Me and a Guy Named Elvis
My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
$29.07
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
19 July 2007
Summary
On a lazy Sunday in 1954, twelve-year-old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teenager whose first record, “That’s All Right,” had just debuted on Memphis radio.
Jerry and Elvis became fast friends, even as Elvis turned into the world’s biggest star. In 1964, Elvis invited Jerry to work for him as part of his “Memphis Mafia,” and Jerry soon found himself living wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592403059 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592403050 |
| Author: | Jerry Schilling, Chuck Crisafulli |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 19 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Schilling has the goods
Schilling has the goodsuwhere else can you read about the King giving karate lessons to Liza Minnelli in a hotel room while Chubby Checker and porn star Linda Lovelace looked on? (“Entertainment Weekly”)
More than anything, this moving and elegantly told memoir resonates with the spirit of true friendship. (“The Washington Post”)
About The Author
Jerry Schilling
Jerry Schilling is a lifelong friend and associate of Elvis Presley who has spent forty years in the entertainment industry as an actor, film editor, producer, and manager for such acts as the Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Billy Joel. His credits as a film and television producer include Disney’s Elvis- The Great Performances; the ten-hour series History of Rock ‘n’ Roll; A&E biographies of Brian Wilson and Sam Phillips; and the CBS special Elvis by the Presleys.
Chuck Crisafulli is a veteran entertainment journalist and the author of several books.
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