Elvis Presley Interviews
Read all the latest interviews with friends and family about The King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley.
- Interviews By Paul Simpson
Interview with Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson has worked as a deputy sheriff in a Memphis, Tennessee., jail, as a bodyguard for Elvis Presley, whom he met when his sister, Linda Thompson, a former Miss Tennessee, was dating the singer, a judge, a record label executive, a member of the Nevada Transmission Authority.
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Interview with Wink and Sandy Martindale
Wink Martindale was the morning DJ at WHBQ in Memphis. The evening DJ, Dewey Phillips, was known for playing what was then called 'race music', and it was one evening that a record brought in by Sam Phillips featuring an artist by the name of Elvis Presley was played. 'You could tell that something exciting was going on when the record was played', says Wink. Ironically, Wink's future wife Sandy had dated Elvis for six years.
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Steve Binder and Bones Howe talk about the '68 Special
At the 25th Annual 'William S. Paley Television Festival' in the USA on March 14, 2008, at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight in Hollywood, California; Priscilla Presley, Steve Binder and Bones Howe were guests to talk about the 40th anniversary of the '68 Comeback Special .... View video (2:46).
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Interview with Mike Stoller - Legendary Songwriter
Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber helped give birth to rock and roll when they wrote Hound Dog in 1952. Their list of hits sounds like the very history of rock and roll almost from the moment of its birth, with classic songs recorded by everybody from Elvis Presley to the Drifters to John Lennon.
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By Ken Sharp
Alfred Wertheimer talks about photographing Elvis at 21
Alfred Wertheimer talks about photographing Elvis at 21 in 1956.
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Interview with Bones Howe
Bones Howe. Recognize the name? You should. For more than 40 years, Bones Howe has been producing hit records and putting music in the movies. He's made records with Elvis Presley and movies with Steven Spielberg without getting wrapped up in the Hollywood tinsel.
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Linda Thompson Remembers Elvis Presley + Elvis' chow, Getlow
Elvis was a very tender soul. He had such a good heart. We literally bought out a pet shop one night. About three o'clock one morning, Get- Low was acting really strange, so we had a doctor come over. He said, 'I don't think the dog will make it through the night'. So Elvis leased a Learjet and flew Get Lo, my girlfriend and me, and the doctor up to Boston to a special clinic for kidney dialysis. We left him up there for about three months. But he didn't live long after that. He was only about a year old. We were on tour when he died, and we were coming home on his plane when they told us. Elvis just cried.
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By Alanna Nash
June Juanico Remembers Elvis Presley
June Juanico: Elvis was the love of my life. I met him in the summer of '55, when he was just a regional star. I was 17 and he was 20. He had been in my hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi, several times before, and people said, 'You need to see him', and I went on this one night. I thought he was the most gorgeous thing: big, dreamy eyes. Girls were screaming over him, and I'm just not that kind. I was passing by him, not even looking at him, and he reached through the crowd and grabbed my arm. He said, 'Where are you going?'
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By Alanna Nash
Interview with Barbara Eden
Elvis' Flaming Star, co-star Barbara Eden talks to Alanna Nash about Elvis Presley. The original interview from August 2007 was the very first time Barbara Eden had been interviewed in-depth by anyone about Elvis. God, what a talent he was! I remember the first time I saw him. It was on television. I had a job dancing, and one of the girls took me home to rehearse, and her sister came running in the room and said, 'Look! Look! Quick! Stop!' It was the Ed Sullivan Show. And he was just electric. You'd never forget him after that.
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By Alanna Nash
Interview with Red West
It's said, as legend has it, that you rescued Elvis from being beaten up at Humes High when a group of boys wanted to cut his hair. What's the real story, and was that what happened? Red West: That is the real story.
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Interview with Barbara Leigh
In this interview, Barbara speaks candidly about her time with Elvis. As an actress, Barbara has appeared in numerous TV series and on the big screen with major stars including Rock Hudson and Steve McQueen. In 1970 Barbara was introduced to Elvis and that meeting began a torrid, two year affair.
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Interview with Elvis Presley + Review of Elvis in concert July 31, 1969
This is the review of Elvis' first concert at the International Hotel on July 31, 1969. It was written by Ray Connelly and originally published in the London Evening Standard August 2, 1969. Included with the review is an exciting interview with The King, again by Ray Connelly.
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Interview with Donna Butterworth
Interview with Donna Butterworth who played Jan Kohana in Paradise Hawaiian Style. Donna appeared in the 1965 film 'The Family Jewels' with Jerry Lewis and received Golden Globe nomination for her role. She made only three films before leaving the movie business.
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Interview with Dr. Lester Hoffman - Elvis' Dentist
Interview with Elvis' dentist, Dr. Lester Hoffman who first met Elvis just after he had come back from Hawaii, from making Blue Hawaii. 'It was my day out of the office, the girl called me and said, There's a phone call, somebody said Elvis Presley needs a dentist'.
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Elvis kept GI blues to himself
On Monday, Graceland opened a trio of new historical exhibits, including one focusing on Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special, and another called 'Private Presley'. While Presley was lauded for his service, his tour of duty -- most of it spent in West Germany -- was also a personally difficult time for the singer. Here, Priscilla talks about the exhibit, her memories of the era, and a side of Elvis that few knew.
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Elvis Duets Interview With George Klein
Scott Jenkins interviewed George Klein this week about the Elvis Duets tape George has possession of with recordings of Help Me with Larry Gatlin, Guitar Man with Jerry Reed and Blue Suede Shoes with Carl Perkins. George reveals if the Elvis recording of Blue Suede Shoes used is a live or studio recording and tells us that this was a totally different project, it was to be called Elvis and Friends.
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Wanda Jackson owes a debt to Elvis Presley
I just want you all to know that without the encouragement of Elvis Presley, I may never have even recorded rock 'n' roll or rockabilly'. Wanda Jackson
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Mary Ann Mobley Remembers the King
Mary Ann Mobley the former Ole Miss majorette, Miss Mississippi and Miss America who was the co-star of two 1965 Elvis movies. 'The first day I came onto the set I was nervous because it was my first movie... I thought I was not pretty enough to be in movies, but I loved doing musicals' ... But the first day, Elvis said, 'Where's Mary Ann's chair?' And in the twinkling of an eye, so to speak, a chair with my name on it miraculously appeared. And I felt accepted'.
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Elvis Presley and Magdalene Morgan
Elois Bedford was probably Elvis' first 'girlfriend' - the relationship ended after perhaps one year when Elvis handed Elois a note as she was about to board the school bus. It said he had gone to another girl. Her name was Magdalene Morgan.
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Led Zeppelin & Elvis - Robert Plant Talks about Elvis Presley
Listen to an Interview with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin who talks about meeting Elvis at his hotel after attending Elvis' concert at the Los Angeles Forum on May 11, 1974. During the concert, Elvis stopped a song and said: 'Wait a minute... If we can start together fellas, because we've got Led Zeppelin out there... let's try to look like we know what we're doing, whether we do or not'.
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Elvis Presley, Cadillacs and Don Kinney - Vail, Colorado 1976
On January 4, 1976, on the spur of the moment Elvis decided to fly to Vail, Colorado for a vacation. During this time, Elvis purchased and gave as gifts several Cadillacs. In reporting the story of Elvis generosity to his police friends it is said that Denver television newsman Don Kinney joked on air that he'd like a car, too ('Elvis, if you're watching - I wouldn't mind getting a car too') and that Elvis buys him a Seville. In the following, Don Kinney contradicts this and tells his story.
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Interview with Jerry Schilling - Discover the real Elvis
Interview with Jerry Schilling by Ken Sharp. Longtime Elvis friend George Klein said, 'Jerry has an insight a lot of people don't have. He was one of the few guys who would tell Elvis the truth. I think he has a different angle because he had a lot of quality time with Elvis and Elvis respected his opinion on a lot of stuff'.
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By Ken Sharp
Interview with Sheila Ryan
Interview with Sheila Ryan who was was Elvis' girlfriend after Linda Thompson. Sheila was the Oct.'73 Playboy cover girl and married James Caan in '76 (divorced in '77). Elvis had qualities that no other human being has, had, will have. Some of them are so hard to describe because the charisma, the qualities that he had were almost not of this world, you know. They were, a lot of times, angelic. He knew things before I knew things. He knew things that I was feeling before I was feeling them.
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Q & A With Winfield Scott About I'm a Roustabout
Following is the Q & A songwriter with songwriter Winfield Scott.
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Interview with Ann Ellington
On March 8, 1961, Elvis addressed the Tennessee State Legislature and accepted the title of 'Honorary Colonel'. During this time Ann Ellington, the daughter of Governor Buford Ellington met Elvis and even attended his recording session at Studio B on March 23 when he recorded 'Can't help Falling In Love'. Of Elvis Ann said, 'I think any female who had an opportunity to sit down and meet him, just even for five minutes, you find a love for him that words cannot describe'.
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Jerry Schilling - Elvis' meeting with President Richard Nixon
View a video interview with Jerry Schilling as he talks about Elvis' meeting with President Richard Nixon and the events leading up to it. Jerry was the only one with Elvis at the start, on the plane as Elvis wrote to the President. The video starts with a great slide show, as they say 'a picture paints a thousand words'.
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Interview with Joe Esposito
Interview with Joe Esposito by Larry King 2007. Joe Esposito: Elvis loved to be on stage. That where -- he felt the happiest on stage because he got the love from the audience. And he loved to sing. I mean, that's what he loved to do. He'd sit in his house on hours on end by himself at the piano and just play songs and sing.
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Friends Remember Elvis Presley - Part 2
Marty Lacker, Lamar Fike, Jerry Shilling, David Stanley, Anita Wood, Kathy Westmoreland and Patty Perry remember Elvis Presley with Larry King on CNN.
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Friends Remember Elvis Presley
Linda Thompson, Joe Esposito, Jerry Schilling, Priscilla Presley and George Klein remember Elvis Presley with Larry King on CNN.
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Interview with Scotty Moore
View three video interviews with Scotty Moore. Scotty talks about meeting Elvis, about The Sun Sessions, where Scotty says that it was Bill Black that came up with the flip side for what would be their first record. It was their rendition of the bluegrass standard 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', made famous by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. And in a third interview Scotty talks about The 68 Comeback Special.
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Interview with J.D. Sumner of The Stamps Quartet
Listen to an Interview with J.D. Sumner who talks about Elvis and tells some amusing and interesting stories about his friend. We also have a great video of J.D.'s tribute 'song' 'Elvis Has Left The Building'. The video is sensational, a brilliantly edited slideshow of images that perfectly match J.D.'s 'song' narration.
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Interview with Milton Berle - Elvis on National TV 1950s
Elvis on national TV in the 1950s includes interview's with Milton Berle who talks about Elvis and his appearance on 'The Milton Berle Show' and Larry Auerbach who talks about booking Elvis on his first TV show and taking him to buy his first 'Jockstap' - and why he needed too! This detailed look at Elvis in the '50s includes several videos of Elvis live on stage including his army induction and much more.
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Steve Binder Talks about Elvis and The '68 Comeback Special
View a video interview with Steve Binder, the director and producer of Elvis' 'Elvis' The '68 Comeback Special one of the great television moments in rock music history.
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Interview with Colonel Tom Parker
View a rare video interview from Colonel Tom Parker with ABC news Anchorman Ted Koppel.
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Interview with Marty Pasetta
View a video interview with Marty Pasetta, the director and producer of Elvis' Aloha from Hawaii TV special watched by over 1.5 billion people worldwide.
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Interview with Lisa Marie Presley
She's the daughter of music's biggest icon, a singer-songwriter in her own right, a mother of two and the head of one of the world's biggest tourist attractions. Lisa Marie Presley is also very outspoken. On the week of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death -- which she commemorated by filming a duet of 'In the Ghetto' -- she shared with Spinner her candid opinions on the commercialization of his music, her distaste for young Hollywood and why she doesn't need fans to remind her how wonderful her dad was.
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Married at 21, Priscilla Presley Recalls Her Time With Elvis
Married at 21, Priscilla Presley recalls Her time With Elvis.
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Father and Daughter Together Again
Elvis Presley died 30 years ago today when his only child, Lisa Marie Presley, was 9 years old, leaving her with memories of a loving, but troubled father. Lisa Marie Presley Talks About Her Famous Dad in an Exclusive Interview With GMA - Elvis Presley died 30 years ago today when his only child, Lisa Marie Presley, was 9 years old, leaving her with memories of a loving, but troubled father.
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Interview with Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson, now on the cusp of her 70th birthday, is the first lady of Rockabilly. "The nice girl with the bad voice" appeared on the same bill as Elvis on the Hank Snow Jamboree in July and August 1955, and a two-week tour that travelled from Abilene, Texas, to St.Louis, Missouri, in October 1955 and again in early 1956. Scott Jenkins interviewed Wanda during her current June 2007 tour of Australia.
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Interview with Glen Glenn
The first I heard of Elvis was via Billboard Magazine. Cause I was looking for my type of music, country music and stuff. And, I always read about Elvis, all the shows he was doing down south, tearing everybody up.
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Kris Kristofferson talks about Elvis
I was an Elvis fan growing up. Elvis was a force of nature. He was the first white guy who could sing black songs and sing them right. I think it just blew everybody away.
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Interview with Billy Swan
Interview with Billy Swan. Well-known in music circles since the early 1960's as a top songwriter, sideman and producer, Swan's songs have been covered successfully by Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and many others;
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Red West Remembers Writing For The King
I learned to play Guitar from Scotty Moore. He taught me how to play guitar on the road in the fifties. When I first came to California after I got back from Germany, I hooked up with Dorsey and Johnny Burnette who were writing for Ricky Nelson.
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Interview with Linda Thompson
He got calls from Frank Sinatra and President Nixon. He would have me go to the phone and say, is this really President Nixon? Is this really Frank Sinatra? How do I know it's really you? Because he doesn't want to talk unless it's really you. Then when we called President Nixon back at the White House and I said, Elvis Presley is calling, they said, how do we really know it's really Elvis Presley?
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Interview with Anita Wood Part II
Interview with Anita Wood Part II. Anita talks about the death of Elvis' mother, Priscilla, Elvis' return from Germany, letters from Priscilla and breaking up with Elvis, the name similar to Lisa Marie they would have given their child if they had a girl and if a boy he was to be Elvis Presley Jr, the death of Elvis and much more.
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Interview with Anita Wood
Interview with with Anita Wood, Elvis' girlfriend during the whirwind late 50's. Anita talks about meeting Elvis, dating, Elvis being drafted and his mothers reaction, Hollywood, Elvis Presley Jr, Natalie Wood and more.
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Interview with James Burton Sydney Australia 2006
When you think of the TCB Band on stage with Elvis, it is probably James Burton's guitar that first springs to mind. It's difficult to imagine what Elvis concerts would have sounded like had Elvis not chosen James to help make his Las Vegas '69 comeback what it was. I felt very privileged that James gave me over two hours of his time on his day off, the day after the recent Elvis Presley In Concert show in Sydney Australia.
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Interview with Colonel Tom Parker
Here is a short video interview with Col Tom Parker.
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Ernst Jorgensen talks about mastering the music of Elvis Presley
Since the Nineties, Ernst Jorgensen has meticulously treated Elvis' musical legacy with immense care, respect, scholarly integrity and historical perspective and insight. He's also proven to be a wily detective as well, unearthing treasure trove after treasure trove of released and unreleased Elvis recordings. Quite simply he has set the bar for how one should protect, maintain and nurture an artist's catalog.
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Interview with Jerry Schilling
Jerry Schilling remembers the moment his life changed. He was 12 years old and in a football huddle on a hot July afternoon in 1954. The guy facing him had a neat, greased pompadour with duck tails and was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a little smile .... Elvis. That began a 23-year friendship.
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