Elvis Presley’s birthday celebration started after midnight and Presley was born January 8th, 1935 would have been 73 years old today!

(( At one minute past midnight Monday, the Elvis Presley Fan Club will continue its tradition of meeting at the gates of the late Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion for his birthday celebration. They will sing familiar gospel songs and, of course, Happy Birthday to Elvis.

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The legendary singer died at Graceland on August 16, 1977.  The official Elvis Presley Birthday ceremony begins at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday on the front steps of Graceland.

His former wife, Priscilla Presley will participate in this ceremony for the first time this year.

The traditional ceremony features a birthday cake cutting and a proclamation of Elvis Presley Day by Memphis and Shelby County officials.

At 7 p.m., the NBA Memphis Grizzlies will host the Elvis Birthday Grizzlies game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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