TP, Carole ;)

Stupid me :rolleyes: He was the one whose birthday I didn't check. It has to be ole Colonel Saunders, whoops I mean Parker :lol:

It was him Carole, Yes :unsure:

Cheers, Derick :cheer: Still on the subject of The Colonel, what special anniversary connected to him will take place later this year?

Is it something to do with what would have been his 100th Birthday back in Holland, Carole? ;)

Is it something to do with what would have been his 100th Birthday back in Holland, Carole? ;)

You got it, Derick :cheer:

Thanks Buddy :lol:

 

At the age of ten, he made his first public performance in a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Who suggested he done that?

Apparently his teacher, Mrs Oleta Grimes, was so impressed by his singing, that she took him to the Principal, Mr Cole, who entered Elvis in the talent show :cheer:

:yahoo: :yahoo: Good answer, Bud :lol: B)

Peter Guralnick Lecture on Colonel Parker B)

 

Was the late Colonel Thomas A. Parker a visionary genius or master of exploitation? Music historian Peter Guralnick argues that the answer is both. Parker was the mysterious, controversial manager who guided Elvis Presley’s career from 1955 on. Before he ever met Presley, though, he had revolutionized the art of management and promotion, particularly in his long association with Eddy Arnold. In this hundredth-anniversary year of the Colonel’s birth, Guralnick will show rare early images and play the only song Parker ever asked Presley to record.

Guralnick has written extensively on American music. His books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, as well as Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. The Massachusetts-based author has been a Writer in Residence at Vanderbilt University since 2005.

After the program, Guralnick will sign books in the Museum Store. Included with museum admission. Free to museum members. For more details, contact the Country Music Hall of Fame at 615-416-2001.

 

Peter Guralnick Lecture on Colonel Parker at Country Music Hall of Fame

Saturday, April 18

1:30 p.m.

Country Music Hall of Fame - Nashville, TN

 

Source: EPE - Elvis Presley Enterprises

 

Ok, so what was the song Parker asked Elvis to record and why that particular song? ;)

 

Hi Carole was it Are You Lonesome Tonight?, because it was a favourite of Mrs. Parker's!

Hi Carole was it Are You Lonesome Tonight?, because it was a favourite of Mrs. Parker's!

It sure was, buddy :yahoo:

:yahoo: Thanks Buddy :heart:

 

Elvis appeared on the Milton Berle TV show but what was this show also known as ?

Think you've got me there, Derick :unsure:

Think you've got me there, Derick :unsure:

Just think of Petrol, Carole ;)

Just think of Petrol, Carole ;)

All I can think of is Shell or maybe BP :lol:

All I can think of is Shell or maybe BP :lol:

Close, think of a Star ;)

Close, think of a Star ;)

My next guess was going to be Esso, but somehow I don't think that's right either :w00t:

My next guess was going to be Esso, but somehow I don't think that's right either :w00t:

Not many more to choose from Carole :lol:

Was it Texaco Star ? :unsure:

That's close enough Lesley :yahoo: It was Texaco Star Theatre