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Here he comes!

Oh, it's turning.

Oh, oh, Elvis! Elvis!

Mr. P., can I get you
some sandwiches?

That will be fine, Pauline.

I'm gonna check
on Lisa Marie, honey.

Okay.

Sleep tight, darling.

Good morning, everybody.

It's WGAN Radio
in Portland, Maine.

It's 74 degrees
and 8:05.

Time to get ready
for Elvis Presley.

Elvis will be coming
later today

for his concert at the
Cumberland County Auditorium.

Elvis' show is almost sold out,

but we have six tickets
here at WGAN

and we'll be giving them away
to you, so stay tuned.

You just might be
a lucky winner.

Colonel Parker is already over
at the Sheraton Hotel,

and Elvis' guys are setting up
for his arrival.

So don't touch that dial
if you want you know everything.

I'll be talking to some
of the "Memphis Mafia",

as they've come to be known,

and we'll have
the up-to-the-minute word

on what's happening
with Elvis in Portland.

Elvis is still in Graceland,
his home in Memphis...

But he'll be arriving here
later this afternoon

in his personal jet,
the "Lisa Marie".

Now, here's another Elvis
record, his latest hit...

"Moody Blue".

Well, it's hard
to be a gambler

Betting on the number
that changes every time

When you think
you're gonna win

You think she's givin' in

A stranger
is all you'll find

Yeah, it's hard to figure out
what she's all about

That she's woman
through and through

She's a complicated lady
so color my baby Moody Blue

Oh, Moody Blue...

Excuse me, Colonel,

Joe Esposito is on the phone
from Memphis.

Yeah, Joe.

Colonel, I'm at
Baptist Memorial Hospital.

I'm afraid I've got
some terrible news.

Elvis is dead.

Pandemonium has broken out

here on Elvis Presley boulevard
in Memphis.

Thousands of fans
from all over the country

are converging on Graceland
trying to get in

to view the body
of the 42-year-old

king of rock and roll.

The world is shocked
by Elvis Presley's sudden death

after attempts
to save his life failed.

The apparent cause, according
to his personal physician,

Dr. George Nichopolous,
is a heart attack.

The singer's father,
Vernon Presley,

has requested that an autopsy
be performed.

Everyone stay back!

I was raised on Elvis.

We started
when I was 10 years old.

My mother and daddy loved him,

and I just say I was raised
on him.

There's nobody else like him

and there won't ever be
anybody else like him.

Why go
to all this trouble?

Because we love Elvis.
We still do.

You're not going
to get in, you know.

Doesn't make
any difference.

I'm friends
with a few

people in the group,
I want them to know I'm here.

Maybe they'll see me
on the street.

We loved him very much.

I just can't believe
he's dead.

It's terrible,
but I just thank god

that Elvis died here
in Graceland

instead of on the road

like any other
rock and roll singer.

Whether you're black or white,

whether you're country,
redneck, or a freak,

young or old, from Moscow,
London, or Memphis,

Elvis Presley will still be
the king of rock and roll to me.

Please wait up against
the curb.

I was born in a small cotton town
in the rolling hills of Mississippi.

I guess Tupelo was as good
a place as any to grow up in.

As far back as I can remember,
grandma lived next door.

Daddy was a sharecropper, and
most of the time we got by alright.

But one year,
he went to prison

after writing a bad check
for some food.

Mama got us through by taking in
washing and sewing.

Mama and I
were always real close.

I had a twin brother, Jesse,
but he died at birth,

so I was an only child.

We were a religious family.

The first singing I ever did
was in church.

Gospel songs were always
a strong influence on my music.

...some fine morning
when this life is old

I'll fly away

I'll fly away, oh, glory

I'll fly away

when I die
hallelujah by and by

I'll fly away

I guess I was kind of a loner,
but I wasn't much different

than the other kids
I grew up with.

I'd hang around parts of Tupelo
my folks never even knew about.

If mama had known
where I was half the time,

I would have caught hell for it.

This friend of mine used to take me
across town to an area called Shakerag,

and that was when
I first heard the blues.

It sure was a lot different than
the music we were singing in church.

Let's watch them play.

...treatin' me this way

Baby, goin' to Gary...

I realized then that music...

The blues, gospel,
or whatever...

Is all about letting out
what you're feeling inside.

Baby,
you had no business

Treat me this way

For Elvis's birthday
Vernon and I saved up

and gave him a choice
between a bicycle and a guitar.

Elvis sure loved that guitar.

There simply wasn't enough work
for Vernon in Tupelo.

He tried everything he could,

but we just couldn't make
a steady living down there.

We hated to admit it,
but we were broke... flat broke.

We packed everything we could
into our old Plymouth

and moved on.

Things just had to get better.

The years in Memphis
weren't much easier for us,

but at least daddy had a job
at a paint company

and mama was working part time.

Around other kids,
I felt kind of different.

Maybe it was the clothes I wore,

that I had long hair
and sideburns

when other guys had crew cuts,

but somehow
I just didn't fit in.

I guess, in a way,
I was kind of shy,

but I knew something good was
going to happen to me someday.

I just didn't know what.

Let me introduce
my new Rocket 88

Yes, it's straight
just won't wait

Everybody likes
my Rocket 88...

I worked different jobs
after school

so I could afford my favorite
R&B records and sharp clothes.

People always bugged me
about my hair.

Later on, I had so many kids
using pomade...

That greasy kids' stuff...

I should have got
a piece of the action.

But I liked my hair long,

'cause that's the way
truck drivers wore it.

I went to Humes High in Memphis,
where I got my share of B's and C's.

I thought I might do better in music,
but the teacher gave me a flat F

and wouldn't let me
in the Glee Club.

That was very good, Mandy.
Thank you.

Alright.

Our next "Club Day" performer
is Elvis Presley.

Elvis? Come on up.
It's your turn.

I was real nervous
when I had to get up there.

I thought most of the kids in
class were going to laugh at me

'cause they figured
I wasn't good at anything.

When my turn came,

I tried an old rhythm and blues song
I'd been practicing.

Train a-Ride

Sixteen coaches long

Train a-Ride

Sixteen coaches long

Well, that long black train

Got my baby a-Home

Train, train

Comin' down, down the line

Train, train

Comin' down, down the line

Well, that long black train

Got my baby a-Home

Everything seemed
to change for me

that day I sang
in front of my class.

And after that,
I could always count on my music

to help me make friends...
Especially girls.

After graduating high school,

I made a record
for my mama's birthday.

I'd kind of gone there to be
heard by the owner, Sam.

Later, Sam called me back to work
with Scotty Moore and Bill Black,

two fine musicians.

At the time,
Sam Phillips was recording

a lot of black artists,
and the word around Memphis was

he was looking for a
white singer with a black sound.

We tried to cut a record for six months
with about 50 songs.

Nothing sounded right.

Alright.
Hold it, you guys.

Bottom line here is
this is just not making it.

Now, if we can get
something that will, great.

If not,
let's rack it up.

Elvis, you can pull it
out of yourself.

You can do it.

Alright, sir.

Do you guys remember
that old blues song we used to do?

Then it all kind of clicked.

Even on the first take,
we knew we had something.

Well, That's All Right, Mama

That's all right for you

That's all right, mama,
do just any way you do

Well, that's all right,
that's all right

That's all right now, mama

Any way you do

Well, mama
she done told you

Papa done told me, too

Son, that girl you foolin'

Well, she ain't no good
for you

Well, that's all right

That's all right

That's all right now, mama

Any way you do

...Red Hot Blue
this record'll flat get it, people.

It's called
"That's All Right, Mama".

It's gonna be
a big record for a boy.

His name is Elvis Presley.

It's on the sun record label
from here in Memphis.

And it's been
the most requested tune

for two or three nights.

Elvis, Scotty, bill, and me
will all be uptown

next week
at the Chiska Basement.

I want you people
to come see us.

Remember, Phillips told you,
"That's All Right, Mama".

I'm leavin' town today

Suddenly, it was like my
whole world turned upside down.

We played local gigs
all through the south.

Everywhere we went, the crowds
got bigger and the girls wilder.

Then one crazy day,

we were somewhere on the road,
I don't even know where,

a man came backstage
and introduced himself...

Colonel Tom Parker.

Our son wasn't even 21 when Gladys
and I first met Colonel Tom Parker.

He was already well-known

for having managed Hank snow
and Eddy Arnold.

Right from the start, Colonel
Parker believed in Elvis.

Then in 1956,

the country got its first look
at Elvis on national television.

Ladies and gentlemen...
I'd like to present

one of radio's most listened
to disc jockeys... Bill Randall.

William.

We'd like at this time
to introduce you

to a young fellow who,
like many performers,

Johnnie Ray among them,

come up out of nowhere to be,
overnight, very big stars.

We saw him for the first
time while making a movie short.

We think tonight he's going to
make television history for you.

We'd like you to meet him now...
Elvis Presley.

Well, get out of that kitchen
and rattle those pots and pans

Get out of that kitchen
and rattle those pots and pans

Well, roll my breakfast
'cause I'm a hungry man

I believe
you was doin' me wrong

And now I know

I believe
you was doin' me wrong

And now I know

'Cause the harder I work
the faster my money goes

Well,
let's shake, rattle, and roll

I said shake,
rattle, and roll

I said shake,
rattle, and roll

I said shake,
rattle, and roll

Well, you won't do right
to save your doggone soul

Hey

I'm like
a Mississippi bullfrog

Settin' on a hollow stump

I'm like
a Mississippi bullfrog

Settin' on a hollow stump

I've got so many women
I don't know which way to jump

Well,
I said flip, flop, and fly

I don't care if I die

I said flip, flop, and fly

I don't care if I die

Don't ever leave me
don't ever say goodbye

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

After that first time on television,
things really took off for me.

I couldn't believe the fans
around the country.

Wherever we went,
people wanted to get to us.

They didn't try
to hurt me,

they just wanted to take home
part of me as a souvenir.

You make me so lonely, baby

You make me so lonely...

People asked why I moved around
so much on stage.

Well, it just came natural to me,
the way I felt rock and roll.

Well, now
if your baby leaves you

You've got a tale to tell

Well, just take a walk
down lonely street

To heartbreak hotel

You're gettin' so lonely,
baby

You're really lonely

You'll be so lonely
you could die

Well

Well, I think Elvis Presley
has a nice style and sings okay,

but when he gets on the stage,
he starts to drive those girls nuts

by shaking and jumping
and laying all over the stage.

You know what I mean?

Right. And you think
that's bad?

Well, it's kind of crazy.

No, it depends on how
you look at it.

If you want to think it's
nasty or sexy you could,

but to me, it's just...

The two things are not
necessarily the same.

Yeah, well, it's just
so limber and loose.

It's really marvelous.

Well, he just
feels the rhythm.

Digs it the most.

You don't see
anything wrong with it?

No.

You just stand there.

Now, everybody stand
in line and I...

Hey, what are
the Ritz Brothers doing here?

I was... hey, young man,
if you want an autograph,

would you stand
in the back there?

I don't care who you are.

I'm Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley!

Give me the good old
Rudy Vallee days.

Elvis, sing your hit song.

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit

And you ain't no friend
of mine

Well, they said
you was high-Class

Well, that was just a line

I had no idea
this performance of "Hound Dog"

was gonna cause such a row.

The critics jumped all over me
for it.

I still can't figure out
what got them so riled.

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit

You ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit

You ain't no friend of mine

There is no room
in this city

for the vulgar performances
of Elvis Presley.

It's shocking.

I watched him gyrate his legs
and swivel his hips,

and our parent-teachers group
feels he should not be on television.

We've set up
a 20-man committee

to do away with this vulgar,
animalistic, nigger, rock and roll bop.

Our committee will check with the
restaurant owners and the cafes

to see what Presley records
is on their machines,

and then ask them
to do away with them.

People started calling me a sex maniac,
saying I was lewd and obscene.

It got to be ridiculous
when the police filmed my shows.

I thought the bad publicity
would hurt my career,

so I took a shot
at telling my side of the story.

Hello?
Hy Gardner calling.

I have Elvis Presley
on the phone.

Hello, Elvis?

Less than two years ago,

you were earning $14
a week as a movie usher,

and then $35 a week
for driving a truck in Memphis.

Today, you're the most
controversial name in show business.

Has this sudden notoriety
affected your sleep,

your appetite,
or the size of your head?

Not the size of my head.

It's affecting my sleep.

How much sleep
do you get?

I average about four
or five hours a night.

Is that enough?

No, but I'm used to it and I
can't sleep any longer.

What do you keep
in mind mostly?

I mean, some of the songs
you're going to do,

or some of your plans
or what?

What goes through
your mind?

Well, everything has happened
to me so fast

in the last year and a half

till... I'm all mixed up,
you know?

I can't keep up with everything
that's happening.

Your style of gyrating
while you sing

has been bitterly criticized

even by usually mild
and gentle TV critics.

Do you Bear any animosity
towards these critics?

Well, not really.

Those people have a job
to do and they do it.

Do you think
you've learned anything

from the criticism
leveled at you?

No, I haven't...

Because I don't feel
I'm doing anything wrong.

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

Cryin' all the time

Rock and roll has got to go...

And go it does.

At KWK, we're all through
playing rock and roll records.

This week is record-breaking
week here at KWK.

And after this week,

no more rock and roll
will be played on the air.

The obscenity and vulgarity
of the rock and roll music

is obviously a means by which
the white man and his children

can be driven to the level
with a nigger.

It is obviously nigger music.

It is our feeling here
in Jersey City

that this rock and roll rhythm
is filled with dynamite,

and we don't want the dynamite
to go off

in the Roosevelt Stadium
in Jersey City.

After, uh... we, uh...
Heard about the incidents

throughout the country

and the coming of this concert
to Jersey City,

I asked our commissioner
of public safety,

Lawrence Whipple,
to look into the matter,

and he did make a survey
of the situation.

My department made a very
thorough investigation

of these
so-called programs.

We had telephone
conversations

and correspondence
with various municipalities.

Included among these being
Hartford, Connecticut,

Orange, New Jersey, Asbury Park,
and the City of Hoboken.

We find that these programs

are not for the good
of the community,

and that's why
I ordered them banned.

I don't see
that any type of a music

would have any bad influence
on people

when it's only a music.

I mean,
I can't figure it out.

In a lot of the papers,
they say rock and roll

is a big influence
on juvenile delinquency.

I don't think that it is.

What about the rumor that
you once shot your mother?

Well, I think that one
takes the cake.

Where does that one
come from?

I have no idea.
I can't imagine.

There's another one, you may not
have heard before.

Several newspaper stories hinted
that you smoked marijuana

in order to work yourself
into a frenzy while singing.

Well, I don't know.

All the attention
I'd been getting

got the studios
interested in me.

My first film was going to be
called "The Reno Brothers",

I had a hit song out
at the time,

so they renamed it
"Love Me Tender".

The Colonel put together
a huge premiere

in New York City,

but when the movie opened,

some film critics took
potshots at my acting.

Still, the picture did
real well at the box office,

thanks to the fans.

We want Elvis!
We want Elvis!

In the film, Richard Egan
played my brother.

And because we were
both in love with Debra Paget,

we ended up in a shootout.

There's nothing else
between us, I swear it.

Well, go on,
take him now,

or I'll take him myself.

Vince?

Come on, let's get the money and
get out of here.

Get away from him.
Leave him alone!

Don't move. Just lie still.

Cathy, where's Vince?

I got to talk to him.

Right here, Clint.

Vince, I didn't mean it.

I know you didn't, Clint.

You don't have
to tell me.

Everything's gonna be
alright.

Everything's gonna be
alright.

I saw the film
for the first time

with my folks in Memphis.

After the picture ended,

I remember having
to calm mama down.

At first, I didn't realize
what was wrong.

She was upset and crying.

Finally, she said
she just couldn't stand

to watch me getting killed
up there on the screen.

...that I love you

And I always will

In 1957,
Elvis bought us Graceland,

a beautiful house and farm
outside Memphis.

We felt like we were living
way out in the country.

Merry, merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

Elvis insisted Vernon and me
and his grandmama

move in and live with him.

By then, Elvis already had
six or seven Cadillacs.

He used to say
if he ever went broke,

he could always open
a used car lot.

Give me diamond rings
for Christmas

And I'm livin' in paradise

Those were good times for us.

Almost everything
was going right for me.

I liked having people around,

but I started to feel,
even with my old friends,

things were a little different.

Well, I'm feelin'
mighty fine

Got good music on my radio

Well, I want
to kiss you, baby

While you standin'
'neath the mistletoe

Take it on, baby, take it on

Yo, yo, ho

Hey, you guys,

there's that
rock and roll cowboy

I told you about.

Do you want him
to sing?

I hope we do well in the city
as we did in the small towns.

City's just like a small
town, only taller.

Hey you, sideburns,

I got a chick down there
wants to hear you sing.

Why don't you come around
the theater

tomorrow afternoon?
He'll be on the stage.

I told my girl
I'd get you to sing.

A man can't go back
on his word, can he, fella?

Look, maybe you didn't
understand me, fella.

But Mr. Rivers doesn't sing
in juke joints,

so why don't you run on back
and drink your malted?

Say,
what's the trouble?

These showpeople
starting something?

There's no trouble, sir.

Mind if I sing
a little song for them?

No, he don't mind.

Do you, Frank.

No, no, I don't mind.

I got a woman
mean as she can be

I got a woman
mean as she can be

Sometimes I think
she's almost mean as me

A black cat up
and died of fright

'Cause she crossed his path
last night

I got a woman
mean as she can be

In the movies, I was cast
as a rock and roll rebel,

and I guess those pictures helped
build my image as a tough guy.

Well, you ain't bad,
sideburns.

What do you do
for a living?

I'm with my old man
in auto accessories, why?

Well, I usually get paid
for singing as a rule.

I figure you ought to
do whatever you do for me.

How about putting a new set
of seat covers on my car?

Why, sure, sideburns.
What color you want?

I figure his color's
yellow, don't you?

Get the police. Quickly.

Not all the fights
I got into were staged.

Around that time,
I got in a scrape with the law

and had to appear
in a Memphis court.

A guy at a gas station
took a swing at me,

I wasn't about
to stand there and take it,

so I punched him
and got busted.

The court finds insufficient
evidence to support the charge.

It's funny...
Once you start to make it,

some people want to hassle you.

The judge agreed with me
and threw the case out,

but everyone was still worried
about my effect on young people.

Next time I went on television,

I was only filmed
from the waist up.

Ladies and gentlemen,
we have a big show...

A real big show...

With Elvis Presley
headlining tonight.

Here is Elvis Presley!

We'd like to tell you that,
to all the people watching,

and all you people
that are here tonight,

that we really are thankful

for all the success that you
made us have and everything.

This is my biggest record,
and it goes something like this.

Ah, you know I can be found
sittin' home all alone

If you can't come around
at least please telephone

Don't be cruel
to a heart that's true

Well, baby,
if I made you mad

For something
I might have said

Please let's forget my past
the future looks bright ahead

Don't be cruel
to a heart that's true

I don't want no other love

Baby, it's just you
I'm thinkin' of

Don't be cruel
to a heart that's true

Don't be cruel
to a heart that's true

Well, I don't want
no other love

Baby, it's just you
I'm thinkin' of

At the end of the show,
Mr. Sullivan called me back out.

He caught by surprise.

Elvis...

Ladies and gentlemen,

inasmuch as he goes to the
coast now for his new picture,

this could be the last time
we'll run into each other for a while.

But, I..
Wait a moment.

I wanted to say to
Elvis Presley and the country

that this is
a real decent, fine boy.

And wherever
you go, Elvis...

...the guys who accompany
you over there,

we want to say
that we've never had

a pleasanter experience
on our show

with a big name
than we've had with you.

You're thoroughly
alright.

So now, let's have a tremendous
hand for a very nice person.

After Mr. Sullivan helped put
an end to the criticism of me,

I made the film "Loving You".

I don't know what it was
about one song in that picture,

but people
from all over the world

sent me hundreds of Teddy Bears.

Just let me be
your Teddy Bear

Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

I don't want to be your tiger
'cause tigers play too rough

I don't to be your lion

'Cause lions ain't the kind
you love enough

Oh, let me be
your Teddy Bear

Put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

Oh, let me be

Oh, let him be

Your Teddy Bear

I just want to be
your Teddy Bear

Oooh

What is your connection
with Mr. Presley?

Groucho, I'm the president of the
San Diego Elvis Presley fan club,

and the honorary president over
100 Southern California chapters

of Elvis Presley fan clubs.

Well, that's quite
impressive.

Do you have any souvenirs
of Elvis, Renee?

Oh, I'm just loaded
with them, Groucho.

I can't get in and out of my
room. I brought a few.

What have you got there?

I've got some Elvis Presley
Teddy Bear perfume.

And this is
the sexiest stuff.

And I have a guitar pick,
which I stole.

I want to tell you
something else I have,

which is my very greatest
prized possession.

And that is the red
and white western outfit

that he wore in the picture
"Loving You"

when he sings
"Teddy Bear".

And I wouldn't take
a million dollars for it.

In fact, it's insured.

I also finagled around, and I
have two locks of his hair.

You have locks of his hair?

Do you have any cream cheese
to go with it?

I'll tell you
what we do, fellas.

Anybody wants to ask
Hedda Hopper a question,

if you'll just
raise your hand,

when I point at you,
just get up

and real loud,
ask a question

and we'll try to answer it.

You.

How much money has
Elvis Presley made

since his career started?

Are you kidding?

When he started,
he couldn't spell Tennessee.

Now he owns it.

You've been found guilty
by a jury of your peers

of the crime
of manslaughter.

I didn't know if it was
movies following real life

or the other way around,
but in the film "Jailhouse Rock",

I was standing
in front of a judge again.

This time,
I got sent up the river.

A little while back,

I had a vacation
with a bunch of men

in a big place way out yonder.

We always had
a lot of fun with this one...

The "Jailhouse Rock".

The warden threw a party
in the county jail

The prison band was there
and they began to wail

The band was jumping
and the joint began to swing

You should have heard those
knocked-Out jailbirds sing

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Choreographing this title song
as a lot of fun.

No wonder this was
my favorite production number.

Spider Murphy played
the tenor saxophone

Little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone

The drummer boy from Illinois
went crash, boom, bang

The whole rhythm section
was the purple gang

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody
in the whole cell block

Was dancin'
to the Jailhouse Rock

Number 47 said to number 3,

"You're the cutest jailbird
I ever did see

"I sure would be delighted
with your company

Come on and do
the Jailhouse Rock with me"

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody
in the whole cell block

Was dancin'
to the Jailhouse Rock

Shifty Henry said to Bugs
"for heaven's sake

No one is lookin', now's
our chance to make a break"

Bugsy turned to Shifty
and he said, "nix, nix

I wanna stick around a while
and get my kicks"

Let's rock

Everybody, let's rock

Everybody
in the whole cell block

Was dancin'
to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Suddenly, the fantasy life
I'd been caught up in

ended when uncle Sam called.

I thought, "well, that's it.
It's all over".

But what really worried me
was my mother's health.

She'd been under
a lot of strain,

and now everything
was changing again.

Congratulations.
You are now in the army.

You are all privates.

That's the way you'll be
addressed from now on.

Private Presley,
you'll be in charge of the group.

As I watched Elvis
say goodbye to his friends,

I kept thinking about everything
we'd been through as a family.

And now, Elvis was going away.

It's not easy for a mother
to say goodbye to her only child...

Especially a son like Elvis.

Bye! Bye!
Bye!

Hup, hup, hup, hup

I got those hup, two, three,
four, occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. Hair
to the heels of my G.I. Shoes

And if I don't go
stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

We'll get hasenpfeffer and
black pumpernickel for chow

I'd blow my next month's pay
for a slice of Texas cow

I got those hup, two, three,
four, occupation G.I. Blues

From my G.I. Hair
to the heels of my G.I. Shoes

And if I don't go
stateside soon

I'm gonna blow my fuse

Occupation G.I. Blues

Occupation G.I. Blues

Occupation G.I. Blues

At ease

I went through basic training in Texas,
and I had my folks move down.

I rented them a nice place
in Killeen,

a small town just off the base.

It wasn't exactly Graceland,

but at least it was off limits
to Drill Sergeants.

When my mother's health took
a sudden turn for the worse,

she returned to Memphis.

I took a private plane home

as soon as I could get
an emergency leave.

Daddy was already at the hospital
taking care of mama.

How long are you
going to be in town?

When Elvis arrived
at the hospital,

I had the tough job
of telling him

it was more serious
than we thought.

When we went into her room,
Gladys was real weak,

but you could see
a sparkle in her eye

when she saw Elvis walk in.

As we left,

I had this empty feeling
in my gut.

When I first saw mama,
I couldn't help crying.

Then she calmed me down,
just the way she always had.

I left there
praying she'd get better,

but she passed away
the very next night.

My mother's death
affected my whole life.

I loved her so very much.

All of a sudden,

I felt like my life
had no meaning without her.

A month later,
we were shipped off to New York,

our point of departure
for Germany.

I was relieved the reporters
didn't ask me about my mother.

Elvis,
did the other soldiers

give you a rough time
because you're famous?

No, sir.
I was very surprised.

I've never met a better
group of boys in my life.

They probably would have

if it had been
like everybody thought.

I mean, everybody thought
I wouldn't have to work

and I would be given
special treatment

and this and that.

But when they looked around
and saw I was on KP,

I was pulling guard and
everything like they were,

well, they figured,
"well, he's just like us".

Elvis, what do you think
about going to Germany?

Well, sir, I'm kind of
looking forward to it.

I mean, just before
I came in the army,

we were planning a tour
of Europe,

and I got quite a bit of mail
from over there and everything,

and I'm kind of
looking forward to it, really.

Arriving in Germany
was something else.

I'd never been out
of the states before,

except for one weekend
when I played in Canada.

It was some kind of surprise,

the welcome
the German fans gave me.

I just couldn't believe it.

It was as wild
as anything back home.

I was stationed
with the third armored division

about 30 miles from Frankfurt.

Colonel and I decided

I was in the service
to be a solder, not a singer.

But a lot of officers pressured
me to perform at army bases.

I never did.

Sometimes we'd go out
on tank maneuvers,

and it would get so cold
at night,

we'd have to pop bennies
to stay awake.

If you fell asleep on watch,
you could get frostbite.

I rented a home in Bad Nauheim,
a town near the base,

and I sent for my daddy
and grandma

to come over and live with me.

Well, happy birthday,
son.

I was in Germany
a total of 15 months.

On my 25th birthday,
just before heading home,

we had a small party.

While over there, I met a
young girl, Priscilla Beaulieu,

whose father was a Colonel
in the air force.

She was only 14, but she made
a strong impression on me.

I met Elvis about six weeks

before his tour of duty
was completed.

A friend of mine who knew him

asked me
if I wanted to meet him.

What girl wouldn't?

Elvis was real friendly,
but it was all over so soon.

As I waved goodbye,

I wondered
if I'd ever see him again.

After landing
on the east coast,

we traveled cross country
by train.

I'd been thinking about this day
for almost two years.

Now it was finally here.

It felt great
to be back home in Memphis.

Colonel Parker
organized a homecoming.

He was back at work

before I could even
get out of my uniform.

People usually forget you

when you're out
of the public eye,

but the Colonel felt we'd
be able to rebuild my career.

I kept hoping he was right.

Coming home to Graceland
was kind of strange.

It felt great
to be home and all,

but it was a lot different
without my mother there.

Being home just didn't feel
like it used to,

and it was hard not to show it.

Before I even had a chance
to unwind,

I had to give
a press conference.

Elvis, there have been a lot
of rumors about your love life.

Did you meet anyone
special in Germany?

Not any special one, no.

There was a little girl

that I was seeing
quite often over there.

Her father
was in the air force,

and, actually,
they only got over there

about two months
before I left.

I was seeing her, and she was
at the airport when I left.

And there were some
pictures made of her.

But it was no big romance.

I mean,
the stories came out,

"the girl he left behind,"
and all that.

It wasn't like that.

I mean...

I have to be careful

when I answer a question
like that.

Elvis, did you like the food
over there...

When you would go out?

I never went out.

You never ate out
at the restaurants?

I never ate in a restaurant
the entire time I was there.

It's funny. I either ate
in the mess hall or at home.

One of the two.

In fact,
I never went anywhere

while I was in Europe,
except to Paris.

I went to Paris on a leave,
and that was all.

Can you give us
any details

on some
of your future plans?

Well, the first thing
I have to do

is to cut some records.

And then after that,

I have a television show
with Frank Sinatra.

Then it was off to Miami
to tape the show.

It's funny, I was a lot more
nervous about performing again

than I thought I'd be.

Here's the star of our show,
Elvis Presley!

It's very nice
to go traveling

but it's so, so nice
to come home

he's here in person

I may pass out

where the heck
are his sideburns?

Well
I'll be a Hound Dog

and that's the opening,
friends

Alright,
I'll tell you what we do.

We'll do, uh...
You do witchcraft, okay?

Then I'll do one
of the other ones, okay?

We work in the same way,
only in different areas.

Love me tender
love me sweet

Never let me go

You have made
my life complete

And I love you so

Those fingers
in my hair

That sly,
come-hither stare

That strips
my conscience bare

It's witchcraft

Love Me Tender
love me true

All my dreams fulfill

For my darling
I love you

And I always will

It's such
an ancient pitch

One I wouldn't switch

'Cause there's no nicer
witch than witchcraft

I love you
and I always will

For my darling, I love you

Man, that's pretty.

And I always will

After he left Germany,

Elvis and I stayed in touch.

He must have run up some
incredible phone bills.

When I was 16,

Elvis thought it would be great
if I came to live at Graceland.

He called my parents
and assured them

that I would attend
a good private school

as well as study modeling
and ballet.

My father approved
when it was decided

that Mr. Presley
and his new wife, Dee,

would be my guardians.

Elvis never lived a normal life.

He couldn't even go
to the movies like most people.

Elvis would have to rent
the Memphian Theater

after midnight
when it was closed.

Fans would somehow always
find out about it and show up.

Elvis had a thing
about Cadillacs.

Over the years,

he bought more than 100 cars
for friends.

I remember, in one day,
he bought seven of them.

He just loved seeing

the expressions
on people's faces

when he'd give them gifts.

Elvis was the most comfortable
at home.

I'd have to say
the best times we had

were when we were totally alone.

We always had
so much fun at Christmas.

Elvis would have
goldsmith's department store

open up after hours,
and we'd go crazy buying gifts

for all our friends
and relatives.

Christmas was always
so important to Elvis.

Those were wonderful times
we spent together,

but most of the year,
Elvis was away making movies,

and it would get awfully lonely
in Memphis without him.

For the next few years,

I made about three pictures
a year.

By the end of the '60s,
I had racked up 31 films in all.

At first,
we worked in Hollywood.

Then we started
going to locations

like the Seattle world's fair.

I always took my guys along,

and most of them
had small parts in the pictures.

Elvis, smile for me!

After a while, the movies
I was making became so similar,

it was hard to tell
one script from the next.

We'd always be kidding around
on the set,

and Colonel Parker
was up to his old pranks again.

He gave me am award
for all my challenging roles...

A ham.

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Blond hair, good-Lookin'
tryin' to get me hooked

Want me to marry
settle down

And get a home
and write a book

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Workin'
in the filling station

Too many tasks

Wipe the windows,
check the tires

Check the oil, dollar gas

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business
for me to be involved in

Uh-Huh-Huh

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

Too much monkey business

While I was making
those silly movies,

the Beatles
were conquering America.

Oh, yeah, I tell you something
I think you'll understand

One psychiatrist
recently said

you're nothing
but four Elvis Presleys.

It's not true.

I wanna hold your hand

I wanna hold your hand

I wanna hold your hand

You know,
something very nice happened,

and the Beatles
got a great kick out of it.

We just received a wire

from Elvis Presley
and Colonel Tom Parker

wishing them a tremendous
success in our country,

and I think that was
very, very nice.

Elvis and I decided
to get married on May 1, 1967.

We called our friends and families
to Las Vegas for the wedding.

I could hardly believe
that I was Mrs. Elvis Presley.

You have made
my life complete

And I love you so

Love Me Tender, love me true

All my dreams fulfill

For my darling, I love you

And I always will

My reaction
to Elvis' marriage?

Well, it's wonderful.

It's about time
he settled down.

I hope he'll be happy,
you know,

'cause he deserves it.

Actually,
I'm quite relieved.

It's been nothing
but Elvis this, Elvis that

between me and my girl.

I'm tired of hearing it,
really.

He looks so good.

It's hard to believe he's
been single all these years.

That Priscilla must be
some kind of special lady.

After the wedding,

we flew to palm Springs
for our honeymoon,

where Vernon and his wife, Dee,

joined my parents
and our friends.

The celebrations continued
back at Graceland.

I got something to tell you

that I think
you ought to know

that my eyes
are on you, baby

since a long time ago

now I've finally
got the nerve

and I'm goin'
to make my move

now don't you try
to turn me off

'cause this is goin' to be
hard to do

I got a thing
about you, baby

ain't nothing I can do

I got a thing
about you, baby

a thing about Loving You

do-do do do do
do do-do

ain't no two ways
about it, baby...

Nine months
to the day after our wedding,

our daughter, Lisa Marie,
was born.

Elvis was totally ecstatic.

He always loved
having family around,

and now he was happier
than ever.

Know that I can't live
without you

I think about you
all the time

I got a thing
about you, baby

ain't nothing I can do...

Lisa Marie
changed his whole life.

Elvis adored her.

This is another convention

of the official Elvis Presley
fan club of Great Britain.

The only snag

to cloud this nostalgic
jaunt back to the 1950s

is that the object
of their affections

won't actually be here
in person.

Save me
too good to miss

want more of this

the dancing in the aisles

recalls nostalgic memories
of the '50s,

when Elvis inspired the youth
of the world

with his unique style
and smash records.

Will you tell me why
you're dressed this way?

Well, rock and roll,
wouldn't it? You know.

Elvis first started it.
That was the thing.

He brought it in.

I think Elvis is great.

What's so
great about him?

Oh, he's marvelous.

There's nobody
that can sing like him.

I feel that if more people
in the world

would follow Elvis Presley's
way of life,

the world would be
a much better place.

Middle-aged women are here

to recall their long-lost days
as trendy mums,

and Teddy boys of years ago
have brought their children

to show them what it was like
when dad was a teenage bopper.

But where is this man
they've come to worship?

Is he a relic of the '50s?

Will we ever see Elvis
in person again?

After a while, I was getting
tired of making movies.

The scripts were so bad,
I'd actually get physically ill.

I guess I cared too much.

Then we came up with the idea
of doing my own TV special.

It had been almost 10 years

since I'd performed
in front of an audience.

I started getting excited
just going to rehearsals.

It was just the challenge
I needed.

The guys closest to me
knew what I was going through,

especially Joe Esposito.

He was 33,
and his personal life

had changed a lot
with the birth of Lisa Marie,

but Elvis
wasn't creatively satisfied

with what he was doing.

The special
got him all worked up again.

Elvis really wanted
to show the public

he was a lot more
of an entertainer

than they'd been seeing
in his films,

but I knew
he also had his doubts.

That's it, man.

Well, see you guys tomorrow.

So long, Elvis.

Whenever.

Welcome to NBC
and the "Elvis Presley special".

And here's Elvis Presley.

Thank you very much.

We opened the special

with some of the guys
I started with back in '54.

My boy, my boy.

It's been a long time,
Jack, I'm telling you.

It's been a while.

A while.

Wait a minute.

There's something wrong
with my lip.

You remember that,
don't you?

I got news for you, baby.
I did 29 pictures like that.

Hey, Elvis,
the fingers.

Yeah. That's all
I could move in Florida.

Yeah,
that's right.

The police filmed
a show one time in Florida.

So I couldn't move.
I had to stand still.

The only thing I moved was
my little finger, like that.

You ain't nothin'
but a Hound Dog

cryin' all the time

you know, for the whole show.

So I told them, I said,
"well, look, man,

you can do anything
you want to do... "

"You can do anything
you want to do, baby".

Well, it's one for the money,
two for the show,

Three to get ready,
now go, cat, go

But don't you
step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But get off
of my blue suede shoes

You can knock me down
and step on my face

Slander my name
all over the place

You can do anything
that you want to do

But unh-unh, honey,
lay off of my shoes

Don't you
step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But lay off
of my blue suede shoes

You can burn my house,
steal my car

Drink my liquor
from an old fruit jar

Do anything
that you want to do

But unh-unh, honey,
lay off of my shoes

And don't you
step on my blue suede shoes

Well, you can do anything

But lay off
of my blue suede shoes

One time baby, one time!

Well, you can do anything

But lay off
of my blue suede shoes

The show ended up

the most watched
television program of 1968.

We all felt great
about the way it turned out.

After the special, I wanted
to keep performing on stage.

I had the itch again.

I was booked into Las Vegas'
biggest showroom.

Fans came from as far away
as Europe and Japan.

...ready to burn
so get those stakes up higher

there's a thousand pretty
women waiting out there

the Colonel dressed up
the hotel like a carnival.

There were posters, Teddy Bears,
and Hound Dogs all over the place.

So viva

Viva Las Vegas

"Here's hoping you have
a very successful opening

and that you break both legs".

Signed "Tom Jones".

"Best wishes for a continuing
successful Vegas show.

"I hope you get a raise
in the next six months.

Joe Esposito".

"Dear Elvis, after 15 years,
we have finally learned

to understand
what you say on record".

Signed "RCA".

"Dear Elvis, may you have
the biggest of them all".

Who signed that?

No, wait a minute, man.
I misread it.

"May this be
the biggest of them all".

I know it, man.
I know it...

"My god, my god,
why hast thou forsaken me?"

Signed "The Pope".

What do you mean
you can't use them?

I got a telegram
from The Pope.

It's a pleasure
to be able to see Elvis.

He hasn't been on the stage in
10 years and everyone's waiting.

It's like a championship fight, but
I know he's going to be the winner.

As I got ready
for the lights to dim,

I couldn't forget when
I first played Vegas in '56.

A lot of people
thought I'd bombed back then.

It shook me up, alright,
but tonight would be a lot different.

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you
too much, baby

Why can't you see

Whoa whoa whoa

What you're doin' to me

When you don't believe
a word I'm sayin'?

We can't go on together
with suspicious minds

Suspicious minds

And we can't build our dreams
with suspicious minds

Why can't you see

Whoa whoa whoa

What you're doin' to me

When you don't believe
a word I'm sayin'?

Don't you know
I'm caught in a...

I can't walk out

Whoa whoa whoa

Because I love you too much

Caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Whoa whoa whoa

Because I love you too much

Don't you know
I'm caught in a...

I can't walk...

How are you?

Like me to sit down?

First of all,
I plead innocent of all charges.

Is your wife,
Priscilla, with you?

No, she's not.

Why did you start making
public appearances again?

I just missed it.

I missed the...

The closeness of an audience,
of a live audience.

So just as soon as I got out
of the movie contracts,

I started to do
live performances again.

Mr. Presley, what is your opinion
of war protesters?

And would you today
refuse to be drafted?

Honey, I'd just soon

to keep my own personal views
about that to myself.

I'm just an entertainer,
and... I'd rather not say.

Do you think
other entertainers

should also keep their
views to themselves?

No.

Are you satisfied with the
image you've established?

The image is one thing,
and a human being is another.

How close is the image
to the man?

It's very hard to live up
to an image. I put it that way.

What about your image as a shy,
humble country boy?

I don't know what makes them
think that. You know, this gold belt...

Starting in 1970,
we spent most of our time

touring from one town
to the next.

In 7 years, we did 1,094 shows
in 130 cities.

I loved being out there again.
It was like back in the '50s.

After a while, the pressures of life
on the road started getting to me.

Is that when we got caught
that night, chief, at the Gator Bowl?

And you guys put me through
a window into a paddy wagon

and took me to the hospital.

Did you guys see
that rocket this morning?

Did the launch chair go off?

You could see it through the sky
when it disconnected up there.

Geege and them saw the
explosion. I didn't know.

It's launched
right over here.

I had "launch" at 12:30.

I was buried in a beaver.

How was your launch?

Just picture it...

Watch out, Elvis,
there's a mike up there.

Oh, you sneaky...
I knew they had them.

That's why I didn't
want to say "no".

Now you got to do a five-minute
monologue over this.

What a friend
we have in Jesus

Well, I left my home
in Norfolk, Virginia

California on my mind

Straddled that greyhound
and rode him into Raleigh

And on across Caroline

Had motor trouble
that turned into a struggle

Halfway across Alabam'

Well, the hound broke down
and left us all stranded

In downtown Birmingham

I love you, Elvis.

Elvis!
Elvis!

You ain't gonna come in?

Take-off time will be at 8:15, fellows.

You know that girl
I was with last night?

The dog?

Oh, man.
She gave great head.

Hey, Joe, that chick last night
gave greatest head...

Remember that dog
he was with?

Well, right away I bought me
a through train ticket

Right 'cross the Pacific...

I was on that midnight flyer
out of Birmingham

And smokin' into New Orleans

Somebody help me
get out of Louisiana

Just help me get
to Houston Town

There are people there
who care a little 'bout me...

One year, I was chosen one of the 10
outstanding young men in America.

It was a real honor for me.
I was very moved.

So every dream that I ever dreamed
has come true 100 times.

I learned very early in life

that "without a song,
the day would never end,

"without a song,
a man ain't got a friend,

"without a song,
the world would never bend,

without a song".

So I keep singing a song.

As sure as you were born
to buy me a silk suit

And puttin' luggage
in my hand

And I'm up up high
over Albuquerque

On a jet
to the promised land

I'm workin' on a T-Bone steak
a la carte

Flyin' over
to the Golden State

The pilot told us
in 13 minutes

He would sit us
at the purple gate

The single most exciting concert
I ever gave

was an event Colonel Parker
set up in Hawaii in 1973.

It was the first worldwide
satellite telecast by an entertainer.

It was seen in 36 countries.

Over a billion people
were watching.

How was the sound
in that building?

Very, very good.
Good.

Sounded like it was good.

It really did.

Man, can Hawaii get sticky.

It's a hot time in Florida.

Rainy night in Georgia

If only I could have seen
what was happening to me,

I might have done something
about it.

My marriage was falling apart.

Priscilla and I
were hardly ever together,

and even when we were,
things weren't the same.

And one day
while I was playing Vegas,

Priscilla came to tell me
she wanted a divorce.

At first, I was angry and hurt.

It took a long time
for me to accept it,

but losing her really got to me.

After all the years together,
we just couldn't make things work out.

Maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good
as I should have

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often
as I could have

Little things
I should have said and done

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely,
lonely times

And I guess I never told you

I'm so happy
that you're mine

If I made you feel
second best

Girl, I'm so sorry
I was blind

But you were
always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

How are you?

After Priscilla and I split up,
it was a strange time.

I was turning 40,

and the only time I really
felt good any more was on stage.

The best thing
happening in my life then

was my new girlfriend,
Linda Thompson.

I met Elvis at a time when he really
needed someone to be with.

Living with him
was pretty strange.

I used to say it was a nice,
abnormal life we were leading.

We'd sleep during the day,
then stay up all night.

Over the 4.5 years
we were together,

I could see Elvis was slowly losing
some of his passion for life.

One of the only things
he enjoyed anymore

was practicing karate
was his bodyguards.

Everybody was
Kung Fu fighting

Those cats
were fast as lightning

In fact it was
a little bit frightening

But they fought
with expert timing

It's an ancient Chinese art

And everybody
knew their part

From a feinting to a slip

And a kicking from the hip

Everybody was
Kung Fu fighting

Those cats
were fast as lightning

In fact it was
a little bit frightening

But they fought
with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chen
and little Sammy Chong

He said,
"here come's the Big Boss

Let's get it on"

He took a bow
and make a stand

Started swaying
with the hand

A certain motion
made me skip

Now we're
into a brand new trip

Everybody was
Kung Fu fighting

Go

People, people, people

Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh-Oh

Here at Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Midtown Memphis,

Elvis Presley has apparently checked
into a private suite on the 15th floor.

A sign that Elvis is, in fact,
here is the aluminum foil

that covers his windows
to deflect the sun.

A spokesman for Baptist Memorial

says Presley has been admitted
for exhaustion.

However, private sources tell me

the singer is suffering from glaucoma
and stomach problems, including an ulcer.

These problems
have apparently led

to Presley's increased dependency
on prescribed medication.

A few of Elvis' entourage
are with him here,

including his girlfriend, former
Miss Tennessee Linda Thompson.

Our cameras spotted Linda in
the hospital's gift shop today.

She was wearing a robe
that matched the singing idol's.

On the 15th floor,

we managed to catch Elvis
and Linda strolling together

at the end of the hallway
near his suite,

guarded by an around-the-clock
security man.

We asked some local Memphians
how they feel

about our most famous citizen's
legal and medical problems.

Well, if you don't mind
me saying so,

I don't think Elvis has really been happy
since he and Priscilla divorced.

He's been working himself
way too hard.

All those tours and playing
in Vegas so much...

I think it's taken
a definite toll on him.

We love him and want
to get close to him,

but we can't because of all
of his bodyguards.

I think they're the ones that are
getting him in trouble with the lawsuits.

They're just bad news.

Sonny or Dave, could one of you
tell us why you decided to write

such a sensationalistic
book about Elvis?

When we wrote this book,

it was out of bitterness
and hurt, to start with.

When we were given three day
notice by his father

and a week's pay
after 16 years.

We all had families,
and he wouldn't talk to us himself.

He flew out of town,
and he had his father do it.

Why did Elvis fire you?

It was told to us by his father

that there was a cutback
on expenses...

In 1977,
I started to feel like things

were slowly getting
out of control.

My health
was a constant problem.

But what really shook me was a book
by three of my bodyguards.

It hurt me a lot that they
would attack me in public.

I never thought friends
who once were almost family

would turn
and try to destroy me.

...that it was because
of the lawsuits.

Dave, you seemed
to be implying before

that you were writing
the book, in part,

to try and get Elvis
to change his ways.

You bet.

We wanted to point out
to him what he was doing,

not only to himself,
but to the people around him.

And we didn't want him
to be what he was.

We wanted him to be what we
knew he could be and had been.

We were trying to present him
with a challenge.

If he saw all these things
rolled in front of him

and know that they were true,

I don't know how he might have
dismissed them in his mind.

Maybe it will do some good for him,

for the drug culture,
for people to realize

no one is out of reach of drugs.

Here is a man that had it
in the palm of his hand,

and the drugs took it away from him.

What drugs are we talking about?

Uppers and downers, sleeping pills.

We're talking about things
like demerol.

You actually saw him...

Yes.

My cousin Red charged in
to stop it one time.

He broke the guy's
toe going through the door

and told him he
was going to break him up

if he didn't quit
getting the stuff to him.

Elvis heard about it,
and he called Red and Joe in.

They discussed it for a while,

and then finally he
looked at Red and said...

I'll never forget it...

He said, "I need 'em, man.
I need it".

We wanted more
than anything else

to see him
as he was in his prime...

On the stage,
just knocking them dead.

If you loved him so much,
why couldn't you protect him?

How do you protect a man
from himself?

I whispered to Elvis to be careful
stepping out to the stage.

He was obviously way overweight,

and despite his age, only 42,
we knew he was in bad health.

Through all the years
I knew him,

Elvis had taken great care
to always look his best in public.

It was tough for him,

but now Elvis accepted his
appearance and so did his fans.

In this,
one of his last concerts,

just six weeks before his death,
he still poured his heart out.

To the end,

Elvis' greatest gift,
his incredible voice,

never failed him.

Thank you very much.

Don't let the lights
and cameras throw you.

And don't throw the lights
and cameras, if you can help it.

But they are hot,
I'll tell you for sure.

I'm going to actually play
the guitar.

I know three chords,
believe it or not.

But I faked them all
for a long time.

My kid spent the night,
you know.

If you think I'm nervous,
you're right.

I'm going to do a song called
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

And I am, and I was.

Damn...
I mean, darn. Excuse me.

Are you lonesome tonight?

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry
we drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

To a bright summer day

When I kissed you
and called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare?

Do you gaze at your doorstep

And picture me there?

Is your heart
filled with pain?

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear,
Are You Lonesome Tonight

Whoo whoo whoo whoo...

I wonder
if you're lonesome tonight.

You know, someone said,

"the world's a stage,
and each of us play a part".

...plus tax.

You read your lines so cleverly.

You never missed a cue.

Then he came back too.
He forgot the words.

They'd been changed, you fool.

You're acting strange.
And why, I've never known.

Why I overdid it.

Honey...
Who am I talking to?

You lied when you said
you loved me.

You... and I had no cause
to doubt you.

I'd rather go on
hearing your lies

than to go on living
without you.

And the stage is bare,

and I'm standing there
without any hair.

Uh, no.

If you won't come back to me...

Oh, the heck with it.

Is your heart
filled with pain?

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear,
Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'd like to introduce you
to my father.

He's been sick for a while,
but he's doing very well.

Would you stand up
by me, daddy?

I'd like you to say hello
to my girlfriend, ginger.

Sit down, ginger.
That's enough for her.

This next song
is called "My Way".

And now the end is near

And so I face
the final curtain

My friend,
I'll say it clear

I'll state my case
of which I'm certain

I've lived
a life that's full

I've traveled each
and every highway

And more
much more than this

I did it My Way

Regrets

I've had a few

But then again

Too few to mention

I did

What I had to do

And saw it through

Without exemption

I've planned

Each chartered course

Each careful step

Along the byway

Oh and more,
much more than this

I did it My Way

I've loved,
I've laughed and cried

I've had my fill,
my share of losing

And now as tears subside

I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that

And may I say
not in a shy way

Oh, no
no, not me

I did it My Way

For what is a man?

What has he got?

If not himself
then he has not

To say the words
he truly feels

And not the words
for one who kneels

The record shows
I took the blows

And did it My Way

The record shows
I took the blows

And did it

My Way

Ladies and gentlemen,
Elvis has left the building.

Oh, I wish I was

In the land of cotton

Old times there
are not forgotten

Look away, look away

Look away, Dixieland

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Glory, glory, hallelujah

Take it, baby.

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

So hush, little baby,
don't you cry

You know your daddy is

Bound to die

But all

My trials, Lord

Will soon be over

Glory, glory, hallelujah

His truth is marching on

His truth is marching on

Memories

Pressed between the pages
of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages
just like wine

Quiet thoughts
come floating down

And settle softly
to the ground

Like golden Autumn leaves
around my feet

I touch them
and they burst apart

With sweet memories

Sweet memories

Of holding hands
and red bouquets

And twilights trimmed
in purple haze

And laughing eyes
and simple ways

And quiet nights
and gentle days with you

Memories

Pressed between the pages
of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages
just like wine

Memories

Memories

Of holding hands
and red bouquets

And twilights trimmed
in purple haze

And laughing eyes
and simple ways

And quiet nights
and gentle days with you

Memories

Pressed between the pages
of my mind

Memories

Sweetened through the ages
just like wine

Memories

Memories

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