Linda wrote at the time: “Elvis week continues.Looking back… I have learned to trust life and let it unfold as it is meant to.
“I have so far lived a crazy, rarified, and extraordinary existence… Not without heartache and disappointment, but I have learned from every experience, & I always look forward with optimism to another memory-making day.
“It’s hard to imagine that Elvis has now been deceased longer than he actually lived, yet the music & memories play on…”
While on August 16 itself, the day he died in 1977, she wrote: “He was the king of cool as well as the king of rock ‘n’ roll.”
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Elvis said: He (Billy) seemed like a very nice boy. We didn t have a chance to talk much because I had to work. But from my impression he s just great. I understand he s going great over there (in the UK). Before I met him I d heard that he was the tops in Britain. I tell you, I d sure like to meet him again.
But Elvis also confessed to journalist Chris Hutchins, who later became a friend when he PR d Tom Jones, that he was mystified by Billy s behaviour when it was just the two of them together.
Billy Fury met Elvis and gave him two Silver Discs (Image: GETTY)
Billy said: I’ve been shy all my life and missed out meeting great people and great musical experiences because of my shyness. The last 12 months I decided to get on with my life and do things I enjoy and just forget about tomorrow. I was born shy, I was born with four brick walls around me. I guess I’ve managed to knock down at the moment. I’ve always felt enclosed… I build them around me mentally because of my shyness. People used to think I was very, very moody because I wouldn’t hardly say anything. I just looked down at my shoes.
Following a short illness, Peter Wynne died on January 19 at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. During a very successful music career, the 81-year-old went on to tour the world and sold thousands of records. Mr Wynne had supported the likes of Billy Fury, Marty Wilde and Joe Brown and was also meant to have been travelling in the car that crashed and killed 21 year-old Eddie Cochran in 1960. He released his first record, Chapel of Dreams in 1959 and performed hit songs throughout the 60’s including ‘Ask Anyone in Love’ and ‘I’m a Fool to Want You’. PIC: Karen Hazelwood.
PIC: Karen Hazelwood.
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