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Friday, June 24, 2022
From Nothingville to Memphis
Posted by Debbie D at 7:40 AM 0 comments
Labels: Boss Sounds, Elvis, Robin Braid
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Don't Knock Elvis (MP3)
Felton Jarvis - Don't Knock Elvis
In celebration of what would've been Elvis Presley's 77th birthday, here's an odd artifact from a very early stage in the career of songwriter and producer Felton Jarvis (1934 - 1981).
Jarvis was Elvis Presley's producer between the years 1966 and 1977, when Presley died. While still struggling to make a name for himself, he recorded this Elvis Presley tribute 45, which was released on the tiny VIVA label in August, 1959. While in the Marines in 1955, Jarvis experienced a life-changing event when was lucky enough to catch a live Elvis Presley show in Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon getting out of the Marines, he returned to Atlanta and went to work as a sheet music printer at Bill Lowery's National Recording Company (NRC). At the time, the label was over-flowing with talented performers who, in less than a decade, would be national stars: Jerry Reed, Mac Davis, Joe South, Ray Stevens and Freddy Weller. Jarvis moved into songwriting and producing, making a name for himself in 1961 by producing Every Beat Of My Heart, the first R&B #1 hit (of eleven, in all) for a local band called the Pips, soon to be renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips. From NRC, Jarvis went to work for the ABC label, where he produced "Sheila" a huge national hit for Tommy Roe, another graduate of Lowery's NRC concern. After a few years at ABC, he moved over to RCA where he and Presley established a solid working relationship that worked out pretty well for both of them.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Eddie on Elvis
Noted author and possibly the world's most perfectly developed man (now that Charles Atlas is gone) Eddie Deezen tells you about some of Mr. Presley's animal pals, right here.
BONUS! Here's more from Eddie, writing about Snap, Crackle, and Pop.
Mr.Deezen |
Posted by Devlin Thompson at 12:11 PM 0 comments
Labels: animals, cereal, Devlin, dog, Eddie Deezen, Elvis, Monkeys
Monday, October 18, 2010
Elvis & A Little Mid-Century Mania
Over at beltstl.com (Built Environment in Layman's Terms, St. Louis), Toby Weiss has put together a humdinger of a blog post that looks back at Elvis Presley movies and their eye-popping embrace of mid-century modernism at its finest. The screen captures are truly sensational.
Posted by Greg G at 11:37 PM 1 comments
Labels: Elvis, Greg, mid-century modernism