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Elvis Presley luxury home

Elvis Presley luxury home


Graceland
home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee
Presley, Elvis (1935-1977), American singer and actor, one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Presley is renowned as an early pioneer of rock music and is considered by many to be rock's greatest performer.

model of Elvis' birth home
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. He attended Pentecostal churches in his youth, and there he heard gospel music. He also listened to blues and country-and-western music and won a talent contest at the age of ten for a rendition of the ballad "Old Shep," written by country singer Red Foley.

ticket for the tour of Graceland


Following high school, Presley worked as a truck driver. In 1953, while recording some songs as a birthday gift for his mother at a studio in Memphis, Tennessee, Presley impressed the studio manager with his unique vocal style, demonstrating both outstanding range and influences of black American music. This experience led to recordings with studio owner Sam Phillips through his record label, Sun Records. At age 21 Presley recorded his first songs for a major record label, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), including the original and popular "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956). He followed with the enormously successful double-sided single record "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel" (1956) and "All Shook Up" (1957).

fans coming to see Graceland in 1990

brought in by van in 2007

home interior
From 1956 to 1958, Presley starred in four motion pictures, all of which featured his soundtracks: Love Me Tender (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Loving You (1957), and King Creole (1958).

costume of Elvis Presley
After serving in the United States Armed Forces from 1958 to 1960, Presley appeared in numerous musical films, including Flaming Star (1960), Blue Hawaii (1961), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Roustabout (1964), Frankie and Johnny (1966), and Live a Little, Love a Little (1968). His public appeal faded during this period as his rebellious image gave way to the more wholesome persona developed in his film roles.

Elvis's grave
Presley continued to perform during the 1970s despite deteriorating health and long-term drug dependency. His death, a subject of some controversy, has been officially attributed to heart failure, a likely result of Presley's chronic overuse of prescription barbiturates. Presley is buried at his mansion, Graceland, which continues to attract fans and is a major tourist site in Memphis.

Elvis Presley Memorial fountain and garden (1990)
Known as the King of Western Bop and the Hillbilly Cat, Presley fused sounds of country music with black rhythm-and-blues influences and what was then the new rock-and-roll style. His unprecedented, electrically charged performances helped make Presley one of the first mass idols of American popular culture. He inspired countless musical artists. His many hit songs include "Love Me Tender" (1956), "Blue Suede Shoes" (1956), and "Hard Headed Woman" (1958).

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Elvis Presley Memorial Garden in 2007

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Lady Gaga homes



Here we will present information about luxury homes owned by lady gaga, lady gaga is a very popular girl in the world this year.

When Lady GaGa was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy's arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit.

It's no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady GaGa.

"I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I'm a ham today," says Lady GaGa, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song "Beautiful Dirty Rich," and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek "shock art" performances where GaGa – who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.

When the pop diva goes to Hollywood, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, leased this 6 bedroom, 8 bathroom Mediterranean estate in October of 2009. According to listing information the high-walled and gated residence, located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, has 6,143 square feet of interior living space. Amenities include a double height entry with marble floors and a curving staircase, french doors throughout, an office/ library that opens to the pool terrace with outdoor kitchen. The hillside property has a resort-style swimming pool and spa with a terrace that hangs over a canyon with unobstructed panoramic views of the city.












Best Exterior Lighting

Best Exterior Lighting

Exterior task lighting primarily provides safe night time access, around front door, garden paths and pool areas.The old large-sourced ambient lighting, (like multiple high wattage filament globes or spotlights) should be avoided.

There are now many other more energy efficient and effective choices. Small 12V 10 watt halogen fixtures over or near the front door or along a path or staircase, will light enough of the traffic area to allow safe passage. The new extreme low wattage LED lights will do the same thing even more efficiently.

Path lighting is best mounted on a wall or post, well below eye level, so that the source at no point blinds the traveller. Any close light source at night has a tendency to blind because the eye’s pupil has adjusted wide open to very low levels.

When this task lighting is augmented with some feature lighting, (accenting particular plants, water features, stone walls), the path to the house becomes a passage of discovery.

Unlike interior rooms, the garden generally does not have a ceiling, so most fixtures would be mounted in the ground, providing up-lighting for plants and walls. While exterior feature lighting can be very attractive, one must be energy conscious and selective when deciding what to light. Not the entire garden needs to, or should be, lit up.


Also consider how the exteriors lights impact on the neighbours. Some people (possible rightly) think that excess garden lighting is light pollution. Infrared sensors that turn lights on when needed are a worthwhile consideration.




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