dramatic veinFlaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961)were less commercially successful, he reverted to the formula. American Folk Figure. He aimed to pay for a few minutes of studio time to record a two-sided acetate disc: "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". [141][142] Before the purchase, Elvis recorded Loving Youthe soundtrack to his second film, which was released in July. [281] However, the recording process had become a struggle for him. "[463] Not only Presley's achievements but his failings as well, are seen by some cultural observers as adding to the power of his legacy, as in this description by Greil Marcus: Elvis Presley is a supreme figure in American life, one whose presence, no matter how banal or predictable, brooks no real comparisons. "[269], Wilkinson recounted that a few nights later in Detroit, "I watched him in his dressing room, just draped over a chair, unable to move. [146] A Detroit newspaper suggested that "the trouble with going to see Elvis Presley is that you're liable to get killed". He had a passion for cars, at best, but they gross millions. His role in Presley's death is undeniable: In 1977 alone, Dr. Nick wrote him prescriptions for over 10,000 doses of narcotics, amphetamines and sedatives. According to Neal, many country-music disc jockeys would not play it because he sounded too much like a black artist and none of the rhythm-and-blues stations would touch him because "he sounded too much like a hillbilly. They lived there only three years, and then Gladys and Elvis had to move in with relatives while Vernon served a jail sentence for an eight dollar check forgery. Pressed on whether he had learned anything from the criticism to which he was being subjected, Presley responded, "No, I haven't, I don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong. A couple of weeks into the new year, "Don't", another Leiber and Stoller tune, became Presley's tenth number-one seller. They'd always react the same way. In Lacker's description, "The only thing that kept Elvis going after the early years was a new challenge. Specifically, he was discovered lying on the floor in the bathroom of his master suite his most private refuge, where only his closest confidantes were allowed to enter. We just can't have this on a Sunday night. Job Market | Humes High School. Early on, a meticulous dissection of the body confirmed [that] Elvis was chronically ill with diabetes, glaucoma, and constipation. George Klein, a longtime friend of Elvis Presley and a member of the King of . [225] Presley never grew comfortable with the Hollywood scene, and most of these relationships were insubstantial. ("Viva Las Vegas", the title track to the 1964 film, was a minor hit as a B-side, and became truly popular only later). [307], Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. They have become cultural artifacts, but no amount of historical respectability can fully dim their raucous vitality. Diversions | [438] In polls and surveys, he is recognized as one of the most important popular music artists and influential Americans. Parker, who intended to make Presley's return the show business event of the year, oversaw a major promotional push. Elvis Aron Presley died in his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 16, 1977. "[210] Rumors that he would play overseas for the first time were fueled in 1974 by a million-dollar bid for an Australian tour. I don't want to do anything to make people dislike me. [211], By January 1969, the single "If I Can Dream", written for the special, reached number 12. In recent years, Mr. Presley, who used to carry about 175 pounds on a 6-foot frame, had been plagued with overweight. Presaging much of what was to come from Presley himself over the next half-decade, the album is largely "a pleasant, unthreatening pastiche of the music that had once been Elvis' birthright". "[84] The trio became a quartet when Hayride drummer Fontana joined as a full member. Mr. Presley was said to have been a shy person, and rarely granted interviews. Songwriters were obliged to forgo one-third of their customary royalties in exchange for having him perform their compositions. It's been more than four decades since Elvis Presley's death in 1977, but the King of Rock & Roll's legacy has been kept alive in countless ways. To further take advantage of Presley's popularity, four musical numbers were added to what was originally a straight acting role. An extraordinary compass and a very wide range of vocal color have something to do with this divergence of opinion. When Elvis died in 1977, Lisa Marie was staying with him at Graceland in Memphis. During his childhood, he appeared with his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, as a popular singing trio at camp meetings, revivals and church conventions. for the privilege; he took the one copy home and played it over and over. [353] In "That's All Right", the Presley trio's first record, Scotty Moore's guitar solo, "a combination of Merle Travisstyle country finger-picking, double-stop slides from acoustic boogie, and blues-based bent-note, single-string work, is a microcosm of this fusion". [479][480], As an album artist, Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. "By then, of course, the damage had been done", as historians Connie Kirchberg and Marc Hendrickx put it. Elvis started performing at an early age. Presley went onstage with a Derringer in his right boot and a .45 pistol in his waistband, but the concerts succeeded without any incidents. In Special Services, he would have been able to give musical performances and remain in touch with the public, but Parker had convinced him that to gain popular respect, he should serve his country as a regular soldier. [75][76] Presley made his first television appearance on the KSLA-TV television broadcast of Louisiana Hayride. [305] Alden struck a $105,000 (equivalent to $470,000 in 2021) deal with the Enquirer for her story, but settled for less when she broke her exclusivity agreement. Elvis' grandson and Lisa Marie's only son, Benjamin Presley, died by suicide on July 12, 2020, at age 27, and was later buried at the Memphis estate. He also frequented record stores that provided jukeboxes and listening booths to customers. Drooling on the rug and "unable to breathe, he died. Anti-negro prejudice doubtless figured in adult antagonism. Elvis enjoyed and was influenced by both styles. In the early 60's, he made no personal or even television appearances, but earned $5 million a year simply by cutting a few records and making three movies a year. [29] Enrolled at L. C. Humes High School, Presley received only a C in music in eighth grade. Mr. Presley was a nocturnal person who thrived when most others were asleep. He is also said to have been depressed by the book's "iconoclastic" treatment "[210] Dave Marsh calls the performance one of "emotional grandeur and historical resonance". The plane sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.[340]. [485] His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. [233], On December 21, 1970, Presley engineered a meeting with President Richard Nixon at the White House, where he expressed his patriotism and explained how he believed he could reach out to the hippies to help combat the drug culture he and the president abhorred. Read TIME's 1977 Obituary for Elvis Presley. Already an international star, he was attracting fans even where his music was not officially released. GAB Archive/Redferns The Colonial Revival-style mansion, which was built in 1939, has eight bedrooms and four bathrooms, The Guardian reported after a tour of the house. 40", "Come Softly, Darling, Hear What I Say: Listening in a State of Distraction A Tribute to the Work of Walter Benjamin, Elvis Presley, and Robert Christgau", "Jimmy Carter: Death of Elvis Presley Statement by the President", "Elvis impersonator reviews his career highlights, wardrobe", "Elvis Presley: Chart History Classical Albums", "The All American Boy: Enter Elvis and the Rock-a-billies", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elvis_Presley&oldid=1141853043. Though they were shown to have been only overexuberant fans, he raged, "There's too much pain in me Stone [must] die." Skyler Caruso is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE Digital. Presley sang "Hound Dog" for less than a minute to a basset hound wearing a top hat and bow tie. [344] Presley often played an instrument on his recordings and produced his own music. His mother recalled that from the age of two, at the Assembly of God church in Tupelo attended by the family, "he would slide down off my lap, run into the aisle and scramble up to the platform. Some of the songs, like "That's All Right", were in what one Memphis journalist described as the "R&B idiom of negro field jazz"; others, like "Blue Moon of Kentucky", were "more in the country field", "but there was a curious blending of the two different musics in both". In mid-October, they played a few shows in support of Bill Haley, whose "Rock Around the Clock" track had been a number-one hit the previous year. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Television and radio personality Wink Martindale remembers the day nearly 60 years ago when Elvis Presley's first single, "That's All Right," played for the first time on the radio. [73], Many fledgling performers, like Minnie Pearl, Johnny Horton, and Johnny Cash, sang the praises of Louisiana Hayride sponsor, Southern Maid Donuts, including Presley, who developed a lifelong love of donuts. February 6, 2019. After his days in Memphis, Martindale went on to TV fame as host of Teenage Dance Party and the game shows Gambit and Tic Tac Dough. Elvis Presley died Aug. 16, 1977. His outbursts continued with such intensity that a physician was unable to calm him, despite administering large doses of medication. He was pronounced dead an hour later at . The King of Rock & Roll was played by Austin Butler, who said he felt immense pressure to honor the legacy of the late musical icon. [352] Paul Friedlander described rockabilly as "essentially an Elvis Presley construction", with the defining elements as "the raw, emotive, and slurred vocal style and emphasis on rhythmic feeling [of] the blues with the string band and strummed rhythm guitar [of] country". The more familiar songs, like Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog and Dont Be Cruel are great tunes, joyful and sassy. He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, rhythm & blues, adult contemporary, and gospel. [74] Presley made his singular product endorsement commercial for the donut company, which was never released, recording a radio jingle, "in exchange for a box of hot glazed doughnuts". We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. He moved his body with a lack of pretension and effort that must have made Jim Morrison green with envy. Priscilla said that due to their age difference, when they met, he told her: "Why, youre just a baby.[173] They would eventually marry after a seven-and-a-half-year courtship. In the mid-1970s, many of his singles found a home on country radio, the field where he first became a star. [50] Not long after, he failed an audition for a local vocal quartet, the Songfellows. 'Well, back up,' he said, 'try to find a place to start, and do it again.'" He was found by his girlfriend, Ginger Alden. Haley observed that Presley had a natural feel for rhythm, and advised him to sing fewer ballads. It was Presley's third straight number-one album. Hal Wallis said, "I'd rather try and close a deal with the devil" than with Parker. [426] In the Memphis Mafia's defense, Marty Lacker has said, "[Presley] was his own man. There he would stand looking at the choir and trying to sing with them. Elvis Quotations They were married on May 1, 1967, in a brief ceremony in their suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. [124][125] Presley's performance of his forthcoming single, the ballad "Love Me Tender", prompted a record-shattering million advance orders. He made a picture called "Harem Holiday" in 18 days and was paid $1 million. Turns out, rumors that Elvis died on the toilet in his Graceland mansion are actually truesort of.. In 1971, an affair he had with Joyce Bova resultedunbeknownst to himin her pregnancy and an abortion. The following year, he began bringing his guitar to school on a daily basis. In her autobiography, Priscilla said that Presley was concerned that his 24-month spell as a G.I. "[341] In Memphis, Presley frequently attended all-night gospel singings at the Ellis Auditorium, where groups such as the Statesmen Quartet led the music in a style that, Guralnick suggests, sowed the seeds of Presley's future stage act: The Statesmen were an electric combination featuring some of the most thrillingly emotive singing and daringly unconventional showmanship in the entertainment world dressed in suits that might have come out of the window of Lansky's. He also suffered from mild diabetes and a liver problem. Elvis Presley, the famed and beloved King of Rock and Roll, died in Memphis, Tennessee on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42. Armed with a substantial amount of unreleased material, they kept up a regular stream of successful releases. Early on, he and his Hill and Range allies, the brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach, perceived the close relationship that developed between Presley and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as a serious threat to that control. It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. [360] Presley would record gospel periodically for the rest of his life. After Elvis' mother died, Minnie and Vernon went to Germany and rented a house close to the base where Elvis was. [154] After the session, Moore and Blackdrawing only modest weekly salaries, sharing in none of Presley's massive financial successresigned. "[411] Priscilla Presley said after Parker's death, however, that Elvis was happy to pay 50% to Parker to manage him. Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss., on Jan. 8, 1935, and moved to Memphis with his parents at age 13. Presley replied, "Well, the image is one thing and the human being another it's very hard to live up to an image. He patted me on the back and said, 'It'll be all right. The London Palladium offered Parker US$28,000 (equivalent to $207,000 in 2021) for a one-week engagement. "[220] The next day, Parker's negotiations with the hotel resulted in a five-year contract for Presley to play each February and August, at an annual salary of $1million. [249] Five months later, Presley's new girlfriend, Linda Thompson, a songwriter and one-time Memphis beauty queen, moved in with him. At the time, Presley was variously billed as "The King of Western Bop", "The Hillbilly Cat", and "The Memphis Flash". [228] In April, the single "The Wonder of You" was issueda number one hit in the UK, it topped the US adult contemporary chart, as well. 29 at 2:33 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 1977. 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