June 25th in Elvis History

It’s June twenty-fifth, and on this day in 1977… Elvis Presley arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early morning hours to perform what would become the second-to-last concert of his life. Earlier in the day, he quietly visited a University of Cincinnati class taught by Bill Randle—the DJ who helped launch Elvis’s career in the North back in 1955. Frustrated with a broken air conditioner at his hotel, Elvis relocated to the familiar Netherland Hotel just hours before showtime. That evening, he performed at the Riverfront Coliseum before 17,740 fans. Though visibly disoriented and relying on a sheet of notebook paper to sing “My Way,” Elvis told the crowd he’d just been to the dentist and was under pain medication.