Wer hätte das gedacht!?

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    Re: Wer hätte das gedacht!?

    Black Dog - 03.12.2005, 21:20

    Wer hätte das gedacht!?
    Einige (un)bekannte Fakten über Elvis (ohne Gewähr)


    Elvis' Filme spielten über $150 million ein.

    Won three Grammy Awards, all for his Gospel music.

    ...at age 22 its natural (hair) color was dark chestnut (according to Charlie Hodge, who served with him in the army).

    Owned a pet chimpanzee called "Scatter".

    Is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison.

    In April of 1955 Elvis auditioned for a spot on Arthur Godfrey's _Talent Scouts (1948)_ and was turned down.

    The book he was reading at the time of his death was "The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank O. Adams, (Psychical Aid Foundation, USA, 1972).

    From the time they met up until his death, Elvis always sent a roomful of flowers to Ann-Margret whenever she opened up a show in Las Vegas.

    Was one of the first people in the U.S. to own a "Betamax" system VCR

    After seeing him in concert, Liberace suggested adding flashy costumes into his act.

    Died with about $5 million in his bank account.

    Elvis was a big fan of "Hee Haw" (1969) and had always wanted to perform on the show. However, according to Sam Lovullo, Elvis remarked they'd have to tape his spots in the middle of the night, knowing that if manager Colonel Tom Parker found out, he'd never clear his appearance.

    The lightest Elvis ever weighed, as an adult, was 170 lbs in 1960
    The heaviest was at the time of his death, which was 260 lbs.

    Made the first ever musical video of all time: Jailhouse Rock (1957).

    His 29¢ commemorative postage stamp issued in 1993, sold more copies than any other postage stamp in U.S. Postal Service history.

    Was extremely proud of his Cherokee roots. Wanted to be more open about it but was advised against it, according to some sources by Colonel Tom Parker, since this was around the time that there were still racial tensions in the US. Sometimes the audiences were "deceived with the truth" like in G.I. Blues (1960) when his character tells about his Cherokee background. In real life his Cherokee roots started with his maternal great-great-great grandmother Morning Dove White and it was even rumored in Memphis that he had Cherokee blood from his father's side of the family as well, though never confirmed.

    He was allegedly offered roles in The Rainmaker (1956), _Defiant Ones (1958)_ , _Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)_ , West Side Story (1961), _Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962)_ , _Fastest Guitar In The West, The (1967)_ , 'Midnight Cowboy (1969)_ , 'True Grit (1969)_ , _Willy Wonka & The Choclate Factory (1971)_ , A Star Is Born (1976) and Grease (1978).

    He was a distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter.

    He named his favorite films as: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Dirty Harry (1971).

    He only performed two concerts outside of the United States, both in Canada.

    Recorded 33 takes of Hound Dog.

    Passed out from exhaustion after recording If I Can Dream.

    Once sent $1,000,000 to Buford H. Pusser, (Buford Pusser) the Sheriff who was the subject of the 1973 film Walking Tall (1973).

    His two favorite books were The Holy Bible and The Impersonal Life.

    Elia Kazan wanted him for several movies but Colonel Tom Parker refused to allow Elvis to act in those movies.

    The last film he saw at the cinema was The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

    Tried to get a print of Star Wars (1977) to show his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, the day before he died.

    When he was in high school, he was on the Humes High School boxing team.

    He used to play touch football at Whitehaven High School during the 60s and early 70s with kids around the neighborhood.

    Helped to support an All-Negro Day at the Memphis Zoo in 1956.

    In 1975 he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheel chair and picked her up and personally sat her in it. The woman's teenage daughter told Elvis she liked his car. He gave it to her and even gave her boyfriend a job.

    He was a huge fan of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and had requested to meet him in 1966, but the meeting never happened.

    Was a huge fan of the televison shows "The Jeffersons" (1975), Good Times, Happy Days, and "The Flip Wilson Show" (1970).

    Once an Opera singer attended one of his 1950s concerts and met him backstage. The singer told Elvis that he sang like a hillbilly and needed singing lessons. Elvis replied by saying - "Thanks for the advice, but how many of the thousands of people out there tonight came to hear you sing?"

    His surname was Anglicized from the German Pressler during the Civil War. His ancestor Johann Valentin Pressler emigrated to North America in 1710. Pressler first settled in New York, but later moved to the South.

    Held the world indoor attendance record for a concert, which was at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, on Dec' 31st '76. There was 62,500 in attendance, with another record for takings in a single show $850,000.

    Held a single day's attendance record for his march 74 shows at the Houston Astrodome in march '74 -- 89,000 fans for two shows.

    According to a broadcast on the A&E Biography channel, he once attended a concert for singer Connie Francis and had to leave for emotional reasons once he heard her sing the Italian song "Mama" as his mother had just recently died.

    As an infant, survived a tornado in Tupelo, Mississippi which killed 233.

    Had glaucoma in the 1970s.

    He had two full face-lifts and rhinoplasty during the mid-1970s. On one of these visits to hospital he was accompanied by Linda Thompson.

    In the month following his final concert at Indianapolis on 26 June 1977, he was reported to have gained a further 50 lbs in weight.

    Of his many impersonators, his personal favorite was Andy Kaufman.

    In 1977 alone, his personal physician Dr George Constantine Nichopoulos (usually referred to as "Dr Nick") had prescribed 10,000 hits of amphetamines, barbiturates, narcotics, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, laxatives, and hormones for Presley.



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