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Wetherington, Jim “Big Chief,” 70, 77
WHBQ radio, 71, 74–75, 233, 374
Wheeler, Kay, 110–11, 137, 138–42, 190, 200–203, 227, 229
WHER radio, 124, 126
Whitman, Slim, 76, 77, 82, 102
Whitmer, Peter O., 3, 6, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25–26, 36, 268, 303, 315, 366, 398–99, 433, 467, 501
Wilbanks, Janie, 270, 287–88
Wilkinson, June, 245–46
William Morris Agency, 101, 132, 148, 179–80, 196, 321, 427
Williams, Andy, 256, 263, 456, 493
Williams, Hank, 48, 82, 93, 95, 224, 256
Williams, Sherry, 498–99, 509, 519–20, 546, 589
Wilson, Jim, 57, 166, 499
Wilson, Regis, 57–61, 166, 499
WMPS (radio), 71, 76
“WMS Grand Ole Opry” tour, 103
WNOE radio, 163–64, 165
women: effect of Gladys’s death on Elvis’s relationship with, 287; Elvis’s love of attention from, 85–86; Elvis’s views about, 26, 90, 138, 179, 226, 335, 381, 515–16; who have been pregnant, 455, 476, 515. See also girlfriends; sex; specific woman
Wood, Anita: in beauty contest, 238; breakup between Elvis and, 364–65; childhood and youth of, 235; and drafting of Elvis, 244; and Elvis’s discharge from the army, 322, 323, 324–25; and Elvis’s drug use, 267, 545; Elvis’s first meeting/date with, 233, 235–37; Elvis’s gifts to, 236, 237, 315, 323; and Elvis in the army, 251, 252, 255–56, 257, 269, 270, 274, 275–76, 277, 278, 291, 313–15; Elvis’s last conversation with, 543; Elvis’s memories of, 393, 543; and Elvis’s other women, 239–40, 277, 278, 313, 314–15, 323, 324, 357; Elvis’s relationship with, 237, 238–40, 255, 256, 276, 291, 313–15, 364–65, 533, 545; Elvis’s use of physical force against, 357; and fans-Elvis relationship, 269; film career of, 240; and Gladys’s death and funeral, 263–64, 266; at Graceland, 239, 245, 365; and Junior’s death, 338; in Las Vegas, 533; and naming of Lisa Marie, 441; in New Orleans, 245; Paramount contract with, 238; personality and character of, 235, 237, 238–39; and Priscilla-Elvis relationship, 313, 314–15, 331, 357, 359, 364–65; and Priscilla’s visit to Hollywood, 360; recordings of, 256; refuses money, 365; and Vernon-Dee relationship, 292, 325; as virgin, 238
Wood, Natalie, 176, 180, 182, 184–85, 186, 188, 192, 193, 194–96, 197, 207, 232
WREC radio, 63, 64
Wright, Ginny, 82–84, 94, 96
Wynette, Tammy, 186
Yarnall, Celeste, 451–52, 453, 480
Young, Faron, 82, 94, 102, 107, 143, 218
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Though only one author’s name appears on the dust jacket of this book, the process of researching and reporting the facts within its pages was a decidedly collaborative process.
First, I am indebted beyond words to clinical psychologist Peter O. Whitmer, Ph.D. His groundbreaking book, The Inner Elvis (out of print, but available in a Kindle edition), moved me to explore the sexual psyche of Elvis, particularly in relationship to his status as a twinless twin, or a twin who survives the death of his sibling at or near birth.
Peter was the first person I interviewed for Baby, Let’s Play House, and he educated me in many important ways. Furthermore, he became so excited by the book, by the niche he felt it filled (“You have the ‘take’ that has been missing”), that he shared many transcripts of the original interviews he did for his own book, and read each of my chapters immediately after I wrote them. He not only kept me on point with Elvis’s psychological motivations, but he offered editorial advice, caught typos, and kept my spirits buoyed throughout. Nobody writes a funnier e-mail, and no author could ask for a better friend.
Tony Stuchbury, Elvis aficionado and my dear “little brother” in England, was my chief cook and bottle washer. He gathered a myriad of pertinent articles from publications I couldn’t find, checked obscure facts, provided screen catches of key moments in Elvis’s films, demonstrated that he has more Elvis information rattling around in his brain than I will ever hope to learn, and was always quick to help in any way. Like Peter Whitmer, he kept me going when the journey grew long and lonely. Please see his Web site: http://www.elvispresleyscrapbook.co.uk.
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