Baby, Let's Play House_ Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him - Alanna Nash [393]
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
447 “Hey, don’t get yourself all excited”: Schilling, Jerry, with Crisafulli, Chuck, Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley.
447 “Where’s that box of cigars I bought?” Priscilla Presley, quoting Elvis Presley in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
448 “I’ve never seen”: Patsy Presley in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
448 “I got the feeling”: Schilling, Jerry, with Crisafulli, Chuck, Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley.
448 “He was thrilled”: Joe Esposito to Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript, 1994.
449 “which have been”: Guralnick, Peter, and Jorgensen, Ernst, Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music.
450 “It turned me on”: “Interview with Mac Davis,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, August 20, 2005.
451 “I told him it would be a number one hit”: Celeste Yarnall to author, 2009. All Celeste Yarnall quotes come from this interview.
453 “It was very awkward”: Susan Henning to author, 2009. All Susan Henning quotes come from this interview, unless otherwise noted.
454 “there were times”: “Interview with Susan Henning,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, October 17, 2008.
455 “Would TV serve”: TV Guide, November 30, 1968.
456 “most stars had trailers”: Bob Finkel to author, 1999.
457 “We didn’t know”: Steve Binder to author, 2008.
457 “He was really involved”: Bones Howe to Jerry Hopkins, the Jerry Hopkins Collection, Special Collections, the University of Memphis.
458 “show to depart”: Memo, Bob Finkel, as quoted in Guralnick, Peter, and Jorgensen, Ernst, Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music.
458 “with that exterior”: Steve Binder to author, 2008.
458 “You certainly knew”: Steve Binder to Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript, 1993; supplemented with a quote, “without any weak points,” from Steve Binder to author, 2001.
458 “I felt very, very strongly”: Steve Binder to Jerry Hopkins, the Jerry Hopkins Collection, Special Collections, the University of Memphis.
458 “You make a record”: Steve Binder to author, 2001.
459 “once he had the stranglehold”: Ibid.
459 “He laughed at that”: Steve Binder to Constant Meijers, raw interview transcription from the documentary Looking for Colonel Parker, 1999.
459 “There is a certain strength”: Priscilla Presley, “Viva, Priscilla!” by Kevin Sessums, Vanity Fair, July 1991.
460 “Often Elvis would say”: Esposito to Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript, 1994.
461 “This is somebody”: Bill Belew, quoted in “One Gorgeous Man!” by Mary Pat Hinds, Elvis World magazine, no. 55.
461 “He looked amazing”: Steve Binder to author, 2001.
461 “I’m a Jewish kid”: Steve Binder quoting Billy Goldenberg to author, 2001.
461 “You can do it with a real bluesy feel”: Bones Howe to Jerry Hopkins, the Jerry Hopkins Collection, Special Collections, the University of Memphis.
462 “When Elvis heard the first note”: This paragraph is a combination of quotes from Steve Binder to Jerry Hopkins and Peter O. Whitmer. Jerry Hopkins, the Jerry Hopkins Collection, Special Collections, the University of Memphis, and Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript, 1993.
463 “We got Elvis to take a stand”: Bob Finkel to author, 1999.
463 “The string players”: Bones Howe, as quoted in the booklet for the RCA Records set, Elvis: From Nashville to Memphis. The Essential ’60s Masters.
463 “On the outside”: Steve Binder to Constant Meijers, raw interview transcription from the documentary Looking for Colonel Parker, 1999.
464 “The only way”: Lamar Fike to Constant Meijers, raw interview transcription from the documentary Looking for Colonel Parker, 1999.
464 “We figured it was about time”: TV Guide, November 30, 1968.
464 “I have no proof to back this up”: Steve Binder to Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript, 1993; supplemented with quotes from Binder to the author, 2001.
465 “People would be shocked”: Jaime Rogers, quoted in Binder, Steve. ’68 at 40 Retrospective.
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