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Video : Paul McCartney talks about Elvis Presley backstage in Memphis

Here we have a video of Paul McCartney backstage during his recent concert in Memphis talking about seeing Elvis on the big screen for the first time ['Love Me Tender'] and he even breaks out his own Elvis moves and sings a few lines of We're Gonna Move, all impromptu and amazingly similar to the full studio audio outtake we brought to you recently in our Elvis Presley MP3 Audio'Paul McCartney visits Graceland' news article. This again shows Paul's love of Elvis, the influence Elvis had on him, and his amazing knowledge of even Elvis lesser known songs.
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Interview with Sandi Pichon : February, 2013

WMHS TV-13 from Murray High School interviews Sandi Pichon at Marlowe's Restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee. Sandi met Elvis Presley on several occasions and student Aileen O'Brien talks with Sandi about her experiences. In 1956, Sandi Pichon was a bored 11-year-old girl sweating out summer living in Memphis, Tenn., when she got the idea to knock on rising star Elvis Presley's back door. Such was the beginning of her years-long friendship with one of the most famous entertainers of all time. Don't miss viewing this!
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Peter Guralnick Interviewed by Conan O'Brien

Elvis Presley Video Peter Guralnick Interviewed by Conan O'Brien. And it's all about Elvis! (71 min : 53).
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Elvis Presley and Sammy Davis Jr

While it is well known that Elvis Presley and Sammy Davis Jr. were good friends, first meeting in the 1950s, maintaining a friendship through the years, now, we have a fantastic photo via a news paper clipping from Jet magazine, February 27, 1958 showing Sammy in full swing imitating Elvis, and what's more, the clipping tells us that Elvis was sitting in the front row, roaring with laughter. Imitations were a big part of Sammy's shows and Elvis was not left out in this regard, with Sammy singing Hound Dog in concert.
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Millie Kirkham Remembers her first Recording Session with Elvis Presley

Did you know Elvis did not want to record 'Blue Christmas'? Elvis told the band to play and sing as badly as possible. Millie Kirkham tells the story as she remembers her first Recording Session with Elvis Presley.
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Interview with Bill Medley

First time I had any contact with Elvis I was in the hospital and Elvis sent me a telegram ... I had written and recorded this song called Old Friend and in the song it says, 'Would you be here if I could have been there?' in the song and that really means that at one point I think it was the second time maybe he went into the hospital or something I wanted to come to Memphis and talk to Elvis as a friend, you know, didn't want a Cadillac, didn't need anything, didn't want anything, just loved him.
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Interview with Teri Garr

Interview with Teri Garr who started out as a background dancer in uncredited roles for youth-oriented films and TV shows like 'Pajama Party', a beach party film, the 'T.A.M.I. Show', 'Shindig!', 'Hullabaloo', 'Movin' with Nancy' (a Nancy Sinatra / Frank Sinatra Special), and nine Elvis Presley movies ...
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Interview with Shelley Fabares

Here we have a video interview with stunning Shelley Fabares, who starred with Elvis Presley in the 1965 movie 'Girl Happy', was one of three leading ladies in 'Spinout' [1966]. Adding to her lineup of movies with Elvis, the following year she starred in 'Clambake', [1967] her third starring role alongside the King. 'I loved doing those pictures', said Fabares. 'It's a happy memory for me, they were great fun'.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, Arrested at the Gates of Graceland : Interview with Jerry Lee Lewis

On November 23, 1976 at Graceland, Memphis tennessee, Elvis' cousin Harold Loyd, the night guard at graceland, called the police complaining of a drunk, pisto wielding man blocking the gates at Elvis Presley's home in a brand new white lincoln continental. Police approached the car cautiously, when they got to the open driver's side window, they found that the man was Jerry Lee Lewis ...
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Mary Tyler Moore talks about Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley MP3 Audio Mary Tyler Moore talks about Elvis Presley.
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Joe Moscheo Remembers Elvis Presley

Joe Moscheo remembers Elvis in this 17:34 minute video clip.
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Neil Diamond talks about Elvis Presley

Neil Diamond : 'Elvis Presley used to live next door and I remember how his little girl and my son would talk to each other through the link fence.
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Gordon Stoker talks about Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley Video Gordon Stoker talks about Elvis Presley (02:37) In this video interview Gordon Stoker - a member of The Jordanaires, shares his memories of when they first met Elvis and recording in the studio with him.
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Elvis Presley Talks About Cars, Kids, Love & Loneliness

At just 21, Elvis is not yet the most famous person on the planet, but he soon will be. He is sweet, innocent and soft-spoken, but already feels his destiny approaching - his fate to conquer the world with his music and find the girl who can take away his loneliness. Elvis Presley's life changed forever in 1956.
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Bob Neal : Managing The Hillbilly Cat

Rockville International interviewed Bob Neal, one of Elvis Presley's first managers, in the offices of his Bob Neal Talent & Booking Agency in Music City USA. Welcomed at the reception by Bob's lovely wife and after some small talk about Holland, wooden shoes and tulips she introduced us to her husband who, after a firm handshake, offered us a seat and invited us to get the questions rolling.
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Devil In Disguise : Late nights in the pub with daughter Lisa Marie, her crazy life with Elvis and why, at 67, she's making her stage debut in a British panto : Priscilla Presley reveals all ...

Taking on the role of the Wicked Queen in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Priscilla Presley proved to be a natural under the spotlight. Starring alongside Jarred Christmas and Warwick Davis she appeared to be in her element while taking in the boos and hisses from the crowd, looking positively evil in her costume, which she described as 'sensational' on the opening night of the show. Wearing a bejeweled horned headpiece with a floor length gown which braved a thigh high split, the actress commanded the audience's attention.
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Interview with Elvis Presley : The February 1970 Houston Astrodome Press Conference

The Houston Astrodome was chosen by Colonel Parker to be the first venue for Elvis to perform outside Las Vegas. After the concluding show Elvis held a press conference for about 100 journalists at Astroworld.
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Elvis Fan, Don Lance, tells how he managed to film Elvis at Madison Square Garden

Don Lance, a fan, filmed the afternoon performance on the new 'Prince From Another Planet: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition' set's DVD. 'A well-connected friend got a bunch of us tickets in the fourth row, center', said Mr. Lance, who was 24 at the time. 'My girlfriend snuck my camera into the Garden in her shoulder bag along with six rolls of film ...  'I only had six rolls of film and each roll lasted a bit over 3 minutes ...'
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Lisa Marie Presley talks about Elvis and his chart history

Elvis Presley Video Lisa Marie Presley talks about her father's legacy as the the most successful solo artist in UK chart history in a recent video with British website OfficialCharts.com. 'I think he would be surprised by his lasting legacy', explained Lisa Marie. 'I'm sure he'd be absolutely moved, surprised, shocked, flattered and honored'.
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Interview with Steve Wynn

Interview with Steve Wynn, bother of Kenny who we recently featured an interview with.
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Ian Gillan of Deep Purple talks about the 'Young Elvis'

While he has said it before this bears repeating, from a recent interview with Ian Gillan of group Deep Purple when asked, 'how do you define a rock singer? Who in your opinion is the greatest?' His reply -- 'It’s all very different; I don’t think it’s a science but if you were ask me who had the greatest voice in rock music of all time I would have to say a young Elvis Presley, without a doubt. He was the Pavarotti of rock music'.
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Dallas girl reveals story behind the Elvis photo

Margaret Ann Hollis was 5 years old when she kissed a king. She was wearing patent leather shoes and a crisp white dress covering layers of petticoats. Silk flowers adorned her tightly curled hair - done up just for the chance to see Elvis Presley as he passed through Dallas on April 19, 1960. On the back of a train car, Presley took her into his arms, and she planted a kiss on his cheek. A Dallas Morning News photographer captured the moment ... and then it was all but forgotten .. until now ...
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Interview with Ernst Jorgensen by Hans Altbark (Sweden)

Interview with Ernst Jorgensen by Swedish journalist Hans Altbark.
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Interview : Lisa Marie Presley Sees Her Father's Spirit in Her Kids

Interview with Lisa Marie Presley by CMT. Lisa Marie Presley turned her new music video 'I Love You Because' into a family affair. Elvis Presley fans will cherish hearing her sing with her late father and seeing home movie footage of the King, as well as his grandchildren. 'Every five years, I try to do something special for the fans as a tribute', she said. 'I thought, 'OK, I really want to focus on the fact that I think his spirit lives in his grandchildren -- very much'. I thought it would be special for the fans to see that -- to focus the attention on that -- which made it intimate and sweet, because the song is like that. It felt really right'.
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Interview : Q and A with Ernst Jorgensen about Prince From Another Planet

The following brief interview Q and A between Elvis Australia's David Troedson and Ernst Jorgensen answers some important questions about the upcoming A Prince From Another Planet' release.
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Interview with Kenny Wynn : Colonel Tom Parker's assistant

Interview with Kenny Wynn, Colonel Tom Parker's assistant. Kenny had an insider's view of the Presley empire back in the 1970s when 'The King' was selling out hundreds of performances at the Las Vegas Hilton. Wynn was in charge of the sale of Elvis Presley memorabilia and even traveled with Elvis Presley on tour.
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Interview with Wanda Jackson

Interview with Wanda Jackson the first lady of Rockabilly.
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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 Elvis Presley's Sound Engineer, Bill Porter by Michael Fermer

This is an interview I conducted with the great recording engineer Bill Porter back in 1987. We chatted and listened to some of his recordings. In one week of 1960, Bill Porter-engineered recordings accounted for 15 of Billboard's Top 100 Singles. You could chalk it up to his having folks like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Chet Atkins and the Everly Brothers to record, but then you'd have to explain why, with Porter out of the picture, so many of their careers took a nose-dive. The fact is, the original pressings of many of those classic Porter recordings possess a natural, spacious, jump-out-at-you 'live' feel that today's engineers don't seem capable of achieving ... Steve Sholes, who produced the first Elvis session Bill was involved with, said, 'Roll the tape' And I said, 'But I haven't heard the song yet!' And he said, 'Roll the tape, Bill!' and I look and the studio is totally black out there. I can't see a thing. I said, 'You're kidding!' He said, 'No, roll the tape!'.
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Video : Lowell Hays : Elvis' Jeweler Remembers The King

Elvis Presley Video Lowell Hays : Elvis' Jeweler Remembers The King (03:21).
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Mark James : Caught in a Trap : Suspicious Minds : Elvis' Last No. 1 Hit

Mark James: The next day I heard the track at the studio. At first I thought it sounded too slow. But when I heard how it was embellished later, I was blown away. [This is important to note as Chips has always stated he was disgusted (As you will read in the next paragraph) with what Felton Jarvis did, and we are referring to the fade out and back in at the end of the song, yet here is the songwriter giving his overwhelming blessing to the extra production. Elvis fans also approve it should be noted, when in 1987 RCA removed the ending for the release, 'The Memphis Record', fans cried out demanding it be restored.]
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Hubert Griffin talks about meeting Elvis

Elvis Presley Video Video, Hubert Griffin talks about meeting Elvis when he started school at Humes High School and visiting Elvis at his home on Audubon Drive and Carl Perkins visiting at the same time.
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Boxer Joey Hadley Talks about how he was inspiered to be a Boxer from watching Kid Galahad

Joey Hadley decided to become a boxer after seeing Elvis in Kid Galahad. He went on to become a successful amateur and professional boxer. In this Elvis Presley Video video hear Joey share his story of when he met Elvis in Memphis and in Las Vegas. Most people in the Memphis area know Joey Hadley from his traffic reports on radio and television over the last 25 years or as a deputy sheriff with the Shelby county sheriff's office for 29 years. But before he was a deputy or a traffic reporter, he was a very successful amateur and professional boxer. At the age of 13 Joey saw Elvis Presley in the movie Kid Galahad & from that moment on he knew he wanted to become a boxer. Several years later Joey had the privilege of meeting Elvis in Las Vegas.
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Ernst Jorgensen's and Roger Semon's / Sony's Presentation during Elvis Week 2012

View Elvis Presley Video Ernst Jorgensen's and Roger Semon's / Sony's Presentation during Elvis Week 2012. Topics discussed are new, old, and possible future discoveries, including the recently found I Forgot To Remember To Forget from a Louisiana Hayride performance in 1955. And specifically an in-depth discussion on the exciting 'Prince From Another Planet' Madison Square Garden CD/DVD Box Set to be released at the end of October.
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Elvis Presley Songwriters Recall Their Creative Contacts With the King

At the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville Saturday on August 11, 2012 four legendary songwriters tell how the King of Rock 'n' Roll changed their lives. Telling stories behind some of their songs Presley recorded were Dallas Frazier, Jerry Chesnut, Mac Davis and Billy Swan.
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Lisa Marie and Priscilla Share Memories of Elvis on TODAY Show : August 16, 2012 : Parts 1 & 2

Elvis Presley Video Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley sat down for the first time inside of Graceland with TODAY Show's Natalie Morales to talk about Elvis and how his legacy continues to live on in the hearts of his fans. Both women shared memories about Elvis on and off the stage and added that they never dreamed that fans would continue to come three decades later. 'That's the force of Elvis', Priscilla insisted. Updated with Part 2.
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Lisa Marie Presley Interview : The Morning Show Australia : August 15, 2012

Elvis Presley Video Lisa Marie Presley Interview : The Morning Show Australia : August 15, 2012.
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Video Interviews with Scotty Moore : Meeting Elvis : The Sun Sessions : '68 Comeback Special

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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Mae Boren Axton Interviews Elvis Presley : 1955

Mae Boren Axton interviews Elvis Presley, she promoted the Hank Snow All-Star Jamboree where Elvis appeared. It was the first time Elvis met Mae and she gave him the song Heartbreak Hotel, which she had written. A few month later, Elvis recorded it, and made it famous.
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Lisa Marie Presley Shares Memories with Memphis Jones

Elvis Presley Video Watch an interview with Lisa Marie Presley which took place in the TV Room at Graceland during her recent trip to Memphis. Elvis Presley shared memories of playing hide-n-seek and other games in the house and talked about what it was like to watch movies in the Jungle Room. She also shared more details about her new album 'Storm and Grace' and what it was like to perform at the legendary Sun Studio. One amazing thing we learn is that Lisa Marie had never visited Sun Studios until just recently.
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Interview with Cato T. Walker III about meeting Elvis Presley

Here we have a video interview with Cato T. Walker III who served B.B. King as all of, bus driver, saxophonist, band leader and road manager through the late 1970s. He met Elvis in Las Vegas when B.B. King was opening for Ann-Margret. Here he tells a wonderful story of a down to earth Elvis Presley.
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The Real Story of Elvis Presley : In 1956 Vernon and Gladys Talked About Raising Young Elvis

Young Elvis Presley had become a phenomenon, and in the fall of 1956, the New York Daily Mirror decided it was time to give him a serious look. And so in early September, columnist Sidney Fields headed down to Memphis to gather material for a series of articles in the Mirror. He didn't get a chance to talk with Elvis, who was in Hollywood shooting Love Me Tender at the time, but Fields was able to get an extensive interview with Elvis' parents, who invited him into the Presley home. That interview with Gladys and Vernon Presley was the basis for a five-part expose entitled 'The Real Story of Elvis Presley', which ran in the Daily Mirror from September 23-27, 1956. What follows is a brief summary of the series' first three parts ...
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Elvis Presley Biography : A Comprehensive history of Elvis Presley's dynamic life

In this comprehensive Elvis Presley biography, you will find a complete history of Elvis' dynamic life story from his humble beginnings through his rise to stardom. It is a fascinating journey which has earned Elvis Presley his still undefeated title of the "King of Rock 'N Roll".
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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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Nicolas Cage about Lisa Marie Presley : 2003

Nicolas Cage talks about ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley on Barbara Walters.
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Interview with Per-Erik 'Pete' Hallin about Elvis Presley and gospel

Interview with Per-Erik 'Pete' Hallin about Elvis Presley and gospel by Thomas Melin. Per-Erik Hallin sang and played piano with Elvis Presley in 1973 and 1974 (when he was Voice's piano player).
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Interview with Lisa Marie Presley : Storm & Grace : Her Twins, Rily Keough England ... and more

In the interview Lisa discusses her thoughts about performing with an Elvis hologram - but also much more, including her sudden move to live in England, her new album Storm & Grace, why see went through her puffy face period and we see footage of her 3 and a half year old twins, Finley & Harper, running around. And talking of daughters, Rily Keough has five movies coming in the next year ...
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Video Interview with Sam Bell : From a tree house, to using a 'broom' guitar and racism

Sam Bell grew up with Elvis in Tupelo and in this video interview shares some of his favorite memories of his childhood friend Elvis. Much is covered in this interesting 3 and a half minute video; from a tree house, to church, using a broom as a make believe guitar, Shakrag, Elvis' musical ability and that old chestnut; racism.
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Interview with Vernon Presley : 1978

Interview with Vernon Presley by Nancy Anderson : Good Housekeeping, January 1978.
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1980 Video Interview with Priscilla Presley

1980 video Interview with Priscilla Presley.
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