Posted on 11/05/2016 12:07:17 PM PDT by chasio649
I still love Elvis.....He was one of a kind...Let's talk about "The King".
I agree with Jim. People who post vanities should pony up.
I like you. You throw out a thread that breaks the stress of the election. :)
Jailhouse Rock was a great movie.
I was in high school back in mid 50’s when he came to Norfolk. My girl friend told me I had to take her to see him. My dad got us tickets. I told girl he was no good. Show began and I was rocking with everyone else in the house. Afterward, she had to have her photo taken with Elvis. Cost me ten dollars. But I became a fan that afternoon.
That’s weird,was just thinking about him.
What would you like to know about me...
One of my all time favorites even though I was just a kid when he died.
Amazing voice and a true American success story.
The first album I bought was a collection called The Memphis Record, which was a session of recordings from the late sixties that included Kentucky Rain, Who Am I?, The Fair is Moving On, Suspicious Minds, Stranger in My Hometown, In the Ghetto and many others. I was hooked and remain so.
I was 10 in ‘78 when I first saw Jailhouse Rock, i’m pretty sure. Became a big fan after that :)
Are you really an alien?
Elvis was great, America was great - the best decades to be a young American from 1956 to 1976. Too soon, we lost Elvis and our sense of joy.
He didn’t shirk going into the Army.
my dad met him once, i believe in Nashville at a Gospel Music convention. got his autograph on some kind of newspaper for the industry.
As an aside,I was driving through Memphis a few years back and was in no big hurry so I decided to visit Graceland.I was struck by the fact that the furnishings and decorations I saw appeared to be,at the same time,expensive *and* things that a poor white southern boy would buy.
Just sayin'....I was brought up in the suburbs of the Northeast by served with a number of southerners so I know that things weren't great for a lot of kids growing up there in the '40s/'50s/'60s.Including white kids.
We’ve been talking about Trump, the King. What took you so long?
Very true! Not every American kid can say that.Bill Clinton...Cassius Clay...
I live 10 miles from Graceand. Never been inside
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