Get a free Gigulate account now

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!

I knew Elvis

His childhood friend, his maid, his doctor, his girlfriend . . . for the 75th anniversary of Presley's birth, Michael Freedland travels America to meet the people who were close to the KingSam Bell used to go to the movies with Elvis Presley. It was the 1950s, Elvis was about 12 years old, and he and Sam were very close â€“ which is more unusual than you might think. This was in Tupelo in Mississippi, at a time when segregation was part of life in the deep south. Sam is black; the two of t...

Read full article Share article

2 stories in this thread

Order thread by:
Importance
Date published

21:30 on December 29 2009

I knew Elvis

Guardian Music — His childhood friend, his maid, his doctor, his girlfriend . . . for the 75th anniversary of Presley's birth, Michael Freedland travels America to meet the people who wer... more info

Elvis Presley

16:23 on December 29 2009

Would You Prefer Elvis Presley's "Loving Arms"?

CMT — In 1973, Elvis Presley recorded a great song in Memphis called "Loving Arms," right around the same time the Dixie Chicks were little babies. About 25 years later, once t... more info

Elvis Presley Dixie Chicks