The Presley women had heads turning (not for the right reasons) at the benefit for the Food Bank in NYC last night. Priscilla looked somewhat O.K from a distance while an unkempt Lisa seemed to be in desperate need of shampoo and a good nap.
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“Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn’t been an Elvis, there wouldn’t have been a Beatles.” - John Lennon
“Elvis is like the Big Bang of rock ‘n’ roll. It all came from there.” - Bono
“Last time I saw him, we sang ‘Old Blind Barnabus’ together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There’ll never be another like that soul brother.” - James Brown
“Elvis was the King. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger, and all the others only followed in his footsteps.” - Rod Stewart
“Elvis is the best ever, the most original. He started the ball rolling for us all.” - Jim Morrison
“If it hadn”t been for Elvis, I don’t know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all.” - Elton John
“The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.” - Cher
Lisa Marie Presley broke down in tears when she first heard her voice added to her father’s original 1969 recording of “In The Ghetto“.
“We had two hours to lay down my vocals,” she says about recording the song to honor the 30th anniversary of the legendary singer’s death.. “So the next morning, I heard the rough … and … I’ve never cried when I’ve done anything … ever … but I just lost it when I heard it.”
She continues, “People have been asking me to do another duet with him forever, but I had to do my own thing before I went back there,” Presley, 39, told USA Today. “So I was ready. I just had to figure out what would be right. And suddenly it came to me, all at the eleventh hour.”
Lisa did a similar project for the 20th anniversary of her father’s death, but “Don’t Cry Daddy” was never released commercially.
An accompanying music video, which features images of both father and daughter, will be posted on Spinner.com on Friday (17.08.07).
The song will also be available on iTunes. Proceeds will benefit the New Orleans branch of Presley Place, a transitional housing facility for homeless families.
Around 50,000 die hard Elvis Presley fans are expected to gather in Memphis tonight (August 15) to perform a candlelit vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the superstar’s death.
At 8.30pm Memphis, USA time tonight, the gates of the Graceland mansion, where Presley used to live, will be opened to fans.
They will be invited to walk up the Graceland driveway to Presley’s gravesite and back carrying a candle each as a mark of respect.
It is expected that the ceremony will last for around ten hours, finishing in the early morning hours of Thursday (August 16), the date of Presley’s untimely death.
The event is the centrepiece of a week of Elvis events in Memphis, collectively dubbed “Elvis Week“.
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