On Christmas in 1975, Elvis Presley took his friends and family up in his private plane. He spent much of Christmas Eve sulking in his room after a dream that his friends only liked him for his money. His Aunt Delta seemed to have the same concerns about Elvis’ entourage. She began to scold them for using her nephew for his money.
Elvis Presley’s aunt began to scold his entourage on Christmas
While on Elvis’ private plane, the Lisa Marie, Elvis handed out jewelry to everyone as gifts. As this happened, a drunk and disgruntled Delta turned her attention on Elvis’ friend, Marty Lacker.
“She was drunk,” Lacker said, per the book Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick. “All of a sudden, Delta looked at me and she said, ‘You’re a sonofab****. I don’t like you. You ain’t no damn friend of his.
Elvis Presley’s aunt began to scold his entourage on Christmas
While on Elvis’ private plane, the Lisa Marie, Elvis handed out jewelry to everyone as gifts. As this happened, a drunk and disgruntled Delta turned her attention on Elvis’ friend, Marty Lacker.
“She was drunk,” Lacker said, per the book Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick. “All of a sudden, Delta looked at me and she said, ‘You’re a sonofab****. I don’t like you. You ain’t no damn friend of his.
- 12/24/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On New Year’s Eve, Elvis Presley got onstage and almost immediately embarrassed himself. He had been nervous about the show because of the crowd size and stage layout. The quick embarrassment didn’t help anything. While Elvis’ music director would never have said anything to the musician’s face, he turned to another onlooker in disgust.
Elvis Presley’s nerves led to a rough time onstage
At the end of 1975, Elvis played a concert in Pontiac, Michigan, to his largest live audience yet. Though Elvis was nervous to play to the large audience, he gave the performance his all. This almost immediately became a problem, as he ripped his pants in his exuberance.
When this happened, his musical director, Joe Guercio, looked to comedian Jackie Kahane in disgust.
Elvis Presley | Ronald C. Modra/ Getty Images
“He’s all f***ed up,” Guercio said, per the book Careless Love: The...
Elvis Presley’s nerves led to a rough time onstage
At the end of 1975, Elvis played a concert in Pontiac, Michigan, to his largest live audience yet. Though Elvis was nervous to play to the large audience, he gave the performance his all. This almost immediately became a problem, as he ripped his pants in his exuberance.
When this happened, his musical director, Joe Guercio, looked to comedian Jackie Kahane in disgust.
Elvis Presley | Ronald C. Modra/ Getty Images
“He’s all f***ed up,” Guercio said, per the book Careless Love: The...
- 12/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Linda Thompson was an essential part of Elvis Presley‘s life for over four years. She took on many roles throughout her relationship with the king of rock and roll. Linda was his partner, caretaker, friend, and always ready for the next adventure. However, little did she realize her future when she announced to her parents at six that she wanted to marry the entertainer.
Linda Thompson had a crush on Elvis Presley at the age of 6
Back in 1956, Linda Thompson, like most Memphis natives, knew who Elvis Presley was. He released his first recordings two years prior and was a local celebrity.
By the time Linda came to embrace Elvis’ music truly, he was already an international superstar. In her book A Little Thing Called Life, Linda admitted her deep feelings for the king of rock and roll as a child.
At age six, she reportedly told her parents...
Linda Thompson had a crush on Elvis Presley at the age of 6
Back in 1956, Linda Thompson, like most Memphis natives, knew who Elvis Presley was. He released his first recordings two years prior and was a local celebrity.
By the time Linda came to embrace Elvis’ music truly, he was already an international superstar. In her book A Little Thing Called Life, Linda admitted her deep feelings for the king of rock and roll as a child.
At age six, she reportedly told her parents...
- 8/23/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nearly 50 years after she portrayed Tommy’s mother in the big screen adaptation of the Who’s rock opera Tommy, Ann-Margret is reuniting with Pete Townshend for a cover of the Everly Brothers classic “Bye Bye Love.” It will appear on her upcoming LP Born To Be Wild, arriving in stores on April 14.
“Being offered an opportunity to work with Ann-Margret, especially on an Everly Brothers song, was just too romantic to pass,” Pete Townshend said in a statement. “Ann-Margret’s work on the Tommy movie back in 1974 (when she...
“Being offered an opportunity to work with Ann-Margret, especially on an Everly Brothers song, was just too romantic to pass,” Pete Townshend said in a statement. “Ann-Margret’s work on the Tommy movie back in 1974 (when she...
- 3/2/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The Dustin J. Wells Foundation’s The Gift of Music concert to benefit the W.O. Smith Music School and the Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation announces Dolly Parton, Lee Greenwood, Lonestar, Collin Raye, T.G. Sheppard, Drew Baldridge, Abby Anderson, Artimus Pyle Band, Eric Lee Beddingfield, Red Mountain Bluegrass Band, Brad and Maisy Stella, Taylon Hope, and Scott Bass will take the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium on January 30, 2020 at 7pm.
Tickets for The Gift of Music Concert are $100 and $85 (for obstructed view) plus applicable services charges and are available online starting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 24th. The event is also the featured entertainment for The Crown Council, a group of dental teams gathering in Nashville for their 25th Annual Event.
The Dustin J. Wells Foundation honors the memory of a very special young man. After the loss of Dustin Jack Wells in a car accident in...
Tickets for The Gift of Music Concert are $100 and $85 (for obstructed view) plus applicable services charges and are available online starting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 24th. The event is also the featured entertainment for The Crown Council, a group of dental teams gathering in Nashville for their 25th Annual Event.
The Dustin J. Wells Foundation honors the memory of a very special young man. After the loss of Dustin Jack Wells in a car accident in...
- 1/24/2020
- Look to the Stars
Welcome back, David Berman, a literary indie-rock great who’s been gone way too long. Berman’s debut with his new band Purple Mountains is his first release since retiring his beloved band the Silver Jews eleven years ago. When the SJs first appeared in the early Nineties, they first struck people as a sideband for Berman’s Charlottesville, Va buddy Stephen Malkmus, who played guitar and added vocals to Berman’s songs. But as the band kept releasing records it became clear the real story was Berman’s insane...
- 7/15/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Lauren Alaina, Deana Carter and Ashley McBryde shared the stage during last month’s Acm Honors ceremony, honoring one of the evening’s awardees — songwriter Matraca Berg — with a medley of her own hits.
A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties staple “Faking Love,” when she was still a teenager, Berg has left a mark upon four decades of mainstream country music. Accordingly, Alaina kicked off the evening’s seven-minute tribute to Berg with a snippet of Berg’s most recent radio hit,...
A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties staple “Faking Love,” when she was still a teenager, Berg has left a mark upon four decades of mainstream country music. Accordingly, Alaina kicked off the evening’s seven-minute tribute to Berg with a snippet of Berg’s most recent radio hit,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
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