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...“Elvis’s dad [Vernon Presley] came home one night talking about the most awful-looking furniture he’d ever seen,” says Marchese. “So Elvis, of course . . . bought it as a joke.”...
...PRESLEY OLDHAMCreator of dainty pieces with mystical undertones American designer Presley Oldham, 28, was destined to have an artistic career. His father Brad is a sculptor....
...Is it because Elvis’s father Vernon is hopeless, violent and unfaithful? Is it because of the baby who died?...
...The first verse came to me very quickly in the form of a childlike street chant “da da da da da dee dee da dee da ee a eeeh”....
...Tommy Dee, Holly’s memorialist, is one of many thousands of one-hit wonders. Endings loom large....
...Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and the early Elvis Presley recorded with their touring bands, and their records captured the same energetic sounds they presented on stage....
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