GARY PIG GOLD knows TEN REASONS WHY ELVIS PRESLEY IS STILL THE KING

1. HE HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED 2,200 ALBUMS STILL IN PRINT… ALL
   COMPRISED OF THE SAME 47 SONGS. 

 

2. AN AVERAGE OF 512 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED GRACELAND DAILY SINCE 1977…
   A 400% INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER WHO VISITED ELVIS’ HOME WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE.

3. “ELVIS” SPELT SIDEWAYS IS “LEVIS.”

4. 4. COOL PEOPLE LIKE ROY LONEY, CHRIS HOUSTON, AND THE HILLBILLY PECKERS STILL SING ABOUT ELVIS.

5. COOL PEOPLE LIKE JAMES RICHARD OLIVER, EL VEZ, AND THE GHOST ROCKETS STILL SING LIKE ELVIS.

6. THE 2002 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF ELVIS’ PINK CADILLAC OUT-GROSSED PAUL McCARTNEY’S LAST WORLD JUNKET BY $468,000 (CDN.)

7. SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, SOMEONE TUNES IN AN OLD ELVIS MOVIE ON T.V. EVERY 20 SECONDS.

8. WITHIN 15 SECONDS, EVERYONE HAS SWITCHED TO “MOM’S A MEDIUM.”

9. WHEN LISA MARIE PRESLEY PERFORMED LIVE ON VH1’s “DIVAS DUETS” IN 2003, SHE SANG “HEARTBREAKER” IN BLACK LEATHER BONDAGE PANTS WITH PAT BENETAR. YET WHEN HER FATHER PERFORMED ON THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW IN 1956, HE WORE WHITE GLOVES, A TUXEDO… AND SANG LIVE TO A BASSET HOUND.

 

10. SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, SOMEONE BLOGS ABOUT ELVIS EVERY 30 SECONDS.

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