May 22, 1964: Viva Las Vegas is panned by critics - HARD. One in particular gets under Elvis's skin, a review by Dave Marsh that basically asks "who's scheduling Elvis for all this BS, call me dude." (But more professionally obviously).
May 25, 1964: Elvis flips at the Colonel when presented with a new contract that would give Parker 50% of his earnings "You can't have fifty percent of nothing!" Elvis is heard as saying.
May 26, 1964: Elvis leaves for the country with his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu, leaving Colonel Parker behind.
June 1, 1964: With Elvis still AWOL, Colonel Parker goes to the police to find the missing rock-star.
June 4, 1964: Police discover Elvis and Priscilla at a cabin in the woods in western New York. They are politely told to leave.
June 7, 1964: Colonel Parker threatens legal action against Elvis if he doesn't return and fulfill the rest of his contract. Elvis burns the Colonel's letter.
July 15, 1964: Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are officially married on a dock at their private cabin, with only a few close friends.
December 16, 1964: Priscilla Presley is revealed to be a few weeks pregnant.
August 16, 1965: The Beatles meet with Elvis and his wife at their cabin in western New York. A hanger-on is lucky enough to record the jam session that follows. The Beatles offer the services of their manager Brian Epstein if Elvis "ever wants to get back in the business".
August 18, 1965: Reinvigorated by his jam session with the Beatles, but uncomfortable associating with "their hippy manager" Elvis sends a letter to Dave Marsh who started this whole mess. He also begins what will be a years long correspondence with Ringo Starr of the Beatles.
August 28, 1965: Dave Marsh is not exactly a kind fellow, so he sends Elvis the contact information of some kid he knew (an up and coming music journalist with no experience) - Jon Landau who will later remark "I saw the future of rock and roll and was surprised to see that it was Elvis Presley".
September 2, 1965: Elvis Presley's son Vernon Presley is born. On this same day he meets with Jon Landau about possibly producing more music.
October 9, 1965: Jon Landau reconnects Elvis with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller who are "excited to be working with the King again".
December 12, 1965: While taking a break in recording "Is That All There Is?" Elvis goes to a church in Nashville, where he firsts meets musician Johnny Cash as he stumbles into church while on drugs.
February 27, 1967: Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash release the Gospel album How Great Thou Art which will go onto win three Grammys and be the name of a documentary in the 1980s which chronicles the two men's meeting, different faiths, and initial hatred of each other overcome by their faith.
April 1, 1968: The Beatles contact Elvis Presley after a disastrous meeting with Dick James. Getting some serious Colonel Parker vibes, the King personally flies to with Jon Landau and some of his entourage.
May 15, 1968: Elvis has a meeting with Dick James and walks away with almost 500,000 pounds worth of shares in Northern Songs - the company that owns the Beatles catalog.
May 16, 1968: "When we asked Elvis how much he wanted for the shares, he just said 'take it, and sin no more'. I'm not sure what he meant by that but that was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me." ~ Ringo Starr on the sale of Dick James's shares back to the Beatles. Most of the shares went to Lennon-McCartney while Ringo and George picked up a pretty big share as well.
May 4, 1968: Northern Songs is officially incorporated into Apple Records, bringing all the Beatles' song rights under one roof.
August 17, 1969: The Beatles play their last show at Woodstock, introducing multiple songs from their White Album.
June 15, 1970: Ringo Starr officially joins The Elvis Presley Band for their new tour Stuck In The Middle With You.