During Elvis' overseas army duties, he found some time to leave Germany and have a little off-duty fun. One example was a two-week furlough in the middle of June 1959, when he traveled to Paris. On Wednesday night, June 17, he caught Italian entertainer Torrebruno, U.S. singer Nancy Holloway and others at the Moulin Rouge. Below are some neat backstage candids from this evening.
Holloway was very popular overseas, doing French versions of pop and soul hits, although she never broke through in the U.S.
Most of these images were first published about 20 years ago in a photo journal called "Elvis In Paris." Does Elvis look fazed by all the attention?
(Above two photos, L-R) Publisher Jean Aberbach, Nancy Holloway, Elvis, unknown
(Above, L-R) Unknown, Nancy Holloway, Elvis, actor André Pousse
(Above, L-R) André Pousse, Torrebruno, Nancy Holloway, Elvis
The final two shots do not appear to be from the June 17 visit, as both Nancy and Elvis are wearing different outfits. Notice also Presley strumming Torrebruno's famed classical acoustic guitar in the last photo. One might say the singer "played around" quite a bit during his break in Paris, but I'll leave those stories for someone else to elaborate.
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Stunning Photo's! Elvis looks like He is trying to avoid Ms Holloway's Cleavage .. So cute. Wasn't there a set of English Twins involved in this Trip too?
Did He manage to meet up with Brigitte Bardot ..which it has been written .. is the reason He went to Paris in the first place?
Apparently there is a revised edition of this Book..hopefully with more Photo's and Stories in it.
I saw Elvis live in concert the year before he died. Even then, he was bigger than life, and had amazing charisma. Haven't seen anything like it since, ....until Adam.........Nocturnal 2010 No matter how old you are, no matter who you sleep with, no matter what color your skin is, we can all party together.” - Adam Lambert 2010
Little Darlin wrote:Did He manage to meet up with Brigitte Bardot ..which it has been written .. is the reason He went to Paris in the first place?
Don't think so.
She thought he was 'uncouth' anyways..................
On a technical/grammatical/theological note, when referring to Elvis as 'he' - there is no need to use a capital 'H' - he isn't a deity, you know..........
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Little Darlin wrote:Did He manage to meet up with Brigitte Bardot ..which it has been written .. is the reason He went to Paris in the first place?
Don't think so.
She thought he was 'uncouth' anyways..................
On a technical/grammatical/theological note, when referring to Elvis as 'he' - there is no need to use a capital 'H' - he isn't a deity, you know..........
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Sorry Colin ... it's an Occupational Hazard
I saw Elvis live in concert the year before he died. Even then, he was bigger than life, and had amazing charisma. Haven't seen anything like it since, ....until Adam.........Nocturnal 2010 No matter how old you are, no matter who you sleep with, no matter what color your skin is, we can all party together.” - Adam Lambert 2010
freddie bienstock who was with him in Paris asked EP "do you want to visit le louvre or see la tour eiffel ?" and E replied sth like "no, rather the lido"
in his biography, andré pousse recalled that elvis asked him that a photographer take a picture of him with one of the girl dancers, and A Pousse replied to him "ok but she s not a whore !!!" ( don t ask me why he said that )
the only connection between BB & EP, is that elvis had a poster of "brigitte bardot" in his room during the army
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bripet56 wrote:Great shots Doc, much appreciated. There were a few new to my eyes.
Me too! Amazing no one on this forum has a Torrebruno memory.
Yeah, I have. Well, I am too young to remember him, but he came to Spain to host his own show in the 60's-70's...
It was a kid's show, yes? And very popular and beloved?
Yes, he was extremely well-known among young kids here. He worked and lived here from 1958 until his death in 1998. Yes, he was an icon for a whole generation of people.
This was one of his most famous shows, La Guagua, looks kinda cheesy now, but...
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I have compared the pics as posted from her website with the pictures as shown at an exposition about Nancy's career last weekend in Paris. There is one picture - which is not shown on her website (so there's hope that more will surface") which is new to me:
courtesy : Chris Evans / Jean-Yves Dahyot
BTW: Here's another pic from her websitse, a news article from Oct 9th 1960 - uhh.. a year after the event took place..
Torre Bruno was one of the warming up artist , for The Beatles concert held at the Bullfighter Arena Las Ventas in Madrid(Spain) on July 2th 1965 . Bye for now .
Mike Windgren.
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Mike Windgren wrote:Torre Bruno was one of the warming up artist :!:, for The Beatles concert held at the Bullfighter Arena Las Ventas in Madrid(Spain) on July 2th 1965 8).
Man, that guy really got around! Thanks for that info.
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I saw Nancy Holloway last Sunday in Paris, she was attending a recording fair and singing and autographing her picture. She's still a 50s/60s icon in France and she definitely met Elvis, which gives her some unusual credits. Among other french " stars" having met Elvis there are Line Renaud ( who also played Vegas and met him again in 1964 over there ) and Mireille Mathieu ( an edith piaf sequel ) who also met Elvis in 1959. There is a pic of her with him both are sat on a tool.
Did He manage to meet up with Brigitte Bardot ..
Nope, he never met her. Elvis looked up for her but she was definitely NOT the kind of woman who would have look up for Elvis. She was into movie directors and married one ( among her many weddings ) she would have thought he wasn't glamourous enough. Bardot is some kind of pretentious level headed tough lady... Never get to understand her completely. Quite controversial too...
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Nope, he never met her. Elvis looked up for her but she was definitely NOT the kind of woman who would have look up for Elvis. She was into movie directors and married one ( among her many weddings ) she would have thought he wasn't glamourous enough. Bardot is some kind of pretentious level headed tough lady... Never get to understand her completely. Quite controversial too...
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, for The Beatles concert held at the Bullfighter Arena Las Ventas in Madrid(Spain) on July 2th 1965 
. Bye for now 