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Graceland's Celebrity Visitors Through the Years

6/15/2009

For many years, from the time Graceland opened to the public on June 7, 1982, the tour guide staff informally kept a list of the celebrities who visited. We’ve missed a few names along the way and, unfortunately, we did not always keep track of the dates. Once we created this feature for the web site, record-keeping of celebrity visits became a bit more formalized. Our list is updated continually as more celebrities visit and we continue to add names we missed from years past whenever someone recalls one. If you know of someone we missed and, please do let us know and we'll add the name if we can document the visit. In all the hubbub around here, word sometimes doesn't get to the web staff to post. E-mails from fans to help out are always appreciated.

Latest Additions: 

June 5, 2009: David Feherty, former European Tour and PGA Tour professional golfer. May 4, 2009: Elvis Costello, musician. April 12, 2009: Katy Perry, musician. April 9, 2009: Shaquille O'Neal, professional basketball player. November 10, 2008: Chris Tucker from Rush Hour. August 3, 2008: Dave Matthews from Dave Matthews Band; May 12, 2008: Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver. April 8, 2008: Joel Olsteen from Olsteen Ministries. February 24, 2008:  famed illusionist David Copperfield (second visit).  February 22, 2008:  Dancer Louis van Amstel from the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars.  February 1, 2008:  the Food Network's Guy Fieri.  January 20, 2007: the Reverend Al Sharpton. 


Here, in alphabetical order, is our celebrity visitor list from 1982 to the present:

A

BRYAN ADAMS
AEROSMITH (second visit 12/6/02)
AIR SUPPLY
MYRA AKINS
ALABAMA
ALCATRAZ
KRISTIAN ALFONSO
MUHAMMAD ALI
ANA ALICIA
BYRON ALLEN
TORI AMOS
LOUIS VAN AMSTEL (2/22/08)
STEVE ANDROPOLUS
ADAM ANT
SUSAN ANTON (3/14/07)
MICHAEL ANTHONY - VAN HALEN
FIONA APPLE
DR. OSCAR ARIAS (10/10/01)
JOAN ARMATRADING
LUCI ARNAZ
MARY KAY ASH
MATTHEW ASHFORD
AUDIO ADRENALINE
MAE BOREN AXTON
DANNY AYALON, AMBASSADOR FROM ISRAEL TO THE U.S.
DAN AYKROYD

B

THE B-52s
BACKSTREET BOYS
KEVIN BACON
BAD COMPANY
THE BANGLES
MEREDITH BAXTER
THE BEACH BOYS
JENNIFER BEALS
BILL BELEW
JIM BELUSHI (6/8/05)
ROY C. BENNETT
THE BEASTIE BOYS
BERLIN
ANTONIA BERNATH (2/4-5/05)
BRANDON BERNSTEIN (8/13/07)
VALERIE BERTINELLI
CLINT BLACK
LISA HARTMAN BLACK (7/93)
OTIS BLACKWELL
BUD BLOCK
LINDSAY BLOOM
ORLANDO BLOOM (summer 2004)
JEFF BODINE
TODD BODINE (7/13/06)
MICHAEL BOLTON
DANNY BONADUCE
LISA BONET
BON JOVI
PAT BOONE
EARNEST BORGNINE
BOY GEORGE AND CULTURE CLUB
GEORGE BRETT
JEFF BRIDGES
CHRISTY BRINKLEY
DANIELLE BRISBOISE
TOM BROKAW
ELKIE BROOKS (3/25/03)
GARTH BROOKS
JAMES L. BROOKS (8/23/07)
JAMES BROWN
JIM ED BROWN/THE BROWNS (1/02)
SAMANTHA BROWN
JIMMY BUFFETT
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY
JIM J. BULLOCK
ELLEN BURSTYN
JAMES BURTON (8/12/06 & previously)
GARY BUSEY
BILLY BUSH (4/22/07)
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (6/30/06)
FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH (6/30/06)
BRETT BUTLER
JOHN BYNER (10/13/02)
GABRIEL BYRNE (11/27/02)

C

JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
NICOLAS CAGE
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
CAROLINA RAIN (6/30/06)
JANN CARL (3/26/06 & 8/15/07)
KEITH CARRADINE
JIM CARREY (4/10/03)
FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, ROSALYNN & AMY CARTER
SHAWN CASEY
JOANNE CASH (3/07)
JOHNNY CASH
ROSEANNE CASH
JAMES CAVIEZEL (8/8/06)
TRACY CHAPMAN
RAY CHARLES
CHEAP TRICK
MARK CHESTNUT
CHICAGO
JULIA CHILD
JUN-PYO CHO, Consul General, Republic of Korea (5/8/03)
CINDER ROAD (4/17/07)
DICK CLARK
MARY CLARK
PETULA CLARK
ANDREW DICE CLAY (second visit 8/24/07)
GLENN CLOSE
JOE COCKER
JOAN COLLINS (4/20/07)
PHIL COLLINS
NADIA COMANECI
RAY COMBS
BART CONNER
DAVID COPPERFIELD (second visit 2/24/08)
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
ELVIS COSTELLO
KATIE COURIC (10/94 & 8/14/02)
PETER COX (3/25/03)
FLOYD CRAMER
MARSHALL CRENSHAW
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
RUSSELL CROWE
RODNEY CROWELL
TONY CURTIS (1/9/03)
JULIE CYPHER
BILLY RAY CYRUS

D

JESSE DABSON
MICHAEL DAMION
CHARLIE DANIELS (10/25/05)
CHRIS DAUGHTRY (5/6/06 and 4/17/07)
TOMMY DAVIDSON
GEENA DAVIS
MAC DAVIS (7/93)
KEN DAVITIAN (9/27/07)
OSCAR DE LA RENTA
AMBASSADOR FRANCOIS BUJON DE L'ESTANG (5/9/02)
BENICIO DEL TORO (11/27/02)
JAY DeMARCUS (12/27/06)
CATHERINE DENEUVE
JOHN DENVER
LAURA DERN
DONNA DERRICO (5/20/06)
FELIX DE WELDON
NEIL DIAMOND
CAMERON DIAZ (10/19/03)
PHYLLIS DILLER
MATT DILLON
CELINE DION
ROY DISNEY (6/20/02)
DONNA DIXON
PHIL DONAHUE
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
DOO RAG
SENATOR BYRON DORGAN
DARYL DRAGON
DURAN DURAN
TOMMY DURDEN
BOB DYLAN

E

DALE EARNHARDT, JR. (12/16/01 and 8/13/07)
BARBARA EDEN
ANTHONY EDWARDS (6/19/06)
H. R. H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF YUGOSLAVIA
BILL ELLIOT (10/21/04)
HAYDEN ESHUNDU (3/25/03)
E STREET BAND
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
LINDA EVANS (4/20/07)

F

MORGAN FAIRCHILD
DONNA FARGO
FASTWAY
THE FAT BOYS
JOE FARRELL (10/17/03)
DAVID FEHERTY
FREDDIE FENDER
CRAIG FERGUSON
KIM FIELDS
GUY FIERI (2/1/08)
FIREHOUSE
JOELY FISHER
FLEETWOOD MAC
PEGGY FLEMING
BRIDGET FONDA
JOHN FOGERTY
D. J. FONTANA
JOHN FORCE
DAVID FOSTER
REDD FOXX
PAUL FRANK (11/2/04)

G

SIR JAMES AND LADY JEANNE GALWAY (10/8/04)
BILL GAITHER
JERRY GARCIA
JENNIE GARTH
MICHELLE GAYLE (3/25/03)
TERRI GIBBS
BILLY GIBBONS
BLAKE GIBBONS
LEEZA GIBBONS
DEBBIE GIBSON
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
MELISSA GILBERT (8/31/01)
THE GO-GOs
JEFF GOLDBLUM
BOB CAT GOLDTHWAIT
CUBA GOODING, JR. (6/8/02)
GENEVIEVE GORDER (2002)
AL GORE
HEATHER GRAHAM
AMY GRANT
BILLY GREENBUSH
LEE GREENWOOD
MERV GRIFFIN
JOHN GRISHAM
JOE GUERCIO
PETER GURALNICK

H

TONY HADLEY (3/25/03)
CHARLES HAID
ISAAC HAYES
HALL & OATES
DOROTHY HAMILL
TOM HANKS
WOODY HARRELSON
CORY HART
MARY HART
MARIETTE HARTLEY
LISA HARTMAN BLACK
DAVID HASSELHOFF (6/10/02)
TERI HATCHER
MOLLY HATCHETT
HEART
MARG HELGENBERGER
ANNE HELM
DON HENLEY
JOHN HENTON
TAYLOR HICKS (5/6/06)
DUSTY HILL
FAITH HILL (7/10/06)
GREGORY HINES
AL HIRT
CHARLIE HODGE
STEVE HOLY (6/23/05)
THE HOOTERS
BO HOPKINS
PAUL HORNIG
HOUDINI
KATE HUDSON
GOVERNOR AND MRS. HUNT OF NORTH CAROLINA
HELEN HUNT
ELIZABETH HURLEY (6/1/01)

I

BILLY IDOL
THE IMPERIALS
INXS
CHRIS ISAAK

J

JANET JACKSON
WANDA JACKSON (8/06)
MICHAEL JACKSON
MARK JAMES
JIMI JAMISON
AL JAREAUX
JUNE JUANICO (8/12/06 & previously)
PETER JENNINGS
JOAN JETT
THE JETTS
BILLY JOEL
LEEE JOHN (Yes, three e's in Leee. 3/25/03)
DAVY JONES
HOWARD JONES
TOM JONES
LOUIS JORDAN
THE JORDANAIRES
JOURNEY
THE JUDDS
JUMP 5 (10/2/07)


K

STACY KEACH
DIANE KEATON
DAVID KEITH
TOBY KEITH
HARVEY KEITEL
B. B. KING
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
GAYLE KING (6/4/06)
LARRY KING (8/15/07)
STEPHEN KING
KINKS
SAM KINISON
KISS
PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI OF JAPAN (6/30/06)
KOOL AND THE GANG
GAVIN KOON
ROBIN KOON
LENNY KRAVITZ (second visit 11/20/04)
ALISON KRAUSS
KROKUS
BRUCE KULICK (2005)

L

CHERYL LADD
EMERIL LAGASSE (3/30/07)
L. A. GUNNS
LAN LI-JUN, Minister & Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy,China (7/11/02)
JOHN LANDIS
NIGELLA LAWSON
TRACY LAWRENCE
HEATH LEDGER (1/23/03)
BRENDA LEE
MICHELE LEE (8/18/05)
JERRY LEIBER
ANNIE LIEBOWITZ LIT (12/15/01)
JANET LEIGH
SUZANNA LEIGH
TANYA LEMANI-GEORGE (8/12/06)
JAY LENO
DEF LEPPARD
BLAKE LEWIS (12/14/07)
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
JERRY LEE LEWIS
AMBASSADOR AND MRS. LI OF CHINA
LIMP BIZKIT
DOC LIVINGSTON
LL COOL J
HELMUT LOTTI
COURTNEY LOVE
DARLENE LOVE
GEORGE LUCAS
DAVID LYALL
LORETTA LYNN (2/14/05)

M

ANDIE MACDOWELL (12/04/05)
STEVE MACAVEETY (8/8/06)
HENRY MANCINI
HOWIE MANDEL
IRLENE MANDRELL
CAMRYN MANHEIM (2/4-5/05)
BARRY MANILOW
TARYN MANNING (2004)
LALIT MANSING, India's Ambassador to the U.S. (8/2/03)
JUDITH “MISS MANNERS” MARTIN
WINK & SANDY MARTINDALE
THE MARVELLS
RICHARD MARX
JERRY MATHERS
DAVE MATTHEWS
KEVINN MAX (3/29/06)
KEVIN McCARTHY
RUE McCLANAHAN
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY
RONNIE MCDOWELL
JOHN MCENROE (10/8/06)
TIM McGRAW (7/10/06)
TUG McGRAW (11/23/03)
CHARLIE McKAY
KATHERINE McPHEE (5-6-06)
MEAT LOAF
BILL MEDLEY
JOHN MELLENCAMP (visited in the 1980s; returned 8/2/03)
MEN AT WORK
MENUDO
SALLAI MERIDOR, AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL (12/16/07)
LEE MERIWEATHER
METALLICA
MANDY MEYER
VICTORIA PAIGE MEYERINK (9/15/05 & 8/12/06)
RICK MEYERS
DALE MIDKIFF
BETTE MIDLER
ALYSSA MILANO (11/30/02)
ANN MILLER
STEVE MILLER BAND
CLAY MILLICAN (8/9/04)
MILLI VANILLI
HALEY MILLS
ALICIA MINSHEW (9/1/06)
MR. MISTER
PAUL MITCHELL
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY GENTRY (Eddie Montgomery, Troy Gentry) (10/12/07)
MOODY BLUES
SCOTTY MOORE
GARY MORRIS
ROB MORROW (6/7/07)
MOTLEY CRUE
TOMMY MOTOLLA (5/6/06)
MEGAN MULLALLY (8/5/06)
RUPERT MURDOCK
EDDIE MURPHY
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR RONNIE MUSGROVE & MELANIE MUSGROVE (1/26/03)

N

RALPH NADER
N'SYNC
PATRICIA NEAL (12/6/04)
GUNNAR NELSON
JUDD NELSON
MATTHEW NELSON
SAM NELSON
TRACY NELSON
AARON NEVILLE
WAYNE NEWTON
JACK NICHOLSON
NIGHT RANGER
CHRIS NOEL (8/12/06 & previously.)
98 DEGREES
MOJO NIXON (8/15/02)
PETER NOONE
SECRETARY GALE NORTON, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (3-26/27-06)

O

PAUL OAKENFOLD (7/21/03)
CHRIS O'DONNELL
NICK OFFERMAN (8/5/06)
MICHAEL O'KEEFE
KEN OLIN
JOEL OLSTEEN
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
CARTER OOSTERHOUSE (10/17/03)
ROY ORBISON
TONY ORLANDO
JACK OSBOURNE (3/3/06)
OZZY OSBOURNE
JAY OSMOND
MARIE OSMOND
MERRILL OSMOND
WAYNE OSMOND
RANDY OWEN (10/25/05) (Also in the 1980s with his group, Alabama.)

P

LAWANDA PAGE
JIMMY PAGE
DEBRA PAGET
YANGWOO PARK, Dir. General, Korean Culture (5/8/03)
MARY LOUISE PARKER
BERT PARKS
JULIE PARRISH
DOLLY PARTON
STELLA PARTON
GOVERNOR AND MRS. PATTON OF KENTUCKY
ROBERT PATRICK (2/5/05)
JOHNNY PAYCHECK
RON PEARLMAN
CYNTHIA PEPPER
CARL PERKINS
MILLIE PERKINS
KATY PERRY
LUKE PERRY
STEVE PERRY
BERNADETTE PETERS
KYLE PETTY
RICHARD PETTY
TOM PETTY (Visited in the 1980s. Return visit 8/17/03.)
LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS
PHISH
MARGUERITE PIAZZA
DR. GAO WAY PING, CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. (8/03)
PINK FLOYD
ANGELO PIZZO (8/8/06)
ROBERT PLANT (1986 or 1987.  Second visit 11/2/06. Third visit 7/21/08.)
THE PLATTERS
POISON (First visit in the 80s. C.C. DeVille and Bobby Dall also visited 7/10/07.)
SIDNEY POLLACK
IGGY POP
BILL PORTER (1-6/8-06)
THE PRETENDERS
CHARLIE PRIDE
JUDAS PRIEST
PROCESS
CHRISTI PROCTOR (10/17/03)
GREG PRYOR
GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP
PUDDLE OF MUD (9/24/07)

Q

R

BONNIE RAITT
DACK RAMBO
JOHNNY RAMONE
RATDOGS (3/02)
RATT
PETER RECKELL
KEANU REEVES
REO SPEEDWAGON
JUDGE REINHOLD
THE REVOLUTION
JOHN RHYS-DAVIES (6/16/05)
JOHNATHAN RHYS-MEYERS (2/4-5/05)
ANNE RICE
ADAM RICH
KEITH RICHARDS
DON RICKLES
RICK RIFLE (10/17/03)
JIM RITZ
GERALDO RIVERA
JOAN RIVERS (mid-1980s, also 10/11/02)
ERIC ROBERTS (3/22/06)
DALE ROBERTSON
CHRIS ROBINSON
ROXY ROKER
THE ROLOFF FAMILY
ROMANTICS
AXL ROSE
ROSEANNE
KYLE ROTE, JR.
MICKEY ROURKE

S

JAMES SADWITH (1/15/05, 2/4-5/05)
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE (2/22/07)
SALT-N-PEPA
ADAM SANDLER
GARY SANDY
HILDA SANTO-TOMAS (10/21/03)
SUSAN SARANDON
DIANE SAWYER (8/15/07)
HALEY SCARNATO (12/14/07)
JOHNATHON SCHAECH
WILLIAM SCHALLERT (8/12/06)
JOHN SCHNEIDER
JOEL SCHUMACHER
DAVID SCHWIMMER (11/2/07)
SCORPIONS
JOSEY SCOTT (Married in Graceland wedding chapel 5/29/04)
NEIL SEDAKA
JANE SEYMOUR (12/9/02 and 7/8/04)
SHALIMAR
REV. AL SHARPTON (1/20/08)
DEL SHANNON
ERNIE SHAVER
LINDA SHEA
CYBILL SHEPHERD
T. G. SHEPPARD
THE SHIRELLES
GENE SIMMONS
NICK SIMMONS
PAUL SIMON
RAVEN SIMONE
SKID ROW
YAKOFF SMIRNOFF
ANNA NICOLE SMITH (4/12/05)
JADA PINKETT SMITH (8/29/05)
SONIA (3/25/03)
MATT SORUM (10/9/07)
LARRY SPEAKS
RICK SPRINGFIELD
MICHAEL ST. GERARD
JOHN STAMOS
RINGO STARR
THE STATLER BROTHERS
JOSH STEELY of the band Daughtry (4/17/07)
RICHARD STERBAN
ROD STEWART
TONY STEWART
MIKE STOLLER
ERIC STOLTZ
GEORGE STRAIT
ROBIN STRASSER
STRAY CATS
STRYPER
JIM STUCKEY
STYX
J. D. SUMNER AND THE STAMPS QUARTET
GOVERNOR DON SUNDQUIST OF TENNESSEE
BILLY SWAN
THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS
TAYLOR SWIFT

T

MICHAEL TALBOT
NORMAN TAUROG
TONI TENNILLE
JUDY TENUDA
38 SPECIAL
TOMMY THAYER (6/4/07)
HEATHER THOMAS
MARLO THOMAS
RUFUS THOMAS
ROB THOMAS/MATCHBOX 20
LINDA THOMPSON (early 1990s and 8/13/06)
SAM THOMPSON (8/13/06 & previously)
THREE DOG NIGHT
SENATOR STROM THURMOND OF SOUTH CAROLINA
TIMES 11
TOTO
ALEX TREBEK
TRAVIS TRITT (6/95)
ROGER TROUTMAN
TRUE COLORS
CHRIS TUCKER
TANYA TUCKER
KT TUNSTALL (9/18/06)
KEVIN TURCO
CHRISTY TURLINGTON
RONNIE TUTT
SHANIA TWAIN
LIV TYLER
MICHAEL TYLO

U

U2
LESLIE UGGAMS
BLAIR UNDERWOOD
CARRIE UNDERWOOD (1/12/06)

V

LUTHER VANDROSS
EDDIE VAN HALEN
DICK VAN PATTEN
JOHNNY VAN ZANDT BAND
PHIL VASSER (2005)
BOBBY VEE
BEN VEREEN
RICK VITO

W

ALICE WALKER
RUSTY WALLACE
DEBORAH WALLEY
WALL OF VOODOO
SUSAN WALTERS
BILLY WARLOCK
JULIE WARNER
WARRANT
STEVE WARREN
NAOMI WATTS (1/23/03)
BRUCE WEBER
LISA WELCHEL (12/13/01)
KITTY WELLS
KATHY WESTMORELAND
PATRICIA WETTIG
SARAH WHATMORE (11/17/07)
WIL WHEATON
MR. WHIPPLE
JALEEL WHITE
THE WIGGLES (10/28/04)
ZAKK WYLDE (1/19/07)
JOHN WILKINSON
ANDY WILLIAMS
BARRY WILLIAMS
BRIAN WILLIAMS
ROBIN WILLIAMS (7/6/02)
VANESSA WILLIAMS
GRETCHEN WILSON (2/9/07)
MARY WILSON
MICHELLE WILSON
OPRAH WINFREY (6/4/06)
HENRY WINKLER
BEN WISEMAN
KATARINA WITT
WOLFMAN JACK
ALFRE WOODARD
RONNIE WOODS
JO ANNE WORLEY
BILL WYMAN (8/27/01)

X

Y

ELLIOTT YAMIN (5-6-06)
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
TRISHA YEARWOOD
YES
DWIGHT YOAKAM
PAUL YOUNG

Z

ZAP
BOB ZEMECKIS
Z.Z. TOP

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