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Elvis candid rare unique and flat out cool
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on April 6, 2019
https://theelvisexpert.com/2019/04/06/elvis-candid-rare-unique-and-flat-out-cool/
Prayers to the family/loved ones of George Klein who died 2/5/2019
Per http://www.Elvis.com comes the heartbreaking news of the death, on February 5, 2019, of one of Elvis Presley’s oldest and most beloved friends George Klein. Our hearts, and prayers, go out to the family and loved ones of George Klein who by all accounts was a good man a great friend to Elvis, and a legend as a DJ in Memphis Tennessee. May he be in heaven along with his friend Elvis Presley.
Here are the details via http://www.Elvis.com the official and best Elvis Presley website in the world:
George Klein, the deep-voiced radio personality who became friends with Elvis Presley in high school and stayed close to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll throughout his career, has died. He was 83.
Marian Justice Cocke, Elvis Presley’s former personal nurse posted on her Facebook page the following message: ‘I regret to inform you that George Klein passed away just moments ago. At this time, I have no further information to pass on, however I will keep you informed ASAP.
Rest In Peace my dear fr iend ; I love you my dear friend
God Bless and TLC’.
Priscilla Presley, told The Associated Press that Klein died Tuesday at hospice in Memphis, Tennessee. Priscilla Presley said Klein had been suffering from illness, including pneumonia, for about two weeks. She said she had been in constant contact with Klein and Presley’s other close friends, including Jerry Schilling and Marian Justice Cocke, while Klein was ill.
George Klein and Elvis Presley.
Graceland posted: ‘Priscilla, Lisa and all of us with Elvis Presley Enterprises are deeply saddened that we have lost our dear friend George Klein. Elvis and George met at Humes High School in Memphis and formed a lifelong friendship. Elvis stood up as George’s best man at his wedding and George remained a close confidant throughout Elvis’ life. After Elvis’ passing, George continued as a great friend and supporter of Graceland, Lisa and Priscilla and continued to honor Elvis’ legacy through sharing stories and memories with fans around the world as a DJ on Elvis Radio at Graceland. Our hearts are with George’s family, friends and fans – as we celebrate his life and his important place in the history of Memphis music’.
Klein met Elvis Presley in 1948 at Humes High School in Memphis and they were close friends until the rock ‘n’ roll icon died in 1977. Klein was part of Presley’s entourage, known as the ‘Memphis Mafia’, and enjoyed telling stories about the times he and Presley spent together.
Elvis Presley and George Klein.
Priscilla Presley said her former husband liked Klein’s outgoing personality, his loyalty, and his sense of humor. She called their friendship a ‘guy’s thing’, with their own inside jokes and ‘their own language’. Elvis Presley used to affectionately call Klein ‘GK’.
‘Their friendship was golden, truly golden’, she said in a phone interview from Los Angeles on Tuesday night. ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard George say anything bad about anybody’.
Presley served as Klein’s best man, and Klein was a pallbearer at Presley’s funeral. Klein appeared in his friend’s film, ‘Jailhouse Rock’. When Presley was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, Klein made the acceptance speech.
‘Personally, Elvis was a great friend to me’, Klein said in the speech. ‘You know, I never saw Elvis refuse an autograph. I never saw Elvis refuse a handshake. I never saw Elvis refuse to take a picture with anyone’.
Klein hosted a radio show featuring Presley’s music on Sirius XM. He had also hosted radio and television shows in Memphis dating to the 1960s. Klein was known throughout the city, speaking at charity events for no pay, Priscilla Presley said.
‘He has been an unbelievable ambassador for the city, for Graceland, for Elvis Presley and his family’, Calipari wrote.
In recent years, several friends of Elvis Presley — Scotty Moore, Red West, D.J. Fontana — have died. Priscilla Presley said she has thought about that, and calls it ‘a reality check’. ‘It hits home’, she said. ‘He’s the last of our history, in many ways’.
Also, Phl Arnold (the original Elvis blogmaster) has an interesting post about Elvis and George at his site http://www.ElvisBlog.net a website we highly recommend.
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on February 17, 2019
https://theelvisexpert.com/2019/02/17/prayers-to-the-family-loved-ones-of-george-klein-who-died-2-5-2019/
Elvis and cars the basics
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND http://www.Elvis.com and their “Gates of Graceland” YouTube posts which is chocked full of rare facts, artifacts, etc. I have great respect for each of them. PLEASE do yourself a favor and subscribe to their channel and let others know about these wonderful endeavors.
Elvis Presley had a life-long love affair with motor cars. Beginning in the ’50s with Cadillac’s, including the Pink Cadillac that he eventually gave to his mother – probably the most famous car in the world – to a second hand Volkswagen and two BMW 507s in Germany. In the ’60s there were more Cadillac’s, Ford Lincoln’s and a Rolls Royce among many others. In the ’70s, again Elvis purchased Cadillac’s, a Mercedes-Benz 600, even a Ford T-Bird – but his most prized cars of the 1970s were his Stutz Blackhawk’s. Elvis was the first person to own a Stutz Blackhawk, and there can be no doubt his favorite car of the 1970s was his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III.
Billy Smith: I remember when Elvis got his driver’s license. My daddy was working for Precision Tool. He was making fairly good money, and he had just bought a ’51 Chevrolet, with a sun visor and all. Elvis wanted to borrow it to take his driver’s test, and my daddy let him have it.
When he went to take his test, we all went. Elvis was sitting in the front with Daddy and Vernon. Very seldom did he ever say anything dirty in front of them. But a guy pulled out in front of daddy, and Elvis yelled, ‘Watch where you’re going, you son of a bitch!’ We were all shocked, you know. The car got real quiet. That year, Elvis won the Safe Driving Award at school.
Joe Esposito: Elvis had a lot of cars. The first thing that attracted him was the looks of the car. He didn’t care if it was a $5,000 car or a $50,000 car or what brand it was, although he was very partial to American-made cars. He really liked Cadillac’s and Lincolns, also some Chryslers. We bought a few foreign cars like the Rolls Royce because it was very prestigious and looked great, a Mercedes limousine and a Ferrari, but mostly his cars were American-made. He was very patriotic when it came to that.
If Elvis saw a car he liked in the window, he’d stop and buy it. That was basically it. If the dealership was closed and we knew the owner, we’d call and wake him up. We’d say, ‘Listen, Elvis wants to buy this car’. Naturally the guy would meet us there, because if he didn’t, Elvis would say, ‘Well, we’ll find someplace else’.
In early March, 1955 Elvis bought his first Pink Cadillac.
It was a pink and white 1954 Cadillac and provided transportation for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys for about three months. The car went up in smoke when a brake lining caught fire, on the road between Hope and Texarkana, Ark. on June 5, 1955. ‘The first car I bought was the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen. It was second hand but I parked it outside my hotel the day I got it and stayed up all night just looking at it. The next day, it caught fire and burned up on the road…’ Elvis Presley
Take care and may God bless you always.
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on October 25, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/10/25/elvis-and-cars-the-basics/
The edgy side of Elvis Presley
Elvis’ life, talents, styles, inflections, singing, etc. is like a kaleidoscope where each turn is beautiful, all are unique, and there are some…edges.
So here are some videos that support my assertations:
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on October 22, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/10/22/the-edgy-side-of-elvis-presley/
Elvis Presley rare pictures 10/18 edition
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on October 17, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/10/17/elvis-presley-rare-pictures-10-18-edition/
Good new for ElvisCollector.info 10/2018
WOW. What a week. What we need, what we need, is a change of habit (see what I did there? I used the words to the song “Change of Habit” and there is a great moving gif from Change of Habit directly above. Rebuild a website that took 15 years to build (thanks Microsoft 365) is taxing and I don’t mean the monetary type.
We have started to work on the site and are making great strides.
Worth noting is that the “www” is dropped (about time) and the site address is ElvisCollector.info NOT http://www.ElvisCollector.info. Yes less typing but still a great website which will only get better. Only get more content. Only get content you will only find on this website.
Updates to follow
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on October 5, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/10/05/good-new-for-elviscollector-info-10-2018/
Quora,blogs, forum, website 10/1/ 2018
I am humbled and thankful that this month alone I had almost 16,000 views and a total of over 100,000 since January 1 2018. That’s right over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. When I got the official notification from Quora I was stunned.
QUORA certificate 100000 views September 30 2018
Through September 30, 2018 the blogs (in total) are averaging over 750 views per day and there are 17 total blogs yet another record of views per day. month. and year.
http://www.ElvisCollector.info, that we are still in process of switching hosting company without losing all of the content, had another record year in spite of the site only being up for 5 months this year.
I would like to thank everyone @ WordPress for allowing me to use your fine website and I refer others to you often.
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on October 2, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/10/02/quorablogs-forum-website-10-1-2018/
Status of www.ElvisCollector.info
Man, man, man. With Office 365 opting to discontinue to host websites, after over a decade with them, it has caused a plethora of issues. Plainly stated it has driven me, and my third-party hosting developers crazy. What we thought would take a month has taken six months thus far. With so many rare photographs, videos, documents, etc. along with original articles we have put an emphasis on C A U T I O N. Accordingly, it is our plan to have http://www.ElvisCollector.info back up before January 1, 2019. And yes we own the name http://www.ElvisCollector.info.
One of the “positive activities’ I have partaken of, these past 8 years of tears and sorrow, is sharing some of my knowledge online about Elvis Presley onstage and off. No monetization. No popups. No ads. Just Elvis Elvis bo Belvis.
We will ALWAYS have a presence on WordPress.com which we are so appreciative of. What a great site/organization. We HIGHLY recommend everyone utilize WordPress.com if not just to find interesting websites.
Before we go here is a cool Elvis Presley moving. gif.
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on September 30, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/09/30/status-of-www-elviscollector-info/
Great Elvis songs A – Z (part 1 of 4)
There are so many great Elvis songs.
Ballads. Rock. Showcasing his 4 1/2 octave range.
But after much thought here are my top, and I can only pick one great song and one that you may not have heard before, Elvis Presley songs in alphabetical order and man this was NOT easy.
A = Always on my mind. Any way you want me.
B = Blue Suede Shoes. Bridge over troubled water.
C = Can’t help falling in love. Crying in the chapel.
D = Do you know who I am? Don’t
E = Edge of reality. Early morning rain.
F = Fame and fortune. 500 miles.
If your aren’t familiar with these songs do yourself a favor and take the time.
Thanks for visiting. Take care and may God bless you
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on September 26, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/09/26/great-elvis-songs-a-z-part-1-of-4/
Billy & Joe Smith YouTube endeavors
I have the utmost respect for Billy and Jo Smith. I always have. I always will. Not because they are related to Elvis but for the quality of their character and convictions. I wish them and their family always the best.
From YouTube comes this channel authored by the Smith family and it contains worthwhile information and I HIGHLY recommend Elvis Presley fans around the world to check it out – leave comments – and spread the word. I will have more to say about this in the future.
The YouTube channel is Memphis Mafia Kid and I applaud their efforts. Here is one of the links:
Take care and may God bless you.
Posted by Jeff Schrembs on September 13, 2018
https://theelvisexpert.com/2018/09/13/billy-joe-smith-youtube-endeavors/
