Elvis My Best Man a Memoir: Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship With Elvis Presley - Couverture rigide

Klein, George; Crisafulli, Chuck

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ISBN 10 : 0307452743 ISBN 13 : 9780307452740

Editeur : Crown Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Klein George Crisafulli Chuck

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal friends until his untimely death in 1977.

In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great affection for the friend he knew—about who the King of Rock ’n’ Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off. This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.

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'This memoir has the authentic twang of someone who was really there to see it all ... If you like Presley, you'll love this book.'
DAILY MAIL

Sat in a Memphis classroom aged 13, George Klein couldn't have known how important the new kid in school - the one with the guitar, the boy named Elvis - would become in his life. In this heartfelt, entertaining and affectionate memoir, Klein writes candidly about their close friendship, which began at school and continued through Elvis's rise to fame, right up to the singer's tragic death. Packed with anecdotes and first-hand accounts of some of the most defining moments in the legend's life, Elvis: My Best Man captures the true essence of the man they called the King.

'GK was there from the beginning, and there 'til the end. This book is fact.' JERRY LEE LEWIS

'George Klein is something else. Through the years, George has been right there. He's got the great stories and he's always talked about Elvis and presented him with great dignity.' TOM PETTY

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Crown Pub
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0307452743
• ISBN 13: 9780307452740
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible