Happy Birthday, Elvis

[Kelsey1224]

Oh, how I miss those blue suede shoes!!!

[3lilpigs]

Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love!! I bet he'd still be rockin'!!

My mom saw him in concert......how I wish she had taken me. I never got to see him perform.

[BeanieLuvR]

I never got to see him perform either but my aunt's SIL did and she gave me her autograped picture of him. My DH and I were just talking about him last weekend. My DH was talking about this guy that likes me and I told him don't worry the only way I'd have an affair is if Elvis came back from the dead. He had a great voice and was one handsome man. I miss him too. It was sad that his manager made him make those cheesy movies when he didn't want to. At least that is what I heard that he wanted to take more serious roles.

[jasmine]

http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/07/elvis-presley-birthday-75th/

75 Reasons We (Still) Love Elvis

By the time of his death at age 42, the King of Rock 'n' Roll had already lived several lifetimes – hick, god, self-parody, phoenix. The thought of a living Elvis turning 75 years old on Jan. 8 is almost too much to bear. Would the hair still be jet black? Would he have been a surprise guest on the season premiere of 'The Biggest Loser'? Would he still be singing 'Do the Clam'? We love him because he was transcendent, and we love him because he was, like the rest of us, imperfect. Thirty-three years after his shocking death, we're still counting the ways.

75. The pink 'n' green lettering on the cover of his debut album, paid tribute to on the Clash's 'London Calling'

74. Nickname: "The Memphis Flash"

73. Singing from the diaphragm on 'Blue Christmas': "Uh-Ah'll-uh-have-a-huh buh-lue..."

72. 'Don't Be Cruel'

71. Shaking hands with Nixon

70. This performance, weeks before he died: (there's a video clip)

69. "I don't care what they say -- it ain't nasty" (on the uproar over his gyrations).

68. Vernon and Gladys

67. Scotty Moore and Bill Black, hanging on for dear life

66. The guy who booked the 'Louisiana Hayride' requesting "that black boy with the funny name"

65. Dated Wanda Jackson

64. The NBA's Memphis Grizzlies' blue suede sneakers

63. The Jordanaires

62. This early New York Times review: "His phrasing, if it can be called that, consists of the stereotyped variations that go with a beginner's aria in a bathtub."

61. Singing to a basset hound

60. The 'Jailhouse Rock' dance number

59. Black belt in karate

58. 'Burning Love'

57. Luka Bloom's version of 'Can't Help Falling in Love'

56. Dwight Yoakam's version of 'Little Sister'

55. Memorized 'Monty Python' sketches

54. Dexter Romweber, ******* son

53. Peter Guralnick's hefty two-volume biography

52. Bobbie Ann Mason's brief 'Penguin Lives' bio

51. Draft status: 1A

50. '50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong'

49. The American Eagle cape

48. Reportedly offered the role of Joe Buck in 'Midnight Cowboy'

47. Reportedly offered the role of Tony in 'West Side Story'

46. A direct descendant of Abe Lincoln's great-great-grandfather

45. Andy Kaufman's Elvis impersonation

44. Called Roy Orbison "the greatest singer in the world"

43. Graceland purchase price: $102,500

42. The Memphis Mafia

41. Eminem, 'Without Me'

40. Other Elvises: Costello, Grbac, Stojko, Perkins

39. "Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over."

38. Greil Marcus' 'Dead Elvis'

37. Fine Young Cannibals' version of 'Suspicious Minds'

36. Dead Kennedys' version of 'Viva Las Vegas'

35. "Lemonade -- that cool, refreshing drink"

34. Sideburns!

33. 'In the Ghetto'

32. 'Elvis: The Complete Masters': $399 from the Franklin Mint

31. Priscilla Presley in 'Airplane'

30. Elvis, the iPhone app

29. His sons-in-law: Nic Cage and the King of Pop

28. Big fan of Dean Martin

27. The future Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, was once an Elvis showgirl

26. Reading 'The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus' when he died

25. The Elvis stamp vote: young vs. old?

24. 'I Want You, I Need You, I Love You'

23. Bob Dylan: "Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail."

22. Bill Clinton playing 'Heartbreak Hotel' on 'Arsenio'

21. Spinal Tap's harmony-challenged rendition of 'Heartbreak Hotel' at Elvis' grave site

20. Elvis in the French Quarter

19. Paul Simon, 'Graceland'

18. Elvis in Concert: "live" performances with the TCB band and video footage of the King

17. Jack White as Elvis in 'Walk Hard'

16. Buying his black-and-pink "cat clothes" from Lansky's on Beale Street

15. Bruce Springsteen wearing an Elvis Fan Club button on the 'Born to Run' cover

14. Quentin Tarantino's Elvis impersonation on 'The Golden Girls' (seriously)

13. The Cramps

12. Kim Jong-Il's man-crush

11. Meets the Beatles

10. This ad:

9. The 'Kiss'/'Heartbreak Hotel' mash-up in 'Happy Feet'

8. 'Elvis: That's the Way It Is'

7. The King's gospel: 'Peace in the Valley'

6. The Million Dollar Quartet, with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash

5. Grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches

4. Jim Jarmusch's 'Mystery Train'

3. The ''68 Comeback'

2. 'That's All Right!

1. "Thank you ... thank you vurry much!"


several video clips to watch here.........

[pepperpot]

...Elvis has left the building.....