tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85816768933649881392024-03-13T17:15:13.381-07:00Hunter and the Hound DogElvis Presley music and historical stories with rare photos and stories. The band members from blue moon boys a tcb band. trivia on movies and actorsGreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-43790647151414189802018-09-24T19:52:00.004-07:002018-10-14T20:35:46.289-07:00The Elvis and Aretha Franklin Connections. <b> When the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away on August 16th this year. It was exactly forty one years since the King of Rock'n'Roll died. My thoughts began racing, searching for other connections and many appeared over the next few days. Firstly, Memphis was one that automatically came to my mind. Elvis and his family moved to Memphis in 1948 and it was here he made his home, buying Graceland in 1957. Aretha's father <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._Franklin">Reverand C.L.Franklin </a>who was born on January 22nd 1915 in Sunflower County, Mississippi moved his family to Memphis and became a minister of the Baptist Church. It was two years after </b><b><b><b>Aretha's birth on March 25th 1942</b></b> he would then move the family, to Detroit . Later he would join the Civil Rights movement with Martin Luther King. </b><b>The days following Aretha's death I started listening to some of the Queens music and researching her life. The next discovery was made seeing the Sweet Inspirations backing her on many of her sixties songs and touring with her. I have read that Elvis was over the moon to find that the Sweets were to join him on his re-entrance into the live performance arena in 1969. I have always loved the Sweets because of their fun,happy, loving attitude to life and music. They always had kind loving words to say about the King before and after his passing. Whitney Houston's mum Cissy was a member of the group but only performed the first season with the Elvis tour in 69 because she was keen to pursue a solo career. A light would shine on other connections, over the next few days, leading up to the funeral with TCB lyrics in her cover of Respect and the Pink Cadillac parade at the funeral. Bass guitar session musician Tommy Cogbill recording with both Aretha and Elvis. </b><br />
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<li><b> <span style="color: red;">TCB </span></b>--<b>
In</b><b><b> her cover of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvC9V_lBnDQ">Otis Reddings song</a></b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvC9V_lBnDQ"> RESPECT</a>, Aretha Franklin would change lyrics of the original and add the </b><b><b>line </b>“Take care, TCB . </b><b><b>When Aretha sings this line my thoughts are sparked as any
Elvis person knows the TCB in a flash symbol was Elvis logo he designed
with Priscilla in the early seventies.</b> Franklin's cover was a landmark for the feminist movement, and is often considered as one of the best songs of the R&B era, earning her two Grammy Awards in 1968. After some research i found the acronym was widely used in African-American culture during the late sixties,early seventies. Charlie Hodge and Kathy Westmoreland have told how the Elvis TCB logo came about. "Elvis liked to sketch his
ideas for his concert jumpsuits and was always drawing lightning bolts.
Since childhood, he favored comic books featuring Captain Marvel, the
superhero who had a large gold lightning bolt across his chest. </b><b><b>During this particular flight the </b>sketch he drew was a cloud with a lightning bolt coming
out of it.” " Elvis was at this time, fond of the Bachman/Turner Overdrive song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvknpyPeL1g">‘Taking Care of Business.</a>’ </b><b><b>Charlie Hodge says </b>"this was Elvis way of
saying and telling us we are going to
take care of his business in a flash." Elvis had TCB necklaces made for
the guys and TLC which is Tender Loving Care made for the ladies in his
entourage. It was soon after this that the TCB Band was given their
name. They included Glen D. Hardin on piano, James Burton on guitar,
Ronnie Tutt on drums, and Jerry Scheff on bass. They had been with
Presley since his triumphant return to the stage in Las Vegas and they
remained, until his death, at Graceland on Aug. 16, 1977. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8434791/felton-jarvis">Felton Jarvis</a> who produced Elvis recording sessions from 1966 until his death has the TCB logo with lightning bolt on his grave marker. </b></li>
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anniversary of Lady Diana's death. The programming of it started to be
revealed and when the Pink Cadillacs parade came to light, my mind went
off again. This was no doubt connected to Aretha's song We're riding on a Freeway of Love
in my Pink Cadillac.</b> It was early 1955 when Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood
Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for
Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys. It caught fire between Hope and Texarkana, Arkansas, on June 5, 1955 and was a right off. It was around this time Elvis had his first national hit with "Baby, Let's Play House" and in this song is a reference to the iconic Pink Cadillac. Since then it has been sung about in popular culture many times . On July 5 1955, after the fire, Elvis purchased a new Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with a black roof. Elvis had the car repainted by Art, a neighbour on Lamar Street a customised pink color which Elvis named "Elvis Rose," but the car kept its black roof. Once the car was finished Elvis gave it to his mother Gladys as a gift. Gladys Presley never had a driver's license, and Elvis drove the car with the members of his band for most of 1955/1956. In March 1956 Elvis had the upholstery replaced, the body retouched and roof painted white.</b><b>The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. </b></li>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Here is the last of the Sweets, Estelle Brown introducing Cissy and dedicating Sweet Inspiration for the recently departed Sylvia and Myrna at Elvis in Concert Show 2011 with the TCB Band. .</span> </b></div>
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United States in 1797 . Then in 1819, </b></b><b><b><b><b>John Overton, James Winchester, and Andrew Jackson</b></b> purchased land that was previously inhabited by
Chickasaw Indians and Memphis was founded. They named it for the
ancient Egyptian city on the Nile. </b> Memphis at the entrance of the Nile was one of the oldest and most important cities in ancient Egypt, located nearby was the Nile River Valley and the Giza plateau which housed the pyramids and was the resting place of many Egyptian Gods. It served as the capital of ancient Egypt and an important religious cult center. The rich lands of Egypt became the property of Rome after the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. At this time it began to decline and by the </b><b><b>4th century CE</b> with the rise of Christianity people stopped visiting the old temples and shrines of the Egyptian gods. By the 7th century CE, following the Arab Invasion, Memphis was a ruin whose buildings were harvested for stone to lay the foundations for Cairo. </b></li>
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<br />GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-6153722742749808962018-08-12T16:37:00.000-07:002018-08-15T19:20:31.473-07:00Elvis, The Horse and Rising Sun <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b> I am unable to establish the first time Elvis was on a horse but in 1956 with the commencement of the movie Love Me Tender he was required to ride. At this time, Elvis was only a novice rider he had proclaimed to the production crew, I can ride fine. His friend and photographer Jim Curtain remembers that Elvis was then left red faced with embarrassment as he had a tumble from his mount, while filming. It was also during this year that his two girlfriends of the time <a href="https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/june-juanico-and-elvis-presley.shtml">June Juanico</a> and <a href="http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/articles/judy-spreckles.html">Judy Spreckles</a> had the pleasure of Elvis company, riding at different ranches. June and Elvis rode at the Ocean Springs Gulf Hills Dude Ranch in Mississippi and there are photos shared by June of their time together. While with Judy Spreckles it was at her families ranch outside Vegas. It was from this period on, horses would hold a special place in Elvis heart. He would purchase many and give many away over the years. He loved his horses so much that his friends tell stories of how he used to spend ages in the barn brushing their coats while singing them songs. He enjoyed looking after his own riding equipment. His famous Horseshoe ring was inspired by his love for horses it had a total of 14 diamonds in the 1950's but there are different versions like the Aloha one and others that he gave away. </b><br />
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was on tour, no one would tell him until he got home, fearing how the
news would devastate him. When Elvis died the heart of Graceland died
and when </b><b><b>Alene Alexander who was hired as tour guide in 1982 looked in the pasture she </b>saw
five horses, in very poor shape. She bought it to the attention of
Graceland management. The staff had thought that the horses were just
old. Alene was given the task of getting them back into top condition
and she has been there ever since. One of those horses was Rising Sun
who would finally pass away in 1986 and was buried facing east into the
rising sun. The last horse Elvis purchased was Ebony Double in 1975 he
lived to the ripe old age of 32, passing in 2005 . Priscilla says "Elvis
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horses play. She then stated, "horses will forever remain at Graceland' . </b></li>
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<b> </b><b><b>Olivia's first hit was the Bob Dylan song, If Not For You in 1971. This was followed </b></b><b><b>by Let Me Be There in 1973 and If You Love Me in 74</b>. Elvis and Olivia Newton John will always be connected through these two songs. Elvis himself stated how much he enjoyed both these John Rostill songs. Neither of them were recorded in the studio only in concert and were specificly for entertainment and fun purposes so he could interact with band members and fans. Let Me Be There was added to his setlist in January of 1974. While, If You Love Me was included from the end of 1976. Elvis and the band had alot of fun with both these numbers. </b><br />
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<br />GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-40090399987794436572018-04-28T17:34:00.003-07:002018-07-04T04:42:21.423-07:00Two Poor Boys Who Loved To Sing <div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Singer <span style="color: red;">Hank Ballard</span> said 'There are two artists;</b><br />
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had the charisma of Elvis Presley and Jackie Wilson'. 'The two of them remind me of each other; the charisma.</b></div>
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<li><b><span style="color: red;">Jackie Leroy Wilson</span></b> -- <b>was born on June 9, 1934. He was an American soul singer and performer. A tenor with a four-octave vocal range, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", and was important in the transition of rhythm and blues to pop music.Wilson first gained fame with the group Billy Ward and his Dominoes, which he joined in 1953. He became a solo act in 1957. His first major hit, "Lonely Teardrops," was released in 1958. Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life. He began to sing at an early age, and even formed a quartet called The Ever Ready Gospel Singers Group. He began drinking at age nine, and in 1950 at age 16 dropped out of high school. He married Freda Hood, his childhood sweetheart, and a daughter arrived in March, 1951. Jackie collapsed on stage in 1975 and for the majority of the next nine years, he spent in a coma, dying on January 21, 1984.</b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: red;">Elvis Aron Presley</span></b> -- <b>was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love Presley/Smith in the two-room shotgun house built by his father, Vernon Elvis Presley, in preparation for the birth. Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered 35 minutes before him, stillborn. Minnie Mae Hood married Jessie D. McDowell Presley on July 20, 1913. The
couple welcomed their first child, Vernon Presley, on April 10, 1916.Vernon Presley served a nine month jail sentence for forgery. Interesting how Jackie married a Hood from Mississippi .</b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: red;">Emmett Louis Till</span></b> -- <b>was born on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. In August 1955,his uncle, Moses Wright, came up from Mississippi to visit the
family in Chicago. At the end of his stay, Wright was planning to take Emmett's cousin back to Mississippi with him to visit
relatives down South, and when Emmett, who was just 14 years old at the
time, learned of these plans, he begged his mother to let him go .
Initially, his mother was opposed to the idea. But Emmett desperately
wanted to spend time with his cousins in Mississippi, and in a fateful
decision that would have an impact on the course of
American history, his mother relented. Three days after arriving in Money, Mississippi on August 24,
1955, Emmett Till and a group of teenagers entered <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.travelingwithtwain.org/2011/12/06/mississippi/money-mississippi-a-beginning-place-for-the-civil-rights-revolution/">Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market</a> to buy refreshments after a long day picking cotton in the
hot afternoon sun. What exactly transpired inside the grocery
store that afternoon will never be known. He purchased bubble gum,
and in later accounts he was accused of either whistling at,
flirting with or touching the hand of the store's white female clerk and
wife of the owner, Carolyn Bryant. </span></b></li>
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<li><b> This was a key incident in the black rights movement because four days later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J.W. Milam, kidnapped Emmett. They then beat the teenager brutally, dragged him to the
bank of the Tallahatchie River, shot him in the head, tied him with
barbed wire to a large metal fan and shoved his mutilated body into the
water. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white, male jury acquitted them. This fueled the emerging Civil Rights Movement. </b></li>
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<li> <b> Twelve months after the Emmett Till incident a meeting of the two giants of the music industry occurred in Vegas. While there is no visual proof of them meeting. I would say it was quite possible as there is film of Elvis meeting Liberace and other celebrities at the Sahara, around this period. During the Million Dollar Quartet sessions at Sun records on December 4th 1956 .
Elvis talks about the “slender” “colored” singer that he saw a couple of
weeks prior in Las Vegas fronting Billy Ward’s Dominoes. The Dominoes
had been playing the lounge at the Sahara and Elvis attended several
of their shows. Presley says the singer tried “Hound Dog” and didn’t do
very well, but his version of “Don’t Be Cruel” was so impressive that
Elvis spends a bit of time impersonating the impersonator doing his own
song. Jackie “sang hell outta that song” and did it better “than
that record of mine.” While he pokes fun of Wilson’s pronunciation of
the word “telephone” in “Don’t Be Cruel”, getting a rousing laugh from
the room, Elvis seems to have adopted Jackies spin on the word when he
performed it on the Ed Sullivan Show a month later.</b></li>
<li><b> Jackie Wilson on Elvis, 'A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music,
when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage
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<li><b>Jackie was bashed unconscious at one concert by police after coming to the assistance of his fellow performer who police were obstructing from singing on the front edge of the stage because of just this. Then in 1961 Jackie was shot twice in the stomach by Juanita Jones, an aspiring model, after hearing about his affair with Harlean Harris, ex-girlfriend of singer Sam Cooke. Wilson was rushed to the hospital where quick surgery saved his life, although he lost a kidney. Since one of the bullets was too close to his spine, doctors ruled out removing it. Wilson would have to carry it around for the rest of his life. Jackie Wilson was incredibly naive and easily trusting, something that his manager Tarnpool took advantage of and something i think Elvis and Jackie had in common or maybe they just wanted to sing/perform and not get into the dark money making side of the business which probably cost Sam Cooke his life. The problem is with corporate greed its a reality in the world of music as it is in all other walks of life. We have all heard about big record labels that steal money from their artists, exploit their stars to gain greater fortune and try to control young up and comers. These major record labels are like the Wall Street of music. Back in 1988 there were the big six, Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony, BMG, Universal Music Group and PolyGram only three continue today having absorbed their other competitors and established themselves as financially dominant on the music market.</b></li>
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<li><b><span style="color: red;">Sam Cooke </span></b>-- <b>In the early 1960s, he started his own record company, SAR Records.He saw where the money was going. He understood why his fellow stars, such as his friend Jackie Wilson, made hit after hit without seeing the money they should be collecting. He wrote and published his own songs and he began buying back his own masters from RCA, insuring he would eventually take in a healthy return on reissues. In 1964, Jackie Wilson was tortured (literally) into resigning a contract with Brunswick/Tarnopol. It’s thought Jackie wanted to sign with his buddy Sam Cooke’s company and the story about Jackie’s torture and the murder of Sam Cooke in December of that same year,I believe ,were acts to keep artists in line. Cooke was one of the most prolific R&B singers of his time. With 19 albums and 29 Top 40 singles under his belt by the age of 33, it looked like nothing was going to stop him from taking over the world. Cooke and his long-time friend and singing associate J. W. Alexander started the SAR label in 1957.The label folded after Sam Cooke's death on December 11, 1964. Sam was making a strong commitment to the civil rights movement,at the time and his song A Change Is Gonna Come was adopted as a kind of anthem for the movement.</b></li>
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<li> <b>Starting from 1962 Jackie and Elvis became even closer with Wilson visiting various movie sets during the mid sixties. The first was on the Girls,Girls,Girls set as mentioned in Priscilla Presleys book. While filming the sequence where Elvis performs Return To Sender she says Jackie was sitting right there in the studio and this is why you see the Jackie Wilson moves in his performance. He was doing an imitation of Jackie. They are similar to the moves he does in the filming of the song Bossanova Baby in 1963 except Jackie was'nt there, on this occassion. In May1965, Elvis started filming the movie Frankie and Johnny which was six months after the death of Jackie's friend, Sam Cooke . Sam was shot by Bertha Franklin in the Hacienda Motel. It is interesting that one of Sam's final hit records, just a year, before his death was Frankie and Johnny. Then in 1966, Elvis friend and DJ, George Klein arranges a meeting of Elvis and James Brown at a Jackie Wilson show. Elvis walks over to James at his table and introduces himself. James was impressed that Elvis shook his hand in front of the crowd. After this show Elvis would attend an after party where a strong friendship would grow between the three of them. James would at times visit Graceland spending the night singing gospel songs for hours, with Elvis. Following this show Jackie would visit Elvis on the set of Double Trouble. A movie which would be one of the lowest point of the Kings career. </b></li>
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GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-87826068774325269252018-03-11T19:19:00.002-07:002018-04-16T15:01:45.292-07:00Elvis and Mark James<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Mark James</span></b> or Francis Rodney Zambon a Texas born songwriter, first came to prominence penning
"Hooked on a Feeling", a number five hit for B.J. Thomas. However, his biggest
career break occurred when Elvis Presley cut his song "Suspicious
Minds", which landed him a monster number one hit around the world and helped
resurrect "The King's" career as a recording artist. He also wrote songs for Brenda Lee and she was offered the grammy winning tune, "Always on My Mind". <br />
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In 1966 B.J.Thomas had his first hit with a cover of Hank Williams, "
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and soon after he was signed by Sceptor
Records. Then he sung a twenty minute set at Elvis 1968 New Years Eve
bash supported by Chips Moman and Tommy Cogbill. It is believed this is
where Elvis first heard Mark James, "Its Only Love ". He would later go
on and record his version at a marathon session at RCA Studios in late
May 1971 which produced three albums. It is believed Elvis had just
finished cutting "I'm Leavin" and "We Can Make The Morning" at 4am on
the 20th of May when he commenced the recording of "It's Only Love" .
There is a vulnerability in his voice and although he follows the
B.J.Thomas arrangement but he seems to add a new dimension to each line
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In the late 1960s, Mark James was signed as a staff songwriter to Memphis producer Chips Moman’s publishing company. Moman then produced B.J.Thomas versions of his songs "The Eyes Of A New York Woman", "Hooked on a Feeling", and "It's Only Love" from 1968 to 1969 as well as James own version of "Suspicious Minds," also produced by Moman, on Scepter Records in 1968, the recording was more-or-less the same arrangement, which became a smash for Elvis in the following year. Suspicious Minds was a song written during Mark's first marriage about a girlfriend called
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On a bitter cold morning of January 13th 1969 at Chip Moman's American Sound Studios in Memphis, Elvis and Mark, first met. Mark had been told Elvis was coming in to record songs and if he could possibly pen one, that may suit him. Just two days before, he still had'nt come up with anything, good enough. Chips then suggested his back catalogue of songs and straight away, Mark thought of "Suspicious Minds" but after being told Elvis was coming in with forty songs to record , his hopes sunk. Mark stayed away on the first day, thinking Elvis had enough songs and did'nt go to the studio but after getting a call from Chips, saying Elvis liked the song and was going to record it. Mark became ecstatic and even though, nervous about meeting Elvis, got up the courage the following morning to go down and watch the session, as they took a break, he nervously went down and introduce himself. Mark said, " hey Elvis i heard you might cut Suspicious Minds". Mark on the meeting. "He was such a nice person and he later invited me to Vegas to watch him perform Suspicious Minds . That day I remember him getting straight up from the table with Sammy Davis and Andy Williams and coming over to me, shaking my hand and asking me, how i was doing". Mark and Elvis remained good friends throughout the seventies. Mark saw Elvis in concert numerous times during the 70s, one of these occassions was March 13th 1974 at Greensboro North Carolina. Elvis recorded many of his songs including Raised on Rock/Always on my Mind/ Its Only Love and one of his final recordings Moody Blue.Mark said, "After Elvis died, I heard he'd always asked the guys in the studio, 'Did
Mark send me any more songs?' Golly, I wish I had known that." Mark James on Suspicious Minds " when I heard how it was embellished later, I was blown
away". Felton Jarvis, Elvis's longtime producer was never happy that Elvis
recorded at American Studios. It was a control thing. So when Jarvis took the
tape of 'Suspicious Minds', he added this crazy 15 second fade toward
the end, like the song was ending, and brought it back by overdubbing to
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Moman recorded the first demo cut on the song "Always on My Mind" with Wayne Carson who said that he wrote most of the song in ten minutes at his kitchen table in Springfield, Missouri, and completed the song in the studio. When Wayne Carson was in the studio recording, Mark James was working for him as a session musician .The musicians felt the song was complete, but Moman
refused to record it unless they came up with a bridge . Carson asked Mark if he could help add a bridge to the song that Moman
insisted it needed and a two-line bridge was then added. B.J.Thomas recorded it in 1970. The song was passed to Elvis via a bodyguard but he did not record his version of "Always on My Mind" until March 29, 1972, a few weeks after his February separation from wife Priscilla. The song received immense fame and critical appreciation and is considered one of the standout songs of the '70s for Elvis. Moman produced Willie Nelson's version years later which would result in three wins at the 25th Grammy Awards in February 1983 for songwriters Christopher, James and Carson. It won Song of the Year and Best Country Song and in addition, Nelson won for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman</span></b> -- June 12, 1937 died June 13, 2016 was an American record producer, guitarist, and Grammy Award-winning songwriter. In the 1960s, Moman worked for Stax Records before founding the American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, and later worked extensively in Nashville. As a record producer, Moman was known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Jackie Wilson --</span> 2 Wins 8 Losses <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIy6X4VTWpk">Higher and Higher</a></span></b><br />
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Leroy Wilson Jr. was born on June 9, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan. Although Jackie was born in Detroit, his parents had moved up from
Columbus, Mississippi in the 1920s . Like Elvis, Jackie had a very close
relationship with his mother they virtually lived for each other.
Jackie, too, was an only son. His mum, made him get out of boxing because she feared he would get hurt. His
stagecraft in his live shows inspired James Brown, Michael Jackson and
Elvis Presley, as well as a host of other artists that followed. Presley
was so impressed with Jackie that he made it a point to meet him, and
the two instantly became good friends. In a photo of the two posing
together, Presley's caption in the photo reads "You got you a friend
for life." Wilson was sometimes called "The Black Elvis" . Elvis used to say
"I guess that makes me the white Jackie Wilson". Elvis can be heard talking about Jackie Wilson during 'The Million Dollar Quartet' session in 1956. Elvis talks about a group he'd seen in Las Vegas, Billy Ward And The Dominoes." There's a guy out there who's doin' a take-off of me 'Don't Be Cruel'. He tried so hard, till he got much better, boy, much better than that record of mine". Elvis over the years went to see, Jackie's shows many times and the two stayed in contact regularly.Jackie would often visit Graceland and movie sets to see Elvis up until he suffered a heart attack on stage in New jersey, in September 1975. Then for the next eight years he was in a state between life and death, unable to communicate for the entire period. He died in January 1984 and was buried in an unmarked grave outside his home city of Detroit. Elvis was said to have sent cheques to Jackie's mum to help with the medical bills at the time. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asii-B6QbMg">Don't Be Cruel million dollar quartet</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Roy Hamilton -- 6 Wins 1 Defeat <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcfTeQVlMsk">You Can Have Her</a> </span></b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6lVvC_e1IkhsLSxmuvoR5Ah8faC6b5LQJwPw8MHMAwMZBEYJ94vGk0XPWJ3IaLb6uK6ffJQU8Vrl8uVvxQkocI26IU1MkOcdEZim_eiEE5-ReJ3K5xEGnop1ow9WImITCCBICCYuOBXk/s1600/roy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6lVvC_e1IkhsLSxmuvoR5Ah8faC6b5LQJwPw8MHMAwMZBEYJ94vGk0XPWJ3IaLb6uK6ffJQU8Vrl8uVvxQkocI26IU1MkOcdEZim_eiEE5-ReJ3K5xEGnop1ow9WImITCCBICCYuOBXk/s200/roy.jpg" width="158" /></a>Roy Hamilton was born on April 16, 1929 and died July 20, 1969. Roy gave up boxing to take on a singing career in the early 1950's and by combining semi-classical technique with traditional black gospel , Roy gave soul to popular music of the 50's. He is best known for his recordings of "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Unchained Melody" and "Pledging My Love". Hamilton's style and sound directly influenced later artists such as Elvis , Jackie Wilson and The Righteous Brothers, all of whom covered his music. Hamilton recalled his early venture into the music industry. "I really had nothing different to offer. They were seeking blues singers at the time, and I didn’t know any blues at all." So, to support himself while he developed the different sound and singing style he wanted, Hamilton took a job as an electronics technician during the day and became an amateur heavyweight boxer at night. His influence on Elvis cannot be under estimated and if you listen to Elvis recordings of many of Roy's songs you can hear the same bluesy/operatic vocals of which Roy was so famous. Songs like Hurt, Pledging my Love,The Impossible Dream, and You Can Have Her. It was'nt until January 1969 at Memphis Sound Studios that the two met and became friends. A song called Angelica written by Barry Mann was on Elvis's short list for recording but as the story goes he decided it would be a good song for Roy. It would become Roy's final single before his passing in July 1969.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Lionel Rose -- 42 wins 11 losses <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dw1ZwRhN-Y">Pick Me Up on Your Way Down</a></span></b><br />
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opponents and was badly injured in his first amateur boxing match against one such opponent. He won the Australian amateur flyweight title at 15. In 1967 saw him win eight bouts including a thirteenth-round knockout win against Rocky Gattellari to defend his Australian championship before fighting, Harada for the world bantamweight title on 26 February 1968 in Tokyo. Rose was the first Aboriginal Australian to be a world champion boxer when he defeated Harada in the 15-round decision. This win made Rose an instant national hero in Australia and an icon among Aboriginal Australians. He also had a dabble in the music industry charting with Pick Me Up on your Way Down and I Thank You. Lionel's words on his own experiences with racial prejudice, condemns Anglo-Australians who are intolerant of diversity. He suggests that this discrimination is also connected with class, as he did not suffer from it when he became a world champion. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Mohammad Ali -- 56 wins 5 losses <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEBVpxYeqWc">The Gangs All Here </a></b></span><br />
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Mohammad Ali on Elvis -- "Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know'. 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He came to my Deer Lake training camp about two years before he died. He told us he didn't want nobody to bother us. He wanted peace and quiet and I gave him a cabin in my camp and nobody even knew it. When the cameras started watching me train, he was up on the hill sleeping in the cabin. Elvis had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know'. There is conflicting dates as to when Ali first wore the robe. Elvis first presented the robe to Ali before the fight against Joe Bugner but they say he never wore it until the Norton fight which he lost. New footage actually shows Ali wearing it at the Bugner fight. <br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Mushy Callahan -- 67 fights 48 wins </span></b><br />
Mushy Callahan November 3 1904 to June 18 1986 was the ring name of
Vincent Morris Scheer, a Los Angeles based boxing champion in the World Light Welterweight Division for five years from 1926-30. He took the ring name of Mushy Callahan. He was nicknamed Mushy from his Hebrew name Moishe, or Moses. Callahan retired from professional boxing around 1932 after his last fight he began to referee boxing matches, in fact, over four hundred between December 1932, until November 1960. He stayed close to the Los Angeles area, so he could pursue his career in the movie industry, during this period. In 1937, he would appear in the original movie Kid Galahad, starring Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis. Also working as the trainer and advisor as he did in the Elvis musical remake of 1962 which was filmed in the location of Idyllwyld. There is more connections to be made here with the director, of the Elvis remake was also the director of the original Kid Galahad movie and possibly Presley's finest movie, King Creole, Mike Curtiz. Elvis plays the part of Walter Gulick and his love interest is Joan Blackman who also appears with Elvis in Blue Hawaii and of course was a love connection that dates back to 1956.<br />
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Never Been To Spain June 10th 1972 Madison Square Garden<br />
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On this day, in 1905 in the U.S. state of Nevada, the City of Las Vegas, aka Sin City was founded. The name of the state and the city came from the Spanish language. Las Vegas means the meadows! Water from underground artesian wells in the desert region,help form the green meadows from where Las Vegas gets its name. The water enabled the foundation of the city in the desert and Vegas became one of the railroad stops, built to connect Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. </div>
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In 1931, Nevada legalized casino gambling and also witnessed the beginning of construction on nearby hoover dam. The influx of construction workers and their families helped Las Vegas avoid economic disaster during the Great Depression. The construction work was completed in 1935. Then, following World War II, lavishly decorated hotels, gambling casinos, and big-name entertainment became synonymous with Las Vegas</div>
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In 1951 City residents and visitors were to witness the mushroom clouds and be exposed to fallout from the nuclear tests carried out on a site northwest of Las Vegas. these continued until 1963.</div>
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were building and buying hotel-casino properties. Gambling was referred
to as "gaming" which transitioned into legitimate business. Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut in 1956 at the New Frontier Hotel and returned to Vegas to make the movie Viva Las Vegas,” which was filmed in and around the Flamingo Hotel in the summer of 1963. Elvis is a singing racecar driver Lucky Jackson, who''s love interest,is the Flamingo’s pool manager, Rusty Martin, played by Ann Margret. The movie shows scenes of a younger, roomier Las Vegas and the climactic race scenes were filmed from Fremont Street to Hoover Dam and Mount Charleston.</div>
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Then on May 1, 1967 Elvis 32 and Priscilla 21, married at the new
Aladdin hotel. Colonel Parker organized it with the owner Mr Prell. The
ceremony was performed before a few friends and relatives, in Prell’s
private suite before the party opened up to a celebration breakfast of
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The summer of 1969, Kirk Kerkorian was ready to open the International Hotel. With 1,519 rooms, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. To give it a proper opening, Kerkorian hired two of the day’s biggest stars: Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley. The story goes that the Colonel wanted Barbra to perform first to iron out any problems with the new venue. Elvis followed and strode onstage at the International on July 31, 1969. Now he was an all-round entertainer fronting a rock band polished and magnified by horns and strings. Elvis last performance in vegas was on December 12th 1976.</div>
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Because of its virility, power and regal presence, the bull has been an icon for worship in many ancient cultures. The bull was considered a sacred animal in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Egypt to name a few. It is common to see the bull offered as a blood sacrifice in these cultures.</div>
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The bull was an attribute of Zeus represented by the constellation of Taurus. He transformed himself into a glistening white bull. Zeus (in the guise of the white bull) unassumingly planted himself amongst the herds in an effort to capture the attention of the lovely Europa with whom Zeus was completely smitten. Classic art will show Europa riding a white bull. This is Zeus in the form of a bull, and touches on symbolism of passion, transformation, virility, strength and fulfillment.</div>
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The bull symbol is the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. It is thought this symbol was derived originally from the Semitic word for bull, and it is based on a pictograph that looks very much like a bull or ox head.</div>
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In Celtic symbolism the bull represented physical strength and power. To the Celtic way of thought, the bull was also extremely virile, and so symbolized fertility and the power to procreate to extend the life of the clans. Druids associated the bull with solar energy and the female cow with earth energy. </div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">La Paloma -- The Dove </span></b><br />
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La is the feminine in Spanish ! Where El is the masculine . </div>
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"La Paloma" belongs to a genre of songs called "Habaneras," a musical
style developed in 19th-century Spain that is very much
present today in the form of folk songs. The Habaneras, characteristic and distinct rhythm reflects
the fusion of the local Cuban songs that the Spanish sailors
brought back with them from their travels to the islands, with the
rhythm structure of the Andalusian, flamenco. "La Paloma" became popular outside of
Spain and is one of the most-recorded Spanish
songs. The original lyrics are a sailors lament after leaving his woman, he asks her to cherish his spirit if it returns to her window as a
dove. Then he fantasizes that if he does return safely, they will marry
and have seven, or even fifteen, children. Elvis version of La Paloma was titled, No More and first recorded for the Blue Hawaii soundtrack. The lyrics were written by Don Robertson. Don talking on how the song came about, "Ï received a letter from RCA asking me if i could write another adaption of a classical song similar to Its Now or Never for the movie Blue Hawaii. La Paloma came straight to mind but I didn't have a copy of the music, so I worked it out from memory. This was probably a blessing in disguise, because it took on a unique quality, different from the song I had learned as a child. Hal Blair and I spent most of the day in my office in Hollywood. I sat at the piano and he pulled up a chair next to me and we followed our usual procedure, both of us coming up with lyric phrases and trying them out as I worked on the arrangement and sang in Elvis' style. The lyric and the arrangement gradually evolved until we had a song we thought would fit Elvis and that we felt he might like". March 21st 1961, elvis recorded No More at the Hollywood Studios.The following recording was made for the Hawaii Benefit Concert , January 1973 production.<br />
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Music written by Bert Kaemfert <br />
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The earliest vocal version was recorded by Freddy Quinn in 1965 after its release, the single was pulled from the market, when Decca, Kaemfert's label, threatened to sue, claiming ownership of the song. A version by Sergio Franchi with lyrics by Charles Singleton was recorded in late 1965 titled "Moon Over Naples", but did not chart. It would become a hit single in 1966 for Al Martino when a new set of lyrics were written by composer Eddie Snyder, now titled "Spanish Eyes". Since then Kaemfert,Snyder and Singleton have had their names on the composition, as writers.</div>
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Si, when it is written with an accent, it is pronounced using higher harmonics (in terms of frequencies), and generally with higher intensity, i.e. with stress. It means "yes<br />
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In a late fifties interview Elvis is heard mentioning this song as one of his favorites.<br />
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instruments were modified and adapted by Christians and Jews, and later
by gypsies. The flamenco dance and music that we see today are the
results of centuries of amalgamating together, elements of the diverse
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small venues organised, ticketed performances of Flamenco. Thanks to
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The bird Flamingo gets its name from Flamenco.<br />
Los Angeles -- The Angels<br />
Vega --- The brightest star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 26 light years from Earth. Vega is one of the stars that make up the Summer Triangle.<br />
Charro -- A Mexican Cowboy<br />
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Hawaii or <span class="_Tgc">Hawaiki --- "Place of the Gods" </span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"> </span></span></div>
<span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"> Captain Cook<span class="_Tgc"> on January 18, 1778, became the first European to discover the Hawaiin Islands when he sailed past the island of Oahu</span></span>. It was an</span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"> independent kingdom from 1810 - 1893</span> and became a</span><span class="_Tgc _y9e"> U.S. territory in 1898 and then the 50th state of the USA in August, 1959<b>. </b></span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc _y9e">The Union Jack, flew unofficially as the flag of Hawaii until 1816.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_Tgc"> was designed at the request of King Kamehemeka 1,</span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc _y9e"> who united the islands into a single state </span></span></span>. It has eight stripes of white, red and blue that represent the eight main islands. The flag of Great Britain remains in the upper left corner.One of Hawaii's most famous sons, Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu. </span></div>
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The Elvis Hawaiin relationship began in 1957 and continued through to the year of his death when he holidayed there in March of 1977. Lets begin this journey in 1957, Elvis was now a huge star and set sail to Hawaii on the SS Matsonia for a concert in Honolulu and footage from this concert is some of the best of his fifties concert period. It amazes me that so little footage has surfaced from the beginning of his career. You can see him performing with the exaggerated leg movements and moving around on stage, at one point,with just the top section of the mic stand reminiscent of Freddy Mercury in the 70's.<br />
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Our next stop is Blue Hawaii and Chad Gates . This movie was the first of the Hawaii influenced productions for Elvis . Girls Girls Girls and Paradise Hawaiin Style would follow but this movie is full of interesting trivia, people of note and mysteries. Chad's mum was the well loved british actress Angela Landsbury and she was later, to become, the star of Murder She Wrote. Which leads us into an interesting Hollywood murder mystery as Jenny Maxwell, who played Ellie Corbett or the girl who got her bottom spanked by the King and who starred in 77 Sunset Strip,Route 66 and The Twilight Zone was later the victim of a famous unsolved murder. When in June of 1981 Jenny 39 and her husband, attorney Ervin Roeder 60 were gunned down at the entrance of their home in Beverley Hills. Police never got any leads on suspects or reason for the killings. It was eventually written off as a
botched robbery but it is worth noting that at the time of the murder ,
Roeder, was aggressively campaigning to reopen the investigation into the
death under mysterious circumstances of another prominent actor, Nick
Adams. Adams death was ruled an accidental drug overdose but many of his
friends, including Roeder who was Nick's attorney, didn't accept this explanation believing
that Adams had probably been murdered. Elvis and Nick had been good friends for a number of years.<br />
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Their friendship began in the fifties and many photos exist of the two together, with the Presley family or the most famous shots, I think, would be with Natalie Wood and the fortnight Elvis ,Nick and Natalie enjoyed together in early 1956. Natalie of course was a victim of a possible murder herself . When she apparently slipped from a boat and drowned. Nick would eventually be hired for a short time as part of Elvis entourage by Colonel Parker. Nick had a close friendship with another legend of the fifties, James Dean, before Dean's death in 1955.They used to do impersonations together at parties and joke around . The movie, Giant still had'nt been finished when Dean died in a car crash so Nick's voice was used to dub Deans lines at the end of the film. Nick died on February 7th 1968. A manuscript found by Adams daughter about his friendship with Elvis was published in 2012 called The Rebel and The King.<br />
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The soundtrack of Blue Hawaii was also full of interesting songs like, Cant Help Falling In Love, which became Elvis's closing tune on stage and the last song he ever performed on stage on June 26th 1977. Last year 2016, the song had a resurgence with many covers performed by young upcoming artists. The Hawaiin Wedding Song originally sung by Andy Williams in 1958, was another, and<br />
which became an on stage regular in the seventies. Often sung to the ladies in his band like Kathy Westmoreland or in the audience.<br />
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Elvis Final Live performance on June 21st 1977<br />
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Another song from the soundtrack of interest was Aloha Oe. A traditional Hawaiin song written by Hawaiin Queen Lilioukalani who was born <span class="nowrap">September 2, 1838 and died November 11, 1917</span>. She was a composer of Hawaiin music, an author, and the last reigning monarch of the Islands. She reigned from January 29, 1891, until the kingdom was overthrown on January 17, 1893. Aloha ‘Oe or<b> </b>Farewell to Thee became one of the first Hawaiian songs to
achieve recognition outside of the Islands. Today, it remains Hawaii''s most famous composition and often heard, performed or played at funerals.<br />
The story goes like this, the queen would often go horseback riding with Colonel James Harbottle Boyd, a British naval officer and a female friend. During, the trios rides, he sung or hummed an old folk song by the name of Rock Beside The Sea. This song is believed to be close to the melody of Aloha Oe . <br />
Following the making of Blue Hawaii, Elvis was once again in Hawaii for his final live performance for a considerable time. At the Bloch Arena Honolulu in March of 1961 for the USS Arizona Benefit Concert. Then we jump forward to January of 1973. Where Elvis performed his last concert on the Islands of Hawaii for the Kui Lee Cancer Appeal. He actually performed twice. The rehearsal show in front of 6000 people on January 12th and the worldwide live broadcast show on January the 14th, all proceeds went to the Kui Lee cancer appeal. Kui Lee was an Hawaiin songwriter who wrote I'll Remember You for the famous Hawaiin singer Don Ho. Kui Lee had died from cancer and Don had approached Elvis if he could do something for the appeal. Here is a photo of Don and Elvis on stage. Don always played a prank on Elvis when they met, requesting him to greet with a kiss to the cheek but every time, Don would turn his head. Here is one of them times.<br />
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American Trilogy Hawaiin Rehearsal Show January 12th 1973</div>
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Maile Duval played by Joan Blackman in Blue Hawaii . The name Maile pronounced Mylee is a vine which is used to make Leis in Hawaii.<br />
Joan Blackman also played in Kid Galahad with Elvis and had dated Elvis back in 1956. <br />
<a href="https://www.hawaiiflowerlei.com/leitradition.aspx">The Lei Hawaiin Garland </a><br />
Jenny Maxwell was a cousin of Marilyn Monroes.<br />
Island of Lanai is known as Pineapple Island . It is the sixth largest Hawaiin Island. Bill Gates was married here 1994 and Gates was outbid, for the Island by fellow tech Billionaire, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who paid 500 million for it in 2012.<br />
Blue Hawaii was Elvis's eigth film and filmed on the Islands of Oahu and Kauai . GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-41934883890916894732017-05-08T01:03:00.004-07:002017-05-11T17:21:38.403-07:00Elvis and Chuck Berry<ul>
<li> <b><span class="_Tgc">Charles Edward Anderson or Chuck Berry </span><span class="_Tgc"><span class="_Tgc">was born October 18, 1926 died March 18, 2017 and </span>known as the father of rock'n'roll . The American guitarist, singer
and songwriter was a pioneer of rock and roll music.</span> In 1944, at the age of 17, Berry and two friends set off on road trip to
California but when reaching Kansas City they decided to go on a robbing spree. Which included the stealing of a vehicle.The three young men were arrested and received the maximum penalty 10 years in
jail, despite being minors .Berry served three years before being released on good behavior
on October 18, 1947, which was his 21st birthday. After his release Berry wrote and recorded Maybellene and took it
to the executives at Chess Records. Maybellene reached No. 1 on the R&B charts and
No. 5 on the pop charts in 1955. The song is considered as one of the first rock'n'roll songs. Elvis performed this song live at the Louisianna Hayride in August 1955. A couple months before Elvis's Cadillac had caught fire at the top of a hill while traveling to a gig. I can see Elvis as a teen being a bit of a rev head . He loved his cars and Harleys. </b></li>
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Tennessee. In the song the singer is trying to find out the number of a
girl named Marie, who lives in Memphis Tennessee, on the southside, high
upon a ridge, just a half a mile from the
Mississippi bridge. It seemed so prophetic,</b><b><b> recorded 5 years before Lisa Marie was
born and ten years before Elvis and Priscilla's divorce. </b> He sings how he misses Marie and that they were
separated by Marie's mother. The final verse reveals that Marie is, in
fact, the singer's six-year-old daughter and her mother, presumably the singers ex-wife, left their home and took Marie with her<i>.</i></b></li>
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<li> <b> <span style="font-size: 16px;">Jerry Schilling, Elvis long time bodyguard said that Sammy Davis and Elvis went to see Chuck together in 1972 and he can remember Elvis shouting out song names for Chuck to play. Elvis loved Chuck Berry from when he first started out, Jerry said. A couple of years later Elvis would record</span> Promised Land. Which was another Berry composition written in Midwest prison and was
recorded by Berry on his release, at Chess studios in Chicago, in 1964. Elvis Presley''s version was used in the tunnel scene in Men In Black where they were chasing down the key to the universe around Orion's neck. Presley's Promised Land Album was his final complete studio album before his death. </b></li>
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<li> <b> Chuck Berry's signature song would have to be Johnny Be Good and Elvis first live version comes from his first shows at the International Hotel in 1969. Johnny lived in the backwoods probably with Polk Salad Annie or Poke Salet/ salad Annie. LOL My bit of trivia for this month is a<a href="https://delishably.com/vegetable-dishes/Poke-Sallet-Poke-Salad-Recipe-How-to-Handle-Harvest-and-Prepare-the-Poisonous-Pokeweed"> Poke Salad recipe.</a> Its made from <a href="http://nadiasyard.com/our-native-plants/american-pokeweed/">Pokeweed </a>. Pokeweed leaves and roots have been used in folk medicine for the following of chronic rheumatism and arthritis. The plant has also been used to treat edema,
skin cancers, catarrh, dysmenorrhea, mumps, ringworm, scabies,
tonsillitis, and syphilis. Poke greens, the young immature leaves, are
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<br />GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-56114080214370707802017-03-09T16:46:00.000-08:002017-03-10T16:41:50.067-08:00Elvis and Bowie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Elvis Presley born 8 January 1935 ! Twelve years later David Bowie is born on 8th January 1947 !The sharing of January 8th as their birthdays was a big connection for Bowie to Elvis as Bowie himself said "I thought that it meant something". Eventually taking a plane trip in 1972 to New York to watch Elvis perform and then penning Golden Years for Elvis a couple of years later. Elvis rejected Golden Years, but according to Bowie, he did get a call from Elvis late in 1976, asking him if he could produce a new Elvis album but of course this was never to be, as Elvis was spiraling to an early demise, passing on August 16th 1977. </b><br />
<b> Lets go back to when David was first making it on the London rock scene around the mid sixties. It was at the La Gionconda Club, where David and his band the Lower Third played nightly gigs. It was here they came in contact with a performer called Vince Taylor. Vince, originally born in England but at an early age had moved to New Jersey USA. Dressed in black leather, Vince performed mainly Elvis covers and his obsession with Elvis, stemmed back to him seeing the king perform back in the mid fifties.In an interview with the BBC back in 1996 Bowie talked about the man who inspired Ziggy Stardust referring to him as not playing with a full deck and how he used to carry maps of Europe around with him pointing out sites where UFO's were going to land. He was preoccupied with Jesus and Aliens. David told the interviewer. Vince was the inspiration for Ziggy Stardust. </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> In 1968 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss's composition was included in the musical score for Space Odyssey 2001 and probably had a big impact on both Bowie and Elvis . It was inspired by the Friedric Nietzsche's philosopical novel of the same name and first recorded by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1935. Ground control to Major Tom ! Space Oddity was written, by Bowie ,after seeing this movie, and of course Elvis stage entrance was always accompanied by the Strauss composition . After the Space Oddity album came The Man Who Sold the World and then Hunky Dory which included the song Andy Warhol . David sent the song to Andy in New York and then traveled over to meet him. I wanted to connect Warhol here because I find it curious that one of his most famous pieces of art is the Eight Elvis's which a couple years backed fetched over 100 million dollars at auction. This was a still taken from Flaming Star overlaid eight times. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> The movie Flaming Star had a working title of Black Star and portrayed Elvis as Pacer Burton son of a Kiowa mother and Texan father. The movie originally had four songs but two were cut after Elvis had protested about them. </span></span></b><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The original title song Black Star was not released until the early 1980s. This is the song that David told one of his work colleagues that had a connection to his final song released in his lifetime. David Bowies, Black Star was released on his 69th birthday January 8th 2016, three days prior to his death on January 10th. I cant help but think Black Star leads back to Ziggy, then to Vince, and finally to the Golden Years of the mid fifties and even maybe further back to the birth of these two rock icons on the 8th of January. </span></span></b></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Morning White Dove was Cherokee Indian and Elvis great great great grandmother born 1800 died 1835. </span></span></b></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Cane and a High Starch Collar was the only other song in Flaming Star</span></span></b></span></span></b></div>
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<b>A black star is a gravitational object composed of matter.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Vince Taylor was known as the Black Leather Rebel because he always performed in black leather ! If he was performing in black leather early sixties. I was curious if Elvis had ever performed in black leather in the fifties. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b> </span></span></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Colonel Tom Parker Elvis"s manager diedi at the age of 88 and his first job on USA soil was working with the Chautauqua. </span></span></b></span></span></b><br />
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GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-68067432398781964142017-02-02T16:34:00.000-08:002017-02-14T16:16:39.970-08:00Elvis and Mary After the recent death of Mary Tyler Moore (MTM Meow ) . I thought i would do a post on Elvis''s music and the connections it had to Mary. Whether it be a riverboat, Virgin Mary or Mary T herself. I could of gone a bit deeper and gone into the close association between Marie and Mary but that would have got a bit messy so I might leave that to another day !<br />
Our first destination is down to the river where the people are happy to give. The song Proud Mary was written in the 60's by a worker on the Mary Elizabeth or once known as the Queen Mother of Memphis Tugboats and the song then found its way into the hands of John Fogerty, who published and performed it and the rest is rock history. Built in 1905 the tug once transported prisoners up the Hudson River to Sing Sing State Prison. Then in 1915, the boat was used to transport mail up the Mississippi from Greenville to Luna Landing. Thirteen years later it was purchased by a Memphis Tennessee businessman and given the name Mary Elizabeth to be used as a tugboat. Im afraid Proud Mary is no more it was towed away in 1986 from the Memphis riverbank for scrap metal.<br />
Elvis performed this song many times in concert in the early 1970's my
memory as a child was on the Madison Square Garden record.Where it was
played often, in our household .We also had the Tina Turner version.Which
was very popular at that time during the mid seventies, Rollin on the
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I thought i would post some rare footage of his Boston show 1971, here he is wearing his black conquistador suit, with cape and the recording of Proud Mary is from this show.<br />
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Doctor John Carpenter and Sister Michele in the movie Change of Habit. This was one of my favorite Elvis movies growing up being made around the time of the 1968 TV Special and the birth of Lisa Marie This was when Elvis was on a high, and enthused about performing again. In the movie Mary was trying to make the decision, whether to throw away her habit and faith to join Doctor John. This movie also starred Mary Tyler Moore show co star Edward Asner. Ed had appeared with Elvis in an earlier movie Kid Galahad. The soundtrack had some good recordings without being outstanding. The title track Change of Habit, Have A Happy,Let Us Pray and Rubberneckin , The later being a hit for Elvis after the milenium, in 2003. It was also the B side of Dont Cry Daddy which reached number 6 on the billboard charts in 1970. Let's Be Friends was also recorded for the movie at the Change of Habit sessions . These sessions started a couple of days after Elvis had done his marathon American Sound Studios cuts of In The Ghetto, Suspicious Minds and others. Darlene Love and the Blossoms were the backup singers for these sessions. Lets Be Friends still remains one of my favorite Elvis recordings.<br />
Barbara Mcnair co star spoke about the visit of Mahalia Jackson on the set one day and how Elvis just loved her and how him and Mahalia discussed the charity show she was organizing. Barbara said Mary was a little stand offish but Elvis had been so friendly . This clip of Elvis and Mary ! Property of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame,_Our_Mother">Notre Dame</a> (our Mother) Sister Michele lead us into Mother Mary ! Miracle of Your Rosary Hail Mary full of grace ! </div>
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Written by Lee Denison and recorded by Elvis in May 1971 first released on the Elvis Now album in the 70's. Some Elvis trivia ! In early 1955 Elvis performed at a Catholic club in Arkansas and the Priest Father Keller was not impressed and later witnessing Elvis signing a young girls leg, had said to Elvis "you are a disgrace to manhood, dont come back here". </div>
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Yet another connection to the Catholic church was Sister Dolores Hart, who was Mario Lanza's niece co starred with Elvis in Loving You and went on to become a Catholic Nun. This clip of her talking about her relationship with Elvis and God !</div>
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Miss Hart talking about being on set with Elvis. I was mesmerized by his charisma and voice. That voice is for the people of GOD. </div>
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The last clip i am going to share is Mary in the Morning, a song written in 1967 and first recorded, by Al Martino. Elvis incorporated this into his live performances in the early 1970's. Always thought this song had a mystical feel about it ! I've always wondered who was Mary the woman with golden hair and chasing rainbows in her dreams. </div>
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In the middle ages mary or mare was was often
referred to the sea ! Stella Maris or star of the sea a name given to
the Virgin Mary !<br />
The Vatican also known as the Holy See !<br />
See of Rome or Central Government of the Catholic Church<br />
<a href="http://www.concordatwatch.eu/topic-841.843">Lateran Treaty of 1929 </a><br />
<span class="_Tgc"> Name Marie --- French cognate of Mary, which is derived from the Hebrew Miryām<b>.</b>
Many believe it to mean "sea of bitterness" or "sea of sorrow."
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<br />GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-56646762368089588792017-01-24T18:12:00.000-08:002017-03-01T19:57:15.702-08:00Elvis and Mac Davis Mac Davis born 21st January 1942.His biggest hit was Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me and he first saw Elvis perform way back in 1956 on the back of a truck in Lubbock Texas . Lubbock being the home of Buddy Holly and as Mac said Buddy and Elvis were his two inspirations to write music. Another of Macs biggest hits Hooked on Music has in the first verse a reference to the first time he saw Elvis. Mac started writing for Elvis in 1967 in partnership with Billy Strange who worked with Elvis on the movie songs in the sixties. Billy and Mac wrote songs like Charro , A Little Less Conversation, Clean Up Your Own Backyard , Nothingville ,Dont Cry Daddy , Memories and his most famous In The Ghetto. I loved hearing Mac's story about the success of A Little Less Conversation going to number one in 2002. He said I was in shock i could'nt believe it. A friend of mine called me and said , hey Mac one of your songs has gone to number one in the UK. I knew nothing about the Nike promotion. Then later, my wife and I were watching Oceans Eleven and didnt realize they had used this version in the movie. It sounds so good. I thought the revamp they did was amazing. It was originally written for the 68 special but not used.<br />
Interested to hear Mac say that the lyrics were changed in A Little
Less Conversation by Elvis or by those in Hollywood to fit the scene in Live A Little Love A Little and he said at the time he was a bit annoyed that they had changed his favorite verse in the song. Its a groovy night and i can show you how to use it. .Here is the original movie version with Elvis and the beautiful Celeste Yarnall . This computer will prove to you that the planets are wrong.<br />
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Charro a western had Elvis as Jess Wade a role originally offered to Clint Eastwood. The title song written by Mac , was the only song Elvis performed in the movie. Mac told a story about hearing a guy whistling this tune in a bathroom one time and was amazed, because it had always been a dream of his, to hear some person, unknown to him whistling a song he had written and I couldnt believe the song would be Charro as i dont remember much about that song myself. I had to ask him the name of the song because i couldnt remember the name.<br />
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Clean Up Your Own Backard was a song performed in Trouble with Girls . Interesting to note alot of the songs recorded for this movie stayed unreleased for a considerable amount of time bar this one. Songs like Signs of the Zodiac and Swing Down Sweet Chariot, Almost and Violet.<br />
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Nothingville or as I think it was referring to Hollywoodville. They treat me like a country clown. Its a Rats race at a snails pace ! Mac said he always thought that was one of his favorite lines in any song he had written. It was specificly written for the TV Special with Memories.<br />
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Poor Mans Gold another written by Mac but Elvis only ever sung one line from it in the studio. I loved how Pete Storm completed it and thought i would add it here for a novelty song .<br />
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<br />GreatGaGaGodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628962260586274239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581676893364988139.post-39063274657834038972016-11-21T13:16:00.001-08:002016-11-22T16:19:51.430-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Sweet Inspiration was the only top 40 hit for the Sweet Inspirations although they appeared on many 60's and 70's hits as a backing group. Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison Burning of the Midnight Lamp by Jimi Hendrix and Just One Look by Doris Troy. They also did backing vocals for Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield in the sixties. This version by Elvis was a one off performance from the midnight show 20th August 1970 . Interviews with Whitney Houstons mum Cissy, Myrna Smith and Estelle Brown precede his performance. </b><br />
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<b>Michael Jarrett/Sonny James ballad. Michael said he wrote the song after he had given up performing to concentrate on song writing and its written about his girlfriends lack of faith in his songwriting and his decision to leave her and move on. She had said to him what if your songs arnt good enough. Michael said the unusual structure of the song belongs to Sonny James. In the Nashville recording studios in 1971 Elvis is heard saying phew this song is tough but its worth working on. Elvis performed it on various occassions at live shows but none compared to the haunting studio recording due to the difficulties in getting the pace of the song just right. In this live recording from 1974 Elvis is heard chatting to fans and singing one line of the song Stop the World and Let Me Off. </b><br />
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<b>This was recorded live at the Lousianna Hayride March 1955. Many mistakenly think this is Thats Alright Little Mama but this is a completely different song Co written by the music producer Jerry Wexler . Wexler wrote for Billboard magazine and is said to have coined the term Rhythm and Blues. He produced Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin and was the man who connected Elvis with the Sweet Inspirations. Originally sung by The Clovers in 1953. Elvis often performed Clovers songs in his early live performances songs like Fool Fool Fool, Love Bug. Love Potion Number 9 is their most known hit written by the great Leiber and Stoller who of course were prolific writers for the early Elvis recordings. </b><br />
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<b>A song written by Lowell Fulson in 1954 its registered in the top 500 songs that shaped rock'n'roll. Elvis first recorded it for his Elvis is Back album in 1960 and featured the great Boots Randolph sax break. Its a song Elvis would perform in his concerts every now and again and was first perfomed live in 1970 in front of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin. I only just recently found out that Elvis had performed this on numerous ocassions in late 76 early 77. This recording is from february 1977 .</b><br />
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Ben talking about the last time he saw Elvis . Elvis invited me to come to one of those wild parties, you know, the last evening of the season in crazy Vegas.
I went upstairs and Elvis grabbed me, stood me up in front of the crowd
and announced, "I want you all to meet Ben Weisman. The man who has
written more songs for me than any other writer - 57 ! I want to hear it
for this man".
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There was a big applause, then he took me over to the piano. It was
just me and him. Elvis wasn't looking too good. His eyes were puffy and
he'd gotten very, very heavy. He said to me, 'Ben, there's a song I
love called "Softly as I Leave You" Indeed, I knew it well, one of those ballads that just about everyone had a crack at in the sixties."<br />
"After he sang his heart out Elvis said, 'This is not a song about a
man who's leaving his girlfriend. It's a song about a man who is going
to die.'<br />
I didn't know what to say, but I knew there was trouble coming. As
Elvis held my arm, I could feel his hand shaking. It made me feel as
though mine was shaking, too. And that was the last time I saw him. <br />
Summer Kisses Winter Tears was a ballad written to be sung by Elvis to
his leading lady during a love scene. Unfortunately, the powers of Hollywood had him sing it to a group of Indians sitting around a
campfire smoking a peace pipe! At the preview, the audience broke into laughter when
the scene occurred. As a result, the song was
cut from the film. Over twenty years later in 1992, as fate would have
it again, Elvis' recording was released in a Wim Wenders' film entitled
'Until The End Of The World', directed by David Lynch'. David Lynch is a life long Elvis fan<br />
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David Lynch quote Elvis swims in our minds, and in the emotions all through time. One of my favourite Lynch films is the 1990 black comedy Wild at Heart which starred a young Nicholas Cage doing an Elvis impersonation. Cage would also star in other Elvis connected movies like Honeymoon in Vegas. Nick married Lisa Marie Presley in 2002. Nicholas was a life long Elvis fan as well being born on January 7th 1964 of course the king was born on January 8.</div>
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I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then.<br />
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