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Hundreds celebrate the king's birthday in style
HUNDREDS of glitzy polyester suits, shiny black beehives and Elvis wigs rock ‘n rolled into Parkes this weekend, kicking off the 20th annual CountryLink Parkes Elvis street parade. Floats overflowed with Elvis in his many incarnations while women modelled themselves on Priscilla or wore 50s rock ‘n roll attire.
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Elvis robber set for Jailhouse Rock after string of raids at bookmakers
Martin Reilly, 53, of no fixed address, admitted a series of gunpoint robberies where he used various costumes to escape with thousands of pounds of cash.
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Dolly rejected Elvis offer
Country icon Dolly Parton refused to let Elvis Presley record her hit song I Will Always Love You.
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Powdered Wigs, Quaint No More - An Essay by Bill Morelock
We're used to thinking of the 20th century as the high point of technological and cultural change. The case is easy to make: A generation which knew the horse and buggy watched Neil Armstrong's moon walk. There was Einstein, two world wars, a smallpox vaccine, Elvis Presley and laptop computers. Make your own list.
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Parton rejected Presley cover after royalties demand
Country icon Dolly Parton refused to let Elvis Presley record her hit song I Will Always Love You because she didn't want to give up the publishing rights to the track.
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Dolly 'turned down Elvis'
Country icon Dolly Parton refused to let Elvis Presley record her hit song I Will Always Love You because she didn't want to give up the publishing rights to the track.
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Betting shops robber was a devil in disguise
A MAN with crime always on his mind has admitted robbing betting shops, including one in Woking, while dressed in outlandish disguises.
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Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton Rejected Elvis Presley Cover After Royalties Demand
Country icon Dolly Parton refused to let Elvis Presley record her hit song I Will Always Love You because she didnt want to give up the publishing rights to the track The 9 to 5 hitmaker reveals The King was a big fan of her 1970s tune and was set to hea...
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A1A shops fight downturn
The two dummies in black wigs and Clinton and Reagan Halloween masks are gone. Over the years, they had become humorous, head-turning landmarks for motorists passing by an otherwise easy-to-miss bait shop on State Road A1A.
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Parton rejected Presley cover
But Parton knew the financial sacrifice was too much just to have one of her tracks covered by Presley. Speaking to Anderson Cooper, she says, "Elvis was gonna record that song, he had it ready and 'Colonel' Tom Parker says, 'We have to have the publishing, or we won't record anything.'
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