The King is Dead!
Is it just me or does everyone still feel a little sad about the demise of Elvis?
I have never really understood what happened to the King. How could someone so young, so fit and handsome change so dramatically?
I guess, as well as being at the forefront of rock and roll, he was at the forefront of drugs too. His problem was almost entirely prescription drugs, sleeping pills to go the bed, uppers to get going in the morning, pain killers during the day, and that’s where the weight gain came from….and ultimately the heart failure.
It’s the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis…here are some bits of trivia you might not have known about the King.
· Elvis had an identical twin. Born stillborn, the twin was named Jessie Garon.
· Elvis wanted a bike for his 11th birthday, he got a guitar instead.
He taught himself to play a few chords, strumming away to blues and gospel songs, and the rest is history.
· Elvis’s first job was as a truck driver, earning $1.25 an hour. His real ambition, however, was to become an electrician and he started evening classes to gain the necessary skills.
· Elvis had to pay for his first song recording - forking out a fee of around $4. He had wanted to record to see what his voice was like
· An appearance by Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show became famous for the first censorship of its kind - Elvis was only shown from the waist up because his hip-wiggles were considered too inflammatory for a mass audience.
· Aside from three concerts in Canada, Elvis never performed outside the United States.
· Elvis once wrote a letter to President Nixon in which he asked to be appointed as an undercover narcotics cop. Bizarrely, Elvis hated street drugs and was will to dob in people in the music industry who were peddling narcotics. Interesting when you consider how Elvis died.
· More than 20 million Elvis Presley records were reportedly sold on the day after his death.
'His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac… It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.'Frank Sinatra, 1950s
'There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.'Frank Sinatra, 1977
'Before Elvis, there was nothing.'John Lennon
I have never really understood what happened to the King. How could someone so young, so fit and handsome change so dramatically?
I guess, as well as being at the forefront of rock and roll, he was at the forefront of drugs too. His problem was almost entirely prescription drugs, sleeping pills to go the bed, uppers to get going in the morning, pain killers during the day, and that’s where the weight gain came from….and ultimately the heart failure.
It’s the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis…here are some bits of trivia you might not have known about the King.
· Elvis had an identical twin. Born stillborn, the twin was named Jessie Garon.
· Elvis wanted a bike for his 11th birthday, he got a guitar instead.
He taught himself to play a few chords, strumming away to blues and gospel songs, and the rest is history.
· Elvis’s first job was as a truck driver, earning $1.25 an hour. His real ambition, however, was to become an electrician and he started evening classes to gain the necessary skills.
· Elvis had to pay for his first song recording - forking out a fee of around $4. He had wanted to record to see what his voice was like
· An appearance by Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show became famous for the first censorship of its kind - Elvis was only shown from the waist up because his hip-wiggles were considered too inflammatory for a mass audience.
· Aside from three concerts in Canada, Elvis never performed outside the United States.
· Elvis once wrote a letter to President Nixon in which he asked to be appointed as an undercover narcotics cop. Bizarrely, Elvis hated street drugs and was will to dob in people in the music industry who were peddling narcotics. Interesting when you consider how Elvis died.
· More than 20 million Elvis Presley records were reportedly sold on the day after his death.
'His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac… It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.'Frank Sinatra, 1950s
'There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.'Frank Sinatra, 1977
'Before Elvis, there was nothing.'John Lennon
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