Check this interview out(70 min, but worth it). Even If you're not an Elvis Or Sam Cooke fan. Very insightful. Truly fantastic:

http://teamcoco.com/video...ll-episode

[Edited 5/25/13 6:25am]

These are some of the books he's written.

[Edited 5/28/13 6:51am]

Thanks.

I've never been a fan of Presley's music, even so...


I recall HBO (early in their network broadcasting ) did a documentary on Elvis, I think it was called Elvis 59. The premise behind the documentary was the year 1959 Presley would be the pinnacle of his career and he would never see such heights ever again. The HBO documentary spoke of the profound affect Presley's mother death had on him; I wasn't aware her death affected him (career wise) all of his life. Presley was a strange cat.

Backdrop to the death of Duke Ellington's mother... if there's a silver lining in a very gray cloud.

Duke Ellington's family and friends had begged him for years to rid himself of his manager, Irvine Mills. Because Ellington was abroad and couldn't make it back to arrange or attend his mother's funeral, he asked Mr. Mills to do the honors. Mr. Mills went on the cheap very cheap on Ellington's beloved mother funeral, he fired Mills on the spot.

Thanks for posting this.

It was called Elvis 56(It's on Netflix). You're quite welcome. It was a revealing interview with real human honesty and should be seen by anyone who loves music period.

JoeBala said:

JoeBala said:

It was called Elvis 56(It's on Netflix). You're quite welcome. It was a revealing interview with real human honesty and should be seen by anyone who loves music period.

Good stuff.....I'll check that out.

I have to check it out too. I haven't seen it in years. If haven't already this is another good choice:

It was heartbreaking to hear that his tonight show appearance does not exist anymore.

[Edited 5/29/13 8:34am]

JoeBala said:

It was heartbreaking to hear that his tonight show appearance does not exist anymore.

Yeah, back then and even in the 1970's, TV networks often taped over programs to save money. Also a lot of early TV shows were broadcast live and not taped or filmed. In other cases, the tapes/film were not taken care of, so deteriorated or destroyed in fire or water/weather damage, stolen, or just lost.

MickyDolenz said:

JoeBala said:

It was heartbreaking to hear that his tonight show appearance does not exist anymore.

Yeah, back then and even in the 1970's, TV networks often taped over programs to save money. Also a lot of early TV shows were broadcast live and not taped or filmed. In other cases, the tapes/film were not taken care of, so deteriorated or destroyed in fire or water/weather damage, stolen, or just lost.

And what a shame that Is. Are there even any pictures from that appearance?

and there are more: http://www.songsofsamcook...screen.htm

JoeBala said:

MickyDolenz said:

Yeah, back then and even in the 1970's, TV networks often taped over programs to save money. Also a lot of early TV shows were broadcast live and not taped or filmed. In other cases, the tapes/film were not taken care of, so deteriorated or destroyed in fire or water/weather damage, stolen, or just lost.

And what a shame that Is. Are there even any pictures from that appearance?

Don't know. Who was the host then, Steve Allen or Johnny Carson?

According to those articles Carson had been on the air 2 weeks.

JoeBala said:

According to those articles Carson had been on the air 2 weeks.

I just looked at your link. I always wondered where that clip of Sam & Jackie Wilson was from.

I gotta rebuy those book by him. I lost them all. I rebought the Sam Cooke and Elvis books.

Bump it case you missed it.