Elvis' sneaky London visit
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British Elvis fans have been suffering for decades with the rueful knowledge that their beloved hip-swingin’, side-burned, fried peanut-butter-banana-sandwich-lovin’, Graceland crooner had never set foot in England.
The only time he had ever been to the UK, in fact, had been a quick stopover at Glaswegian Prestwick Airport.
Now, however, there is more fuel to add to the Scot vs. English fire. In a Radio 2 interview, showbiz top dog Bill Kenwright revealed that Tommy Steele, English teen hearthrob and once seen as Elvis’s cross-the-pond equivalent, had taken him on a top-secret tour around not-yet-swingin’ London, showing off the sights to the King.
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premium onlineTommy Steele: “I swore never to divulge publicly what took place and I regret that it has found some way of ‘getting into the light.’ I can only hope he can forgive me.”
Tommy’s grasp of comparatively recent history seems as shaky as his memory of the more ancient.
Posted 8 months ago by BraveNewMalden
