Tuesday 16 August 2011

ELVIS PRESLEY: THE DAY HE MET THE BEATLES

The two greatest names in rock-and-roll history, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, never really developed any kind of friendship or relationship at all. There were many reasons for this, one of which might have been that as The Fab Four was soaring in popularity and influence over the youth generation, Elvis was already in steep decline.




The Beatles, all of whom worshipped Elvis while they were teenagers in Liverpool (especially John), always said they sought to match and even surpass the fame of the man from Tupelo.

By 1965, when the Beatles were at the very top of the pop-culture/entertainment world, they did just that.

That was also when they finally met their idol – at the latter’s palatial home in Los Angeles.

However, the first (and perhaps only) meeting between these two vastly different rock legends was apparently quite tense and uneventful.


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