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Bob Dylan: 'When I first heard Elvis' voice I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail. I thank God for Elvis Presley'. Elton John: 'If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off'. Mick Jagger: 'Elvis was a unique artist -- an original in an area of imitators'.
Keith Richards: 'Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor'. Bruce Springsteen : 'There have been a lot of tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king. That Elvis, man, he is all there is.
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There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book'. It was Elvis had been booked as a warm-up act for another singer, Hank Snow. Snow's manager was a colorful West Virginian who had run away from home at an early age to join the circus. He became a music promoter in the late s, managing musicians Minnie Pearl and Eddy Arnold, and western film star Tom Mix. When Elvis was introduced to Snow's manager for the first time, he must have been thunderstruck -- the man's name was Colonel Tom Parker.
Now, here he was, being introduced to the man who would soon transform him into an immortal superstar -- not a Captain, but a Colonel! Holy Shazam. Parker wasn't a real Colonel -- he received the honorary title in from Jimmie Davis, the governor of Louisiana. But then again, Captain Marvel wasn't actually a real 'Captain' either! And, as fate would have it, the Navy rank of Captain is directly equivalent to the Marine rank of Colonel!
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Parker took over Presley's contract on August 18, , and proceeded to dominate every phase of his career for the rest of his life. The Colonel was instrumental in virtually every business decision Presley ever made. His influence over Elvis has been criticized as Svengali-like, but without the Colonel, Presley might never have become the superstar he became. Elvis' relationship with the Colonel could not be damaged, even when the truth about Parker's past was finally revealed. Some have speculated that the reason Elvis never performed abroad may have been that Parker was worried that as a non-citizen, he would not be readmitted to the United States.
One book even claims he left the Netherlands to escape a murder rap. But whatever the Colonel's past may have been, it had no effect on his legendary management of the future King of Rock 'n' Roll. Now, with his talents at their peak and the skills of a brilliant manager to guide him, Elvis hit his stride. From January to November , Elvis Presley spent a phenomenal 51 weeks occupying the number one spot on the Billboard pop chart. He would go on to record singles that hit the Top 40, with an astounding 38 Top 10 Billboard hits.
This total is unchallenged even today. The closest competitors are Madonna with 35, and The Beatles with No artist before or since has ever dominated American popular music so completely. And who was there, with Elvis, every step of the way? Who else? Right: Elvis belts out a tune, striking a similar typical pose. Right: Elvis with dyed black hair his natural hair color was sandy brown , long sideburns and red shirt.
Elvis and Cap Jr. Below, an unpublished sketch of Cap. Note the locks of tousled black hair on both foreheads, and Elvis' ultra-high shirt collar and jacket, both blue, the main color in Cap Jr's uniform. Now middle-aged, Elvis took to wearing jumpsuits during his numerous live performances. Where did the designs for these outlandish, theatrical outfits come from? Right: Elvis in , wearing a blue jumpsuit with gold trim, wide belt, and short cape. This outfit has been dubbed 'The Blue Owl'. Captain Marvel's alter ego, Freddy Freeman, also inspired several of Elvis' stage outfits.
According to Elvis expert Elaine Dundy , 'Subconsciously, the grown Elvis copied his hero's glistening black hair, his sideburns and his triumphant stance. Years later he wore his version of the Marvel Jr. Right: Elvis wearing a blue jumpsuit with a long white scarf. Elvis wore a famous ring with the TCB logo on it pictured left. Where did the phrase and logo come from?
It was designed in the Seventies by Elvis and his new bride, Priscilla'.
It was just a hip saying. The lightning bolt has two meanings', Lacker explains'. One is 'in a flash'. In other words, 'whatever you need to do, do it quick'. But the lightning bolt was also the insignia for the West Coast Mafia. In addition to doing things in a flash, [Elvis] liked the idea that the West Coast Mafia used it'.
The lightning bolt came from his army days.
It was the insignia of his battalion Or maybe in the back of his mind, he identified it with Captain Marvel Jr Why would Elvis raise the middle letter so high -- unless he wanted to pay homage to someone whose name began with a 'C'. Someone such as C aptain Marvel Jr. Elvis gave various diamond-encrusted gold jewelry pieces bearing the logo to members of his inner circle as a gift. According to Lacker, the TCB jewelry was created around '. The lightning bolt emblem Captain Marvel Jr.
The lightning bolt turned up on Elvis' private plane, the Lisa Marie pictured left , and in the Graceland game room pictured above. It turned up on the jewelry he gave special friends: the gold neck chains and bracelets.
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Sharpen your skills to increase mental awareness, for all those who might choose a new outlook and personal philosophy. Freedom from constipation'. That last sentence is not an editorial insertion -- Elvis had a great sense of humor, and he actually included the phrase 'Freedom from constipation' in his otherwise-solemn 'TCB Oath'. The lightning had struck, and it seemed there were no new heights left for Vernon and Gladys' little boy Elvis to scale.
But there was one thing Presley had still never done That was way out of even Elvis' league. Or was it? Elvis Meets Nixon! One day in December , Elvis Presley disappeared.
Through he had slept at Graceland the night before, he was suddenly nowhere to be found. His Memphis Mafia gang pictured below, with Presley seated in center , was about to begin a frantic search, when the phone rang. Elvis' bodyguard Sonny West answered the phone.
He listened briefly, then hung up the phone and announced to the panicked room: 'You won't believe this! Elvis had gone to the Memphis airport all by himself, something he had never done before. But Elvis', Schilling protested', That's all the money we got!