Shows sucess

Elvis enjoyed phenomonal success in Vegas and his first show played to a celebrity who's who audience including Sammy Davis Jnr and Tom Jones. He performed over 800 shows in Vegas with takings of 43.7 million dollars equivelant to 250 million dollars today and in the space of only seven years played to over 2.5 million people. His last shows in Vegas was December 2-12 1976 and although sheduled to return he suffered a heart attack on August 16th 1977 and died at his graceland mansion.