Showing posts with label Tribute to Elvis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tribute to Elvis. Show all posts

Saturday, August 7, 2010

This Man Needs No Introduction!

Elvis tribute collage created at KardKorner Headquarters

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935-August 16, 1977)

I will not attempt to do a bio on Elvis...we all know his exciting journey and how he changed our lives.  My husband Karo and I are great fans of Elvis.  My sister and I and our friends would vote on who we thought was the "cutest" between Elvis, Fabian and Ricky Nelson.  Of course, Elvis always won out!  I never got to see Elvis live, but Karo got to see him at the Fort Worth Convention Center in the spring of 1976.  As young girls, my sister and I always made it a point to be available when Elvis was to appear on TV with  Ed Sullivan or the Milton Berle show.  We have record albums, CDs, DVDs and photo books.  My husband grew up singing Elvis songs and he sounds pretty close. We have even recorded a few of his songs in our home recording studio.  We watch Elvis movies on my husband's birthday, on Elvis' birthday and on the anniversary of Elvis' death.  Between the two of us, our favorite Elvis movies are:  Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, and Blue Hawaii.  Our little grandson Shawn has even watched some of Elvis' DVD concerts with us in our music room and is mesmerized by this talented man.

Karo and I did get to visit Graceland in 1998 as many others have before us.  And we did get some pretty good pictures at Graceland and at Sun Studio where Elvis got his start.  I have posted a few of these pictures in the righthand column.  And I installed the video "U.S. Male" from YouTube.  Click on the little picture of Elvis with the old cowboy hat on to see slideshow and hear the song.  There's not much more I can say about Elvis, except that the world misses him.  And I would like to share a short poem that I wrote about him...

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That good looking guy from Tupelo,
Had dreams of starting his own show.
When Sam heard him sing, the bells sure did ring,
And his gift to the world did unfold.
written by Suzanne Prickett 08/06/10

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OK readers!  I warned you about a new survey coming up. Look off somewhere to the right under Elvis' picture and you'll see it.  The polls will close Wednesday, August 18, 2010 on Patrick Swayze's birthday, at 8:00 pm.
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