Divine Dragon wrote:Elvis was never allowed to travel over to Britain, because his agent was an illegal immigrant so wouldn't be allowed back into America if he left..
But anyway, in my opinion, he isn't all that great.
I think all great artists write their own songs, which Elvis did not.
Interesting opinions, DD!
Yes, the agent, or manger, seems to have a very interesting background, to say the least. With all the influence and contacts Elvis and his manger had in many different areas (political, financial, etc.), it seems that a problem with immigration, or whatever, could have been easily taken care of or dealt with to some extent, if so desired.
I saw a clip of Elvis in an interview once and someone asked him something about if he had ever performed overseas and he said no, but that he would like to very much. He was stationed in Germany when he served in The Army, so he had been overseas at one time. I have a feeling that if he had lived longer, perhaps he might have been able to do some concerts somewhere over there at some point and time also. Elvis has many fans and fan clubs all over the world.
There are many talented entertainers who can write and perform their own songs, but many very talented and famous singers did not write their own songs (Frank Sinatra, etc.). There are also many talented songwriters who relied on other entertainers (such as Elvis) to help make their compositions a success, for some reason or other, (possibly they were not too good at performing their own compositions or maybe they just didn't want to.)
Elvis was an entertainer in many different areas (records, films, concerts, etc.) who loved performing in front of an audience, and was very successful at it all.
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