LEONARD BERNSTEIN‘Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century.’JOHN LENNON‘Before Elvis there was nothing’‘Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn’t been an Elvis, there wouldn’y have been a Beatles’BOB DYLAN‘ When I first heard Elvis’s voice I just knew I wasn’t going to work for anybody and nobody was […] More
Firstly let this sink in for a moment, if Elvis had not become spiritual and had stuck to the teachings of the church he grew up in we would never have known him, the world would never have known himIt’s one of the reasons why this is so importantElvis once said he thought he would […] More
The other night, David and I were talking… I said, you know… I kinda wished I’d talked to Elvis about starting a race team… David said, I’m surprised you didn’t… I said, I thought about it… And, I know he was probably expecting me to, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask him for anything…Growing […] More
Once upon a time in Long Beach, CA. The Golden-Boy-King was there. The date was: Thursday, June 7, 1956, 7:30 p.m. The place was: The Municipal Auditorium. Through press reviews of the time, as well as the memories of the people who attended this fabulous era. In addition with photos that I have customized, resized, […] More
Elvis fans Barbara, 15, and Patricia, 13, brutally murdered after being raped somewhere in Chicago. Sixty five years later, the case of the Elvis-loving Grimes sisters’ murders remains cold. Sixty five years ago, Barbara and Patricia Grimes were a couple of ordinary teenage girls, addicted to the music of the swivel-hipped heartthrob who was driving […] More
First, i dedicate this post to the memory of the late Timi Anderson and Dede Smith, who passed away a few years ago. However, we have nothing new about the other two teenagers in the photo, namely Suzie Olson and Anna Skarning who is the daughter of the promoter who hosted the event at the […] More
Ed shares the other fear that Elvis had besides losing his voice was when Lisa was born. Highlights Ed shares, “When Lisa was born, Elvis felt fulfilled as a man. Now he was a success, a husband and a father. At first he showed Lisa off with the pride of any new daddy. He was […] More
Many have asked, and many have wondered… What was it like Christmas shopping with Elvis… Today, I’ll share what it was like, when I went with him… Elvis would have a store opened up, after hours and we would all get into the cars and follow him to the store… Once inside the store Elvis […] More
George shares, “Shortly after Elvis died, producer Felton Jarvis told me that in one of their last meetings, he and Elvis had started to plan another recording session. Felton played Elvis a number of demos, and knowing that Elvis had some recent success with Mark Jame’s “Moody Blue”, he included another James tune, “Leaving You’s […] More
We can see Elvis driving his new car, the first Stutz BlackHawk, at his Hillcrest home in Beverly Hills. Jules Meyers, the dealership owner, was reluctant: he had explained that this car was the first Stutz to be manufactured and that he needed to show it off to future buyers. Then Elvis asked him the […] More
Gladys looking very sad circa 1956… I don’t think she was living a very happy life after 1955. By 1956 her son became the biggest star on earth and in my opinion she couldn’t cope with it. Gladys was afraid that something could happen to Elvis. She wasn’t very happy that her son was around […] More
ELVIS NEVER REALLY LIKED PLAYING VEGAS HE HATED DOING THE DINNER SHOWS COMPETING WITH PEOPLE SLURPING THEIR SOUP AND THE NOISE OF CUTLERY ON PLATES, AND DOING TWO SHOWS TO PEOPLE WHO IN GENERAL WERE NOT HIS FANS BUT JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN VEGAS WAS EXHAUSTING FOR ELVIS, BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT […] More