Published on Oct 11, 2013

Stars who were lucky to meet the king of music Elvis:   Sherly Bassy – Steive Martin – Engelbert Humperdinck -Golidie Hawan – Dolly Parton – Donald Rumsfeld – Whitney Houston – David Letter men – Martin Sheen.

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Lucky Stars who got to meet Elvis Presley Part 2

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I want to thank my friend, Mirna, for also sharing the link with me to Elvis Information Network’s interview with Wanda June Hill.  As those who have endured the past 5 years with me will recall, EIN is partially responsible for the fact that I even began a web site in the first place.   Because of their adamant refusal to remove the lies about me which were published by them as a result of their interview with a person of ill repute…and of their inclusion (on their site) of a link to a second web site which was set up to slander and defame me,  I came to the conclusion that my only recourse for self defense was to publicly speak out using my full real name and facts about my very real friendship with Elvis.  And, as the saying goes, the rest is history.  I asked Jesse for permission to use my real name to defend myself and he said “Yes, and you can use my name too!”  So here we are.  So ultimately we all owe EIN a word of thanks for being so unfair to me and so bullheaded. Ha, ha.

Below is the link to the page of EIN on which Wanda June’s interview appears.  Also. the full interview is shown below.

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/interviews_wandahill.html

EIN interview with Wanda June Hill (July 2007)

Author of ‘We Remember, Elvis’, 2nd edn 2006

Read Susan MacDougall’s review of We Remember, Elvis

My husband, our daughter who was 16 when Elvis died, myself and many of our family members and friends had known a man who was honest, good hearted, friendly, kind, honorable and he was devastated by his three former employee/friends’ accusations, hurt to the point of being physically sick because he couldn’t understand why they had wanted to hurt him in such a fashion.

We were astonished to hear newscasters interviewing those 3 guys, hanging on their every word. Newspapers, television, radio and magazines spewing their, as Elvis called such things-“d, d, t’s ” (“distractions, distortions and tales”) around the world day after day as if it all were gospel truths!

We were angry, we had to do something for Elvis. So I got busy writing our story and our friends and family members did the same. It all ended up as the first edition of We Remember, Elvis that came out in hardback in 1978. My daughter whom Elvis called “little Julie” and I along with another friend, who had known Elvis for some time, went on a coast-to-coast book tour-without out any books! We had just the dust cover and some photographs, jewelry he had given to me, and a couple of written notes he had included in a Christmas card and a birthday card. It was a lot of fun, but one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do – go out in public and talk a bout the personal side of Elvis – a thing I had promised not to do and a promise I had kept for nearly 15 years while he was alive. That’s how it all began.

EIN: You say you knew Elvis about 15 years, from the filming of Kissin’ Cousins until his death. How did that come about?

WJH: It was a total surprise to me! I wasn’t an Elvis fan, had been raised in a strict Pentecostal (Assembly of God Church) whose pastor had given many a sermon on this Elvis guy being “the devil’s child” sent to destroy the youth of America! My husband who was an Elvis fan, worked nights, slept days and we lived near the beach – so I took our young daughter there so he could sleep; often on the way home I would stop off and do our laundry.

One day in late summer of 1962 my daughter found a playmate at the laundry and his mom and I talked while the clothes dried and the kids played. She told me she was an actress, had made 2 films with Elvis Presley and that she was just finishing one with him. I didn’t quite believe her though she was very beautiful. Since she had just moved down to Huntington Beach for her son’s health she didn’t know anyone and she invited me and my daughter to come by her place – she said Elvis was supposed to call her and she didn’t want to miss the call – she thought he was going to ask her to come up to his house and she said, maybe he’ll say hello to you!

Well, I was curious, the kids were having fun and she suggested getting some tacos so I followed her home. Elvis did call – after their conversation she told him I had just moved out to California, hadn’t met or seen any movie stars and would he say hello? He did, and talked for about 35 minutes! That was the beginning.

EIN: We understand you worked for Elvis for a while. Can you tell us about that-when the job started and how long it lasted?

WJH: I never worked for Elvis – I volunteered to help him when he said he had so many letters to answer – all of who were from handicapped young persons and people he wanted to respond to personally. Some months later after we became friendlier, and I had gone to MGM with my girlfriend who worked as an extra in his films and I had been hired as temp in the mailroom, he told me he was so busy he couldn’t keep up. I said I was a good typist and would do them for him if he would dictate his response on a cassette I could do it fast and easily. He thanked me, said that would be a big help – I could drop by his home in Bel Air, as it wasn’t far from Culver City.

I always returned his recorded cassettes with the letters. The first time I gave him the cassettes he seemed surprised. I think he thought I would keep them and I said, “Elvis, these are personal correspondence – you need to keep them safe.” I won’t ever forget the look on his face, it was priceless and he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek as he said, “I’ll remember that.”

EIN: Why did this job come to an end?

WJH: I typed several hundred responses for him – then he said that he had a secretary doing them as she had time. I was working full time by then and didn’t have as much free time as before, and couldn’t always get up to Bel Air so easily.

EIN: Once you saw less of Elvis, you continued to have phone contact, according to your book. Please tell us about that.

WJH: I don’t know exactly why he decided to give me his personal phone number – one he said rang in his bedroom – the first time I met him personally, at MGM.

The young woman extra who let me say hello to Elvis on her phone, brought me up to meet him at MGM where he had been working on Kissin’ Cousins – at his request she said. Elvis was very nice to me, played a joke on me the first thing, sat beside me and then asked me to have lunch in his trailer dressing room. He was a perfect gentleman – we just had lunch though I later heard that he often did other things in there. He was very polite; he said he was hungry and boy, was he!

I had never seen anyone eat as fast as he crammed down that sandwich and half of mine! He gave me some stills from the movie and autographed them, took cufflinks from one of his shirts to give to my husband and then as I was leaving, gave me a piece of paper with his phone number on it, telling me to “Please call me early in the morning”. He later on told me that if anyone answered but him just to say, “Hi, it’s Bunny, will you get Elvis for me?”

I only had to say that one time in all those years – and those many times he gave me other phone numbers as he changed them from time to time. The one time I needed to use that “code phrase” was when he was in Palm Springs and his housekeeper answered the phone. Elvis was laying out by the pool, with an electric fan running on him, spraying himself with water from a spray bottle trying to get a tan so they wouldn’t need to plaster his face with makeup as he was starting another film.

EIN: There are touching stories of Elvis’ kindness and generosity to the sick and needy- can you describe any such incidents from your book that are not recorded else where?

WJH: I know of a couple of them-because they were personal to us and are in the book. One being when our daughter was 7 years old and fell from a swing, severely broke her elbow and spent several weeks lying in traction in the Children’s Hospital in Orange, Ca.

When Elvis found out, he began sending stuffed toys with flower arrangements every other day to his “little Julie”. He also called the nurses’ station when he couldn’t catch me by phone as I was spending all my time with my daughter.

The nurses said they told him they could not give him information as he wasn’t family-he said very sternly, “I’m her Uncle by proclamation damn it, how is she doing?” Well, it was funny, they would run when the phone rang at the station – I mean they ran like deer, then gathered around trying to hear him as which ever one got to the phone first spoke to him. It was a riot!

When Elvis discovered that there was a little girl from Mexico sharing the room with Julie, he was upset, here he had been showering the one child (Julie) with things and this little girl didn’t even have her family there with her. She had been born with an abnormal opening at the base of her spine and had never walked-she was about 12 years old. I thought he was going to cry when I told him about her.

The next day and there after for some time, when Julie got her stuffed animal and flowers, the little girl room mate got one too-from her “secret admirer”. She beamed! She didn’t speak English but her eyes said it all! Elvis also gave me money to buy the little girl some pretty nightgowns and things I thought she’d like – I did and gave the money left over to the nurses to continue getting her things after we left. One of the nurses said Elvis located the girl’s family, paid their way up to see her, put them up in a hotel room nearby and when she left the hospital, I heard that he also paid her hospital bill. And when Julie left, Elvis had the florist (DeMurl Tosh Florist in Newport Beach), get a large potted plant, with elves and fairies in the branches for the children’s floor and all the nurses got corsages! What a guy.

EIN: Your book includes transcripts of purported conversations with Elvis. Please tell us about the reason behind them.

WJH: That all began after we got acquainted and Elvis was very trusting of us. My husband worked swing shift, often missed Elvis’ calls as a result and I asked Elvis if he would mind if I tried to record them so he could hear and enjoy them too. Elvis thought about half a second and said, okay – how are you going to do it?

Well, I got this stick on thing that kept falling off the phone receiver and made pretty horrible, noisy tapes but we loved them anyway. I told him if I was going to do it and he didn’t care – he always talked the same way, funny sometimes, more serious others. I was always surprised when I heard people say he didn’t talk much – because I realized pretty quickly that if you gave him time, he would talk, and talk and talk – he liked to explain things, almost like a teacher at times. I didn’t find him reclusive at all-but it did take me a while to just shut up and wait for him to get going. And he had a great sense of humor – not to mention that wonderful giggling laugh!

The conversation portion in my book, which is actually an interview that I did with him over several months time beginning in late 75 came about because Elvis asked me to interview him. He was helping out a friend taking a course in media productions, who had asked Elvis if he would answer a few questions so he could do a “mini documentary” about him.

EIN: Have you had the tapes authenticated? And if so, by whom?

WJH: I didn’t have them authenticated – but a major publishing company had them done in 1978 – I wouldn’t turn loose of them so they sent me down to Los Angeles where I spent an entire day sitting in a room watching a guy doing the testing of them through a thick glass window.

He was laughing and crying by turns and seemed to be very intrigued by what he was hearing. During a break for lunch at 1:30 in the afternoon, he told me that he wasn’t a fan but after listening to the man being just himself, he found him to be very spiritual, human and possessing a kind heart – he planned to get some of his recordings and give him a listen. He said he’d never thought much about Elvis, hadn’t been interested in music but there was something very special about Elvis, he felt he was very misunderstood and that the world had lost a wonderful human being Aug. 16, 1977.

The guy was sincere, he boosted Elvis voice on some tapes, cleaned as much background, phone noise out as he could and “saved” an 8 track that wouldn’t play at all for me – at no charge! His name was Arland Johnson; he had worked for years as a scientific researcher in the field for law enforcement. He was working then as voice print expert and he said the science wasn’t perfect but was the best they had and reliable enough to be considered viable science.

He found all kinds of “other” sounds on the tapes, birds, baby crying (Lisa), dogs, cats, other people, music, radio and phonograph, a man (Charlie Hodge) talking to Elvis that picked up on the phone and Elvis “wheezing” during one call where he had a fever and chest congestion. About the 3rd year of recording some of Elvis’ calls, I inherited a good recording system for telephones through my former employer, a criminal case lawyer. I got good recordings then, and most of the interview was recorded with that system.

Those original tapes I sent to Elvis, I kept very few parts of conversations on tape -I did not want to be responsible for having the whole thing … I sent it all to Elvis as he had asked for it. I sent copies of what I had left to Lisa when she turned 21 – to her mother’s address in Beverly Hills – it was signed for but the signature was not legible. I have never received any response from Lisa or her mother.

The major publishing company (McMillan) that was mainly known at the time for its very big, elegant coffee table venues wanted the tapes to make a recording to sell with the book – I said no. I received a letter from them saying they had signed a tentative agreement with Priscilla Presley for her life story with Elvis and with her signed, there would be no reason to continue working with me. Later, she signed with another company, and for some reason I was happy about it.

EIN: Did you keep dates and diaries? Or other ways to check with authoritative sources?

WJH: I wish I had! I have notes of some conversations not taped, I have the year and maybe month jotted down, but no I didn’t keep diaries. I have transcripts of all the taped phone calls, even those I sent to him. It actually didn’t occur to me to keep dates and times – after all why would I need to? He was always going to be here.

EIN: Which of the MM did you meet? How often-over a period of time?

WJH: It seems kind of odd even to me now, that Elvis never did introduce me to anyone – not anyone! At the MGM set he didn’t, there were two guys who came out of the trailer when he opened the door, one of them was sandy haired and thin and the other was chunkier and brown haired. I have no clue who they were and didn’t ask. I think the sandy haired, slender younger guy was Richard Davis but wouldn’t swear to it. At Elvis’ Bel Air home in 1964 I met Allan Fortas who was very friendly and nice. But we said maybe three or four sentences and that was it. I didn’t try to get acquainted with the guys, I was there for Elvis and he’s the one I watched and listened to. I didn’t meet or befriend any of the girls there except the one I had met at the beach who brought Elvis into our life. On the way home from Bel Air that day, the friendship with her ended … that’s another story.

I was truly surprised and at first didn’t believe it, to find out after Elvis died, that his guys appeared clueless as to whom I might be. It became very clear to me then that Elvis chose to keep quiet, to have someone outside of those he worked and lived with to talk to about things that interested him.

I knew his management, friend/employees and some family members didn’t want him getting religion, into spiritual books and discussions about God – it might ruin his Rock ‘n roll playboy image. I knew too, that his life depended on them in so many ways, but in talking with him, it was very clear how much he needed outside sources, people not connected to his every day existence – and thank God he found a way to have that space.

I hope in some small way, I did help him cope. He surely brightened up my life and that of my family, and through him, we met other phone friends in our area – he had several and he seemed to want to get us all together and we did for the most part. Some of them got to meet him personally; some did not – all at and according to his wishes.

As for the MM that I did meet – two of them actually let me know they accepted me for what I said – one being Ed Parker, who was not considered an “official” MM member but had a book out the same time as I and who was doing book tours as well. We ran into each other at radio stations and etc: and he came to one of the Elvis Conventions we held in Anaheim where he saw some of the phone bills with Elvis’ private numbers on them and saw the gifts and notes in Elvis’ hand writing. He stood around eating “Elvis cake” and drinking punch and talked some there.

Later, we conversed some in waiting rooms at radio stations etc: and he told me things about the last tour and Elvis’ condition, how he was very worried about him and said he wished Elvis would just “pass out” so he could be taken to the hospital “where he belonged.” He said Elvis was very “spiritual and gifted” and was being “used up, like a winning race horse”. It was very sad when Ed passed away.

Rare Elvis photo with unknown couple on beach

Charlie Hodge came up to me in Las Vegas at the big convention Col. Parker staged after Elvis’ death. Charlie said he wanted to see who this Wanda June Hill was. He stood looking at me and then he said, “Well, I guess I’ve seen you around … some … ” I said, “I’ve got you on tape talking to Elvis”. He looked surprised, mumbled something about that was possible, then headed off to his cronies. Some months later he and I “bumped” into each other at Elvis conventions in other states. We didn’t talk about Elvis, and conversations were brief due to our schedules. He suffered a great loss when his best buddy left and I wish now I had spent more time talking with him. He truly loved Elvis and was a real friend to him right to the end, and Charlie always spoke well of Elvis.

Mrs. McComb came over to our booth in Las Vegas, told me my book was beautiful and I was so surprised I was speechless. Before I could ask her if she had a copy (I was going to give her one) two of the guys hustled her back to their booth as if I might “contaminate her” or something. They avoided me like the plague after that, though we kept “running” into each other on the convention tour circuit.

Those are the only ones that I will mention having any contact with. In 78 several of the MM guys called me a liar when I said in 1978 Elvis had told me he had spoken with Red West in late 1976, and Elvis made excuses for Red having taken part in authoring that book. Elvis also said he forgave Red and sadly wished they could talk of the old days “like before”.

Strangely enough that phone call he made to Red in 1976 is now on the Internet with Red’s “blessing”. I wonder if any of them think about the fact I knew Elvis HAD called Red before he died – and I said so in that first book we did and also in interviews across the country. I was also saying that Elvis was very spiritual, read the Bible, held group meetings in his bedrooms with the young women who came around his homes etc: and was reading spiritual things to them, including the Bible and he was not having group sex – as his MM guys liked to say he did … now it’s common knowledge that Elvis’ intentions were honorable and he was probably “saving” the girls from his guys’ plans for them! Of course, in 1978 they said I was imagining the whole thing.

There are a couple other guys who worked for Elvis who have said it was possible Elvis had talked with me by phone, disclaiming the statement of another MM member who says “Elvis hated talking on the phone” as they related that Elvis was “always making calls up in his room” usually on his private line and they didn’t know whom he was talking with but I am not a namedropper – I never have and I still won’t use any of their names to prove anything I say. It’s up to whomever if they want to say anything regarding me or not. Some of Elvis guys I met and spoke with only after Elvis’ death.

Some of those friends/employees of his I wouldn’t want to know …. And never did want to know – especially after having witnessed some of their “after hour antics” in Las Vegas. It was obvious why Elvis wanted to keep them upstairs singing until they “dropped from exhaustion”- at least he didn’t have to worry what they might be doing downstairs after the shows. Like he said, “I got ways …” and he used them.

As for reasons why some of the MM guys wouldn’t want to remember me – I think they realize there could be some of those things they can’t quite recall for various reasons, that maybe I could know. They might be right.

EIN: Quite a few people have written books claiming to have known Elvis-some are fraudulent and some genuine. How do you think people distinguish between them?

WJH: I can only answer for my self. I look for things that speak from their heart – things that tell me they truly do love him, are not seeking fame and fortune for themselves, but honestly are revealing their experiences with a man they cared for, who inspired them, shared his life with them and whom they miss very much.

Truth speaks for its self and most people can tell the difference by “reading” another’s thoughts, in speaking and in print. Elvis had a great saying that I like… “Truth’s truth, can’t argue with that!” Something that Elvis talked about was friendship and what it meant to be a friend and said: “A friend will keep your secrets and share your grief as well as your joys… and won’t sell you out for love of money!” I said, “for love or money” and he said…”No honey. I said, for love of money ’cause that’s the main reason people do things…especially when their wants are greater than their needs!”

He sure was right.

EIN: You have written several other books about Elvis. Please tell us about them.

WJH: I have one I’m working on that was just a self-published thing I did years ago and wasn’t really ever published or available other than a few I did for people who wanted one; and I charged just what it cost for me to put it together and mail it.

I’ve never charged for interviews, always paid my own traveling expenses, hotels etc: and never wanted to make money off his friendship. I still don’t. But I realized I have to get more books out to those many new fans and older ones as well, who need and want to know the guy we knew, who was kind, loving, generous and wanted to please everyone he met.

To do that, I chose BookSurge Publishing/via Amazon.com. The one I am working on is called Elvis – Face to Face and is just about those few times I was in his space, actually “face to face” situations at his Bel Air and Palm Springs homes, Las Vegas downstairs and in the suite a couple of brief times. Never alone with him but a very few times… and that was in public places more or less.

Nearly 15 years and it can be put in a little book not more than a few hundred pages – how sad, really. I am including tributes written by several people who love Elvis, a couple of poems by Elvis’ fans, parts from letters I’ve received, and the cover will feature original artwork by a young woman who captures Elvis on canvas beautifully – she lives in Turkey! I hope to get it done by year’s end-but it’s taking some time; it’s not easy for me to do. I miss him a great deal and sometimes have to take a break for a while.

EIN: You own rights to Fairytale and might reissue it – what are your plans for it?

WJH: I do own the rights to the manuscript. It’s a very thick book, full of filler stuff and some truth. I’d like to get rid of the filler things and make it more readable and, though it is a fiction book, it has some very good and close resemblance to Elvis’ life in that it refers back to those days from the stand point of being set way ahead in time after the main character’s idol Elvis, has died.

As for Elvis’ death, I think that he died as he wanted, at home, with his friends and everything was all right, just as he said it would be. He was tired, worn out and he was struggling to face the audience looking bloated and being unable to move around as he thought he ought to on stage.

His health had become a big issue, he couldn’t figure out what to do, what he ought to do, but he had hope of getting some time off and getting himself back together. He fully knew what was going on, he knew that things had to change and that he had to do something himself – it wasn’t going to be done for him this time. He was in pain, from his colon problems, from his back hurting and his legs and from being given so many pills by his doctors – I don’t know how he managed as long as he did!

The first time I met him he told me he had to take a tranquilizer before he ate lunch or his nervous stomach might throw lunch back at him! He was only 27 and being given tranquilizers that normally were prescribed for people much older!

He told me he couldn’t sleep at night, that he had nightmares and woke up terrified, that he sometimes had to run outside so he could catch his breath and he said he didn’t like to sleep alone … He explained that he was a sleepwalker from childhood and liked having somebody with him to keep an eye on him. He also told me that he had slept in the same bed as his parents from the time he was born until he was much older because they only had one bed and enough cover to keep warm in winter if they slept together. I didn’t think it odd – my stepmother’s family did the same thing and they had several kids sharing beds.

He often spoke of his early childhood, had a super memory and talked about lots of events in his early life …including seeing angels, talking to bright, shiny men and having memories of talking with Jesus as a young boy. I believed him. And he didn’t feel odd or embarrassed telling me -after all, I told him, I’m a little weird myself so I don’t think you’re strange at all! He said, “The weird talkin’ to the strange huh”. And laughed that wonderful sniggering laugh that only Elvis had.

EIN: How did your husband like your friendship with Elvis? Was he jealous?

WJH: People always ask me, wasn’t your husband jealous? No he wasn’t – not of Elvis. My Jimmie and I had been married nearly 4 years when Elvis entered our lives. (We’ve been together 48 years) He was the Elvis fan; one of the first paychecks he got in California he went out and bought a little phonograph player and one record album, 50,0000 Fans Can’t Be Wrong! Elvis wearing that gold lamé suit on the front cover. I would not have gone with the young woman from the laundry had it not been for Jimmie’s love of Elvis – I thought he’d get a kick out of me getting to say hello to Elvis Presley! He did! And he got to be his friend also, and has a couple of Elvis’ shirts, a ring from Elvis, and a Bible that Elvis had used and then signed and gave to Jimmie in Dec. of 76 for Jimmie’s birthday, Jan. 1st. Inside the Bible is an inscription Elvis wrote, it says: “For Jim, in the love of Jesus & the faith of God in my heart. May God guide your search. E Presley 1-1976”

EIN: Will you be in Memphis this year? Where can we meet up with you?

WJH: I won’t be in Memphis this year. I’m 67 years old, been there and done that; I don’t sit too long or I can’t move, and I don’t walk too far or might not make it back home! One of those you know?

Anyway, we were there in 1981 and it was wonderful and so inspiring and also endearing to see his home that he was so proud of, and always changing! Nearly every time we talked he was remodeling or adding onto some part of it! I hope it remains the way he had it as much as possible – it was his only place of refuge, his only real home he said, that he’d ever had – he and his mom and dad. I hope it can always be in Lisa’s family line and be the home of Elvis Presley, where some of his happiest days were spent with those he loved so much.

Thank you very much for letting me speak on EIN. I like your site – it gives everyone a chance to speak their minds … hopefully with respect for one another though that sometimes is very difficult, I realize.

If anyone wants to contact me they can find me at: www.elvislightedcandle.org

EIN: Wanda, thank you very much for your time.

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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014

The following image was shared on Facebook.  It can be very difficult for me to forgive those who have never apologized…but, I must discipline myself to do this.  Jesse has a wonderful way of forgiving people.  He has forgiven those who have betrayed him, without their apologies.  He is a wonderful example for us all.  He has the most caring, loving, generous and forgiving heart.

The Mind Unleashed‘s photo.

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I love the below YouTube video of Waylon Jennings singing a song titled “NOBODY KNOWS I’M ELVIS”.  Great lyrics!!

Waylon Jennings “No body knows I am Elvis “

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Published on Apr 19, 2014

Waylon Jennings “No body Knows I am Elvis”

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A friend on Facebook, Debbie F., shared the following good photo comparison of Jesse’s Benjamin with that of Lisa holding Benjamin when a little younger.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

Here is a wonderful news article about a wonderfully fresh perspective on Elvis and his never-ending influence and contribution to music and to the world…a book for children to introduce them to Elvis.

http://www.azfamily.com/good-morning-arizona/What-Every-Child-Needs-to-Know-About-Elvis-Presley-266272071.html

GMAZ interview by Javier Soto

Posted on July 8, 2014 at 11:57 AM

PHOENIX — The endless onslaught of flash-in-the-pan teen pop stars and boy bands might be preventing young children from appreciating the roots of rock and roll, but something very significant happened 60 years ago today — Tuesday, July 8. Elvis Presley’s debut single, “That’s All Right,” was heard on the radio for the first time. It changed music forever.

Bradley Snyder, a child expert and author of “What Every Child Needs to Know about Elvis Presley,” (Barns and Noble and Independent Retailers www.needtoknowpublishing.com), sat down with 3TV’s Javier Soto to talk about Presley and why kids need to know who he is and how he influenced the music they listen to today.

Snyder explained how “That’s All Right,” crossed color lines and brought the blues – a uniquely American art form – to an audience that had never heard it before.

Without it, rock and roll, something that we all take for granted, might never have happened. When children learn about this, they better appreciate music, history, and how far we have come.

“We say that these books are for young readers and pre-readers,” Snyder explained. “These are books for adults to share with their children. These get read with the child and to the child.

“They’re a great way to introduce a child to a favorite artist or to introduce a difficult topic, as with our cancer book, or even just to explain why adults are the way that we are,” he continued.

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A visitor to our Messages For Jesse page, Christina,  has found a very good and important YouTube video.  This video is an interview with the actress Celeste Yarnall who appeared in movies with Elvis and who became a friend who knew him well and, more importantly, understood a lot about him and how he thought. 

In this interview she speaks quite a lot about Elvis.  The most interesting part of this interview is that she speaks about meeting “Jon Burrows” during the filming of ELVIS FOUND ALIVE.  You will hear her say that she signed a confidentiality agreement concerning what she learned during the filming of that movie.  She states that she did meet a man named “Jon Burrows” who sounds like Elvis, looks like Elvis, and who knew things that only Elvis would know.  One can surmise from all she says that the man she met was actually Elvis Presley…which we do know to be true because Jesse wrote it in his own letter and told me so during our phone conversations.

Of course, this is right in line with what Jesse told me about the film.  You may read Jesse’s two page letter which he wrote to me to be posted on this site.  Here is the link to the page on which you may read his handwritten letter detailing how he came to be involved in the making of that movie/documentary.  When Joel Gilbert first released the movie on DVD, he did call it a “documentary”.  However, the critics, who always rear their ugly heads, caused such a stink about it that he changed the description to “mockumentary”.   https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/hear-elvisjesses-current-voice-as-it-sounds-today/

Here is the link to the Celeste Yarnall interview which I know you will enjoy: 

Celeste Yarnall (Star Trek) at Wonder Con 2012

Reality Check TV

Published on Feb 18, 2013

Outtake from episode #536: For the third year in a row we meet up with the lovely Celeste Yarnall (Yeoman Martha Landon in the original Star Trek TV series) Celeste talks about her relationship with the one and only Elvis Presley and other projects she’s involved with.

http://youtu.be/uTq741rGVtM

httpv://youtu.be/uTq741rGVtM

My thanks to Christina for sharing this with us.

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SENT TO JESSE THROUGH THIS POINT ON FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2014

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SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

Good Sunday, everyone!  Just want to let everyone know that Jesse did phone me last night.  He is doing OK.  He went on a 3-day trip which he enjoyed very much…saying he just has to get away once in a while.  But, when he returned home he had gotten a fever and was not feeling well for several days and spent most of the time in bed.  But, he is fine now.  He has been trying to get hold of me since last weekend.  He called last weekend and though his call showed up on the caller ID, our answering machine did not record his message.  Then he attempted to call me repeatedly one day during the week when I was on another long call.  I heard the call waiting going off but, because we get so many fund raising and telemarketing calls, I didn’t interrupt the person who had called me.  When I am on an extension phone I can’t see who is calling.  So, when I got off the phone, I did check the caller ID but, for some weird reason, it did not register who had been trying to call.  So, he and I were both getting frantic because we weren’t getting to speak.  But all is well now.

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Below are two articles regarding a Bible and notes for Elvis’ funeral coming up for sale.  However, the first article shows a photo of a Bible actually owned by Elvis with his name on the cover.  However, the actual article by the company handling the sale of the items, shows a photo of and description of a Bible which was given to J. D. Sumner by Rev. Rex Humbard.  The price for the entire package is $95,000.  Sounds pretty exorbitant for a Bible given by Rev. Humbard to J. D. even if the Bible was used by Rev. Humbard at Elvis’ funeral.  Oh well…here are the two articles.

Elvis Presley’s Bible and funeral notes up for sale

By Ian Mohr

July 11, 2014 | 9:04pm

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Elvis ‘s personalized Bible given to him by TV evangelist Rev. Rex Humbard will be up for auction. Photo: Getty Images ; AP

Some rare artifacts from Elvis’ 1977 funeral are going up for sale.

They include a handwritten list of songs and speakers planned for the funeral as prepared by gospel singer J.D. Sumner, whom Elvis’ father personally asked to organize the ceremony, attended by James Brown, Ann-Margret and George Hamilton.

A day before the funeral, 30,000 fans attended a public viewing at Graceland.

The White House had to send in 300 National Guard troops to maintain order.

Sumner’s notes come with a personalized Bible given to him by TV evangelist Rev. Rex Humbard, who officiated at the rite.

The letter and Bible are going for $95,000 together from Moments in Time.

http://pagesix.com/2014/07/11/elvis-presleys-bible-and-funeral-notes-up-for-sale/

WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 2014

I am so very blessed to have the friendship of Wanda June Hill who shares many things with me privately about Elvis’ life before he left to become Jesse.  Most of the things she shares are private and so I would never make them available to anyone else.  Wanda has shared some very special quotes from Elvis during the time leading up to August 16, 1977.  Wanda now understands that he was giving her clues about what he was going to do.  However, Wanda knew that Elvis had told her that he was going to die due to some health issues (if not taken care of) which he had discussed with her many times.  So, when he made the following comments, Wanda did take him at face value and did not question what he was attempting to tell her…without saying outright.  I think this will mean a lot to those who do love the man behind the image and who is now Jesse.

I have obtained Wanda’s permission to share the following excerpts from her communications:

“used up past ma limit like an old plow horse or somethin’.  I’m just beat, damn it!”

 Aug. 2nd, 1977  – tape made and sent to us which arrived a few days later.

He was making a short tape, sent to us and addressed to me at home.

I realize now that he was telling me that something was going to happen and it would be what he wanted and I was not to worry about him; I think he was giving me clues and hoped I would be able to figure them out over time.

(The Stamps Quartet were playing in the back ground and had been for about a week; he’d called twice to chat a short time and they were singing away both times.)

From that tape:

“…The leaves are startin’ to turn; I don’t want you to worry ’bout me, I’m gonna be alright.  You’ll see.  God ain’t gonna be mean to me.  I’m gonna be at home with my friends ‘un it’ll be alright.  You’ll see, I’m gonna be gone but I’ll still be around.  So don’t be sad. I want to go… ‘um so…so– just so very sick ‘n so tired of all this.  Can’t do it anymore… God willin’-  it’ll all turn out alright…”

 More written by Wanda:

“I went through a couple of files and finally found this comment that he had made toward the end of his being here etc: and it is similar only more anguished on his part. I don’t think he would mind that his comments were on your site, after all, that was his past…that he went through hell to get away from…and now has.  It does not relate actually to him as he is today…it’s from the past and a life he left – so maybe he won’t get upset that I am “spilling his guts” for him…after all he did give you “carte blanc” so to speak.

During a phone conversation in that last big year of appearances he was off for a few weeks and enjoying doing nothing, but was hanging in his room a lot, with the doors locked and only coming down once or twice a day, then Lisa came and he was spending a lot of time with her, mostly upstairs in his rooms…”

“Never was a quitter, but I can’t..can’t..eh..won’t do this anymore.  I got to stop  un find me again if-if I even know who that is…or…or was.  It’s been so long- God give me the strength to to find out- who…eh…who I – I  who I really am… “  

 More written by Wanda:

“That comment really does say what he was feeling and that he was aware of what was going on…he just didn’t have the strength of will to say I have to stop this…too many people were dependent on him going on those stages.  Those guys whom he told early on to save their money, keep some back for the future because the day would come when he would not be popular and he would, he said, remind them of how fickle the public could be…based on those who had big hits and then vanished from sight.”

Also, in response to the mention which I made of Gene Smith’s statement that it was not Elvis in the coffin, as well as the statement which Gene wrote near the end of his book titled Elvis’ Man Friday.  Wanda wrote the following to me:

“I did speak with Gene too, and he told me the same thing about the hands, but first he asked me if I had ever noticed Elvis’ hands…I said yes, he had nice hands, slim fingers and delicate looking but they were always rough and had callous and he had very strong hands… and I remember hearing him suck in his breathe and then he said, “Right!  It wasn’t his hands in that coffin…”  I agreed I didn’t think it was but that it was a good younger E. likeness and that was what surprised me…how young and innocent that face was…and he said, because it was made to look that way…I remember asking him if he believed Elvis was still alive and he said, he was going to make it a life time search until he was positive he wasn’t alive I wished him luck and told him how much his standing by and being there for E had meant to him and that he loved him like he was his blood brother and not just his cousin…”

I thank Wanda from the bottom of my heart for her friendship and trust…and for allowing me to share the above with the visitors to my site.

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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014

I want to explain to all those who are posting messages to me privately on Facebook and or/posting things to my timeline on Facebook, I won’t be able to continue responding to individuals except family and close friends.  Also, please don’t feel hurt if you Email me and I do not respond.  I am working very hard trying to keep from offending anyone by not answering.  But it is taking a terrible toll on me and there is no way that I can ever catch up and so I must cut way back.  I will still respond to those few people who are personal friends of mine…but I must just stop trying to respond to everyone.  The correspondence is robbing me of personal time and also the time which I need to devote to maintaining the web site and other things which I do for Jesse.   I thank everyone for understanding my situation.  I do appreciate so very much everyone’s efforts and interest.  

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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014

I learned from Wanda recently that there is a plant, a hosta, named Elvis Lives.  We ordered one and it arrived yesterday.  I loved seeing this plant named for the truth!  I will insert below the link from which one may order a plant if anyone is interested.

http://www.nhhostas.com/elvis-lives-hosta.htm

Elvis Lives Hosta from NH Hostas

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I so much appreciate the ever growing number of visitors to this site.  I was very gratified yesterday, when I took a look at our 20 most recent visits and saw that there are so many visitors from, literally, all over the world.  This is a testament to how very much Elvis is loved by people to this very day.  Our total number of visitors is growing amazingly fast also.  I thank each and every visitor who is making this possible.  With God’s blessing and Elvis/Jesse’s approval, how could things be otherwise!

Below is the Recent Visit list which I saw yesterday.  I think Jesse will enjoy seeing this proving that his popularity has not diminished one bit since his retirement but, rather, continues to grow with every passing day.

Also, I want to thank every person who has become a registered subscriber to my site.  As I have mentioned so often before, it is not at all necessary to register in order to access every single thing on my site and it is absolutely FREE to everyone (even my enemies).  The only time registration is required is if one wishes to post on the Messages for Jesse page.  Thank you again, so very much.

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I just came upon the following YouTube video this morning while visiting another video and I found it very pleasant and intriguing.  I think you will enjoy listening to this song which is purported to be Jimmy Ellis (Orion) and Elvis in a mix of one of Elvis’ most beautiful songs.  My compliments to the owner and creator of this sound mix.  Very beautiful, indeed.  I also noticed that this YouTube channel also has other songs which are mixes of Elvis and Jimmy Ellis.  I have not listened to any of the others.

Jimmy Ellis – You’ll Never Walk Alone (Ellis – Presley Mix)

Alex Moes Published on Dec 4, 2011

http://youtu.be/y_UwO1TKe_o

httpv://youtu.be/y_UwO1TKe_o

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Below is a very interesting article which I certainly do believe and hope to live long enough to see it proven…they predict within the next two decades.  I am including this on my News page because it is something of vital interest to all of us…and also because this is a topic which has always held a great interest for Elvis and continues to do so for Jesse.

We Are Not Alone In Universe, NASA Scientists Say

Posted: 07/15/2014 4:56 pm EDT Updated: 07/16/2014 4:59 pm

NASA scientist say it won’t be long before we find habitable, Earth-like planets with alien life.

It’s highly unlikely we’re alone in the universe, NASA experts are saying, and we may be close to finding alien life. In fact, it may happen in the next two decades.

NASA held a panel discussion at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, where space experts talked about the search for Earth-like planets that host life. Based on recent advancements in space telescope technology, scientists estimated that in the coming decades we’ll confirm suspicions that we’re not alone.

“I think in the next 20 years we will find out we are not alone in the universe,” NASA astronomer Kevin Hand said in footage filmed at the discussion and posted on YouTube.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden echoed Hand’s sentiment.

“It’s highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the universe that we humans stand alone,” he said.

Just this year, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope picked up on an Earth-like planet in the “habitable zone” of another star. At the time, the observation of the planet, Kepler-186f, was hailed as the first discovery of an Earth-size planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun.

Scientists believe there are potentially many more Earth-like planets in the universe — and some of them could be home to alien life.

“Astronomers think it is very likely that every single star in our Milky Way galaxy has at least one planet,” Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said during the talk. “Sometime in the near future, people will be able to point to a star and say, ‘that star has a planet like Earth.'”

With the expected launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, NASA’s planet-hunting mission will get an extra boost. The new piece of equipment is designed to study infrared light, making it easier to spot extrasolar planets.

But NASA may need even larger and more powerful telescopes to discover alien life.

“To find evidence of actual life is going to take another generation of telescopes,” Matt Mountain, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, said at Monday’s event. “And to do that, we’re going to need new rockets, new approaches to getting into space, new approaches to large telescopes — highly advanced optical systems.”

Here is the link to a YouTube video of the entire event held in Washington, DC:

Space Experts Discuss the Search for Life in the Universe at NASA

NASA

Published on Jul 14, 2014

http://youtu.be/GNjuz6MO0eU

httpv://youtu.be/GNjuz6MO0eU

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SENT TO JESSE THROUGH THIS POINT ON FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014

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