bringing memories some sad some good some just memories, my mom always said I know you are having good day when I hear you hum or sing and it was the same for her I think having such an early introduction to music and enjoying it as I am sure many of us have I know I am not alone but I do feel having this relationship with mom and music helped me to enjoy all music oh as I have grown old I now complain when kids drive through the streets with loud music playing in there cars that shake the ground but I will not say i hate the music I even like some of the rap I enjoy some of Eminem, and Kid Rock i also like Fergie, Mariah Carey, and Shania Twain.
Mom Loved Elvis, So Do I
I start with The King because Elvis was huge for Mom. If she had ever been able to go see him live she would have been one of those screaming teen girls. I know this for sure just from how much she loved him. I am not going to look things up for this lens, I am going to write about him through what I learned over time growing up with Mom’s love of Elvis. He soon became a passion of mine as well, I became a huge fan. I remember Mom’s tears as the white Hearse went down the fan lined streets on the news, and my tears also flowed. It was one of the too few times she cried in front of me. I recall her being upset with the rumors of drugs and hated when the body guard’s book came out. After that, she wouldn’t even take any pleasure in getting Elvis And Me, Priscilla’s book. But I did buy it to read, and I got a lot of Elvis books over the years like This Is Elvis, as well as Elvis: His Life from A to Z, and others. I had 2 Elvis tapestries and have collected Elvis dolls,. Some facts that stayed with me, hmm, well, his famous song “Teddy Bear” after it’s release he received thousands of teddy bears by mail from fans. Not only did he receive gifts, he loved and I mean loved, to give them. Not for popularity, but to see people happy and excited. He was famous for giving away cars, giving lots of them over the years.
Elvis’s mom died while he was in the service, it killed him. It hurt him so, so much because they where so close.
Elvis wouldn’t have been Elvis if not for her raising him and the poorer areas around him growing up. He would sit and sing with old African American men on their porches, and when he was finally able to sing for a record producer one of the first things Sam Phillips of Sun Records said to others in the business was this was a while kid who could sing with African American style. They loved it!
His first labels were Sun Records and then RCA. His first song was “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. He also paved the way for the dancers of today with his uncontrollable moving about as he sang, and being accepted by Ed Sullivan allowed for the approval of the country. He danced and sang to full concerts and events, as well as TV shows, to crowds of women screaming and completely crazed, crying real tears and tugging their hair out and grabbing for him. At some point he started wearing band-aids on his fingers during concerts due to womens’ nails digging into him.
He joined the service when his call to duty came. He would have been allowed to stay home do to his fame but he wouldn’t allow it. Elvis meet Priscilla while in the army. I believe the death of his mother killed something inside him that never came back, but I believe his love for Priscilla helped him to live on. He fell in love with her right away even though she was only 14, and they where close friends. Once he left the army he couldn’t bear not seeing her and asked her parents’ permission for her to come to the states and live with him at Graceland. She would go to the best school and her parents allowed it. After she graduated they married and then had there only child Lisa Marie.
After the army Elvis did some TV appearances then he got caught in movie contracts. After a few he wanted out, he hated them but stuck to all his deals. Making several music filled stories for the screen during which he cheated on his Priscilla with girls on the set, which caused their divorce. Priscilla couldn’t stand the changes in the man she loved.
During the time Elvis was in the army and doing movies the Beatles took the world by storm. The screaming and crying girls where now screaming and crying for the four boys from Liverpool.
Elvis made a come back in 1968. It was a huge television event. Wearing his famous black leather outfit and looking sexier than ever with a few of his original band with special invitees sitting on the the steps around the stage. I have to say he was hot, LOL, but sadly I was only 2 years old when it was live. Elvis was also the first to perform live via satellite to other countries during his “Aloha from Hawaii” concert, displaying for the first time his tight white jumpsuit and his new favorite past time on stage, moves from karate. Elvis was a black belt and had even started to teach some classes.
Elvis again paved the way, the first for so much, the first to offer a different style of song that excited and was accepted by people, the first to dance in the way he felt deep down, and with Ed Sullivan’s acceptance the world started to accept as well, and the first to have a satellite concert. If it wasn’t for Elvis I wonder if the moonwalk would have come as soon as it did, or the Macarena, or disco. Michael Jackson was so similar in so many ways to Elvis, but his is another story not related to Mom’s and my love for the same music. But the biggest ways the two are similar is they brought something special to the world with there art and talent, and they both left us too soon.
Elvis wouldn’t have been Elvis if not for her raising him and the poorer areas around him growing up. He would sit and sing with old African American men on their porches, and when he was finally able to sing for a record producer one of the first things Sam Phillips of Sun Records said to others in the business was this was a while kid who could sing with African American style. They loved it!
His first labels were Sun Records and then RCA. His first song was “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. He also paved the way for the dancers of today with his uncontrollable moving about as he sang, and being accepted by Ed Sullivan allowed for the approval of the country. He danced and sang to full concerts and events, as well as TV shows, to crowds of women screaming and completely crazed, crying real tears and tugging their hair out and grabbing for him. At some point he started wearing band-aids on his fingers during concerts due to womens’ nails digging into him.
He joined the service when his call to duty came. He would have been allowed to stay home do to his fame but he wouldn’t allow it. Elvis meet Priscilla while in the army. I believe the death of his mother killed something inside him that never came back, but I believe his love for Priscilla helped him to live on. He fell in love with her right away even though she was only 14, and they where close friends. Once he left the army he couldn’t bear not seeing her and asked her parents’ permission for her to come to the states and live with him at Graceland. She would go to the best school and her parents allowed it. After she graduated they married and then had there only child Lisa Marie.
After the army Elvis did some TV appearances then he got caught in movie contracts. After a few he wanted out, he hated them but stuck to all his deals. Making several music filled stories for the screen during which he cheated on his Priscilla with girls on the set, which caused their divorce. Priscilla couldn’t stand the changes in the man she loved.
During the time Elvis was in the army and doing movies the Beatles took the world by storm. The screaming and crying girls where now screaming and crying for the four boys from Liverpool.
Elvis made a come back in 1968. It was a huge television event. Wearing his famous black leather outfit and looking sexier than ever with a few of his original band with special invitees sitting on the the steps around the stage. I have to say he was hot, LOL, but sadly I was only 2 years old when it was live. Elvis was also the first to perform live via satellite to other countries during his “Aloha from Hawaii” concert, displaying for the first time his tight white jumpsuit and his new favorite past time on stage, moves from karate. Elvis was a black belt and had even started to teach some classes.
Elvis again paved the way, the first for so much, the first to offer a different style of song that excited and was accepted by people, the first to dance in the way he felt deep down, and with Ed Sullivan’s acceptance the world started to accept as well, and the first to have a satellite concert. If it wasn’t for Elvis I wonder if the moonwalk would have come as soon as it did, or the Macarena, or disco. Michael Jackson was so similar in so many ways to Elvis, but his is another story not related to Mom’s and my love for the same music. But the biggest ways the two are similar is they brought something special to the world with there art and talent, and they both left us too soon.
Me dad and Mom
I start with The King because Elvis was huge for Mom. If she had ever been able to go see him live she would have been one of those screaming teen girls. I know this for sure just from how much she loved him. I am not going to look things up for this lens, I am going to write about him through what I learned over time growing up with Mom’s love of Elvis. He soon became a passion of mine as well, I became a huge fan. I remember Mom’s tears as the white Hearse went down the fan lined streets on the news, and my tears also flowed. It was one of the too few times she cried in front of me. I recall her being upset with the rumors of drugs, and hated when the body guard’s book came out. After that she wouldn’t even take any pleasure in getting Elvis And Me, Priscilla’s book. But I did buy it to read, and I got a lot of Elvis books over the years like This Is Elvis, as well as Elvis: His Life from A to Z, and others. I had 2 Elvis tapestries and have collected Elvis dolls,. Some facts that stayed with me, hmm, well, his famous song “Teddy Bear” after it’s release he received thousands of teddy bears by mail from fans. Not only did he receive gifts, he loved and I mean loved, to give them. Not for popularity, but to see people happy and excited. He was famous for giving away cars, giving lots of them over the years.
Elvis’s mom died while he was in the service, it killed him. It hurt him so, so much because they where so close.
Elvis wouldn’t have been Elvis if not for her raising him and the poorer areas around him growing up. He would sit and sing with old African American men on their porches, and when he was finally able to sing for a record producer one of the first things Sam Phillips of Sun Records said to others in the business was this was a while kid who could sing with African American style. They loved it!
His first labels were Sun Records and then RCA. His first song was “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. He also paved the way for the dancers of today with his uncontrollable moving about as he sang, and being accepted by Ed Sullivan allowed for the approval of the country. He danced and sang to full concerts and events, as well as TV shows, to crowds of women screaming and completely crazed, crying real tears and tugging their hair out and grabbing for him. At some point he started wearing band-aids on his fingers during concerts due to womens’ nails digging into him.
He joined the service when his call to duty came. He would have been allowed to stay home do to his fame but he wouldn’t allow it. Elvis meet Priscilla while in the army. I believe the death of his mother killed something inside him that never came back, but I believe his love for Priscilla helped him to live on. He fell in love with her right away even though she was only 14, and they where close friends. Once he left the army he couldn’t bear not seeing her and asked her parents’ permission for her to come to the states and live with him at Graceland. She would go to the best school and her parents allowed it. After she graduated they married and then had there only child Lisa Marie.
After the army Elvis did some TV appearances then he got caught in movie contracts. After a few he wanted out, he hated them but stuck to all his deals. Making several music filled stories for the screen during which he cheated on his Priscilla with girls on the set, which caused their divorce. Priscilla couldn’t stand the changes in the man she loved.
During the time Elvis was in the army and doing movies the Beatles took the world by storm. The screaming and crying girls where now screaming and crying for the four boys from Liverpool.
Elvis made a come back in 1968. It was a huge television event. Wearing his famous black leather outfit and looking sexier than ever with a few of his original band with special invitees sitting on the the steps around the stage. I have to say he was hot, LOL, but sadly I was only 2 years old when it was live. Elvis was also the first to perform live via satellite to other countries during his “Aloha from Hawaii” concert, displaying for the first time his tight white jumpsuit and his new favorite past time on stage, moves from karate. Elvis was a black belt and had even started to teach some classes.
Elvis again paved the way, the first for so much, the first to offer a different style of song that excited and was accepted by people, the first to dance in the way he felt deep down, and with Ed Sullivan’s acceptance the world started to accept as well, and the first to have a satellite concert. If it wasn’t for Elvis I wonder if the moonwalk would have come as soon as it did, or the Macarena, or disco. Michael Jackson was so similar in so many ways to Elvis, but his is another story not related to Mom’s and my love for the same music. But the biggest ways the two are similar is they brought something special to the world with there art and talent, and they both left us too soon.
Elvis’s mom died while he was in the service, it killed him. It hurt him so, so much because they where so close.
Elvis wouldn’t have been Elvis if not for her raising him and the poorer areas around him growing up. He would sit and sing with old African American men on their porches, and when he was finally able to sing for a record producer one of the first things Sam Phillips of Sun Records said to others in the business was this was a while kid who could sing with African American style. They loved it!
His first labels were Sun Records and then RCA. His first song was “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. He also paved the way for the dancers of today with his uncontrollable moving about as he sang, and being accepted by Ed Sullivan allowed for the approval of the country. He danced and sang to full concerts and events, as well as TV shows, to crowds of women screaming and completely crazed, crying real tears and tugging their hair out and grabbing for him. At some point he started wearing band-aids on his fingers during concerts due to womens’ nails digging into him.
He joined the service when his call to duty came. He would have been allowed to stay home do to his fame but he wouldn’t allow it. Elvis meet Priscilla while in the army. I believe the death of his mother killed something inside him that never came back, but I believe his love for Priscilla helped him to live on. He fell in love with her right away even though she was only 14, and they where close friends. Once he left the army he couldn’t bear not seeing her and asked her parents’ permission for her to come to the states and live with him at Graceland. She would go to the best school and her parents allowed it. After she graduated they married and then had there only child Lisa Marie.
After the army Elvis did some TV appearances then he got caught in movie contracts. After a few he wanted out, he hated them but stuck to all his deals. Making several music filled stories for the screen during which he cheated on his Priscilla with girls on the set, which caused their divorce. Priscilla couldn’t stand the changes in the man she loved.
During the time Elvis was in the army and doing movies the Beatles took the world by storm. The screaming and crying girls where now screaming and crying for the four boys from Liverpool.
Elvis made a come back in 1968. It was a huge television event. Wearing his famous black leather outfit and looking sexier than ever with a few of his original band with special invitees sitting on the the steps around the stage. I have to say he was hot, LOL, but sadly I was only 2 years old when it was live. Elvis was also the first to perform live via satellite to other countries during his “Aloha from Hawaii” concert, displaying for the first time his tight white jumpsuit and his new favorite past time on stage, moves from karate. Elvis was a black belt and had even started to teach some classes.
Elvis again paved the way, the first for so much, the first to offer a different style of song that excited and was accepted by people, the first to dance in the way he felt deep down, and with Ed Sullivan’s acceptance the world started to accept as well, and the first to have a satellite concert. If it wasn’t for Elvis I wonder if the moonwalk would have come as soon as it did, or the Macarena, or disco. Michael Jackson was so similar in so many ways to Elvis, but his is another story not related to Mom’s and my love for the same music. But the biggest ways the two are similar is they brought something special to the world with there art and talent, and they both left us too soon.
Elvis loved Christmas, he loved to see the look on friends, family, and fans face when they opened gifts. He was also known as the King of Cadillac purchased...
The Eight Tracks in The Car
I was a kid that suffered from car sickness so bad that nothing worked. I would have to get out of the car at least two times every hour we drove. On the way home I would often be too tired to get sick and would sleep instead. The only enjoyment I had during a car ride was the eight-track my parents played of Loretta Lynn and other country stars; “Hey, hey good looking, watcha got cooking..” along with others that we all sang. And whenever us kids would say we want to go home dad always came out with the only song he ever sang, most songs he whistled and he was a beautiful whistler, but when we said we want to go home he would sing “Oh how I want to go home” or rather “Show me the way to go home” the old British drinking song. He would make us laugh so hard and we would say “oh daddy, stop” LOL and block our ears. It was funny. Also when I heard the song in the movie Jaws, I couldn’t help but laugh.
I would beg mom to put on her Harper Valley PTA album. We loved to dance and sing to it, Such a fun record, it was also my first introduction to the talking guitar. I have always loved the talking guitar, and would also listen to my Mom’s old record “The Steel Guitar”. This technique has been adopted over the years and I say should be used more often, it is so much fun to listen to. The song “Mr. Harper” below, again as a child, was the first time I heard a talking guitar.Mom enjoyed the Beatles as well, maybe not as crazy for them as Elvis, but pretty close. I used to take my hairbrush or pencil and sing Beatles hits all the time. Mom and I would dance to them often.
Mom loved Johnny Tillotson – I learned “The Rose” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” on the guitar. They were my first songs ever and it made her cry, not because the song is sad, but that I did it for her. I realize today, and also knew as a kid, that she played his album so loud when her and dad had an argument. Half the time I hated it because she would drink, but other times it would help her get her feelings out and would actually cheer her without needing to drink. His music always tugs at my heart and causes tears for me. Not all music memories are good, but yet are still memories.
I loved all these great artists I spoke of they still bringing memories some sad some good some just memories my mom always said I know you are having good day when i hear you hum or sing and it was the same for her I think having such an early introduction to music and enjoying it as I am sure many of us have I know I am not alone but I do feel having this relationship with mom and music helped me to enjoy all music oh as I have grown old i now complain when kids drive through the streets with loud music playing in there cars that shake the ground but I will not say i hate the music I even like some of the rap I enjoy some of Eminem, and Kid Rock i also like Fergie, Mariah Carey, and Shania Twain.
I love Cher, Elton John, Pink oh the list goes on and on mom didn’t share this she hated the heavy metal I listened to always complain how do you understand the words she did enjoy Cher and Shania Twain & she had me make her tapes of them.
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