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Elvis' 16th movie is hardly the kind of film that's going to change the world. At first glance, Roustabout is formulaic enough to understand why, in 1964, the New York Times flatly refused to review it. Many critics lamented the way this musical comedy 'totally wasted' the talents of Barbara Stanwyck, the acclaimed star of such classics as 'Ball Of Fire' and 'Cattle Queen Of Montana' (a performance that especially impressed Elvis). Yet despite a clichéd plot - hard-hearted business types try...| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Jerry Weintraub - Elvis Concert Promoter. I started to call Tom Parker who was Elvis' manager every morning at 8:30 in the morning. 'Good morning, Colonel, this is Jerry Weintraub. I want to take Elvis on tour'. Finally, one morning he said to me, 'You still want to take my boy on tour'. I said, 'Yes'. He said, 'Okay, you be in Vegas tomorrow at 11:00 o'clock with a million dollars and we'll talk a deal' .... I said, 'Okay I'll get it and I'll be there'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Vernon Presley by Nancy Anderson : Good Housekeeping, January 1978. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
In 1957, a magazine printed a lie about Elvis, not the first one, not the last one, but one that has been often passed on through the years and at times artists of today like to throw out the slur when needing a headline, so there are those that believe Elvis was racist. Yes, we know that the notion that Elvis was a racist is preposterous. It's as stupid now as it was then, but here is our definitive response to this nonsense. Read more. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Larry Strickland: It was popular to wear for guys and girls these bib overalls. Well I had bought a pair, I thought they were really cool, I figured I was this really hip guy. So I had no clue about what was about to happen. So he is hugging Ed and all that stuff. Ed turns to me and says Elvis I want you to meet Larry Strickland he is our new bass singer for the group. Elvis puts out his hand and shakes it and then he takes Ed and pulls him about three steps away from me but no...| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Norm Crosby. I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Among many of Elvis Presley's prized cars was his Stutz Blackhawk's. Elvis was the first in America to own a Stutz, and probably his favouite car of the '70s was his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
On July 7, 1955 Elvis purchased his second Pink Cadillac, a new 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with black roof, to replace the Cadillac that was burned. He had the car repainted by a neighbor who designed a pink color for Elvis and named the color 'Elvis Rose'. This is the one that he gave to his mother, probably the most famous car in the world. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with George Klein who was one of Elvis' oldest friends, having first met him in high school way back in 1948. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Tonight, intimate stories of an American legend, Elvis Presley. With us, Elvis' best buddies, Marty Lacker, who knew Elvis since junior high, was co-best man at his wedding, served as the King's bookkeeper and secretary. Lamar Fike, he even tried to go into the Army with him, but couldn't. Jerry Schilling still finds it hard to discuss all the time he spent with Elvis. Also Elvis' stepbrother, David Stanley, at Elvis' Graceland mansion the day he died. Kathy Westmoreland, backup singer, it wa...| www.elvis.com.au
On March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley, accompanied by his parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board. From there, he and twelve other recruits were bused to Kennedy Veterans Memorial Hospital. There, Elvis was assigned army serial number 53 310 761.| www.elvispresleymusic.com.au
The first time I saw Elvis in person I knew he was special. Number one he was the prettiest man you ever saw in your life. He was really beyond handsome. There was something electric about him. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley 1953-1955 - Every concert, studio recording and important event in Elvis Presley's Life from Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee, 1953 to December 1955.| www.elvispresleymusic.com.au
On November 23, 1976 at Graceland, Memphis tennessee, Elvis' cousin Harold Loyd, the night guard at graceland, called the police complaining of a drunk, pisto wielding man blocking the gates at Elvis Presley's home in a brand new white lincoln continental. When the police got to the open driver's side window, they found that the man was Jerry Lee Lewis ... | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Carl Perkins first heard Elvis Presley singing 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' on the radio in the late Summer of 1954. Called to listed by his wife Valda as she thought the sound of the band was similar to that of Carl's. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
He got calls from Frank Sinatra and President Nixon. He would have me go to the phone and say, is this really President Nixon? Is this really Frank Sinatra? | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley had a life-long love affair with motor cars. Begining in the '50s with Cadillacs, including the Pink Cadillac that he eventually gave to his mother - probably the most famous car in the world - to a VW and two BMW 507s in Germany. In the '60s there where more Cadillacs and a Rolls Royce. In the '70s, again more Cadillacs, a Mercedes-Benz 600, even a lone Ford T-Bird and no less than five Stutz Blackhawks, among many others. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
The 1972 Madison Square Garden Press Conference : June 9, 1972, in much improved picture quality, plus the transcript to read if you prefer ... Elvis: First of all, I plead innocent of all charges! ... | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
'On the drums from Dallas, Texas, is hard-working Ronnie Tutt', is how Elvis usually introduced Ronnie on stage, but I don't think that any kind of introduction is really necessary for our readers. Not only did he play drums for Elvis from 1969 to 1977, but he's also a highly regarded session-drummer that has worked with the likes of Neil Diamond and Elvis Costello. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
This is the review of Elvis' first concert at the International Hotel on July 31, 1969. It was written by Ray Connelly and originally published in the London Evening Standard August 2, 1969. Included with the review is an exciting interview with The King, again by Ray Connelly. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with John Wilkinson, Elvis' rhythm guitarist from 1969 to 1977. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Here is both the audio and the complete transcript of an Elvis press conference in Canada 1957. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Meets the Beatles .. It lasted for about two or three hours and there were no cameras taken -- no pictures whatsoever. People say there's pictures. No recordings, nothing like that. The only pictures of that meeting were outside taken by fans and photographers. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley was singing That's All Right and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. The sound went straight up your spine. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
The Jordanaires, voices behind Elvis, still singing | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
The first time I met Elvis, I told him my mother had predicted he'd be a big star. He just laughed shyly. In those days, he truly had no idea of how big he would become. Few know this, but there were actually two Elvises inside the one. As we traveled the road with him, we came to see both sides. He could be very, very shy, the sensitive momma's boy, and he could be as wild as a joker in a game of spit in the ocean. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Dolly Parton knocked back advances from Elvis Presley's people to record one of her most famous songs, I Will Always Love You. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
This is an interview I conducted with the great recording engineer Bill Porter back in 1987. We chatted and listened to some of his recordings. In one week of 1960, Bill Porter-engineered recordings accounted for 15 of Billboard's Top 100 Singles. You could chalk it up to his having folks like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Chet Atkins and the Everly Brothers to record, but then you'd have to explain why, with Porter out of the picture, so many of their careers took a nose-dive. The fact is, the...| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Jerry Schilling by Ken Sharp from Goldmine Magazine. Jerry and Elvis forged a close friendship that lasted from the mid-'50s until Elvis' death in 1977. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' twenty-first film was the 1966 Paramount release Paradise, Hawaiian Style. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
We found Scotty to be very easy going and he genuinely seemed to enjoy reminiscing about the early years of his career in the music business.The interview was originally published in the August 1973 issue. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Priscilla Presley met Elvis Presley in 1959, when she was 14. At that time, Elvis was serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. They began a romance, and Priscilla eventually followed Elvis to the United States.| www.elvispresley.com.au
In Wild In The Country Elvis plays the young rebel Glenn Tyler. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' sixteenth movie was the 1964 Paramount film Roustabout'. Playing opposite Barbara Stanwyck this time out in Roustabout, Elvis Presley was in awe of his costar and worked hard to live up to her professional standards. Unfortunately, the scriptwriters were less demanding of themselves, and the film suffers from banal dialogue and predictable plotting. Elvis stars as Charlie Rogers, a drifter with a chip on his shoulder who lands a job as a roustabout, or handyman, with a down-and-out car...| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' fourteenth film was 1964's| www.elvis.com.au
Hal Wallis was born, Harold Brent Wallis on 14 September 1899 in Chicago. He died on October 5, 1986. He was an Academy Award-winning American motion picture producer. His family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1922 where he found work as part of the publicity department at Warner Bros. in 1923. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' eleventh film was 'Girls! Girls! Girls!' (Paramount, 1962). Elvis reported to the studio on March 26, 1962. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
One of the song writing teams Elvis worked with was the prolific Leiber and Stoller, who wrote many hit songs of the 50's and 60's. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Usually referred to as 'The '68 Special' or 'The '68 Comeback', the actual name of this landmark television special was 'Elvis'. Taped in June 1968, it first aired the following December 3rd on NBC-TV. It stands as one of the great television moments in rock music history and a stunningly brilliant milestone in Elvis Presley's career. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with songwriter Michael Jarrett who wrote both I'm Leavin' as well as a Christmas song cut at the same sessions, the bluesy I'll Be Home On Christmas Day, which Elvis recorded in 1971. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
It therefore comes as a pleasant surprise to learn that Larry Muhoberac, the man who played keyboards for Elvis for ten years, is an Aussie citizen and currently lives in a delightful home overlooking a valley full of gum trees on Sydney's northern beaches. Larry's story is one of those tales of a series of glorious accidents which led to a long period working for the most famous rock star the world has ever known. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Shaun Nielsen Interview ... It's not a secret that Elvis loved the voice of tenor Shaun 'Sherrill' Nielsen. During a 1970 Las Vegas show, Presley introduced him as: 'The greatest tenor in Gospel music'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
On March 28th, 1998, Scotty and D.J. Fontana performed at an Elvis convention here in Europe. That same evening, I interviewed them both in Scotty's hotelroom. Actually, it wasn't easy to find good questions, as Scotty's That's All Right Elvis and Peter Guralnick's Last Train To Memphis describe the early years in wonderful detail. Nevertheless, the interviews were quite interesting in many ways. Especially Scotty is very straightforward and outspoken, and his viewpoints shed a new light on v...| www.elvis.com.au
As if any introduction is required. Ronnie Tutt was a regular member of Elvis's TCB band from July 1969 until June 1977. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
I felt very privileged that James gave me over two hours of his time on his day off, the day after the recent Elvis Presley In Concert show in Sydney Australia. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
We keep acquiring tapes, and we try to put out stuff that we acquire as soon as we can. Of course, sometimes there's an RCA release coming up and some stuff is held for that. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
When The Imperials first worked with Elvis during the May 1966| www.elvis.com.au
Interviews and Articles about Elvis Presley. The King of Rock 'n' Roll.| www.elvis.com.au
Duke Bardwell worked both on stage and in the studio with The King in the mid-70s, and in all he played bass on 181 concerts. Yet he's always avoided media exposure about his association with Elvis, until now. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
For someone who played such a large part in the early years of Elvis Presley, helping provide the music and establishing the hillbilly cat, it's more than a little surprising how few and spread about are the details of Bill Black. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' most critically acclaimed performance as an actor was in what is considered (rivaled only by 'Jailhouse Rock') the best of all the films | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
It's said, as legend has it, that you rescued Elvis from being beaten up at Humes High when a group of boys wanted to cut his hair. What's the real story, and was that what happened? Red West: That is the real story. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Elvis Presley's bodyguard Sonny West | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Joe Esposito by Larry King. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Nearly as legendary as his famous client was Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager. He was mysterious and colorful, and, under his guidance, his one and only client -- Elvis -- reached unimaginable heights.| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley died at Graceland on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old. Through the early morning of the 16th, Elvis took care of last-minute tour details and relaxed with family and staff. | Elvis Presley| biography.elvis.com.au
Video interview with Ernst Jorgensen. Ernst talks about his becoming an Elvis fan as a teenager, discovering Elvis tapes in the RCA vaults, including songs that were not known to be recorded by Elvis such as 'A Hundred Years From Now' and talks about tapes that should have been in the vaults but were not. Ernst also talks about his mastering of Elvis' songs and the challenges involved, Elvis' duets with Ann Margret and Elvis Movies including his 'greatest movie', Elvis That's The Way It Is. |...| www.elvis.com.au
Graceland, the evening of Thursday, January 9, 1969, one day after Elvis' 34th birthday. Elvis met with RCA producer, Felton Jarvis, in the Jungleroom to discuss going to Nashville to record what he hoped would put him back on top of the charts. Marty Lacker was sitting there in the Jungleroom that evening, seething, as he listened to Elvis and Felton finalize the dates for Nashville. He began to unconsciously shake his head back and forth (his head was big, bald and round and as a result his...| www.elvis.com.au
Ernst Jorgensen, the caretaker of the vaults for the music of Elvis Presley, tells Ken Sharp about protecting the achives of the King of Rock. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Besides Sam Phillips, Chips Moman was the only man to effectively produce Elvis Presley -- helping midwife The King's creative rebirth in 1969. And it was Moman who helped build and shape American Sound Studios and its house band -- generating the most prolific run of chart hits ever. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Elvis Presley on Monday, October 28, 1957, just after the general press conference, but prior to his debut at the Pan-Pacific in Los Angeles. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Hal Kanter, screenwriter and director for the Elvis Presley movie Loving You. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Can you tell me how you met Elvis? When you're assigned a film role, you have to go to the doctor, because of the insurance company. They have to make sure you don't have a bad heart, any of that nonsense. They made my appointment for me at the studio, so I was there and I had on a white shirt and these slacks my mother had made for me that were like wine coloured. I went in the office and I was waiting to be called in. In walks Elvis with two of his buddies. I looked at him and he looked at ...| www.elvis.com.au
Many Elvis fans will know the story of Denise Sanchez, the 8-year-old fan from Santa Fe who we saw in an outtake from 'Elvis On Tour'. Denise had been battling cancer (Leukaemia) since the age of 6 and, like her mom was a huge Elvis fan. With the help of the local paper, her mom Trudi was able to get tickets for a concert in Albuquerque on April 19, 1972, and an opportunity to meet Elvis backstage before the show | Read the full account written by Denise's mother for Photoplay, August 1972. |...| www.elvis.com.au
So, I started working as an extra, as a dancer, cause I was a dancer and, with Toni Basil, she is a choreographer and so I went in this interview. It was like the second interview that I went on and it was for 'Viva Las Vegas' ... I did nine with him from 'Viva Las Vegas' to, I think the last one was 'Speedway', I'm not positive. But it was 'Spinout', 'Clambake', 'Harum Scarum', 'Kissin' Cousins', 'Roustabout', 'Speedway' with Nancy Sinatra. And every time we worked, he always made sure that ...| www.elvis.com.au
Imagine being a teenager and getting the chance to interview rock n' roll legend Elvis Presley at the beginning of his career in 1957. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Lance LeGault. I had tried to get Harley bikes for Elvis. I called Harley Davidson up in Milwaukee and they did not even return my calls. So he ended up riding the little Honda 350, which was not Elvis. Elvis rode Harley Davidson motorcycles. And I rode motorcycles with Elvis a great deal. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
'Oh good, they didn't send me the photograph of me and Elvis to sign'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Charlie Hodge .... I said, 'Hello, Is Elvis there? This is Charlie Hodge'. And Lamar said, 'Charlie Hodge?' And I heard Elvis yell, 'Yeah, Charlie, come on up'. And so, that's how we got together after we got to Germany. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
It was 50 years ago this March 14 that Elvis Presley performed the first of five sold-out concerts at Middle Tennessee State University's Murphy Center. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au