early April, 2006
- Elvis Presley's Girlfriend Linda Thompson Joins John Krondes and 'Hit Making Team' VIPs On KDSK.com Easter Friday
(PRWeb April 13 2006)
John Krondes & the Elvis "Hit Team" Bring the World Together in Miracle Music Project...Elvis' spirit rises on the 29th Easter 2006.
To all Worldwide "Hit Making Team" Fans: Tune in this Easter Friday April 14, 2006 to Donn Webb's "Cruisin' 66" Radio Show on KDSK.com for yet another super-cool live interview with singer John Krondes and Elvis Girlfriend Linda Thompson. Memory Lane TV & Radio Talk show host Joe Franklin of "The Joe Franklin Show" will join the Hit Team this week. Many Moons Ago, Joe Franklin had Elvis Presley on his TV Show with Ann Margaret; Joe was also one of the first DJs to play "The End" by John Krondes and The Jordanaires on US Radio. Donn Webb's Worldwide Broadcast will also be joined by Elvis Fan Club Presidents from all around the world. George Twamley, President of The Elvis Fan Club Of Ireland will call in support of the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Other Elvis World leaders Marcus Henfling from Germany and Jenny Dror from Israel will join the "Hit Team" cast Friday. Uptown Horns Saxophonist Arno Hecht who shared the rockin' solo on the new release "Baby I Love You" will join the group as well Friday.
On this special Easter Week show, USA Radio DJ Donn Webb talks about the miracle of the New Spirit Rising. This week as Christ is Risen on the most important Christian holiday, the spirit of Elvis rises as well to new heights along with his beloved "Hit Making Team" with John Krondes. By an unstoppable order from Rock 'n Roll Heaven, the music plays again and The Dream comes to life after 29 years of silence. For the first time since Elvis Presley died, fate has found literally all of the King's "Original" players back in place making new music with singer John Krondes and The Jordanaires. On this 29th Easter A.E. (After Elvis) prayers of music lovers have been answered; this awesome New Day begins with familiar sounding song and a new life for Elvis. Elvis Disciples from all around the world are putting their hands together and joining the Rock 'n Roll Mission of John Krondes and the Elvis "Hit Making Team" in "Keeping The Music Alive".
Remarkably, over the last two years, pretty much all Elvis Presley's "Original" Hit Team have come back together in the recording studio to make new recordings with John Krondes and The Jordanaires. It is certainly a milestone moment, as these are the very first recordings by Elvis Presley's music making team since his death in 1977. Ray Bardani who re-mixed Presley's songs for the "30 #1 Hits" and "2nd To None" compilations is currently mixing songs for the upcoming album at Electric Lady Recording Studio in New York. The album release is expected sometime in the next 6 Months.
The Spirit is flying high on this Easter Week show as Elvis Presley's girlfriend Linda Thompson opens the lines to Rock 'n Roll Heaven and Joins the "Hit Making Team" mission of "Keeping The Music Alive". The Supernatural powers at be have brought Elvis back to the center stage as Singer John Krondes and The Jordanaires have fatefully drummed up the "Original" Presley music making unit. Linda Thompson became Elvis Presley's long term girlfriend after his separation from Priscilla in 1972. The twenty-one year old beauty queen Thompson lived with Elvis at Graceland for four and a half years through 1976.
KDSK DJ Donn Webb will be playing for our worldwide fans "The End" and "Vegas In The Morning" by John Krondes and the Jordanaires with the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Paul Evans co-wrote Vegas with John Krondes whereas "The End" was written by John's late Dad Jimmy Krondes and Sid Jacobson. "The End" originally recorded by Earl Grant in 1958 is the song that Elvis chose along with "Are You Lonesome Tonight" to serenade Priscilla Beaulieu with on the Piano in Germany on the night they met.
BREAKING NEWS: Worldwide Exclusive -- On Friday's show, KDSK's Donn Webb will be previewing and playing for our worldwide audience Ray Bardani's new mixes of songs by John Krondes and The Jordanaires with the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Our global audience of "Hit Making Team" fans tuning in will get to be the first to hear some of the new tracks from the upcoming historical CD before any other fans in the world. Miraculously, these new recordings are the only songs ever made by the Presley "Hit Team" together since the death of Elvis. Ray's new mixes include with John Krondes musicians from the TCB Band, Elvis' Memphis Studio Band "The Memphis Boys", DJ Fontana, Jordanaires, Sweet Inspirations, Millie Kirkham and Elvis' "Original" Horn Section.
Donn Webb will play on this week's show the new recording "Baby I Love You" by John Krondes and The Jordanaires, with the Sweet Inspirations. The new John Krondes recording continues to be one of the Most Added records in US radio. This 1960's Rock Classic was originally recorded by the Ronnettes in 1963.
Click your Mouse (Not The Pet) Friday to KDSK.com to listen in to the "Hit Making Team" interview with John Krondes, Linda Thompson, Joe Franklin, Arno Hecht, George Twamley, Marcus Henfling and Jenny Dror. Donn Webb will be awarding listeners copies of "The End" and "Baby I Love You" on the show during the interview. The Request and Studio Line is 505-285-9927 or 505-285-5598. The first 10 International fans that Email Donn on the show and ask for the CD will win an autographed copy of "The End" by John Krondes and The Jordanaires. The Email address is Info"@"kdsk.com.
After 29 Years, The Dream Comes Alive For Music Fans!
WHAT: Live Global Radio Interview with HMT singer John Krondes and Elvis "Hit Making Team" VIPs. Donn Webb reflects on the Easter Week Spirit and the 29th year A.E. (After Elvis) Resurrection of the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Listeners will have a chance to call in or EMail KDSK Radio to win CDs.
Worldwide Exclusive: The first time in 29 years to hear new songs by Elvis Presley's "Original" music making unit with John Krondes. KDSK is the only radio station in the world authorized to spotlight the new mixes from the upcoming album for fans.
KDSK will play for fans the new song "Baby I Love You" by John Krondes and the Jordanaires with the Sweet Inspirations and again "If There Were No Moon" with the TCB Band.
WHO: John Krondes, Elvis Girlfriend Linda Thompson, TV/Radio Talk & Music Show Host Joe Franklin, with Ireland's Elvis Fan Club President George Twamley, German Fan Club President Marcus Henfling, Fan Club President Jenny Dror from Israel. Sax player Arno Hecht of the "Uptown Horns" Rocks the show with KDSK Radio DJ Donn Webb.
WHERE: www.KDSK.com or 92.7 FM in Greater Albuquerque, NM
Request Line: 505-285-9927 or 505-285-5598
Email Requests: Info"@"kdsk.com
DATE: Friday April 14, 2006
TIME: 2:30pm Mountain Time Interviews Begin (**Donn Webb's Show Starts At 2:00pm Mountain Time)
"Baby I Love You"
Was The Number Two Most Added Record in AC Radio in the U.S. This Past Week after being #1 Most Added on Week One.
John Krondes and The Jordanaires w/ the Sweet Inspirations
Rock The House on this timeless 60's Classic!
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- From Hollywood to monastery and back
By Bob Thomas, Associated Press
(Inside Bay Area April 13 2006)
DOLORES HART, who in 1962 at age 24 startled the film world by leaving a thriving screen career - including two roles opposite Elvis Presley - to become a nun, has returned to Hollywood for her first visit after 43 years in a monastery. Now the Rev. Mother Dolores Hart and prioress of the cloistered community at Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut, she has been renewing friendships from her studio years. Why? To spread awareness about a largely mysterious neurological disorder that afflicts countless Americans, including herself, called peripheral idiopathic neuropathy.
... She spoke fondly of her acting career. "From the age of 7, I never in my life wanted to be anything but an actress," Hart said. ... Hal Wallis, an independent producer at Paramount, sent a scout to check her out. A film test and contract soon followed. She made her screen debut as Elvis' love interest in 1957's "Loving You," his first starring role. "I had no idea who Elvis Presley was," she admitted. "When I first met him, he was just a charming and very simple young boy with longer sideburns than most. He couldn't have been more gracious. He jumped to his feet and said, 'Good afternoon, Miss Dolores.' He and Gary Cooper were the only ones in Hollywood who called me that." Hart made another film with Presley, "King Creole," and appeared in such prestigious productions as "Wild is the Wind" with Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn, and "Lonelyhearts" with Montgomery Clift and Myrna Loy. "I was never a star," she insisted. "Being a star means your name is above the title. Mine never was."
- Put Elvis in your wallet
(Memphis Business Journal April 13 2006)
Elvis Presley Enterprises has licensed a company to create an Elvis branded debit card. The Elvis Presley Prepaid Visa is being created by EDP Technologies Corp., based in Valley Village, Calif., and released by subsidiary EDP Licensing. The company says the Elvis card will be among the first celebrity-branded debit cards.
- Dylan back in S.A.
By Hector Saldana
(San Antonio Express-News April 13 2006)
Bob Dylan is a genius. The early hard-strummed folk songs, and later his electrically sneered vitriol, rattled the pop world, forever setting Dylan on equal footing with Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. ...
- Helen Cohn, who clothed celebrities like Elvis Presley and Roy Rogers, dies at 92
(thestar.com.my / AP-Wire April 13 2006)
Helen Cohn, who along with her husband helped clothe Elvis Presley, Roy Rogers and a host of stars in rhinestone creations during the height of cowboy chic, has died. She was 92. Helen Cohn died Friday at a hospital near her home in Valencia, her granddaughter, Jamie Nudie Mendoza, said Wednesday. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the now-closed Nudie's in North Hollywood was where singing cowboys, country singers such as Hank Williams and other celebrities went for their sparkly duds. A gold lame suit for Presley and an outfit embroidered with pills and marijuana leaves for singer Gram Parsons weren't even the gaudiest of Cohn's creations. ...
- $50 Million Puts Ali in Ring With Elvis and 'American Idol'
(New York Times April 12 2006)
By JULIE BOSMAN
The media entrepreneur who controls the rights to Elvis Presley, "American Idol" and the soccer star David Beckham has added another star to his roster: Muhammad Ali. Robert F. X. Sillerman, the chief executive of the entertainment company CKX, announced yesterday that his company had paid $50 million for an 80 percent stake in Mr. Ali's name, image and likeness. The other 20 percent will be retained by Mr. Ali and his company, GOAT (short for the "greatest of all time"). ...
- Ali sells stake in his name and image for $50 million
(Courier-Journal April 11 2006)
Muhammad Ali has sold an 80 percent stake in his name and likeness for $50 million to CKX Inc., which already owns a majority of Elvis Presley's estate. Ali and his family will keep the remaining 20 percent in the business. It will be named G.O.A.T., which stands for "Greatest of All Time." "This relationship with CKX will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will understand my beliefs and my purpose," Louisville-native Ali said in a prepared statement.
Over the past five years, revenue from marketing Ali has ranged from $4 million to $7 million annually, CKX said. During the first year of the deal, the Ali family is entitled to at least $500,000. The family also has the right to force CKX to buy all of its stake starting five years after the deal closes. CKX said the deal is part of its business to "partner with iconic content and to use its resources to preserve, protect and grow this content." In addition to the Elvis Presley name, the company owns rights to American Idol and similar television shows in 100 countries. Lisa Marie Presley sold an 85 percent stake in her father's estate to the company in 2005 in a deal estimated to be worth $100 million at the time. Presley's estate had generated almost $45 million in revenue in 2004.
- Actress-Turned-Nun Publicizes Disorder
By BOB THOMAS
(Yahoo! News / Associated Press April 11 2006)
Dolores Hart, who at age 24 startled the film world in 1962 by leaving a thriving screen career - including two roles opposite Elvis Presley - to become a nun, has returned to Hollywood for her first visit after 43 years in a monastery. Now the Rev. Mother Dolores Hart and prioress of the cloistered community at Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut, she has been renewing friendships from her studio years. Why? To spread awareness about a largely mysterious neurological disorder that afflicts countless Americans, including herself, called peripheral idiopathic neuropathy. ... "From the age of 7, I never in my life wanted to be anything but an actress," Hart said. She was a strong-willed girl even at that age. When her parents divorced in Los Angeles but were constantly wrangling, she wrote a letter to her grandmother in Chicago asking to live with her. She was soon on a train to the Windy City - alone - a ticket pinned to her coat.
... She made her screen debut as Elvis' love interest in 1957's "Loving You," his first starring role. "I had no idea who Elvis Presley was," she admitted. "When I first met him, he was just a charming and very simple young boy with longer sideburns than most. He couldn't have been more gracious. He jumped to his feet and said, 'Good afternoon, Miss Dolores.' He and Gary Cooper were the only ones in Hollywood who called me that." Hart made another film with Presley, "King Creole," and appeared in prestigious productions such as "Wild is the Wind," with Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn, and "Lonelyhearts," with Montgomery Clift and Myrna Loy. ...
- Bobbie Nudie, widow of tailor to western stars
(St Paul Pioneer Press April 10 2006)
Bobbie Nudie, widow of the famously named tailor whose fantastically embroidered and rhinestone-studded suits clothed country music and western movie stars for decades, has died at age 92. From Nudie's Rodeo Tailors of North Hollywood, Nudie Cohn and Bobbie Nudie produced "Nudie suits" worn by stars from Roy Rogers to Robert Redford. ... Born Helen Kruger on July 29, 1913, in Mankato, Minn., she met her future husband in 1933 when he came to stay at the boarding house her parents ran. ... In 1947, the couple opened a shop at Victory and Vineland in North Hollywood and started creating suits that sparkled with rhinestones. In 1963, the shop moved to Lankershim Boulevard. Elvis Presley's $10,000 gold lame suit from 1957? Classic Nudie. Robert Redford's "The Electric Horseman" lighted shirt? Another Nudie creation. ...
- The roots of rock
By GARY CORSAIR
(Village Daily Sun April 9 2006)
Ask 10 people who invented rock 'n' roll, and you might get 10 different answers. Then again, perhaps all 10 would say, "Elvis Presley." They would be wrong. Contrary to popular belief, rock 'n' roll wasn't born on July 5, 1954, when a 19-year-old truck driver recorded "That's All Right Mama" at Sun Studio, which bills itself "The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll."
"Part of the problem is Elvis has a much better public relations machine behind him," said Alex Fraser-Harrison, a writer for the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. "For me, 'Rock Around the Clock' was the single most important recording of the second half of the 20th century. Literally nothing sounded the same after it." Move over, Elvis. Bill Haley and the Comets beat you by three months. "Rock Around the Clock" was recorded on April 12, 1954. The following year, the song became the first rock record to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart.
Marshall Lytle, who played bass on "Rock Around the Clock," said it is about time Bill Haley and the Comets got their due. "We get a little irritated when people lay claim to being the creators of rock 'n' roll," said the 74-year-old Lytle, who still tours with Bill Haley's Original Comets. "I was there when (disc jockey) Alan Freed coined the phrase 'rock 'n' roll.' It was 1952 and the Comets were in Cleveland to promote 'Rock the Joint' on Freed's show. While the record played, he yelled over the airways, 'Rock and roll everybody! Rock and roll!' I truly believe that was the night that rock 'n' roll was named." Most music historians agree that Freed coined the expression "rock 'n' roll."
[But the term existed long before then - Ed., Presleys in the Press]
The trailblazers
So Freed named it. But did Bill Haley really invent rock 'n' roll? If he didn't, who did? Elvis was still in high school when "Rock This Joint" was recorded by Haley in 1952. Jerry Lee Lewis was selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Little Richard was singing blues. Buddy Holly was in junior high school. "Actually, Bill Haley was probably the first thing that was close to rock 'n' roll. I saw him many times. He was unique. He was different," said Francis Markey, a 72-year-old resident of The Villages who was a Philadelphia teenager when Haley developed a sound unlike any other. In 1952, Haley didnąt know the uptempo fusion of rhythm and blues and western swing he created would be labeled "rock 'n' roll," he just knew that the sailors at the Twin Bars in Gloucester, N.J., went ape whenever his band roared into "Rock This Joint." ... "Bill Haley played out the entire history of rock 'n' roll about two years before anybody ever heard of rock 'n' roll," writes Nick Tosches in his book "Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll." ... "In my latest book, "Rock Around the Clock," I think I showed beyond a reasonable doubt that Bill Haley was a man ahead of his time in the rock 'n' roll department. Consider that "Real Rock Drive" was 1952, Crazy, Man Crazy" was '53, and "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" were '54. All were recorded before Elvis went into the studio," says Dawson.
- Ten takes on American turning points
By BILL ERVOLINO
(San Francisco Chronicle April 9 2006)
Imagine you were there: with Albert Einstein the day he signed the letter that led to the creation of the nuclear bomb; with Ed Sullivan the day he decided American television audiences needed a little Elvis in their lives; or standing in the cornfield of the Miller farm along Antietam Creek in Maryland when the first shot was fired in the bloodiest battle to take place on American soil. Beginning tonight and running through Thursday, the History Channel will air an impressive series of hour-long documentaries titled "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America." ...
- DVD REVIEWS: LOVE ME TENDER
By Joel Selvin, John Stanley, G. Allen Johnson
(San Francisco Chronicle April 9 2006)
The years haven't turned Elvis Presley's first movie into a good movie. The 50th anniversary edition of his 1956 motion picture debut, "Love Me Tender," could have been a more festive package. Instead, the set includes a few talking heads who weren't there in the first place pontificating about the significance of this routine oater noted only for the Presley performance. The year had been good to Elvis, who was topping the best-selling charts by June with "Heartbreak Hotel," in the middle of a string of network TV appearances that would catapult him into full-fledged phenomenon status by the time the movie opened just before Thanksgiving. He had been stuffed into the hackneyed black-and-white Civil War-era drama co-starring Debra Paget (left) at the last minute, and some songs were shoehorned into the script. When he previewed the title song on the Ed Sullivan Show in September, the film's success was assured. Presley, fresh out of Memphis, is predictably wooden and uncomfortable -- this was before he was on drugs -- but still somehow strangely magnetic in this otherwise uninteresting cinematic curio. He would make better films ("Jailhouse Rock," "Loving You" and "King Creole" come to mind) and there is better documentary material around about this transitional period in his career (try the 1993 BMG Video "Elvis in Hollywood").
- "You don't start out being a victim of fame, you start out with your talent and your passion" - 'Elvis could handle the pressure'
By Brett Milano
(itv.com April 8 2006)
Priscilla Presley believes the pressures of fame are part of being talented and 'The King' was only too aware of them. She said: "The pressures are always there, you don't start out being a victim of fame, you start out with your talent and your passion. "You don't really think about the consequences or being catapulted to such a high level." She added she is honoured that the home she shared with 'Elvis is to be made a national monument. Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, a site of pilgrimage for thousands of Elvis Presley fans the world over, is to receive the prestigious accolade this year. She said: It's quite an honour, it is the highest honour the national parks in our country gives to a home. "It is an honour for Elvis as well as this is his beloved Graceland." Priscilla was in London to launch her range of bed linen available at Harrods, which she also believes The King would have approved of. She said: "Well he was a perfectionist so he would definitely have liked what we have done."
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