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 Ray Walker of the Jordanaires. We were looking the other way when Elvis came in. When I turned around, he stuck his hand out and said, 'I'm Elvis Presley'. I said, 'I know who you are. I'm Ray Walker'. Elvis replied to me, 'And I know who you are'. We stood there and talked, and the minute I looked in to his face all his fame left. I saw one of the nicest guys. | 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
Here is both the audio and the complete transcript of an Elvis press conference in Canada 1957. | 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
Charro! was Elvis Presley's twenty-ninth movie and the only one in which he did not sing. His singing voice is heard only over the credits performing the title song. The song| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' twenty-first film was the 1966 Paramount release Paradise, Hawaiian Style. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
In Wild In The Country Elvis plays the young rebel Glenn Tyler. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' fourteenth film was 1964's| 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
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
James Burton was born in Dubberly, Louisiana, on August 21, 1939, but he grew up in Shreveport which he refers to as home. He never took any lessons in how to play the guitar. He picked it up from listening and sitting in. His first guitar was not a Fender (the one he is most associated with) but a Rex, and after that a Stella. In 1953, he walked into a Shreveport music store and fell in love with the '53 Telecaster. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
When The Imperials first worked with Elvis during the May 1966| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis' second movie and his first in color was the 1957 Paramount film 'Loving You'. | 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
Could Elvis actually play guitar? He played pretty good, yeah. And he played piano and drums. The first sessions he'd come in and work. After that, when he got more confident, he'd come in and play drums a while, then guitar, then piano. Then he'd practice his karate and then send out for 85 White Cottage burgers and then he'd go to work around 11 o'clock at night. But he loved gospel music. Jake Hess had influenced him and Bill Monroe and Big Boy Crudup. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au