FReeper Canteen ~ Music Dedication: Tribute To Elvis Presley ~ 08 JAN 2005

Canteen Deejays

[MoJo2001]

 

 

 

 

~ Saturday Night Jukebox ~
Theme: Tribute To Elvis Presley

 

The FR Canteen Saturday Night Jukebox Proudly Presents:
A Tribute To The King of Rock N Roll -- Elvis Presley!
Today (January 8th) would have marked Elvis' 70th birthday.
In tribute to him, we are going to take a short journey through his life and music! If you would like to join the fun, please post anything Elvis today. If you would prefer to hear other music, please post all the requests on the thread, via FReepmail, or email us at canteenusa@canteenusa.com with "Music Request" in the subject line.

As always, please remember that the Canteen Music Dedication has always been about the Troops and their families.

 

Elvis Aaron Presley
Born: January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi
Parents: Gladys and Vernon Presley
Siblings: Jesse Presley (died at birth)
Children: Lisa Marie Presley born February 1, 1968
Died: August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
Cause of Death: cardiac arrhythmia

 

1. Known as the "King Of Rock"
2. It is estimated that Elvis Presley has sold over one billion record units worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history. (From elvis.com)
3. The only tours outside of America were all in Canada.
4. Elvis has had no less than 149 songs to appear on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Chart in America.
5. He was also a leading artist in the American country, R&B, and gospel fields, and his chart success in other countries was substantial.
6. In 1961, Elvis gave a benefit concert at Bloch Arena in Hawaii that raised over $65,000 toward the building of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
7. The 1984 W.C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation in Memphis recognized Elvis for "keeping the blues alive in his music - rock and roll."
8. In 1986, Elvis was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. His presenters were none other than Sean and Julian Lennon--the sons of John Lennon.
9. Is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison.
10. One of only a handful of artists inducted into both The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and The Country Music Hall of Fame. Others include Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.
11. The Beatles were admirers of his work and although John Lennon said they enjoyed his company very much, Elvis himself, ironically, thought that the Beatles were a bad influence on America's youth.
12. More people watched _Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973)_ (live Via Satellite TV special) than watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
13. In 1975 he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheel chair and picked her up and personally sat her in it. The woman's teenage daughter told Elvis she liked his car. He gave it to her and even gave her boyfriend a job.
     

More info about Elvis will be posted throughout the music dedication. Also, all the information can be found at www.elvis.com and www.imdb.com . There are hundreds of other places with Elvis info and pictures.

 

Elvis Presley -- His Music (Click hyperlinks)
Harem Holiday	Heartbreak Hotel	Polk Salad Annie
I Got Stung	One Boy, Two Little Girls	Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Viva Las Vegas	See See Rider	Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
Long Tall Sally	Always On My Mind	Return To Sender
Are You Lonesome Tonight	Bosom of Abraham	Memphis Tennessee
Please Don't Drag That String Around	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	A Mess Of Blues
Can't Help Falling In Love	Old MacDonald	An American Trilogy
Joshua Fit The Battle	Peace In The Valley	There's A Honky Tonk Angel
Thanks To The Rolling Sea	Double Trouble	Suspicious Minds
America The Beautiful	Guadalajara	A Little Less Conversation
When It Rains, It Pours	Hi Heel Sneakers	Vino, Dunero, Y Amor
Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Run On
That's All Right Mama	Drums Of The Islands	Do The Clam
Loving You	What I'd Say	By and By
Bossa Nova Baby	Swing Down Sweet Chariot	Hound Dog
King Of The Whole Wide World	Down By The Riverside	Witchcraft
Almost Always True	Aloha Oe	Beach Boy Blues
Didja Ever	Do The Vega	Don't Be Cruel
Kissin' Cousins	GI Blues	Gospel Medley
Ito Eats	Just For Old Time Sakes	King Creole
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame	Mexico	Moonlight Swim
One Night Of Sin	Paradise, Hawaiian Style	Petunia, The Gardeners Daughter
Blue Hawaii	Good Luck Charm	Mystery Train
Poor Boy	Queen Wahine's Papaya	Ready Teddy
Rock A Hula Baby	Rubberneckin'	Seperate Ways
Shake A Hand	Shout It Out	Smokey Mountain Boy
T-R-O-U-B-L-E	Teddy Bear	The Lord's Prayer
Old Rugged Cross	Three Corn Patches	Jailhouse Rock
Too Much Monkey Business	Too Much	Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Western Union	Wooden Heart	You're So Square
Love Letters	Milkcow Blues Boogie	New Orleans
Plantation Rock	Inherit The Wind	Hawaiian Wedding Song
KU-U-I-PO (Hawaiian Sweetheart)	Slicin Sand	In The Ghetto

 

 

 

[txradioguy]

I love country music. That'w aht I've got most of my radio experience in.

My daughter always looks at me when that song plays to see if my eyes are getting teary! LOL!

And it would seem that my in ability to kick the football has returned now that I'm back overseas again.

[txradioguy]

"Something about old habits. LOL!"

Yes old habits that seem to die VERY hard! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[MS.BEHAVIN]

You rest when you can!
You do so much for us!
A boring day is good..in some ways..
Save yourself for bigger things..
Ms.B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Ma..
You be good!
(yeah, right)
Ms.B

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merle Haggard ~ Fightin Side of Me

[Kathy in Alaska]

Moi?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hey!
Where's my Snoopy hug?
Huh?
Ms.B

[Common Tator]

The story of Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker is interesting.

Elvis was, early in his career, playing on the Louisiana Hayride. It was a radio show on Saturday night on a 50 thousand watt power house station.

It was the custom of the Hayride to have as the headliner each week a different Grand Ole Opry star. One week the star was the Singing Ranger.. Hank Snow. Colonel Tom Parker was Hanks manager and came with Hank to the show.

As luck would have it, Elvis was on just before Hank and the crowd was going wild for Elvis. After Elvis ended his bit, Parker signed Elvis to a management contract on the spot.

Parker had managed several stars. Amomg them Eddie Arnold and all of them has to agree to the standard Parker contract. Parker got 50 percent of the gross instead of the usual managers 15 percent. Arnold after he made it, went to court to break his contract with the Colonel.

But Elvis signed the 50 percent split with Parker and stayed with him until his death. The probate court handling the Elvis estate voided Parkers contract.

But Elvis was always happy to pay Parker his 50 percent of the take. Elivs used to say, Parker got him millions when other managers only got their clients thousands. Elvis used to say 50 percent of millions is a lot more than 85 percent of thousands.

An example of the parker promotional genius was what he did with the Ed Sullivan Show. Elvis had made a guest appearance on the Tommy Dorsey show. Not much happened.

Then Parker went to Sullivan with the following proposal. Elvis would be paid the unheard of sum of 50,000 dollars for a single TV appearance. He would only sing 3 songs, and they would only show him from the waist up.

It was a fantastic idea. Sullivan took it in a heart beat. The ratings for that show were huge It got one of the largest shares in history.

But it also established that Elvis was going to cost big bucks. That $50,000 image got Elvis good movie contracts. Elvis got top pay, top producers, top co stars, and a good movie budgets. As a result Elvis movies made big bucks.

Elvis got top booking in Vegas. It was the 5o grand Sullivan deal that did it.

It was the first of the great Parker ideas that made Elvis millions rather than thousands.

One funny note. It was somewhere in the late 50s. I was talking to Chet Adkins. I remarked at how good he was at spotting great talent.

Adkins replied he had made lots of dumb moves. Chet said that in 1954 Elvis came to audition for him. Chet listened and turned Elvis down. Chet said he told Elvis he didn't think he could make it as a singer. Chat said a year later he bought Prestly's contract from Sun records for $50,000 dollars. Chet said it was the best buy he ever made. But a year earlier he could have gotten a contract with Elvis by just offering him one.

I have talked to a number of people who knew Elvis.. mostly gospel musicians. The one thing they remembered about Elvis is he had no big ego. It was amazing .. a number of people that knew Elvis said his success never went to his head.

That is unique.

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Freddie Fender ~ Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Oui!
Vous!
(Yeah, you!)
Ms.B

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks Kathy

[Fawnn]

Thanks, Common Tator!

MoJo: You'll want to read this!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you remember to eat? Are you staying warm?

[Jet Jaguar]

I did remember today.

And as long as I stay inside, I'm good.

:-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Are you back working on your jets? Inside, I hope?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Auntie Fawnn....did you stay warm today? Power outages?