Famous Lost Words

Today, we’re celebrating what would have been the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley.  There’s been a lot written and said about The King over the years, but in this episode, we’re going to let Elvis do a lot of the talking.  We have some amazing audio from the early years.  Most of these clips are from the mid to late ‘50s – and they capture a lot of the excitement – and the freshness of Elvis Plus we have clips from the people who were there… -        his label mate Carl Perkins talks about touring with Elvis and Johnny Cash before any of them were well known.  -        Dick Clark describes how Elvis was seen as a sort of villain compared to the likes of Pat Boone -        Ed Sullivan explains why Elvis could only be shown from the waist up on his third visit to his show. -        His collaborators in the late &