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Where were you 30 years ago today?
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Minnie
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Being from Memphis, I can testify that yes it is very hot, we have been in the 105's for days. Actual temps, heat index is so high we quit telling anyone.
I was living in East Tennessee at the time and just could not believe the news. A dear friend was his personal nurse whenever he was at Baptist Hospital and was there that day.
She wrote a book about her experiences of knowing him and what a kind, generous person he was. He gave her a cadillac and she told him she had a very good small car and that she really did not need the cadillac and he said, "what do you need?'
She stated, not anything really but my church could use a nice piano. Well Elvis went out and bought the most expensvie baby grand piano you could ever imagine. That was just the way he was.
Linda Thompson, one of his steady girl friends, lived across the hall from me in College in Memphis. I can remember being in college and girls hearing he was in town and would go stand at the gates of Graceland, hopeing he would stop and say hello.
When Elvis bought Graceland it was very much an upscale neighborhood, sadly that is not the case today.
I was living in East Tennessee at the time and just could not believe the news. A dear friend was his personal nurse whenever he was at Baptist Hospital and was there that day.
She wrote a book about her experiences of knowing him and what a kind, generous person he was. He gave her a cadillac and she told him she had a very good small car and that she really did not need the cadillac and he said, "what do you need?'
She stated, not anything really but my church could use a nice piano. Well Elvis went out and bought the most expensvie baby grand piano you could ever imagine. That was just the way he was.
Linda Thompson, one of his steady girl friends, lived across the hall from me in College in Memphis. I can remember being in college and girls hearing he was in town and would go stand at the gates of Graceland, hopeing he would stop and say hello.
When Elvis bought Graceland it was very much an upscale neighborhood, sadly that is not the case today.
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DD
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ItzKatzTime
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Pregnant....due in 14 days, lying on a blanket with 4 pillows propping me up, under a large oak at City Park in New Orleans. This was a cool spot to be. But the mood changed like a giant wave washing over everyone in the park. A lot of crying going on....and I must admit I cried too. Although, it could have been because I caught sight of my swollen ankles. Noooooo, bad kat, I really learned to love his music later on when I was older.
Love everyone's stories!!!!
Love everyone's stories!!!!
seagrovelover
little sugar
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I remember reading about that nurse.
Minnie
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Pregnant....due in 14 days, lying on a blanket with 4 pillows propping me up, under a large oak at City Park in New Orleans. This was a cool spot to be. But the mood changed like a giant wave washing over everyone in the park. A lot of crying going on....and I must admit I cried too. Although, it could have been because I caught sight of my swollen ankles. Noooooo, bad kat, I really learned to love his music later on when I was older.
Love everyone's stories!!!!
at least you could see your ankles. I remember when I went to see Elvis in person. I was a fan, but not a fanatic. I thought I just can't understand all this screaming during his concerts.Well let me tell you, first hip swiggle and I was a goner, screaming my head off too. :roll:
florida girl
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Did you know that he, Jimmy Swaggart, and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins? All very talented in my opinion.
NoHall
hmmmm......can't remember
dear dd,
not born
'salright, since Elvis ain't dead.
dbuck
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Well let me tell you, first hip swiggle and I was a goner, screaming my head off too. :roll:
Me too, I saw him in Memphis in '74. He could still move and gyyyrate.
