Elvis

I still remember John Chancellor telling us that ‘Elvis Presley, the ‘king’ of rock and roll, has died.” Of course since I was 6, I had no idea who he was, but if you’re going to interrupt my TV program for this and announce it to everyone, I figured that he must have been pretty important. Later on that night I saw the crowds that had been filmed (yes, this was before video was in widespread use) at Graceland on the 6 o’clock news. That’s when I knew that he was special. It took me a while longer to really appreciate him of course, but now I have some inkling why all those people were so upset. It’s been 30 years, unbelievable.