Excerpt from Pat Boone during Prodigy chat at
http://pages.prodigy.net/dianamorris/feat1k.htm
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Mr W0nderful (PRODIGY Member) -- Who would you say was your main competition back in the '50s? Was it Elvis? How about Sinatra?
Pat Boone (Speaker) -- Definetly Elvis. He was my opening act in Cleveland, in the fall of 1955, just before his record of "Heartbreak Hotel" was released. When we appeared together, my second record, "Ain't That a Shame," was headed to no. 1. I was able to follow Elvis, but that was the first and only time. He took over the role of King of pop music for awhile. I was glad to be the Crown prince. Sinatra was very complimentary of me at that time. He called me the Great White Hope.
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Susie in Ct (PRODIGY Member) -- Mr Boone, it must have been an incredibly exciting time for you when you look back on your early days in music. What types of things come to mind right away when you reflect back on those days?
Pat Boone (Speaker) -- The spotaneity. The excitement of hearing a song, liking it and going into a studio, perhaps that very day. Recording all of the record with the background musicians and singers, in less than three hours, and perhaps having a hit that would be played on the radio in hours or days. Today, you have to plan six months ahead for the release of a record, even after you've finished recording it. Which is the case with my new heavy metal album, "Pat Boone in a Metal Mood." I finished recording that that album in July and MCA is releasing it in January. And that's very frustrating to me.
Pat Boone (Speaker) -- I liked it the other way.
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