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FReeper Canteen ~ Music Dedication: Tribute To Elvis Presley ~ 08 JAN 2005
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Posted on 01/07/2005 8:04:37 PM PST by 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

 

 

 


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To: mylife

Done any woodstove cookin?
That's kinda fun!
I mostly do stews and soups on top of the woodstove..
makes dandy toast, too!
Nothing better than something nice simmering on that old kitchen woodstove in winter...
Love the smell of woodsmoke, and the sound of the crackling fire, too..
I'm very lucky...
Ms.B


341 posted on 01/07/2005 10:56:26 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. Marcus Aurelius)
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To: MoJo2001

Wonderful thread MoJo!! I am enjoying these songs!!


342 posted on 01/07/2005 10:56:39 PM PST by trussell (I Never Frown, even when I am sad, because I never know who is falling in love with my Smile!!!)
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To: AZamericonnie; mylife; tomkow6; All

I am serious

It was Elvis he was having one of Dairy Queen Swisl LOL! of course he has white hair and he was just hanging out it was the KING OH YEAH

BTW he feel humble that people remember him come on Elvis everybody remember you even TV repairman LOL!

How many your tv get shot at Graceland

TV repairman got rich because of you


Well there is report off UK Times hey beer drinkers some good news now this moderation but report is beer is good for your blood

Something about for people who give blood regular it help the antirboric of blood doner blood and clear the system 48 hours after you gave blood

Also second part of the story something about the heart ONLY IN Moderation FOLKS

Don't overdue it

Of course this is German medical study

Leave to the Germans have this LOL!


343 posted on 01/07/2005 10:58:11 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

My daddy taught me how to do a toasted cheese sammitch and soup on an old wood stove at his work when I was 5 L0L

I remember how ;^)


344 posted on 01/07/2005 10:59:03 PM PST by mylife
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To: Radix
Elvis (unlike Al Gore) did not travel around with a bodyguard. He actually did some real soldiering.

That was a time when men were real men, Al Gore is no man!

345 posted on 01/07/2005 10:59:45 PM PST by blondee123 (Proud Member of the FR Pajama Blogger Brigade - New Sheriffs in Town!)
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To: AZamericonnie
I picked up the "Mudboy" moniker in my college FRaternity, then added "Slim" in honor of Slim Whitman once I started to parody songs.

FReegards...MUD

346 posted on 01/07/2005 11:00:32 PM PST by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: SevenofNine
Are you sure? Because I heard Pathfinder saw Elvis on Mars


347 posted on 01/07/2005 11:01:18 PM PST by mylife
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To: Mudboy Slim

L0L we had a Slim Whitman fan club at Kent State Wh00p!

Via Condios Wh00py Tay Wh00pyayeee...

Always a H00t :^)


348 posted on 01/07/2005 11:03:42 PM PST by mylife
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To: MS.BEHAVIN
It was an excellent Christmas and stuff...at my parents' celebration, we had nine (9) grandkids fer the first time ever, ranging from 10 years to 10 months...it was all sorts of fun and just a harbinger of things to come.

FReegards...MUD

349 posted on 01/07/2005 11:04:04 PM PST by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Mine...MUD


350 posted on 01/07/2005 11:04:41 PM PST by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: mylife
"...we had a Slim Whitman fan club at Kent State"

You gotta admit, the dude can belt out a song...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

351 posted on 01/07/2005 11:06:25 PM PST by Mudboy Slim (RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Yup ...hes a yodellin foool ;^)


352 posted on 01/07/2005 11:07:08 PM PST by mylife
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I grew up in southern California and remember seeing a pelican or two perched on a piling.


353 posted on 01/07/2005 11:07:43 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Valentine's Day ~ www.proudpatriots.org)
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To: mylife

Are you cute, or what?
We come from the old school of cookin'!
Finest kind!
Ms.B


354 posted on 01/07/2005 11:07:47 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. Marcus Aurelius)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

I've got some pictures of them hitting the water....and they always seem to get their fish....


355 posted on 01/07/2005 11:09:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Can you yodel Slim? L0L
I never could. We'd do our best drinkin beer though L0L

Sounded like goose farts on a foggy morning ;^(


356 posted on 01/07/2005 11:09:53 PM PST by mylife
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Works for me Ms B

I like to use a dutch oven or hobo pie irons in the fire place occasionally too


357 posted on 01/07/2005 11:11:13 PM PST by mylife
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To: Mudboy Slim

It sounds like it was a lovely time, MUD!
Good for you!
Prayers for continued Blessings...
Ms.B


358 posted on 01/07/2005 11:11:28 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. Marcus Aurelius)
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To: MoJo2001

Holy Moley!! nICE THREAD DIVA!


359 posted on 01/07/2005 11:11:56 PM PST by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Mudboy Slim

Well.....at the very least I hope you bring us a report on your adventure.


360 posted on 01/07/2005 11:12:23 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Valentine's Day ~ www.proudpatriots.org)
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