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  • Did Bob Dylan ever meet Elvis Presley?
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    Did Bob Dylan ever meet Elvis Presley?

    In ‘Went To See The Gypsy’ on New Morning, Dylan recalls how he went to see Elvis Presley in a hotel room. Did that meeting really take place? IIRC, in the ‘Careless Love‘ Elvis biography, Dylan and Lennon went to see Elvis play live in the 70s. Not a mention of Elvis meeting Dylan though. […] More

  • My Way of Thinking - Elvis Presley
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    My Way of Thinking – Elvis Presley

    I got the call early on Aug. 16, 1977. My friend and guitarist Donnie Baer’s brother-in-law was a fireman who had monitored the first ambulance calls to Graceland, and he was reporting Elvis had died. I replied with one word, “bullshit.” There was nothing on radio or TV yet, and enough reason to disbelieve, at […] More

  • Story Behind the Heartbreak Otel
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    Story Behind the Heartbreak Otel

      A suicide note was the unlikely inspiration behind the song that became Elvis Presley’s first No. 1 hit and million-selling single. Steel guitarist and session musician Tommy Durden read a newspaper article about a man who had killed himself, leaving behind a piece of paper with the haunting words: “I walk a lonely street.” […] More

  • Elvis blazed a trail of rock 'n' roll stories in Asheville
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    Elvis blazed a trail of rock ‘n’ roll stories in Asheville

    by Jon Elliston and Stuart Gaines Around 10 p.m., the lights in the Asheville Civic Center arena darkened, and the somber strains of Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” – the theme from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 – filled the air. The music was appropriately momentous, because the long-waited date of July 22, 1975, had arrived. A […] More

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    Elvis is number one in stamps

    This year’s Wonders of America set climbed to second place in the most popular stamps, but Elvis is still the King, the Postal Service said Tuesday. About 124.1 million of the 1993 Elvis Presley stamps were saved by Americans, according to the post office, which does an annual survey of 10,000 households to determine which […] More

  • Elvis Rules On Television!
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    Elvis Rules On Television!

    EIN has often said that Elvis has become an integral part of our socio-cultural fabric. His name, image or likeness appears regularly in our daily lives in our conversations, in movies, in newspapers and magazines, as part of television and radio commercials and on television. Many fans may not realise that Elvis has been the […] More

  • Elvis Presley Haircut - Fort Chaffee in March 1958
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    Elvis Presley Haircut – Fort Chaffee in March 1958

    Elvis Presley spent three days at Fort Chaffee in March 1958 after he was inducted into the Army. It was there he received that famous haircut. Fred Kinslow of Greenwood was 24 and a barber at Fort Chaffee at the time. He was standing near the singer when the locks came off, but he was […] More

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