New Gates of Graceland Video - Million Dollar Quartet
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Thanks these videos are great! And this one in particular is very interesting and touching in some way!
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Too bad he didn't ask her if she remembered how long Johnny Cash was there and what songs he sang on.
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I'm thinking Johnny Cash sang on a couple songs before the tape was turned on and then he left.
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Yes, even if it was for the photo op. Cash sang there. The photo shows him and Jerry Lee singing.brian wrote:I'm thinking Johnny Cash sang on a couple songs before the tape was turned on and then he left.
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Thanks for sharing, what a lovely lady and one who does not flaunt the fact she meet and hung out with elvis.
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Extremely interesting video. Marilyn Evans Riehl comes across as a really lovely lady.sweetangeline wrote:enjoy
I like her story about going with Elvis to the Hacienda in Las Vegas to see The Dominoes' show. This is of course what Elvis mentions during the MDQ jam, explaining that the singer of the group (Jackie Wilson, not a famous name yet, and maybe because of this not mentioned by Elvis) did "Don't Be Cruel", "much better than that record of mine".
Elvis took Wilson's way of ending the song and he added it to his bag of tricks, starting with the final Louisiana Hayride concert a few days later, and also for his final appearance on Ed Sullivan's show, in January.
Many thanks for posting the link.
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Wow. Just imagine having been there at the time. The recording is great but seeing this in person must have been incredible.
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Thank you! These mini-documentaries are really enjoyable. Tom Brown is an amiable host, just perfect for the job.sweetangeline wrote:enjoy
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Many things to discuss here!
It was great to see Marilyn Evans Riehl looking so pretty and vibrant. Unless I'm mistaken, she will turn eighty next year. Wow! Her grace and candor are a real pleasure. She perfectly understands her place in this legendary event, now sixty years past. Her seeing Elvis again three years later, at the Club Lido de Paris, was a nice surprise. My guess is she ran into him at the Lido during his second Paris vacation, July 3-5, 1959. An article appeared later in the year detailing his visit and trip to the Lido that July.
New Musical Express - September 11, 1959
A few things I noticed, though. Brown says the photo with her appeared on the front page of the Memphis paper the day after the jam session. It did not, it was on page 2:
Memphis Press-Scimitar - Wednesday, December 5, 1956, page 2
Thanks to JamesVRoy for the original newspaper scan.
Maybe someday we'll get to see all the photos taken by newspaper photographer George Pierce, from the original negatives, uncropped. Would that not make for a fascinating book? They may also serve as a timeline to determining when Johnny Cash was there, and when he left. He is certainly not heard on even one second of the known tapes.
As noted, his most famous shot was first published on 12-05-1956 (Wed) pretty much uncropped, but later versions usually cut out Marilyn.
Brown also says the session was in the evening. IIRC, Elvis and Marilyn showed up in the afternoon.
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Other stuff:
A couple of the photos have slight issues. One marked "Elvis In 1956" was actually taken in Los Angeles in March 1958. It does appear in a slightly wider cropping than I've seen before. Another photo is a reversed image. No biggie. Both are below.
Great additional reading here:
"The Million Dollar Quartet" December 4, 1956
http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=56033&p=1365982#p1365982
Million Dollar Quartet Photo Mystery -- Mystery Lady Found! (2008)
http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41000
"The Million Dollar Quartet" December 4, 1956 (2010)
http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=56033
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Thanks. Enjoyed reading that report from the NME.
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...thanks for adding so so much to this post drjohncarpenter...you always share so much...and as always I luv it!! Happy Holidays
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My pleasure. He had fun in the City of Lights.TCBell wrote:Thanks. Enjoyed reading that report from the NME.
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Indeed. The Lido was one of the first places I visited when I went to Paris, many years ago.drjohncarpenter wrote:My pleasure. He had fun in the City of Lights.TCBell wrote:Thanks. Enjoyed reading that report from the NME.
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Thank you, this is what I like to do when I visit here.sweetangeline wrote:...thanks for adding so so much to this post drjohncarpenter...you always share so much...and as always I luv it!! Happy Holidays
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This series is fantastic. I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one, and as Doc said, Tom is perfect in his role as the host. Marilyn truly is a beautiful lady. How cool that she kept the note Elvis wrote her asking for a date?!
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thanks for all the info guys.. this quartet is bigger and better than the beatles and the stones ..wonder what their combined sales are ?..
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They never were a musical group. Carl Perkins probably only about 5 million worldwide.rockinray wrote:thanks for all the info guys.. this quartet is bigger and better than the beatles and the stones ..wonder what their combined sales are ?..