Colonel Tom Parker

No entertainer has ever had their life and intimate relationships examined in as much detail as has Elvis Presley. Even the FBI had a file on him of more than 600 pages. He has been the subject of over 718 books (and counting), including two by his only wife, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (whom he married on May 1, 1967) and several others by former girlfriends including June Juanico. Since his death many claims to relationships have been made by women who were no more than acquaintances or had short term affairs which were exaggerated for personal gain. Elvis ...

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In her 1985 book, Elvis and Me, his wife Priscilla wrote that Elvis suffered from severe insomnia and by 1962 when she moved to Graceland he was taking placidyls to get to sleep and began to do so in ever increasing doses. According to author Albert Goldman in his 1990 book Elvis: The Last 24 Hours, the pills were first given to him by Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips. Priscilla recounted how he would wake up at his normal time around 4:00 in the afternoon but would be groggy and irritable for a few hours from the heavy dose ...

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Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley - An American phenomenon, Elvis Presley - Birth & Childhood, Elvis Presley - The Sun recordings, Elvis Presley - The management of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley - Military service, Elvis Presley - Comeback, Elvis Presley - 1969 onward, Elvis Presley - Movies, Elvis Presley - Gospel roots, Elvis Presley - Relationships, Elvis Presley - High school and early stardom, Elvis Presley - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and some other relationships, Elvis Presley - Later years, Elvis Presley - Abuse of drugs, Elvis Presley - Death and burial, Elvis Presley - Lasting legacy, Elvis Presley - Elvis in the 21st century, Elvis Presley - Musical milestones, Elvis Presley - Trivia, Elvis Presley - Quotes from Elvis, Elvis Presley - Quotes about Elvis

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On August 16, 1977, at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, Presley was found on the floor of his bedroom's ensuite bathroom by Fiancee Ginger Alden who had been asleep in his bed. He was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead at 3.30pm. He was only 42 years old. Referring to the day of his passing when band members were flying to Portland, Maine to meet for his concert, in her 1987 book "Elvis and Kathy," friend and backup vocalist Kathy Westmoreland wrote "Everyone knew he was sick, that each public a ...

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Parton invested much of her earnings into business ventures in her native East Tennessee, notably Pigeon Forge, which includes a theme park named Dollywood and a dinner show called Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. The area is a thriving tourist attraction, drawing visitors from large parts of the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. This region of the U.S., like most areas of Appalachia, has suffered economically for decades; Parton's business investment there allow her to put something back into the ...

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Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton - Early career, Dolly Parton - Breakout, Dolly Parton - Business, Dolly Parton - In Concert, Dolly Parton - Honors, Dolly Parton - Hit singles top 40 pop/top 10 country, Dolly Parton - Charting albums, Dolly Parton - Filmography, Dolly Parton - TV filmography, Dolly Parton - TV series, Dolly Parton - TV guest appearances, Dolly Parton - TV music & variety series, Dolly Parton - TV specials, Dolly Parton - Documentaries, Dolly Parton - Trivia

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[3] Parton is perhaps the most-honored female country performer of all time. She holds 25 U.S. gold, platinum and multi-platinum honors from the RIAA. She has seen 24 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All inclusive sales of singles, albums, hit's collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during Parton's career have reportedly reache ...

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By 1965 The Beatles had overwhelmed the music industry and Presley’s record sales began to slip noticeably. Uncertain about who he was and where his career was going he turned to spiritualism, dragging an uninterested Priscilla with him. He had not performed live for several years and labeled most of his movies as a joke. Her book says, by the time filming was to begin on Clambake (released 1967), Presley's growing distress with the quality of his films led to a despondency accompanied by overeating and his normal 170 pound (77 kg) ...

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Elvis and Me, Elvis and Me - Memphis: Elvis' family and Graceland, Elvis and Me - Daily life with Elvis, Elvis and Me - The Ann-Margret affair, Elvis and Me - The Beatles' shadow mysticism and drugs, Elvis and Me - Marriage family and the Nancy Sinatra factor, Elvis and Me - The '68 Comeback Special to the end, Elvis and Me - Different view by Suzanne Finstad

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Priscilla Ann Beaulieu and Elvis Presley were married on May 1, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She wrote that being called Mrs. Elvis Presley sounded better than live-in Lolita, teen heartthrob or other labels given her in the past by some of the press. After the wedding ceremony Frank Sinatra's private jet flew them to their Palm Springs, California home. Like the romantic she claimed Elvis was, he carried his new bride across the threshold singing ...

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Elvis and Me, Elvis and Me - Memphis: Elvis' family and Graceland, Elvis and Me - Daily life with Elvis, Elvis and Me - The Ann-Margret affair, Elvis and Me - The Beatles' shadow mysticism and drugs, Elvis and Me - Marriage family and the Nancy Sinatra factor, Elvis and Me - The '68 Comeback Special to the end, Elvis and Me - Different view by Suzanne Finstad

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Between 1958 and 1963, Grant appeared on a number of movies including A Night to Remember (as a crew member on the Titanic), The Guns of Navarone (a British commando), Cleopatra (a palace guard), and television shows The Saint, Crackerjack, Dixon of Dock Green, and The Benny Hill Show. He was also Robert Morley's double on many of that actor's films. The money he made from these ventures was invested in his own entertainment transport business. As the acting roles dried up, Grant made more mon ...

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Peter Grant, Peter Grant - Early Life, Peter Grant - Acting Career, Peter Grant - The Led Zeppelin Era, Peter Grant - Church Eulogy, Peter Grant - Filmography

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In her 1985 book, Elvis and Me, his wife Priscilla wrote that Elvis suffered from severe insomnia and by 1962 when she moved to Graceland he was taking placidyls to get to sleep and began to do so in ever increasing doses. It is thought by some that he started his drug habits by taking drugs given to soldiers to keep them awake since they were on late shifts. But, according to author Albert Goldman in his 1990 book Elvis: The Last 24 Hours, the pills were first given to him by Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips. Priscilla recou ...

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Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley - An American phenomenon, Elvis Presley - Birth & Childhood, Elvis Presley - The Sun recordings, Elvis Presley - The management of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley - Military service, Elvis Presley - Comeback, Elvis Presley - 1969 onward, Elvis Presley - Movies, Elvis Presley - Gospel roots, Elvis Presley - Relationships, Elvis Presley - High school and early stardom, Elvis Presley - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and some other relationships, Elvis Presley - Later years, Elvis Presley - Abuse of drugs, Elvis Presley - Death and burial, Elvis Presley - Lasting legacy, Elvis Presley - Elvis in the 21st century, Elvis Presley - Musical milestones, Elvis Presley - Trivia, Elvis Presley - Quotes from Elvis, Elvis Presley - Quotes about Elvis

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On August 16, 1977, at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, Presley was found on the floor of his bedroom's ensuite bathroom by Fiancee Ginger Alden who had been asleep in his bed. He was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead at 3.30pm. He was only 42 years old. Referring to the day of his passing when band members were flying to Portland, Maine to meet for his concert, in her 1987 book "Elvis and Kathy", friend and backup vocalist Kathy Westmoreland wrote "Everyone knew he was sick, that each public a ...

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Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley - An American phenomenon, Elvis Presley - Birth & Childhood, Elvis Presley - The Sun recordings, Elvis Presley - The management of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley - Military service, Elvis Presley - Comeback, Elvis Presley - 1969 onward, Elvis Presley - Movies, Elvis Presley - Gospel roots, Elvis Presley - Relationships, Elvis Presley - High school and early stardom, Elvis Presley - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and some other relationships, Elvis Presley - Later years, Elvis Presley - Abuse of drugs, Elvis Presley - Death and burial, Elvis Presley - Lasting legacy, Elvis Presley - Elvis in the 21st century, Elvis Presley - Musical milestones, Elvis Presley - Trivia, Elvis Presley - Quotes from Elvis, Elvis Presley - Quotes about Elvis

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Of the many women involved with Elvis Presley the one who worried Priscilla Beaulieu most was actress/singer Ann-Margret, who co-starred with him in the film Viva Las Vegas. In her book Priscilla devotes four pages to the subject (175 to 178). She writes there was a lot of publicity about a romance between Elvis and Ann-Margret during the 1963 filming and the following weeks when Presley returned to Hollywood to record the music and prepare for his next film. Despite his denials of an affair Beaulieu went to Los Angeles and stayed wit ...

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Elvis and Me, Elvis and Me - Memphis: Elvis' family and Graceland, Elvis and Me - Daily life with Elvis, Elvis and Me - The Ann-Margret affair, Elvis and Me - The Beatles' shadow mysticism and drugs, Elvis and Me - Marriage family and the Nancy Sinatra factor, Elvis and Me - The '68 Comeback Special to the end, Elvis and Me - Different view by Suzanne Finstad

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Elvis Presley's Sun recordings - Elvis and Sun Records. Presley's period with Sun is a clear unit: Elvis starts, shyly, singing and discovers his talents, both in the studio and on stage. The recordings are supervised by Sam Phillips, a very professional producer before this word was coined. The location is Memphis, a true melting pot of all sorts of music: both black music (blues, rhythm & blues, gospel) and white music (country & western, hillbilly). The recordings do clearly reflect these influences. See also:

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She tells of the presence of prescription drugs from the first time she visited Elvis Presley in America. He took placidyls to get to sleep in ever increasing doses. She tells (p.151) how he would wake up at his normal time around 4:00 in the afternoon but would be groggy and irritable for a few hours from the heavy dose of pills. He started taking Dexedrine to wake up. Priscilla recounts (p.158) Elvis liked old movie classics revolving around family or struggles to survive in the world such as Les Miserables, Wuthering Heig ...

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Elvis and Me, Elvis and Me - Memphis: Elvis' family and Graceland, Elvis and Me - Daily life with Elvis, Elvis and Me - The Ann-Margret affair, Elvis and Me - The Beatles' shadow mysticism and drugs, Elvis and Me - Marriage family and the Nancy Sinatra factor, Elvis and Me - The '68 Comeback Special to the end, Elvis and Me - Different view by Suzanne Finstad

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Most of the tapes, including the private single, the Million Dollar Quartet and alternate takes have been released. Elvis Presley's Sun recordings - Sun-singles. Ten songs, making five singles, have been released on the Sun-label: Sun 209 July 1954: That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky Sun 210 September 1954: Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine Sun 215 January 8, 1955: Milkcow Blues Boogie / You're A Heartbreaker Sun 217 April 1955: Baby Let's Play House / I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone Sun 223 August ...

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Priscilla Beaulieu Presley writes that Elvis did not approve of his father's relationship with divorcee Dee Stanley and did not attend their wedding (p.97). After the marriage Elvis bought a home on Heritage Drive in Memphis where Vernon Presley and his new wife resided. (p.95). On the rare occasions Dee Stanley-Presley came to Graceland, Elvis would get up and leave the room but she recounts that at Christmas or b ...

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Elvis and Me, Elvis and Me - Memphis: Elvis' family and Graceland, Elvis and Me - Daily life with Elvis, Elvis and Me - The Ann-Margret affair, Elvis and Me - The Beatles' shadow mysticism and drugs, Elvis and Me - Marriage family and the Nancy Sinatra factor, Elvis and Me - The '68 Comeback Special to the end, Elvis and Me - Different view by Suzanne Finstad

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After Presley's death in 1977, Parker became embroiled in legal disputes with the singer's estate and with his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. Parker eventually agreed in 1983 to sell his masters of some of Presley's major recordings to RCA for $2 million and to drop any claims he had to Presley's estate. Parker moved to Las Vegas in 1980 and worked as an "entertainment adviser" for Hilton Hotels, but the disputes with the Presley estate didn't alienate him entirely from his most legendary client. Parker appeared at posthumous events honoring ...

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