Elvis Presley kicked off a seven-year residency at the then-new International Hotel in 1969, belting out hits in front of more than 600 sold-out crowds. In the years since, impersonators in iconic ...

Presley is the latest recipient of the Colonel Aide De Camp Award, the highest honor a civilian can receive in Tennessee. Fittingly enough 64 years ago almost to the day, Elvis received the exact one.