a blog about elvis presley's music and records
MY BABYBOOK states that my favorite song in 1956 was “Sh-Boom.” As I turned five that year, that makes sense. But my aging brain tells me that “Hound Dog” has been my fave for as long as it has been translating my experiences into memories and storing them! [Continue reading]
THE EXPLOITATION OF ELVIS PRESLEY began in 1956. Elvis Presley Enterprises was established to authorize the manufacturing of novelty items about “the most talked about new personality in the last ten years of recorded music” to be sold to fans. RCA Victor also capitalized on their singer’s popularity by manufacturing a pair of Elvis Presley phonographs. [Continue reading]
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER QUESTION ON QUORA about Elvis that needed answering. The question was, “I watched Speedway today. Why did Elvis make such a terrible movie?” More than forty years after his death, that remains a difficult question to answer. Most people—even fans that should know better—blame the Colonel. [Continue reading]
DID ELVIS WRITE ANY OF HIS SONGS? Well, yes, he did have a hand in composing a few of his lesser-known songs in the ’60s, but that’s not what this article is about. It’s his name on such hits as Don’t Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, and All Shook Up that we will address here. [Continue reading]
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, you’ve come to the wrong place. If you’re looking for trouble, don’t look in my face or keep reading. This is a relatively brief and rather unrevealing review of a relatively long and complex movie that tells you little about the events or effects in the movie—hence, no spoilers. [Continue reading]
IT’S “QUORA QUESTION TIME” AGAIN! Once more, there’s a question on Quora concerning Elvis that I answered. Here is the question: “Why is Quincy Jones suddenly falsely claiming that Elvis, whom he never met, would have been racist?” Why people are endlessly ruminating about Presley’s endlessly debunked “racism” is an endlessly mind-numbing question to me. [Continue reading]