This past January 8th was the 74th anniversary of the King's birth. The Jan. 8, 2009, Chicago Tribune ran a "Do You Know" list of interesting Elvis facts. I like Elvis, but he was too far ahead of me. My group was the Beatles.
## Elvis was a huge Monty Python fan and could do sketches from memory. His favorite one was "Nudge, nudge." Me too, Know waht I mean?
## When he bought Graceland, it was already named Graceland, for former owner daughter, Grace Toof.
## Actor Kurt Russell has had a long association with Presley in the movies, appearing with him in 1963's "It Happened at the World's Fair." played Presley in "Elvis: The Movie" and was Elvis' voice in "Forrest Gump."
## He dyed his hair which was naturally a dirty blond.
## When he met Priscilla Beaulieu, his future wife, he was 24 and she was 14.
## He was an insomniac most of his life.
## His movies weren't all that great. more of a vehicle for his music. But he did have good taste in what he liked to watch: "Rebel Without a Cause," "Dr. Strangelove," "The French Connection," and most favorite, "Patton."
## His three, late-in-the-career Grammys were all for gospel songs and two for "How Great Thou Art."
You'd have thought he would have won more Grammys, but, then, if Jethro Tull won one for Heavy Metal, anything can happen.
Da Elvis Da Pelvis. --Cooter
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