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"What You Don't Know About ELVIS PRESLEY"
'Movie Mirror' magazine - February 1957
- Alfred Wertheimer reveals all
Spotlight by Piers Beagley / Paul Gansky
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The sixth in an EIN series looking at early, original magazine articles about Elvis Presley |
Another brilliant article of-its-time from 'Movie Mirror' magazine, published February 1957.
The front cover listed the story as
'NEW! Untold Facts about ELVIS PRESLEY by a Friend'
| Written by photographer Alfred Wertheimer who in 1956 spent seven days shooting over 3,500 photographs of Elvis in the months of March, June, and July in the unbelievable year that "the Memphis Flash" became the iconic "Elvis the Pelvis". |
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Elvis doesn't rush things. He's very serious and conscientious about his work. I've seen him listen to a record he'd made seven times straight, to be sure it was right. He'll spend hours working on trains, too, not only listening to new records he might choose to do, but to his own.
He also has definite ideas about his future in movies. He told me, “I want to make a movie, but I want to make a good movie."
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Original article by Alfred Wertheimer
HOW did I become interested in Elvis Presley? Mainly, I think, it was because of a reaction Elvis gets from his audiences, which is like nothing I - or probably anyone else - ever saw. I said to myself, if I were up on that stage, nobody would be affected. I saw polished professional acts precede him, too, and there was no reaction. But the moment Elvis steps on a stage, bedlam breaks loose. Why? What is there about him that has this tremendous effect on other people? What is he really like?
As a photographer, I had to find the answers to these questions, for in order to take good pictures, you must have as thorough an understanding of your subject as possible. It was my job to take pictures of Elvis, and to do that I had to stick with him as much as possible, observe him closely, and try to get to know him and find out what makes him tick. So that's what I did. I spent many days with Elvis, and traveled thousands of miles. I was with him at rehearsals and at recordings. I was with him when he did the Tommy Dorsey and Steve Allen shows. I went along with him on personal appearances, and I visited with his family and friends in Memphis. And from this close contact, I got some very solid impressions of the real Elvis, a boy whose fame has often made him distorted, and misunderstood.
To begin, let me say something about that terrific reaction I've mentioned. People often want to know whether it's phoney, the result of a build-up by a clever press agent, as has been the case with some other singers. I can tell you flatly that it isn't. And the girls really do swoon - it's no act. Making my way backstage, I've seen them standing glassy-eyed. Real gone. He has that effect on the kids. It's a human emotion that has nothing to do with what they've heard or read about Elvis. My own theory is that Elvis gives them an emotional outlet. They're inhibited by other channels, and when they see Elvis let loose, they let loose, too. But whatever it is, it isn't manufactured. It couldn't be.
My first impressions of Elvis himself weren't so definite. In fact, they were very vague, and I couldn't pin down my feeling one way or another. All I saw was a quiet sort of fellow with an awful lot of people milling around him. He just sat there looking at a sweater someone had given him.
Later, I discovered that this revealed a good deal about Elvis. For one thing, he likes clothes. He likes the dramatic, and can choose things to wear onstage that are very effective, and usually has a closet-full of outfits to keep him well supplied. For the Memphis appearance, for instance, he selected an all-black outfit with a red tie, and he certainly stood out! Offstage, his clothes are the sporty type. He doesn't go for solid colors - his suits usually have a different color thread running through the material, or a different weave.
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But more important in understanding Elvis was the fact that he was so quiet. As I got to know him better, I learned char if there is one thing he can't stand in other people, its useless talk. He himself doesn't waste words, and he can't abide people who talk constantly and have nothing to say.
Which brings up the subject of Elvis and girls. Now, Elvis loves girls - all kinds. But this is his one peeve, as far as the opposite sex is concerned. If a girl prattles on and on about nothing, she's dead with Elvis. He can even take it good-naturedly when they maul him and tear his clothes - so long as they don't inflict bodily injury on anyone - but here he draws the line.
With the hectic work pace that he has, does Elvis miss out on the normal boy- girl relationships he'd have, say, in college? I don't think so. He gets to meet a good many nice girls in the course of his travels, sometimes on the long stretches in planes or trains. You can get pretty well acquainted with a girl on a long train ride.
But if you think that Elvis, with all the women throwing themselves at him, is having one grand fling, you're wrong. As he said to me, "It isn't what people think. It's not what it's cracked up to be."
Actually, this situation has made Elvis' relationships with girls more difficult. Both he and the people around him have to be on guard against the schemes of unscrupulous women who might try to use him for publicity, or to extort money.
Luckily for Elvis, he has some old girl friends back home in Memphis who are tried and true. I met them when I was there with him, and they're old friends and neighbors, the kind of girls he'll give a peck on the check in front of his mother. The one I remember best is Barbara Hearn, a school chum of Elvis. She's a sensible girl, a copy writer and a model. I wouldn't say this is a big romance - not yet, anyway. But she and Elvis have a fine buddy-buddy relationship.
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Why do the girls go for Elvis? I'm no judge of that, of course! But I'd guess it's because he has very sensuous eyes and lips. Another thing - you can't quite figure him out, and I think women are intrigued by men they can't figure out. You can't see in Elvis too far.
He isn't complicated, or mixed-up. But he is complex. I've photographed people, and whether it's today, tomorrow or the next day, morning, noon, or night, the same characteristics are there and you know it's the same person. But sometimes I look at portraits of Elvis and I say, "Who is this guy?" He looks different many times, and that's exactly the way he looks when you know him.
On the one hand, he's the big bruiser, the husky he-man type. On the other hand, he's a little boy. I remember one incident that brought out these two qualities at the same time. Elvis walked down the aisle of the train we were on, and approached two girls and started talking to them. There he stood, with his manly strut, making up to the girls - but with one arm, he was clutching the teddy bear Colonel Parker gave him!
Elvis doesn't care what people think. And he's not bashful. He'll walk up and talk to anybody. He enjoys talking to people. He'll step into an elevator, and if there's a lady attendant, he'll joke with her - not fresh, just friendly.
He's completely unorthodox, and unpredictable. As he puts it, "If you wanta’ get ahead, you gotta be different!" And he means it. With other performers, you can predict pretty well what the act is going to be when they step on a stage. Not with Elvis.
I asked his drummer, D. J. Fontana, about this, and he said, “It's hard to say about him, you never know what he's going to do." This, from his own drummer, who's been with him seven months! I think this unpredictable quality is one of the reasons he's so fascinating.
A lot of the unfavorable publicity about Elvis plays up the point that he's a physical type, a sexpot. He has that sensuous quality, it’s true, but they claim it's a big sex act he's putting on, and that's not true. It's more the publicity that has blown this thing way out of proportion. It's natural for these teen-age girls to be curious, to want to investigate and find out what kind of sex act he's putting on. I think he's getting a lot more attention in this respect through this bad publicity than if everyone praised him.
As for his so-called gyrations, Elvis as a rule is a nervous fellow. He can't sit still. To get him in a chair for five minutes is an accomplishment. Even at breakfast, he'll sit tapping his foot. And here's a curious thing - it's only the left leg he moves. He never moves the right. I found that out the hard way when I shot pictures of him front the right. There was no action - nothing happened!
A lot of wrong impressions of Elvis have come from some of the photographs of him, incidentally. I recall one time when a photographer wanted Elvis to pose in a cowboy hat. Elvis said quietly, “I don't like the hat. It's not me."
"You trying to be uncooperative?" demanded the photographer.
So rather than be accused of being uncooperative, Elvis put it on. But he was right - and the trouble is, millions of people see these pictures and think Elvis goes around in cowboy hats, when he's not the type at all.
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Being with Elvis day in and day out, as I was, I got to see a lot of his real feelings. Take his attitude toward his fans, for instance. He really loves them. Elvis has a great understanding of teen-agers, and they understand him. And he's anxious to keep that understanding. When I was with him in Richmond, it was just after all that hullabaloo about the Berle show.
Between numbers, Elvis walked to the edge of the stage, and explained to the kids just how he felt. "As long as I sing, this leg has got to move”, he said, and of course, they let out a shriek of approval.
He's very nice about signing autographs, too. I think he gets a big kick out of it. One time in Memphis he was about to take off on his motorcycle, but he was having trouble getting it started. Naturally, a crowd had gathered, and every time it stalled, they begged for autographs. Elvis might have become impatient and said, 'Look, I've got to go.' But he didn't - he signed and signed.
As everyone knows, Elvis has to have heavy police protection when he makes a personal appearance. Since the mob action on some occasions was so violent that people got hurt, every precaution is taken. What people don't know is that when Elvis consents to sign autographs after a show - which he does when he thinks it can be done safely - the police refuse to take responsibility. He's on his own.
It's significant, too, that the usual strong dislike of other males for men idolized by women doesn't apply to Elvis. Once, we came out of a recording session at RCA when there were some fellows sitting on the stoop of the post office across the way. They yelled, "Oh, there's Elvis." and started giving him the razz-berry routine. But then they walked over to him and said, “Say that was pretty rough on the Steve Allen show." Soon there were about six fellows around him, and he was explaining that the way he appeared on that show wasn't really him. They were sympathetic, and the talk ended with him giving them autographs.
There are always a number of boys - friends of the girls, mostly - in his crowds, too, and I've seen them come backstage. They seem to enjoy him as much as the girls, though of course they don't shriek and swoon!
So far I’ve given you a picture of Elvis as a complex and unpredictable, but nice, agreeable, ordinary fellow - which he is. But to completely understand the real Elvis, to find out what makes him tick and why he's so sensational, you have to dig deeper.
As you know, Elvis doesn't have much formal education. But observing him closely as I did, you find out that he has something that more than makes up for it. He has a tremendous instinct for what's good and what's bad, what's right and what's wrong for him. And he uses that instinct, and makes his own decisions. Nobody pushes him around - he isn't being manipulated by the people around him. In fact, from his manager, Colonel Parker, on down they leave him pretty much alone.
I've watched Elvis select the new songs he wants to record. During recording sessions song-pluggers will bring him about a dozen new songs on sample discs by unknown singers. He’ll sit there with his feet over the back of a chair, and listen first to the words and then to the melody. He figures that a melody can be improvised, but if the words aren't there it isn't solid. Then he'll say “Good" or "Bad" - he's never indecisive.
It's hard to tell which type of songs he prefers because he doesn’t tell you, but I got the impression that he likes folk songs - not cowboy songs, but rather the old folk songs which he'll bring up to date. Once somebody tried to get him to do a record of preachy advice to teen-agers' mothers. He laughed at that. He said, "I'm not in the preaching business. The kids won't like it, and the older folks don't care for me anyway, so who's going to buy the records?”
Elvis never studied formal music, and from what he told me, he doesn't care to. But I remember when they were making the arrangement for ‘Don't Be Cruel,’ he sat down at the piano and tinkled out the melody and from that was able to tell Shorty Long, who plays piano, exactly what he wanted. And when they started the actual recording, he had it down pat. This is important because making a record is an expensive proposition, and when you waste time, you waste money. |
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But Elvis doesn't rush things. He's very serious and conscientious about his work. I've seen him listen to a record he'd made seven times straight, to be sure it was right. He'll spend hours working on trains, too, not only listening to new records he might choose to do, but to his own. He has a reason for this - he's careful to present his numbers in exactly the same way when he makes a personal appearance, because he doesn't want the people who've bought them to be disappointed by hearing something different - or the people who are going to buy them.
He has definite ideas about his future in movies, too. He told me, “I want to make a movie, but I want to make a good movie."
His favorite actors are Dean, Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson. He likes the bad man type, the dirty heels that women go for. I think he wants to be a “good” dirty heel! Anyway, he doesn't want to be the sweet type. He once turned down a role because, as he put it, "I don't want to be the beanie cap younger brother.” Of course, in his new 20th film, Love Me Tender, he plays a younger brother, but it's a tough guy part, and I think that's why he liked it.
A lot of people are wondering how he'll compare to James Dean. Remember that the Dean pictures were good pictures, very well directed. Given this same advantage, I think Elvis might do it. Dean had more education, especially for acting - Elvis has none - but here again you have to take into account that tremendous instinct Elvis has, the ability to sense what other people must learn.
Personally, Elvis has an ambition, too - he wants to buy a farm! I found that out when I asked for a picture of him in a truck. He said, “Okay. I'm buying a truck anyway." I said he didn’t have to buy a truck just for pictures! He said, "No. I'm buying a farm. It's just a question of waiting until the right land is available - land is hard to get around Memphis”.
This ties in very much with something else I learned about Elvis: He likes to be alone. He's not close to anyone, really - not his musicians, not even the companions who travel with him. He seems to live in a world within himself, a world in which he must always do something, accomplish something. He doesn't like to take time with the dull routines that other people are involved in, or even normal things the body needs, such as eating.
And that enormous drive, I think, is the real key to the complex character of Elvis Presley.
Also, a resounding answer to those who have chalked up Elvis as a flash in the pan. With that drive, plus his great instinct for what is good, Elvis is not only here to stay - he'll go far, to even bigger things than he's already accomplished, and amaze everyone!
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| EIN Note: Elvis' comment about buying a farm would have been his idea to buy a larger property to help find some peace and quiet for his mother - and also further away from suburban Memphis where he was then living in Audubon Drive. In the end "the farm" would be Graceland which was once part of a 500-acre farm but which the Presleys had still not come across when this article was written. |
Note: The two high-quality RCA studio shots were not featured in the original article
Spotlight by Piers Beagley / Original magazine supplied by Paul Gansky
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EIN Spotlight on Alfred Wertheimer: Photographer Alfred Wertheimer was a special guest at this year's Elvis Week "Conversations On Elvis". Wertheimer described a few of those moments he spent with Elvis back in 1956 to the crowd but of course the main topic of discussion was the recent discovery and confirmation of the woman belonging to the famous "Elvis Kiss" photograph.
It is incredible to learn that over seven days in 1956 Wertheimer shot over 3,500 photographs of Elvis in the months of March, June, and July in the unbelievable year that "the Memphis Flash" became the iconic "Elvis the Pelvis".
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Spotlight "The Night ELVIS Flipped His Pelvis?" 1956: From On The QT magazine, December 1956 issue.
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Spotlight "What is Presley doing to our children?" Home Journal magazine 1957: From Canadian Home Journal magazine, June 1957 issue.
. 'By the time Elvis stepped into the spotlight his audience was well primed. The auditorium became a nightmare of piercing shrieks and screams front 18,000 young throats.
Then he began to sing. But his performance was more a pantomime. He could only be heard in snatches when he wasn't contorting his body or face. Screams and shrieks poured in waves from all sides of the huge auditorium and increased in direct proportion to the intensity of his gyrations which closely resemble those of a burlesque dancer.
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Spotlight "Elvis Presley: Hollywood Hot Shot or Flop?" Movieland magazine 1956: From Movieland magazine the October 1956 issue.
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Spotlight "The Impact of Elvis Presley" LIFE magazine 1956: From the well-respected LIFE magazine August 27 1956 issue.
'Elvis - a Different Kind of Idol' Presley’s impact piles up fans, fads and fears.
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Spotlight "Elvis Presley: Sun's Newest Star": Printed in the US 'Cowboy Songs' June 1955 issue this was the first national magazine article about Elvis.
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“A detailed timeline traces Elvis's life from when he received his first guitar to his glory days filled with recording, acting, and gyrating for shrieking fans, to his great '68 comeback, and right up to his untimely death in 1977.
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Elvis would first perform ‘Tiger Man’ in concert at his first 1969 Las Vegas International season and would continue playing it through the years – usually in a medley with Mystery Train - until his last performance at Saginaw on May 3 1977. He would sing it over 150 times on stage!
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... "In the mid-1950s, the post-war Eisenhower era of social conformity in America was at its peak, and musically, the most threatening image appeared to be Bill Haley’s kiss-curl as he sang “Rock Around The Clock.” That all changed on Jan. 28, 1956, when a raw and electric Elvis Presley made his breakthrough on the CBS program Stage Show. Presley’s good looks, sensuous moves and mesmerizing voice made him a sensation overnight. But it wasn’t until a third appearance on the show that Presley truly challenged the status quo. On Feb. 11, the singer performed “Heartbreak Hotel” and by April, the single would be #1 on the Billboard chart. At last, teenagers had music of their own to swoon over while their parents continued listening to Frank Sinatra and Mario Lanza....
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| (Interview) Dick Dekker and David Ward, authors of the new book, ‘From Memphis To Tokyo – A Reference Guide To The Absolute Mastery of Elvis’ Japanese Vinyl’: |
| Paul Belard Interview about Col Parker and Elvis 'The King & The Jester': |
| (Interview) Shane Brown author of 'Reconsider Baby - Elvis Presley: A Listener’s Guide' |
| Trina Young Interview 'Fact vs. Fiction in the ELVIS movie': |
| Anthony Stuchbury 'From Elvis At Sun' Interview: |
| Robert Van Beek Interview -author of 'Elvis: Prodigy of SUN': |
| Interview with actor Adam Dunn / Bill Black in 'ELVIS': |
| (Interview) Alanna Nash talks to EIN: |
| Interview – Gary Parker author of 'The Sonic Swagger of Elvis Presley: A Critical History of the Early Recordings': |
| Interview 'The Airplanes & The King' with Carlos Varrenti & Robert Van Beek: |
| EIN Interview with Mike Stone: |
| 'Jay Thompson and Elvis Presley- 1956 Interview: |
| Interview: 'ELVIS UK3' authors John Townson & Gordon Minto: |
| Loanne Parker interview - Col Parker's widow talks |
| Ed Bonja RIP - EIN exclusive Interview |
| Ken Sharp Interview 2019: Elvis 1969 & more.. |
| 'Return Of The King' Gillian Gaar Interview: |
| Larry Geller talks to EIN - 2019: |
| Dave Hebler Interview Part Two with EIN: |
| Alan Hanson 'Elvis: The Movies' Interview: |
| Millie Kirkham - Bob Hayden Interview for EIN: |
| Elaine Beckett -Easy Come Easy Go costar- Interview: |
| Shirley Dieu, author of Memphis Mafia Princess, talks to EIN: |
| Interview With Elvis author - : Gillian G. Gaar |
| Interview with Dick Grob, Elvis' Head Of Security: |
| Hollywood veteran Michael Hoey talks to EIN: |
| Interview with 'Elvis Films FAQ' author Paul Simpson: |
| "My Fast Life" Rare Elvis Presley 1964 Interview: |
| John Wilkinson Tribute & 1972 Interview: |
| RIP - Bernard Lansky talks to EIN: |
| Allyson Adams 'The Rebel and The King' Interview: |
| Linda and Sam Thompson in Australia: |
| John Wilkinson Tribute & 1972 Interview: |
| Vernon Presley Interview: |
| Jerry Leiber Interview for EIN |
| Elvis Paradise Hawaiian Interview - with Peter Noone |
| Sam Thompson, Elvis' bodyguard, 2011 Interview |
| James Burton Interview - Rick Nelson & Elvis: |
| Elvis Drummer Jerome "Stump" Monroe EIN Interview: |
| Donnie Sumner Remembers his friend Sherrill Nielsen: |
| Lamar Fike EIN Exclusive Interview |
| Ernst Jorgensen interview about 'The Complete Masters' and more: |
| D.J Fontana Interview - Elvis Week 2010 special: |
| Red West Interview:- 2010 Elvis week special |
| Linda Thompson - Interview Special: |
| Dr. Nick talks to EIN |
| Larry Geller |
| Mac Davis |
| Roger Semon |
| Ernst Jorgensen |
| Wayne Jackson (Memphis Horns) |
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| Elvis in Literature #3 – ''Elvis's Man Friday' by Gene Smith: |
| 'Elvis Forever 2023': Where were you when Elvis died? |
| 'Elvis: From King to Legend 72-73' documentary |
| Elvis in Literature #1 – celluloid jukebox – popular music and movies since the 50s: |
| Elvis, Ann-Margret, the filming of Viva Las Vegas, the slap heard across Hollywood, (and more): |
| "'ELVIS' biopic vs 'Agent Elvis' Revisionist History and Reinforcing Negative Stereotypes?'" |
| Anthony Stuchbury 'From Elvis At Sun' Mono II Stereo discussion |
| 'The Elvis RCA Camden Collection' EIN Spotlight: |
| Baz Luhrmann ELVIS Sydney Premiere: |
| (Review) 'Elvis: Direct from Graceland' ROCKS Bendigo: |
| Spotlight on 'ELVIS' the new Baz Luhrmann movie |
| 'Think Twice: Elvis in The Studio 1971': |
| UPDATED- The collapse of the Elvis Bootleg Empire: Has Ernst won the war?’: |
| 'Jay Thompson and Elvis Presley' Spotlight: |
| EIN Spotlight: Changing Times, Heavy books, Are Fans being ripped-off: |
| NOW UPDATED - 'ELVIS In The 2010s' A Personal Review of the Past Decade: |
| Spotlight - Why We Should Take Elvis Fans Seriously: |
| Elvis LIVE Aug 23, 1969 Album Review + Elvis Concert Review 1969 |
| 'Counting Down Elvis' Finest 100' Spotlight: |
| 'What was Elvis searching for?' EIN Spotlight: |
| The Memphis Sessions - 50 Years ago Today: |
| Trying To Get To You: The Truth Behind The Elvis And Roy Orbison Show Rumours: |
| 'Money Honey' - EIN Spotlight: |
| 'Marty Lacker: A Life Well-Lived' & Elvis at American Studio's Interview |
| 'Secrets and Lies: Getting to the Truth about Elvis' Christmas Album': |
| All Shook Up - EIN Spotlight: |
| UPDATED - Elvis and the Coco Palms Resort: |
| 'Elvis Meets The Beatles': |
| Did Elvis Record 'Tiger Man' At Sun? |
| 'Trains, Jet Planes and Morning Rain' EIN Spotlight: |
| Wertheimer's Reaction To Finding The 'Mystery Kisser': |
| UPDATED - 'Elvis Madison 1977 - The Gas Station Incident' with Kathy Westmoreland: |
| Elvis' Personal Record Collection: |
| Happy Birthday EIN EIN turns 100 – a retrospective!: |
| Elvis Week Through The Years - Sanja Meegin looks back: |
| 'The Wedding' Elvis & Priscilla EIN special Spotlight: |
| John Lennon And Elvis: It was "Thirty Years Ago Today" |
| Elvis at Madison Square Garden 40 Years Ago |
| 'Elvis In Ottawa' Spotlight & Elvis Interview: |
| '1956, Elvis Presley’s Pivotal Year': |
| 'Elvis In Concert' 1977 TV special; Should it be released officially? |
| Ernst Jorgensen interview about 'The Complete Masters' and more: |
| Dark Side of the Colonel |
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Audio-Visual |
| Graceland cam |
| EPE's Multimedia Elvis Gallery |
| Sirius Elvis Satellite Radio |
| Elvis Radio (ETA's) |
| Elvis Express Radio |
| Ultimate Elvis Radio |
| Elvis Only Radio |
| "Images in Concert" PhotoDatabase |
| Radio Interview: Vernon & Gladys Presley |
| Sanja's Elvis Week 2007 Photo Gallery |
| 'EIN's Best of Elvis on YouTube' |
| The Music of Elvis Presley - Australian Radio Show |
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Reference |
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| Book Releases 2009 |
| Contact List |
| Elvis and Racism |
| Elvis as Religion |
| Elvis CDs in 2007 |
| Elvis DVDs in 2006 |
| Elvis Film Guide |
| '2007 New Releases' |
| Elvis Presley In Concert "downunder" 2006 |
| Elvis Online Virtual Library |
| Elvis Research Forum |
| Elvis Rules on Television |
| Graceland - The National Historic Landmark |
| How & where do I sell my Elvis collection? |
| Is Elvis the best selling artist? |
| Links to Elvis' family & friends |
| Links to other Elvis sites |
| Marty's Musings |
| Online Elvis Symposium |
| Parkes Elvis Festival 2009 (Australia) |
| Presley Law legal archives (Preslaw) |
| Presleys In The Press |
| Sale of EPE (Archives) |
| 6th Annual Elvis Website Survey |
| Spotlight on The King |
| "Wikipedia" Elvis biography |
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