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3. When Elvis was drafted he was asked what he would do

Tue Dec 28, 2021, 09:02 AM

Dec 2021

If rock and roll was just a passed fad when he got out of the Army. Elvis said, “I’d starve to death.”

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Roll over, Leroy Anderson, and tell Henry Mancini the news. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #1

+++ The Polack MSgt Dec 2021 #4

He later did whole albums of Beatles' songs. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #2

When Elvis was drafted he was asked what he would do Walleye Dec 2021 #3

Fiedler was a passing fad (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2021 #5

Fiedler On the Roof Chipper Chat Dec 2021 #6

"Groups with guitars are on their way out." thucythucy Dec 2021 #7

I Sure Hope Decca Fired Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #9

Nope. Instead, while attending a Liverpool "battle of the bands" thucythucy Jan 2022 #10

The Disco Phase Cartoonist Dec 2021 #8