Word: presley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That happens to be the direction in which much of the British pop scene is looking nowadays. With their characteristic knack for crystallizing what is in the air, the Beatles have captured the current upsurge of interest in "oldfashioned" rock 'n' roll in Britain. Elvis Presley is back on the charts there with Guitar Man, and his earlier hits like Blue Suede Shoes are going for as much as $4 on the second-hand record market. When Bill Haley and his Comets arrive in England next month for a tour, they will find that their epoch-making 1950s...
...young married adult," explains one radio executive, "the so-called middle-of-the-road music is no longer Tony Bennett but Elvis Presley, no longer the Andrews Sisters but the Supremes." Even some of the new U.S. rock records are sounding like instant oldies, notably the Monkees' latest hot seller, Valleri...
Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. Elvis Presley retreated to the drive-in movie screen. And Chuck Berry stands here in the basement. "I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad." The workmen continue to drag furniture away, and Chuck Berry disappears...
...Video," Sullivan keeps a sharp lookout for anything that might be suggestive. He recently disapproved a Playtex bra commercial because "we don't want to show a girl in a filmy thing on a day when everyone's been to church and all." After he signed Elvis Presley for a record $50,000 for three appearances, Sullivan would not allow the camera to show the singer's gyrating pelvis. "He may be a purist," says Comic Jack...
...minute feature into two installments, and played them on successive nights. The rest of the leaders, in order: Bonanza (NBC), 20th Century-Fox's What a Way to Go! with Shirley MacLaine (NBC), Family Affair (CBS), Gomer Pyle (CBS), Paramount's Fun in Acapulco with Elvis Presley (NBC). No. 81 and last: Good Company (ABC), F. Lee Bailey's impression of the old Person-to-Person show...