tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) (07/14/84)
What`s this? "Love Me Tender" was certainly NOT the first hit Elvis had. His first big hit was "Jailhouse Rock". I say big because, like many performers, I`m sure he had some regional hits before he had a nationwide smash. I`m not that big on Elvis trivia, but I am sure about "Love Me Tender". Also, he had the only double-sided #1 single with "Don`t Be Cruel/Hound Dog". Tom O`Connor ihuxw!tommyo
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (07/16/84)
Has everyone forgotten 'Heartbreak Hotel'? I was sitting in a bar in Kansas the first time I heard Elvis do anything. The guy with me had gone to school with Elvis and had bummed around with him for several years. As soon as we found out who was singing, ole Irby got on the phone that minute and called Elvis to see if it was the same guy singing. It was. He talked to ole Elvis for about 20 minutes. Of course, this was before fame and fortune and unlisted telephones. T. C. Wheeler ps I always thought it was Heartbreak Hotel.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (07/16/84)
OK, you want trivia? Since we are discussing Elvis, what are the Jordonaires doing now? You know, they were the guys going bop bop bop-bop in the back ground of Don't Be Cruel. -Ron