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Subscribe >No, EP would not have turned 100 this January 8th …though had he made it this long, he very well could have looked that old. Nevertheless, here’s a century-count of Elvis numbers absolutely, truly, and without a single doubt Fit for The King… 100. “Old MacDonald” (whilst getting into Double Trouble on the silver […]
In honor of The King and what could have been – what should have been – his 87th (!!) Birthday this month, may I suggest one and all hook to your platform of choice to immediately watch Any or All of… Gary Pig Gold’s Top Ten Elvis Movies 1. THAT’S THE WAY IT IS (dir. […]
This trip was quite a long one in the making. I’d been running a group travel page for months for one of the opening bands as we all worked together planning out the hotel, rooming situations, transportation options and of course for the drinkers in the bunch the closest liquor store in proximity to our […]
First, there was Elvis. Amen! Then there was Ricky Nelson and Johnny Hallyday. Perhaps even Conrad Birdie. Of course P. J. Proby could often sing “movie Presley” – and much later surely do “Vegas Elvis” – better than the true specimen, Terry Stafford hit U.S. Number 3 with an o.k. “Suspicion” during the very […]
It’s Elvis Day again this month. While this fact usually only piques the interest of a few graying octogenarians at this terribly late stage in the game, August 16th got me to thinking, probably for the first time ever, Why Elvis? I mean, Why should anybody, ANYWHERE care anymore? Well, in a word or […]
A Summer’s Coming Songfest for putting the Top Down and the Volume UP: “I GET AROUND” by THE BEACH BOYS (1964) Instrumentally (the arrangement and production effectively trounced all comers that summer of ’64), lyrically (though one can safely interpret “I’m gettin’ bugged drivin’ up and down the same old strip, I gotta […]
1. HE HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED 2,416 RECORDS IN PRINT … ALL COMPRISED OF THE SAME 47 SONGS. 2. AN AVERAGE OF 512 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED GRACELAND DAILY SINCE 1977… A 400% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER WHO VISITED ELVIS’ HOME WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE. 3. “ELVIS” SPELT SIDEWAYS IS “LEVIS.” 4. COOL PEOPLE LIKE ROY […]