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Title: Good Rockin' Tonight: Twenty Years on the Road and on the Town With Elvis by Joe Esposito, Elena Oumano ISBN: 0671795074 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6
Rating: 4
Summary: Warm and honest portrayal of a celebrity friend
Comment: I appreciate Mr. Esposito's warm and honest portayal of Elvis Presley as a complex, imperfect, yet sincere human being as well as a great performer. I especially appreciated his clarification of Elvis' relationship with blacks, and relieved to hear accounts from Myra, one of the members of the Sweet Inspirations (the black female group that did background with Elvis from the late 60s until his death) that Elvis was not a racist and treated blacks with respect, courtesy and admiration. (in fact, he appreciated black music as a child sneaking to black churches to hear the singing). The only thing that bothered me was his account of the late J.D. Sumner and the Stamps running around chasing women the same as Elvis did. Even if it were true, this must be very painful for his widow and children to hear, and I think Esposito should have at least spoken to J.D. before he published something of this nature about him (I believe that J.D. passed away after the book was published). I'm sure if Elvis (who deeply respected gospel music) were alive, he would be appalled. Other than that, the book was very good.
Rating: 2
Summary: Bad Writin' Tonight
Comment: This is one of the most inaccurate books ever written about Elvis Presley. It's obvious that Joe's affiliation with The Colonel was something that he tried desperately to rationalize because he is constantly lying in regards to how the Colonel ran things. He gets details wrong all the time, dates,...ect. When you compare this book to others written about Elvis, it's obvious that Joe's memory and his refusal to talk honestly about the Colonel and a few other subjects, make this a bad choice in what books to get about Elvis Presley. Even researchers ignore most of this book when writing their own books about Elvis. It's not that he doesn't talk honestly about the drugs either, he does. But the facts he states involving stories about the movie years and other things he gets the details all wrong.
Rating: 2
Summary: Bad Writin' Tonight
Comment: Joe's book Good Rockin' Tonight is one of the most inaccurate books ever written on Elvis Presley. Though he has a few interesting personal stories to share, it's amazing how many things he got wrong when it came to Elvis' career. Most of the Memphis Mafia laughs at how bad Joe's memory is on alot of the personal stories too. Some much better books to get are: Elvis Aaron Presley - "Revelations Of The Memphis Mafia" or Marty Lacker's "Elvis - Portrait Of A Friend" ...
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Title: Me 'N Elvis by Charlie Hodge, Charles Goodman ISBN: 0916693007 Publisher: Castle Books Pub. Date: 1984 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Elvis, What Happened? by Steve Dunleavy, Red West, Dave Hebler ISBN: 0345272153 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 1977 |
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Title: If I Can Dream: Elvis' Own Story by Larry Geller, Joel Spector, Patricia Romanowski, Patricia Romanowski Bashe ISBN: 0671659227 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 1989 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis' Missing Years by Rex Mansfield, Elisabeth Mansfield, as told to Marshall Terrill and Zoe Terrill ISBN: 1550225456 Publisher: ECW Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Impersonal Life: The Little Book in Which Elvis Found the Light: Graceland Edition by Anonymous ISBN: 0875167675 Publisher: Devorss & Co. Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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