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Didn't he murder someone?

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Didn't he murder someone?

Yes.

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I live in the UK, and unlike most UK-based Killer fans, I prefer his country stuff to the rockabilly / rock'n'roll stuff.

I find the honky tonk Another Place Another Time, 39 & Holdin' etc more to my taste than Big Blon' Bay, Lovin Up A Storm, Whole Lotta Shakin'erc: there's way more emotional depth to the country stuff.

However, one of my favourite albums by any artist is Southern Roots. OK, so Huey P Meaux was a vile character, but Jerry Lee really cuts the mustard on that album. It never went anywhere, though, as both country and rock charts ignored it.

One more ting: the recently deceased Chas Hodges was one of the first to duet with Jerry Lee Lewis on a cover of Bad Moon Rising from the London Sessions album.

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Happy Rockin' Birthday !

This is a GREAT photo!

Happy birthday and thanks for the excellent music!

With Nicky Hopkins, 1962.


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, 1964 with the Nashville Teens.
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"Live At The Star Club, Hamburg is not an album, it's a crime scene"


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

I just enjoyed a few of the videos...great stuff. Happy birthday Jerry Lee.

Happy Birthday Jerry Lee !! Just returned from Nashville and brought back a copy of "Jerry Lee Lewis Live at Third Man Records " ! Will put it on and raise a glass to the Killer today !

Happy birthday !! We love you so much !

The Killer ……………….Keep hangin' it like Gunga Din ………….



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Can't let the day pass without noting EP's birth date. Gotta remember he was an inspiration to the wee lad called Keith Richards. So, EP, thanks. And here's the tune KR said in "Life", if I remember right, that alerted the wee lad to a whole different way.

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And it's a Happy Berfday to with sssoul
the true queen of IORR ………………… love and kisses to you babeeeeeeeeeee



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And it's a Happy Berfday to with sssoul
the true queen of IORR ………………… love and kisses to you babeeeeeeeeeee

Yes!!!

Well some good people born today.
I fell into Elvis’s biography for an intense spell a special spirit

The real true King of rock and roll !

It's kind of amazing to think he might still be alive today had he not self-destructed.

I don’t have the exact numbers and right now I’m too lazy to look them up.
What I think is an amazing fact is, as famous as Elvis was worldwide her never performed a concert outside of North America. Most were done in The United States and a handful in Canada if that.

Regarding Virgil's note about Elvis never performing outside of the United States and Canada, this was because of his manager, Colonel Parker. Parker had entered the United States illegally when he was younger and was afraid to let Elvis leave the country to tour for fear that he (Parker) wouldn't be able to get back into the United States if he went on tour with Elvis. Parker also kept Elvis on the Vegas treadmill due to his (Parker's) gambling problem. To say Elvis was underserved by Parker (along with many others around him) is to say the least.

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Regarding Virgil's note about Elvis never performing outside of the United States and Canada, this was because of his manager, Colonel Parker. Parker had entered the United States illegally when he was younger and was afraid to let Elvis leave the country to tour for fear that he (Parker) wouldn't be able to get back into the United States if he went on tour with Elvis. Parker also kept Elvis on the Vegas treadmill due to his (Parker's) gambling problem. To say Elvis was underserved by Parker (along with many others around him) is to say the least.

Elvis performed in Hawaii 1973!
Colonel Parker “Dries van Kuijk”,was in silence about his Dutch background!!



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Regarding Virgil's note about Elvis never performing outside of the United States and Canada, this was because of his manager, Colonel Parker. Parker had entered the United States illegally when he was younger and was afraid to let Elvis leave the country to tour for fear that he (Parker) wouldn't be able to get back into the United States if he went on tour with Elvis. Parker also kept Elvis on the Vegas treadmill due to his (Parker's) gambling problem. To say Elvis was underserved by Parker (along with many others around him) is to say the least.

Elvis performed in Hawaii 1973!
Colonel Parker “Dries van Kuijk”,was in silence about his Dutch background!!

Hawaii is an American state.

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Regarding Virgil's note about Elvis never performing outside of the United States and Canada, this was because of his manager, Colonel Parker. Parker had entered the United States illegally when he was younger and was afraid to let Elvis leave the country to tour for fear that he (Parker) wouldn't be able to get back into the United States if he went on tour with Elvis. Parker also kept Elvis on the Vegas treadmill due to his (Parker's) gambling problem. To say Elvis was underserved by Parker (along with many others around him) is to say the least.

Elvis performed in Hawaii 1973!
Colonel Parker “Dries van Kuijk”,was in silence about his Dutch background!!

Hawaii is an American state.

Yes I know that and it's another 4899 miles from New-York

Aside from his National Service in Germany and a plane-stop on an airfield somewhere in Scotland, Elvis never set foot in Europe or the U.K. It’s almost tragic. He was so incredibly huge outside of North America and he wanted to perform here.

Happy birthday, Elvis. It's a shame Col Tom Parker ruined Elvis career with all

those pointless movies, weak song selections and treadmill tour itineraries. He

was simply bored to death at 42.

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Happy birthday, Elvis. It's a shame Col Tom Parker ruined Elvis career with all

those pointless movies, weak song selections and treadmill tour itineraries. He

was simply bored to death at 42.

Don't want to sound too harsh, but he had only himself to blame.
He could have left The Colonel. Loads of opportunities would have then opened up for him.

God save the King

I love this 5 minute clip if you have not seen:
Wayne Newton Interview About Elvis
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Poor man. I still think it was just an accident. Had he survived it he would probably been with us today.

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Happy birthday, Elvis. It's a shame Col Tom Parker ruined Elvis career with all

those pointless movies, weak song selections and treadmill tour itineraries. He

was simply bored to death at 42.

Don't want to sound too harsh, but he had only himself to blame.
He could have left The Colonel. Loads of opportunities would have then opened up for him.

Elvis was trapped in a lifelong abusive relationship with The Colonel thru which he was exploited. In the later years, Elvis did find the courage to say it was over, but the Colonel would then go to Vernon and show him it would cost the Presley's several million dollars to sever their ties to him. Vernon would then talk Elvis out of it. I'm not a fan of The Colonel at all. He was a straight up con man and manipulator.

and why did elvis get mixed up with this guy then, why didnt he walk and make his own decisions. did he sign his life away early on.