Product Description

Sixteen years after his sudden death, Elvis Presley is more popular than ever. This first complete and authenticated compendium contains everything there is to know about the King's personal life, presented in riveting detail by David Stanley--Elvis's stepbrother--who lived with Elvis for 17 years at Graceland. 200 photos. Four-color throughout.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1106368 in Books
• Published on: 1994-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 287 pages

Amazon.com Review
Almost as good as a round-trip ticket to Graceland! Contains a day-by-day chronology of the King's life; more than 100 first-person anecdotes from his step-brother and oldest friend; more than 300 personal photographs, letters, and private documents; information on every Elvis movie and recording; bios of the King's 50 closest friends; and an experts-only Elvis quiz. The author, David Stanley, is actually Elvis' brother in a "I'm my own grandpa" kind of way: his mother married Elvis' dad.

Customer Reviews

Junk
This book is not worth its price like most of the books where Lamar Fike is involved. It contains information already published over and over a hundred times but more accurately in other publications. If you are interested in Elvis Presleys life and music, "Elvis Day by Day" by Jorgensen and Guralnick is the better choice.

Buy It Now
The first part of this book is more or less a timeline. It tells what Elvis was doing, where he was, if the show sold out, ect. I'm not sure how factual it is, I have not cross-referenced it with any other books.

The next part focuses on each member of Elvis' inner circle. Their names are in alphabetical order and the book tells a little about each of them. I find this useful because I have a hard time remembering who each person is when George Klein is mentioning them on Elvis Radio.

The next part is a complete list of his movies. It has some pictures from each movie, gives a synopsis, and tells the cast.

The next part of this book is the part I find most useful. It has a complete list of every elvis song. I have been trying for years to get a copy of every Elvis song, but I have had no complete list to compare it to. Now I just highlight the songs that I have and gaze in amazement to see the many that I don't have.

Then there is a list of every Elvis record. It gives the catolog numbers, tells when it was released or rereleased, and tells what songs are on each album. This could be useful if you were trying to get a complete set of elvis records. That would be awesome to be able to do, but it would cost way too much money for me. I'm happy with the 50 or so that I have found cheap on ebay, at yard sales, and good will stores.

The last part is Elvis trivia.

That is what the book sonsists of as far as I can remember. I don't have the book in front of me so I may have missed some things. Anyway, the book is well worth the money.

BETTER TITLE: ELVIS PAID OUR BILLS!
ANOTHER "TRUE" STORY OF ELVIS,WRITTEN BY DISGRUNTLED
EX-EMPLOYEES WHO NEED THE CASH. MIXED-IN WITH SEMI-
ACCURATE INFORMATION IS THE USUAL "DON'T BLAME US" ALIBIS.
WRITTEN BY ELVIS'FATHER'S FORMER STEPSON WITH INPUT FROM
ANOTHER FLUNKIE. THE FUNNY PART IS HEARING INTERVIEWS BY
THE AUTHORS TALK ABOUT ELVIS' DRUG USE AND WEIGHT,WHEN
THEY HAVE NO ROOM TO TALK!
TOO BAD ELVIS ISN'T AROUND TO PAY THEIR BILLS ANYMORE,SO
WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM SELL B.S. STORIES FOR MONEY!
INTERESTED BUYERS ARE BETTER OFF BUYING A NATIONAL ENQUIRER.