This is because a number of those books by family, friends and the like have confirmed the events and occurrences which originally appeared in. This book is the one elvis didnt want to get out but it doesnt matter he still would have been the best had he been with us today this book is a great read and gives you a great insight what elvis was like behind closed doors no worse than anybody else in his position but a really nice guy shame hes still not here with us today to tell us in. The authors styles of reminiscing about the goodoledays are direct, crude and simple. Any elvis library should include at least one volume written by a member of elviss personal entourage. The former wife of rock legend elvis presley is claiming the iconic performer committed suicide when he died of a drugrelated heart attack. Revelations from the memphis mafia by alanna nash with billy smith, marty lacker, and lamar fike, 1995. Elvis charged me with this responsibility, empowering me and inspiring me to write this book when he said, the world knows elvis presley all right, but they dont know me. His death, only two weeks after the books publication in july 1977, made it highly topical and helped boost its sales to over 3 million.
My book will prove what really happened it will be the true elvis book. George kleins longawaited book is the best by an elvis insider. Much more numerous, but just as untrustworthy, are books written by the elvis mythmakers. In 1992, a book was published about presleys time in germany titled soldier boy elvis, written by his sergeant ira jones. The memphis mafia was the nickname given by rock n roll icon elvis presley to a group of friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve elvis from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977.
The new books, one written by his stepbrother david stanley called my brother elvis suggest that presley told stanley during their last conversation that he would be going away for a few days and that the next time he saw him, he. Aug 17, 2011 when elvis died in his graceland bathroom thirty years ago today, he is said to have been reading a book about the holy shroud of turin normally identified as a scientific search for the face of jesus 1972 by frank o. For instance, they were employed to work for him as bodyguards or on. This socalled bodyguard book came from the west cousins and dave hebler. Read it in combination w some other by those who knew him. In the middle of 1977 a tellall paperback landed liked a bomb on american bookshelves revealing elvis presley to be an oversexed, gunloving, drug addict.
Presley died of drug complications two weeks after the book s publication. Capitol hill aides book details affair with elvis the king and i. Unfortunately, many of the books about elvis in recent years mix halftruths and bias to distort his real legacy. A source says, the book promises shocking revelations about michael jackson and a completely new understanding of elvis. Remembering red and sonny west, members of elvis famous. It took ten years but she finally wrote this book, elvis. Scotty doesnt lie, vidal wrote in a blurb for the book, the stars sometimes do and he knows everybody. Aug 14, 2015 the book is a collection of short stories about her life around elvis and his family and includes dozens of previously unpublished photos.
He first met elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him. Red appeared alongside elvis in several of his movies, and cowrote. That is why i can say it was all prescription stuff except for the cocaine. Kellys bestselling autobiography settle for more delves into multiple accounts of sexual harassment and intimidation on her rise to the top from president donald trump to former head of fox news, roger ailes. Red west interview for the elvis information network. And the 3 bodyguards were not happy in the way the book was written. Other info shared in williamsons book include the affair cybill shepherd reportedly had with presley in 1972 a shortlived sexual encounter in which shepherd.
Lisa marie presley, the exwife of late pop star michael jackson and the daughter of late rocker elvis presley, has inked a book deal to spill all the tea about the two main men in her life. Every loser teen should have a friend like red west. At one end of the spectrum are the elvis detractors, best typified by albert goldmans spurious biography, elvis, published in 1981. The guards, robert gene west, his cousin sonny west, and david hebler, had been fired, officially for costsaving reasons, but at the. Well, weve all heard this story and that story about why the book elvis. His elvis presley a southern life does indeed place the presley phenomenon firmly in a southern context. In the middle of 1977 a tell all paperback landed liked a bomb on american bookshelves revealing elvis presley to be an oversexed, gunloving, drug addict. Written by elvis costello and released with his band, elvis costello and the attractions, on their 1983 album punch the clock. I knew it was only a matter of time before she caved in and righted all the wrongs which were quoted in the many books written about her and elvis preceding her own. Oct 22, 2015 reading priscillas account of their marriage which lasted from 1967 to 1973, and is documented in her 1985 book elvis and me gives a rather conflicting impression. Elvis overdosed on purpose, his brother claims in new. West played football for the memphis tigers high school. The first headline read, new book tells of his decline in drug nightmare.
Lisa marie presley desperate for cash, willing to do. Aug 16, 2017 elvis s brother reveals a tell all book pushed king of rock and roll over the edge after he couldnt face being exposed as a drug addict share or comment on this article. Discover the best 2803010 presley, elvis in best sellers. The first and best of the elvis tellall books, what happened is a lean, powerfully written narrative that has its own unique voice. News watchers will know megyn kelly for her years on fox and subsequent move to nbc where she was unceremoniously removed in 2018. A book about her life, and especially anything she should reveal about her late father, elvis, would be a huge money maker and lisa would most likely have no problem making piles of cash. Priscilla presley, 72, says on hbos new documentary. I feel bad that this in fact was the last thing elvis read before he died after all he. Lisa marie presley pens bombshell tellall book on michael. Revelations from the memphis mafia by alanna nash with billy smith, marty lacker, and lamar fike, 1995 any elvis library should include at least one volume written by a member of elvis s personal entourage. Until one of our reporters wrote the true story of elvis presley. The following year, west cowrote the first of the presley tell all books, elvis. Oct 10, 2016 from an epic romance with elvis to a marriage with bruce jenner, awardwinning songwriter linda thompson is now telling all in her memoir, a little thing called life. Elviss brother reveals a tellall book pushed king of.
Elvis comes back to life with a vengeance in this book by w. Oct 09, 2018 doing a bit of research i found izabella st. May 3, 2016 the most revealing parts of actress and songwriter linda thompsons book, deals with her past relationship with the king of rock n roll, and her marriage to the gold medalwinning decathlete. Elvis presley is once again the subject of some new tellall books that are coming out around the upcoming 39th anniversary of elvis presleys death on august 16.
As elvis friend, driver and bodyguard, red west was among presleys closest associates during the singers meteoric rise, army tour of duty, hollywood stardom, late 1960s socalled comeback and 1970s decline. What happened was written, but, one thing that seems to have been left out of the story for the last 34 years is that rupert murdoch pushed for the book and payed out big money to get the tales and the dirty laundry. The guys gotten taken advantage of by the person writing it and the publishing company. It laid out all of elvis dirty laundry that you didnt want or need to know. Bowers waited decades to tell his story in part because some of his alleged former clients and lovers were still alive. On loving elvis presley, bruce jenner, and songs in between published.
Tellall book exposed elvis presleys drug problem days. What happened red west, sonny west, dave hebler, steve. According to page six, lisa marie presley has signed a book deal in which she will discuss her dad elvis presley and her exhusband michael jackson. How elvis presleys sacked memphis mafia bodyguards exploded his clean image in a tell all book days before he dropped dead in the bathroom. Unlike most of them, though, this one caught my eye because it was not another tell all volume, but rather a researched one with a unique format. Aug 16, 2017 when they published a tellall book lifting the lid on his drug shame days before he died, aged 42, it drove the king to the brink.
Robert red gene west was a close friend of elvis presley and a member of presleys inner circle, known as the memphis mafia. You can bet that elvis presley diehard fans will be flocking to bookstores by the masses to get a copy of lisas story should she decide to write the book. Elvis is a sad account of what the excesses of fame and fortune. Joel williamson has written books on southern culture entitled william faulkner and southern history and the crucible of race which would indicate that he is an authority on the american south and its culture. This was the memoir that unveiled the superstars drug abuse. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Capitol hill aides book details affair with elvis the king. Several members filled practical roles in the singers life. There will be the story of my life with elvis in vegas in 1976. Adams, which argues that the turin shroud really is our lords shroud. David, who has written his own book, my brother elvis the final years, added. Elviss brother reveals a tellall book pushed king of rock. I might add that i read her book which was published in 2014 before reading now, the book published by linda thompson in 2016 about her life which starts with the time she was with elvis.
Behind the legend, author trina young gathered information from a variety of sources to write 32 short 24 pages essays on. This particular title was written in a rash of anger, from the first to last page. According to their own accounts, the reasons for writing the book were not for financial gain or revenge, but to get him to face up to reality and do something about his destructive lifestyle before it was too late. The revelations of drug taking and generally bizarre behavior by elvis probably would have been on surface, this is probably a 3 to 3. Scandalous tellall book revealed elvis presleys drug addiction just. A tell all book written by elvis presleys bodyguards about his drug addiction pushed him over the edge just days before his death. In my opinion, the most useful books on elvis are by jerry schilling, billy stanley, dr. They wrote about presleys years of prescription drug abuse which eventually led to his. Jun 27, 2016 elvis presley deliberately overdosed on pills, the rock and roll legends stepbrother claims in a new tell all book. Elvis presley is once again the subject of some new tell all books that are coming out around the upcoming 39th anniversary of elvis presleys death on august 16. Scandalous tellall book revealed elvis presleys drug. The upcoming book, my brother elvis, is written by david e.
The book is a collection of short stories about her life around elvis and his family and includes dozens of previously unpublished photos. Following their firing, the three men decided to write a tell all book about the life of presley. When they published a tell all book lifting the lid on his drug shame days before he died, aged 42, it drove the king to the brink. Those were the famous words of priscilla presley after the death of elvis. This is a stellar book about elvis because, unlike 95% of the rest of the hundreds at, it is written by a first person associate who was with him.
This is the 42nd book on elvis ive read for a writing project and its one of the top two. Elvis costello everyday i write the book lyrics genius. Im not saying that the book is inaccurate, but i am saying that this book does not represent the real elvis presely. According to their own accounts, the reasons for writing the book. Red and sonny west, friends of elvis who spoke out about the. This book is an embellishment on the truth, distorting so to sell that many more books. Do read this book, but dont finish and even think you know elvis. Elvis pushed to edge by bodyguards tellall book mail online. The book, which is based on the personal accounts of three of elvis former bodyguards, went into detail on the singers dangerous drugdependence. Lisa marie presleys recently announced tellall book is expected to be a doozy and if theres anyone who is most anxious about what she is going to write in it, its mom priscilla presley. Ken sharp lets the players tell the story of elviss 1969 stage comeback. She described bizarre ritual sex all the girlfriends in a circle around hef who was watching porn on big screens and having sex with his main girlfriend while the others stimulated oral sex on each other and prayed for the nights to end quickly.
When elvis died in his graceland bathroom thirty years ago today, he is said to have been reading a book about the holy shroud of turin normally identified as a scientific search for the face of jesus 1972 by frank o. When i was told about his death, all of a sudden, this past year of doing the book and everything and. The books very title seemed to echo the question all of america was asking. They did not write the book out of spite, hatred or to exploit elvis. This unauthorized biography goes behind the iconic myth of sinatra to expose the wellhidden side of one of the most celebratedand elusivepublic figures of our. Presleys father, vernon presley, fired red west in 1976, supposedly as a costcutting measure. Lisa marie presleys recently announced tell all book is expected to be a doozy and if theres anyone who is most anxious about what she is going to write in it, its mom priscilla presley. One year after he was fired by presleys father and two weeks before elvis death on aug. On the one hand, it says, priscilla can tell the media. He was not only my patient, but a good friend, said. Apr 08, 2018 the former wife of rock legend elvis presley is claiming the iconic performer committed suicide when he died of a drugrelated heart attack. Elvis presleys secret private life was largely unknown until three of his former bodyguards told their stories in a scandalous book published just before his sudden death in 1977. Many of the memphis mafia have written tell all books and if this gay factor fit in they would have used it to boost sales. Dec 11, 20 the woman who found elvis presley dead on his bathroom floor is writing a tellall book about her final days with the king of rock n roll.
That means you get new information, instead of reheated hash. Private nurse pens book about life with elvis presley. Mar 16, 2019 coincidentally ballantine books published a tell all book, elvis. What happened is your classic tellall from a trio of body guards who had been fired by elvis.
The new books, one written by his stepbrother david stanley called my brother elvis suggest that presley told stanley during their last conversation that he would be going away for a few days and that the next time he saw him, hed be on a higher plane. Michael jacksons ex lisa marie presley to release tellall. When i read the book as a teen, i didnt really fall in love with elvis that was a done deal. I feel bad that this in fact was the last thing elvis read before he died after all he gave those men. Sep 04, 2015 22 videos play all the very best of elvis costello vol. Elvis was obese at that time, and the book contends that he fell asleep while eating one night, forcing thompson to dig food out of his mouth or risk him choking to death. Did john bolton outfox himself on his own tellall book. This sentiment, captured in the songs major refrain. No, man, i fell in love with red, sonny, and dave hebler. Elvis overdosed on purpose, his brother claims in new tell. Ginger alden, who was presleys fiancee when he died. Lisa marie presley to write tellall book about michael.
There are lots of choices as nearly all of the guys who worked for elvis over the years have written books. Lisa marie presley writing tellall book about dad elvis. Elvis presley deliberately overdosed on pills, the rock and roll legends stepbrother claims in a new tell all book. Cosmic dwellings as a considerable amount of biographies and tell all books have been written about elvis over the many years since his untimely death, the consensus is that most of what was written in elvis what happened. The first and best of the elvis tell all books, what happened is a lean, powerfully written narrative that has its own unique voice. Since the late 1970s, some former members of the memphis mafia have written books on elvis. Jul 31, 2019 lisa marie presleys recently announced tellall book is expected to be a doozy and if theres anyone who is most anxious about what she is going to write in it, its mom priscilla presley. For anybody whos desperately interested in the elvis wasgay.