Carrie Tywater was so different from the screaming bobby-socks set that Presley reached out and asked her to meet with him. Years after the train pulled away from Fort worth, Tywater was still talking about her brief encounter with Presley…(Her grandson) said: “She thought Elvis hung the moon.” – Elvis from Memphis to Hollywood. David […] More
“First of all, I plead innocent of all charges!”… Elvis photographed during is 1972 New York Press Conference at the Hilton Hotel ahead of his 4-show engagement at Madison Square Garden. Elvis looking tanned and relaxed and “more handsome than a dozen movie stars”. More
The guy in the Goofy jumpsuit is Jackie Kahane, who attended Baron Byng along with a lot of other famous, and less famous, Jewish Montrealers. He was a standup comic and opened for Elvis Presley for something like seven years. Indeed, he did co-write, with Barry W. Adelman, and read the Eulogy at Elvis’s funeral, […] More
At the end of his performance, he smiled and said that he would see us tonight. And then he was gone as quickly as he had come. People just kind of sat there as if in shock and the official voice crammed itself into our thoughts with, “Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Presley has left the […] More
Jerry Schilling, longtime friend of Elvis Presley, is hosting a series of concerts to commemorate the King of Rock’s return tour 50 years ago. And this has confirmed that Elvis’s only true friend on the music circuit was Tom Jones.Schilling has explained that the Welshman and Elvis used to spend long evenings well into the […] More
He was a precious gift from GodWe cherished and loved dearly.He had a God-given talent that he sharedWith the world. And without a doubt,He became most widely acclaimed;Capturing the hearts of young and old alike.He was admired not only as an entertainer,But as the great humanitarian that he was;For his generosity, and his kind feelingsFor […] More
Elvis’ Madison Square Garden shows were the first time Elvis performed in front of a live audience in New York since his TV appearances on the Dorsey Brothers, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan shows in 1956 and 1957. Elvis performed before an audience of 20,000 fans at each of the four shows that took place […] More
Elvis received rave reviews in three features in the New York Times. “He looked like a prince from another planet, narrow-eyed, with high Indian cheek bones and a smooth brown skin untouched by his 37 years,” Chris Chase wrote in the Times. “When Elvis started to work with the mike, his right hand flailing air, […] More