Elvis “The King” As You’ve Never Seen Him!
by Annemarie in Elvis
Elvis takes a phone call in his swimming shorts after coming in from the pool in his back garden. His workshy father, Vernon, who retired at 39 when Elvis became famous, can be seen in the background. From the moment Elvis began singing professionally when he was 19, he became the head of his family.
The night before Elvis recorded Hound Dog, he sang it on national television to a stuffed dog. At the time, he was bitter about this incident, feeling humiliated by what he saw as a silly stunt. Later, when he went to Hollywood, he would spend nearly ten years being further humiliated by similar stunts. He could have refused, but he rarely did.
On his way to a concert in Richmond, Virginia, Elvis pretends to throttle his date for the night. Even in these early days he never liked to be alone - an early Memphis Mafia minder rides in the car with the couple.
Aged 21, playing with a revolver. All his life, Elvis liked guns and his habit of shooting TVs when he didn’t like the show was legendary. Colonel Parker would never have allowed this snap to be published.
It was Elvis’s ambition - later to be thwarted by his manager - to be a serious movie star like James Dean or Marlon Brando. At home in Memphis, he sits astride his Harley-Davidson, wearing a cap similar to the one worn by Brando in The Wild One. Source : Daily Mail
