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Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 76th birthday today and as usual fans are marking the day throughout the world. The Elvis Presley Day Ceremony takes place at Graceland this morning at 9:30 am EST. The ceremony will include a birthday cake cutting by Chilean miner Edison Peña, and a proclamation of Elvis Presley Day by Memphis and Shelby County officials on the mansion’s front lawn.

The Elvis Presley Day Ceremony can be watched live on Elvis.com

The birthday celebrations in Memphis do not end there. From 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, fans will gather at the Memphis Marriott East to hear stories from Elvis’ friends, bandmates and co-stars. At 8:00 pm, Terry Mike Jeffrey will take to the stage with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for his annual birthday show at the Canon Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis. To close the Elvis Birthday Week in Memphis, on Sunday morning from 8:00 am to 9:15 am the Imperials will perform a gospel show at the ticket pavilion at Graceland. The Imperials worked with Elvis in the studio and on stage for several years.

The Elvis birthday events are not restricted to Memphis. The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles hosted an event last night in which Steve Binder (the producer of Elvis’ legendary 1968 television special) shared his memories of working with Elvis. There is also a special screening of “Blue Hawaii” at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd tonight. The screening marks the 50th anniversary of the movie and begins at 7:30 pm.

Elvis on TV

Those of you in the US can catch the Elvis movies “Kissin Cousins” and “Clambake” on Turner Classic Movies at 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm today. Both are among his weaker movies though. A better option would be “Flaming Star” on the Fox Movie Channel at 2:00 pm.

UK fans are treated to a documentary tonight entitled “Elvis: A Legend in Concert”, which features Elvis’ early television performances. This is on at 9:00 pm on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD and is repeated on Sunday at 4:15 am, 10 am and 4:45 pm.

Fans in the UK will also have the option of a night of Elvis movies on Sky Classics and Sky Classics HD, featuring “Love Me Tender” (7:30 pm), “Wild in the Country” (9:00 pm) and “Easy Come, Easy Go” (10:55 pm). There is also “The Last Days of Elvis” documentary on E! Entertainment at 5pm today and the “Elvis Tribute Weekend” on bid tv at 10pm.

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