New book, elvis and the beatles, reveals surprising. Tackling elvis and the beatles together is a difficult task for any objective writer. Songs recorded by both elvis presley and the beatles. So the colonel went to liberace, who was this big vegas star at the time, and asked him to meet elvis. One essential night, the colonel orchestrated elvis to meet four well known individuals.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Elvis close friends marty lacker and billy smith were also at the meeting and talk about elvis and the beatles in their book elvis and the memphis mafia. The meeting of two great musical acts of the 20th century took place on this day. Elvis s anti beatles tirade wasnt just a oneoff, either. Without elvis, there would be no beatles, john lennon stated matteroffactly in a 1980 interview. The secret reporter present when elvis met the beatles. Elvis meets the beatles it lasted for about two or three hours and there were no cameras taken no pictures whatsoever. Elvis presley elvis meets the beatles 2010, mini lp. It is an embellished account of the true story of american singer elvis presley meeting president richard nixon on december 21, 1970 the film had a vhs release, but has not yet been released on dvd or bluray. When elvis met the beatles, author gillian gaar reported. One can only wonder what would have happened if elvis and marilyn had. As you will have read in my books it was almost three years after john lennon asked me if i could ever arrange such.
I began to work on a plan for elvis and john to meet. Browse,317 elvis presley stock photos and images available, or search for marilyn monroe or the beatles to find more great stock photos and pictures. In 1965, colonel knew what he was doing about the meeting. A fast, enjoyable read which captures the beatles tours, is good on presley and lennons competing needs to be seen as the toughest kids on the block and also gets under the skin of presleys manager, col. The story has come up more than a few times since ive been doing scottys site and did so also several times in a newsgroup i used to frequent that also included. Elvis meets the beatles ein spotlight elvis information network. Elvis meets the beatles, by chris hutchins and peter thompson.
Fortunately, they covered one anothers work for years. Elvis was a fish out of water in las vegas, zoglin explained. The basic argument of the book is that elvis was both jealous and resentful of the beatles success, almost afraid to meet them and that, when he did, there was bad feeling between john and him. Lennon formed his first band, the quarrymen, which would later become the beatles, as a result of his love for elvis presley and rock and roll.
Elvis close friends marty lacker and billy smith were also at the meeting and talk about elvis and the beatles in their book elvis and the memphis mafia here they fill in some more details. This was the beatles fifth day off at 2850 benedict canyon, the beverly hills mansion they rented from zsa zsa gabor during a break in their 1965 tour of north america. Author of the books the colonel and elvis and the memphis mafia, alanna nash, reveals that elvis originally felt threatened by the beatles. Elvis and the beatles what they really thought of each other. Looking back on the awkward meeting between elvis presley. The starstruck awkward meeting between the beatles and. Which the secret service confiscated before krogh escorted elvis without his entourageto meet nixon. The fbi files on elvis presley consist of records kept by the federal bureau of investigation concerning elvis presley.
Buy elvis meets the beatles by hutchins, chris, thompson, peter isbn. This book reveals the tortured and tragic read more. Elvis presley meets the beatles august 27, 1965 elvis articles. Krogh, who documented the meeting and later wrote a book on the encounter, described in his notes how elvis showed off his badges to the president before stating that he thought the beatles. Elvis meets the beatles chris hutchins, peter thompson on. Why elvis presley isnt the king to millennials history. How elvis, the drugbusting federal agent plotted with the fbi to have john lennon deported from the. Priscilla presley discusses elvis meeting the beatles. When elvis met the beatles, was there a secret reporter. Elvis sings beatles songs at graceland party 1972 duration. Elvis presley in the movie girl happy metrogoldwynmayer.
In the first chapter elvis is raving and ranting against lennon in 1973. Jealous of the beatles success, elvis was out to get lennon and the rest of the fab four booted out of the u. In 2004 it had been 50 years since elvis recorded thats all right mama. Elvis meets the beatles by chris hutchins bookshop. These records consist of 683 pages of copies of letters from members of the public commenting on his performances, newspaper clippings, and documents reporting that presley was the target of extortion attempts. On their return to americas west coast a year later, they met elvis at his house in bel air but all did not go well. Liberace told elvis presley he needed more glitz in his. Gaars main source of information was jerry schillings book, me and a guy named elvis.
Elvis, who never really understood the sixties, felt threatened by the beatles since they were having huge hits at a time he wasnt, when he was making formulaic movies, she says. So you re the guy who wants me to meet the beatles. I can assure you that i was the only journalist present on the night i arranged for the beatles to meet and spend some time with elvis presley in august 1965. Presley indicated that he thought the beatles had been a real force for anti. Rock and roll fans know about the historic meeting in 1965 between elvis presley and the beatles. Elvis meets nixon is a 1997 film directed by allan arkush and starring rick peters, bob gunton, and alyson court. The beatles didnt care a bit about etiquette, they just wanted to meet elvis face to face. Elvis and the beatles 12 songs they both recorded over the past decade, elvis fans have celebrated a number of golden anniversaries. There they found on display an artefact on loan from epe, a beautiful shirt of elvis s. When elvis met nixon, one of his goals was to take.
Elvis meets the beatles, by chris hutchins and peter. Elvis and the beatles book elvis presley biography. When the beatles met elvis, and john lennon put his idols. In early 1971, presley took a tour of the fbi offices, and had some words to pass on to j. This book is a rare focus on the lives and careers of five of the most famous. He said to elvis, if youd like, you could go to their house. Weve always been told that elvis and the beatles engaged in an unrecorded jam session that night. Ein contributor tony stuchbury recently paid a visit to liverpool and visited the beatles story exhibition.
Quite simply, elvis was important for everyone who came after him, said rolling stone contributing editor anthony decurtis, author of the book lou reed. When elvis met the beatles recreates that evening, bringing alive the story when they met exactly 50 years ago, inviting listeners to be a fly on the wall. According to leading beatles historian mark lewisohn, the quarrymen beatles performed at least 31 elvis presley songs during their live shows. Then, according to egils official white house account of that day. Elvis and all four beatles met in person just once, in 1965. John lennons lifelong obsession with elvis presley.
The beatles arriving in san francisco, california, in 1964. Lucky stars who got to meet elvis presley part 2 duration. Elvis meets the beatles by chris hutchins and peter thompson how the meeting at elvis s bel air mansion arranged by their friend, the author chris hutchins lit the touch paper for a dangerous feud between john lennon, the antiwar idealist, and elvis, the former tank corps sergeant. Elvis meets the beatles by chris hutchins goodreads. I agree, the beatles recording sessions by beatles archivist mark lewisohn should be on this list and hunter davies authorized beatles biography,the beatles. Elvis meets the beatles by chris hutchins and peter thompson in any other circumstances i would have been the interrogator but that day elvis did all the questioning. Elvis meets the beatles by chris hutchins, 9781856850834, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Elvis s boys disagreed about his jamming with the beatles. A life he was a hugely disruptive force, and inspiring for that reason alone.
On august 27, 1965, elvis presley met the beatles at his california home. This book contains unique readings of the beatles song catalogue. Best books about the beatles 161 books meet your next. The bombshell book elvis meets the beatles also reveals that elvis wanted a rockin big favor from nixon and j. Only 12 percent of these respondents said they liked elvis a lot, whereas the beatles 23 percent and david bowie 25 percent seemed to appeal significantly more to the under24 set. On august 27 th, 1965, elvis presley had a home in bel air, a cool place overlooking the pillar golf course, only this night was a friday night, and there was this music group that was coming to meet him, called the beatles. Its no secret that john lennon was a huge fan of elvis presley when he was a teenager. Elvis books and blog by author trina young fans have romanticized for years about a union between elvis presley and marilyn monroe the two biggest sex symbols of the 20 th century. Elvis artefact on display in liverpool beatles exhibition. Very few of those were ever recorded but the quantity of covers is a clear illustration of just how important the king was to the members of the beatles. In any case, i trust it was the beatles why should avid meet elvis, not the a different way. His new book, the beatles and me on tour, chronicles his travels with the official entourage. The following summer, he was along when the beatles, back in town, drove from beverly hills to bel air to meet elvis presley.
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