The King and I by Ann Evans
Happy New Year everyone. Hope Santa brought you everything you wished for at Christmas. One of the nicest presents I received was a book on Elvis Presley and a CD of some of his greatest songs. It was the King's birthday just five days ago. He would have been 79 years old had he not died back on 16th August 1977 aged only 42. Over the years family and friends have chosen Elvis memorabilia when thinking of what to buy me for Christmas or birthday as I've been a big fan since school-days. In fact as I sit here writing this blog, my coffee mug has a picture of Elvis on it. So nothing changes! I first became a fan as a ten or eleven year old after seeing GI Blues when Elvis played Tulsa McLean an American GI who falls in love with nightclub dancer, Lili, alias actress Juliet Prowse. But before you all start thinking I'm really sad to have remembered the fine details, I had to get a quick reminder from Google! At school in the early sixties there was alw...