Discovering Ireland

A view from on top of a mountain that you can drive your car up on Achill Island county Mayo Ireland. My wife, Maureen and I had fun building the pile of rocks early one sunny morning last year.

A visit to the Irish Emigrant Forum may be a good idea as a lot of photos and stories about Ireland are being displayed.

http://emigrant.ie/boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1&page=1

Reading about the fascinating life of Ludwig Van Beethoven is always a pleasure. Now to select a symphony to listen to this morning! It will be much better than listening to Dr Phil! :-)

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My Happiness by Elvis Presley

Updated News, 4th September 2010.

Thank goodness for imaginative editors like Alan Lewis of "Record Collector" magazine.



Freelance reporter Patricia Bunin, with Dick Guyton of the Elvis Birthplace. Patricia of Altedena California kindly sent me the photo by email this morning.She had done an article on Elvis for a pasadena newspaper.


The song "My Happiness" can be heard on youtube.com

BBC Radio Elvis Tribute Concert in Hyde Park London

Famous radio show presenter, Chris Evans, will host a Tribute Concert for Elvis Presley in Hyde Park London on the 12th September 2010.
The good news is spreading like wildfire across Elvis Forums, around the world.

Record Collector magazine to Feature Elvis.

The Record Collector magazine based in the UK will be featuring Elvis Presley and the 1953 "My Happiness" acetate recording story, out on 5th August next. It's my article so buy loads of copies! I will. :-)

"My Happiness" by Elvis 1953. 2010.

Update. 21st June 2010.

For Record Collectors.
After the sad death of Ed Leek The "My Happiness" acetate recording is now the property of his widow, Mrs Susan Leek of Florida USA.
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Elvis and Dolores Update

The "Grace Land" article from "People" magazine was sent to me in 1997 by an American Elvis fan. Thanks to the article including the Abbey's address I was able to write to Mother Dolores Hart, osb., at the Abbey of Regina Laudis Bethlehem CT.
We have been corresponding by letter, notes, and Christmas cards ever since. Her latest letter arrived on the 11th February 2010.
Dolores is presently writing her biography to be embellished with her sketches and photos. Her memories of her friendship and moviemaking with Elvis Presley in 1957 and 1958 are sure to be most welcome.
Photos of Elvis and Dolores are from the 1957 movie "Loving You".

Elvis Presley in Jeans Teenager to Star.

Anne Helm with Elvis in jeans. She kindly replied to a letter from me and sent us a similiar photo to this one from the movie "Follow That Dream",along with a nice letter.
"Follow That Dream" was the song played on RTE1 radio Ireland announcing our trip to Memphis in August 1997. Elvis expert Joe Jackson of "The Irish Times" accompanied us with a lady from BMG Records, Ireland. A documentary of our trip was broadcast on radio May 1998.




To the left, middle photo shows Elvis as a fifteen year old wearing denim jeans with an early girfriend, Betty McMahon.

A new find of Elvis in jeans.




A painting of Elvis in the National Portrait Gallery Washington DC.

There are those that would say Elvis Presley did not like wearing Denim jeans because they were supposed to remind him of his childhood poverty.

Yet the two movies stars he most admired, Marlon Brando and James Dean, were rarely out of them in the 1950s. Elvis is often seen wearing not only jeans in his movies but also matching denim jackets. Famously so in the 1957 movie, "Loving You".

It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to work out the, Elvis didn't like Jeans, story is another of those myths circulated by a few mislead fans.