11. Ever the perfectionist, it took 31 attempts to record Hound Dog.
12. Elvis’ 1960 single, “It’s Now or Never” inspired Barry White to start his music career. Barry was serving time in prison at the time for stealing tyres but vowed to follow his musical calling once he heard the song.
13. If you ever wondered what banter with Elvis was like, there’s an album showing you just that. He recorded an album titled “Having Fun with Elvis on Stage” in 1974 of him talking in between songs.
14. The song “Heartbreak Hotel” was inspired by an article in a newspaper about a local suicide.
15. Elvis sleepwalked a lot when he was a child.
I wonder why the song “”Loving you” is never played on any radio or sung on any musical shows???
Number 22 is not correct… his snack sandwich did not have honey or bacon on it… he lived bacon and would eat a pound of bacon with his breakfast but it did not go in his fried peanut butter and banana sandwich… please check the recipe the Graceland cook put into her book!!!