In fact, Elvis was awed too, but the ice broke and the evening found Elvis and John, Paul and George playing guitars (while Ringo, without drums, banged the side of a chair), the group admiring Elvis' new sauna, laughing at a fan who had infiltrated the house and began screaming hysterically, and discussing the terrors of fame. In one moving (and retrospectively chilling) moment, John noted that Elvis was very brave to perform in public before the wildly screaming and actually dangerous fans -- after all, onstage, the Beatles had each other.
A relic survives from that legendary meeting -- Jerry Schilling, a member of Elvis' 'Memphis Mafia', got the autographs of all four Beatles on a 5" x 8" piece of Elvis Presley's personal stationery, and dated the event '8/27/65'. The autographs are sharp and clean in blue ink, the word 'Elvis' is pre-printed in the upper left corner, and the dynamic of the signatures of the 'Fab Four' on the stationery of 'The King' is -- for lack of a better word -- magical.
Beatles' Autographs on Elvis' Personal Stationery | August 27, 1965.
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Paul McCartney remembers Elvis Presley
Paul McCartney visits Graceland
Paul McCartney sings 'Heartbreak Hotel' with Bill Blacks Upright Bass
Paul McCartney talks about Elvis Presley backstage in Memphis
John Lennon and ... a box full of Elvis Presley singles
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Interview with Jerry Schilling
Paul McCartney 'That's Alright Mama'
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