ELVIS MYTHS & LEGENDS (PT 1)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this interview with U.K. radio personality and author Neil Nixon (www.neilnixon.com) we discuss all things mythical and legendary about Elvis the King,including #"It's Now or Never" (song), #Fortean Magazine, #'Elvis' movie (2022), #AustinButler, ##The Colorado Mine Company (8,000 calories Elvis Sandwich), #That Someone You Never Forget (Elvis written song), #GailBrewerGiorgio (author) , # '#'Orion' (book), # 'Is Elvis Alive?' (book), #Elvis The man Is Alive (FB Group, #Porthcawl, Wales (Celebrates Elvis yearly), #TheMilliondollarquartet, #alicecooper, #Lizaminelli #chubbychecker, #HomeAlone, #RaymondMoody, #Elvisfaithhealing, #LarryGeller, #Jerryshilling, #EstelleBrown, #SylviaShamwell, #BenRafford, #weeklyworld, #sheilaryan
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Welcome back, everyone to one thousand one heroes, legends, histories, and mysteries podcast. |
| 0:36.9 | As we take a deep dive into the often |
| 0:38.8 | crazy legends and myths that surround one of America's most talked about rock icons, Elvis |
| 0:44.1 | Presley. The inspiration for this story just seemed to pour in from everywhere. I was doing some |
| 0:49.5 | research on song and music backstories, and there are a lot of really cool, mostly unknown stories behind a lot of songs. |
| 0:56.8 | And I'll be sharing that one in the weeks to come. |
| 0:59.3 | One tidbit that popped up was the answer to the question, what was Elvis' best-selling |
| 1:04.2 | single? |
| 1:05.8 | Ha-ha, think about it. |
| 1:07.5 | Answer, it's now or never. |
| 1:10.4 | While serving in the Army in Europe, Elvis heard |
| 1:12.8 | Osolomeo by Mario Lanzah, and became infatuated with the song, soon asking his |
| 1:18.8 | U.S. writing team to create new lyrics for it, and Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold got busy writing. |
| 1:24.8 | New lyrics were written to the tune, which was included on his first album after |
| 1:28.5 | his stint in the Army. This number one hit, and it stayed number one for eight weeks, |
| 1:34.0 | became his best-selling single worldwide and is currently one of the best-selling singles of |
| 1:39.1 | all time. It's got a great rumba line dance beat. It tells the classic story of man, romance, |
| 1:45.1 | A Tale of Be Mine Tonight. The same time I was working on this story, my UK pal, Neil Nixon, |
| 1:52.5 | contacted me and said he had just finished an article on Elvis Legend and Myths for a major |
| 1:57.0 | magazine. And would I like to have him on as a guest? You bet. So I went to work on Elvis |
| 2:02.9 | Myths and Legends and Neil's going to contribute in a big way to that story today. Neil, |
| 2:08.4 | what's shaking in the UK? How about we trade some Elvis stories? What's shaking in the UK? Well, |
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