On July 13, 1999 RCA/BMG presented the Elvis Presley estate with more that 40 plaques bearing new sales certifications and upgrades. Gold is awarded for album sales of 500,000 copies, platinum for a million, and multi-platinum 2 million and more. Album tallies for Elvis now stand at 80 gold, 43 platinum and 19 multi--platinum.
Elvis continues as the most-certified artist in the history of recorded music with the most gold and platinum albums, gold, platinum and multi--platinum singles. He is second only to the Beatles in multi--platinum albums by one.
RCA released a another great new CD collection for us on the same day. "Artist of the Century" containing three great CDs for our total enjoyment.
THE 12TH ANNUAL ELVIS PARADE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Music filled the air as thousands lined the streets of downtown Kansas City. The 12th annual parade launched its trek around Barney "Elvis" Plaza with Grandpa Munster in the lead. He was Flanked by Matt Lewis in black leather and Tarry Westley in a blue sequined jump suit as the Elvis celebration began.
Following the parade the crowd was treated to a rousing rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes" as Matt and Tarry combined their talents and rocked the crowd to their feet.
Jerry Presley, Elvis' cousin in black sequin jump suit kept us there as he sang some of the great all-time tunes in true Elvis style.
David Smith Sr., known as the human cannon ball, shot over the crowd for the finale of the first set of festivities.
The streets filled again with Elvis fans as the group made its way to the City Market area. There they partied for hours as the second part of the "Elvestival" began.
The 12th annual parade in Kansas City is put on by KY99 and benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation It was a complete success as usual. I'd like to thank Tanna Gutherie and the crew at 99.7 for giving us this great annual event to look forward to.
From the downtown festivities we made our way to "Spirits" in Independence Missouri. There Tarry Westley put on an outstanding performance. Tarry was a back-up singer for Elvis in the 60s' and has many stories to tell. He's promised to share some of them with us for a later article.
Jane and Cheryl of the Elvis Chat Club, made the trip
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