It's August twenty-sixth, and on this day in 1969... during a live performance at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley broke into uncontrollable laughter in the middle of singing "Are You Lonesome Tonight." The moment came during the spoken-word bridge, when something struck Elvis as funny, and he struggled to regain composure as the audience roared with laughter. The incident was captured by RCA, making it one of the most beloved and humanizing onstage moments of his career.
