Ten (interactive) reasons
why Elvis is still the King
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He has an unprecedented 234 albums
still in print, all consisting of the same 47 songs.
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An average
of 612 people have visited Graceland
daily since 1977: a 400% increase over the number who visited elvis' home
while he was still alive.
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"Elvis" spelt sideways
is "Levis".
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Cool people like the Cramps,
Church Keys and Forgotten
Rebels still sing about Elvis.
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Cool people like James Richard Oliver, El
Vez and Martin & the E-Chords still sing like elvis.
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The 1995 North American tour of Elvis' pick-up
truck out-grossed U2's recent world junket by $468,000 (U.S.)
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Somewhere in the world, someone tunes in an old Elvis movie
on TV every 20 seconds.
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Within 15 seconds, everyone has switched channels to "Wheel
of Fortune".
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None of Elvis' offspring, legitimate
or otherwise, have
released a best-selling book or hit record, yet.
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As you can see, someone posts an article
about Elvis on the Web every 30 seconds.
As a little wee feller, Gary
Pig Gold was sent away to his Aunt Jenny's cottage in the summer of
1963, and there he heard rock'n'roll for the first time on the radio.
His three favourite songs (pre-Beatles on Ed Sullivan, of course) were
- and remain - "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah" by Allan Sherman, "The
Martian Hop" by The RanDells, and, of course, "Devil In Disguise" by The
King."
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