Elvis, Kitty Wells, her husband, and son --> at MGM during Spinout

[DarylR]

Hello,

I recently came across this photo and the caption while looking into something else. For several years there's been conflicting stories as to when and where this photo along with an alternate were taken of Elvis with country entertainer Kitty Wells, her husband Johnnie Wright (of the duo Johnnie & Jack), and their son Bobby. Some have placed it at RCA Studio B in Nashville during the May 1966 sessions while others have placed it at M-G-M during the filming of either Spinout or Double Trouble. Well, according to the caption the photos were taken at M-G-M during production of Spinout. One of the photos appeared on page 34 in the May 7, 1966 issue of Cash Box magazine. I believe the recent FTD release of The How Great Thou Art Sessions mistakenly dated the photos as being from the May 1966 RCA Studio B recording sessions in Nashville. Clearly, going by the date of the issue of Cash Box, this isn't correct.

CB-1966-05-07_page-0030.jpg

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archi ... -05-07.pdf

DarylR

[Mister Moon]

Good stuff, DarylR. Thanks for sharing your find.

[Private Presley]

Thanks for sharing, DarylR
The mad medic had it as May 28, 1966

https://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/ ... 88646e2a3b

1966 Kitty Wells, Elvis, John Wright and son Bob 01.jpg

1966 Kitty Wells, Elvis, John Wright and son Bob 02.jpg

[DarylR]

Thanks for sharing, DarylR
The mad medic had it as May 28, 1966

https://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/ ... 88646e2a3b

1966 Kitty Wells, Elvis, John Wright and son Bob 01.jpg1966 Kitty Wells, Elvis, John Wright and son Bob 02.jpg

Well, clearly it can't be May 28, 1966 if the Cash Box magazine is dated May 7, 1966 and it can't be historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. If I were to put a date on the photos, I would likely say that they were taken during the last week of April 1966 or the beginning of May 1966.

I just find it extremely weird that Elvis is dressed almost identical to how he is dressed during the one known photograph of him with the Jordanaires and Millie Kirkham a few weeks later inside RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

Could someone please enlighten DJC over on the other forum that he is mistaken once again.

Daryl R

[N880EAP]

Re: The Mad Medic (Crapenter) (Saulovich) - that's what monostomes do, talk out of their a**.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/monostome

He does it often, i.e., it isn't an isolated incident (of course).

[cadillac-elvis]

This website dates it as march, 28, 1966.

https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... ch-28.html

[DarylR]

This website dates it as march, 28, 1966.

https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pi ... ch-28.html

The March 28, 1966 date was attributed to one of the photographs in Joseph A. Tunzi's 1998 book, Photographs & Memories. I'd have to think that this was merely a typo at the time and he meant to say May 28, 1966. I'd also think that the website link above took the date from the book; hence the confusion. Again, it's pretty clear though that the photograph was taken at some point prior to May 28, 1966 as it appeared in the May 7, 1966 issue of Cash Box magazine.

DarylR

[HillbillyCat]

I just find it extremely weird that Elvis is dressed almost identical to how he is dressed during the one known photograph of him with the Jordanaires and Millie Kirkham a few weeks later inside RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the photos above, the jacket and pants appear to be different colors (black pants & lighter jacket), in the Nashville photo he's wearing a solid color (grey) suit. It's also definitely not the same shirt (dark vs light buttons). Only the pendant seems to be the same.

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[Private Presley]

I went back to my scanned booklet

How Great Thou Art Sessions p3.jpg

Thanks to our researcher

How Great Thou Art Sessions p10.jpg

the photo was dated May 28, 1966

[Mister Moon]

I went back to my scanned booklet

How Great Thou Art Sessions p3.jpgThanks to our researcher
How Great Thou Art Sessions p10.jpgthe photo was dated May 28, 1966

And Johnnie Wright was also a "country singer".