25: THE KING'S RAT PAK

♪♫ BIRTHDAY BLAST ♪♫

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ROCK♪GODS

  BIRTHDAY♫SALUTES

January~December...

♫ JANUARY ♪

Initially, ERR was going to dedicate the month of January to ELVIS Only.

However, we have decided to make an exception & include the 2nd of the 4 individuals

(with Special mention to Ms. Marion Keisker!) responsible for Inventing RAB & RnR...

ELVIS, Scotty, Bill & Sam Phillips. Respectively, withOut any 1 of them, there would be

NO Rock-A-Billy, NO Rock 'n' Roll & NO Elvis!!!

Sam "SUN" Phillips (1/5)

SUNRISE-1953  SUNSHINE-1954  SUNSET-1977

In The Beginning, SAM Said.. Let There Be ROCK!

A Bass Started Poppin', A Guitar Started Twangin', Fingers Started Snappin' &

A Left Leg Started Shakin'.. Then, A Voice Through A Mic Came From The Heavens.. "Have You Heard The News, There's Good Rockin' Tonight!" And A KING, Named ELVIS Was Born...

...In The Beginning... 

LONG LIVE THE KING! LONG LIVE ROCK!

ThankYa, ThankYaVeryMuch MR. Phillips, For Without YOU, We Would Have Neither!!

GOD Bless The KING On His B'DAY....

JANUARY 8th

An Irish Prayer In Memory Of King Elvis Aron Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77

May God give You...

 For every storm, a rainbow,

 For every tear, a smile,

For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh, a sweet (Elvis) song,

And an answer for each prayer.

♫ FEBRUARY ♪

LISA MARIE PRESLEY (2/1)

BURT "Bandit" REYNOLDS (2/11)

Greatest Actor Of The Era... 1977-1982 Only Ever 6-time #1 Box Office King!

1 of only a few celebs invited by the Presley's to The King's Funeral.

GENE "Be-Bop-A-Lula" VINCENT (2/11)

OTIS "All Shook Up" BLACKWELL (2/16)

GEORGE "Something" HARRISON (2/25)

JOHNNY "Man In Black" CASH (2/26)

♫ MARCH ♪

Shakin' "SHAKY" STEVENS (3/4)

On Drums From Dallas, TX... HARD-Workin'...

RONNIE "Animal" TUTT (3/12/38~10/16/21) 

ELVIS..."Back In Your Cage, Ronnie!" 

MIKE "Hound Dog" STOLLER (3/13)

DOMINIC JOSEPH "DJ" FONTANA (3/15)

♪ APRIL ♫

CARL "Blue Suede Shoes" PERLINS (4/9)

BRIAN "Stray Cat" SETZER (4/10)

GLEN "Gentle On My Mind" CAMPELL (4/22) 

ROY "Ooby Dooby" ORBISON (4/23)

"Hey Big O, whatcha doin' wearin' my jacket?" "Hey Big E, YOU gave it to Me!"

"EL, love the shades, but mine are darker." "Yeah, you're right Roy, but mine are cooler!"

 JERRY "Jailhouse Rock" LIEBER (4/25) 

♫ MAY ♪

JAMES "GodFather" BROWN (5/3)

Royalty At Rest... The GodFather & The King

RICKY "Ozzie & Harriet" NELSON (5/8)

Hey Rick, 1st its my Brylcreem, then its my Jailhouse Rock Red Coat, NOW, its my GUITAR!! 

BOBBY "Mack The Knife" DARIN (5/14)

Defining..."COOL"

Liberace "Dick Anyone?" (5/16)

"No, well how would you like to sit on my Candelabra??" 

Long, Long Before Michael Jackson, Tom Jones, Beatles, James Brown, ELVIS, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong was...

The 1st & Original 'American Idol'...

Known As: "The World's Greatest Entertainer"...

AL "JOLSIE" JOLSON (5/26)

"You Ain't Heard Nuttin' Yet!"...

According to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, "Jolson was to jazz, blues, and ragtime what Elvis Presley was to rock-a-billy, pop and rock 'n' roll." Being the first popular singer to make a spectacular "event" out of singing a song, he became a “rock star” before the dawn of rock music. His specialty was performing on stage runways extending out into the audience. He would run up and down the runway and across the stage, "teasing, cajoling, and thrilling the audience, often stopping to sing to individual members; all the while the perspiration would be pouring from his face, and the entire audience would get caught up in the ecstasy of his performance. No one had seen, or heard anything quite like it before. Jolson's style was the single most important factor in defining modern music. With his unique 'blackface' and dynamic style of singing black music, such as jazz and blues, he was credited with single-handedly introducing African-American music to white audiences."

Here are just a few of Jolsie's amazing achievements...

US FIRST EVER MILLION Selling Single... "Sonny Boy" (1928)

FIRST EVER TALKING Short & Feature Films('A Plantation Act' 1926 & 'The Jazz Singer' 1927)

Invented & Designed the FIRST Modern Day Extended Stage Ramp Into Audience (1920s)

FIRST To Entertain Overseas Troops(WWII 1942) & Awarded Presidential 'Medal Of Merit' (1950)

Jolsie's LAST Single, "Are You Lonesome Tonight" (#1 1950) Was A EP Fav & Covered In 1960 (#1)

SECOND (ELVIS Being FIRST) Commemorative 'Entertainer' U.S. Postage Stamp (1993)

     1st 'Talkie' "The Jazz Singer"       •                Whistlin' & Rockin'                 •                'Mammy' Posin'                      •          US 1st Million-Seller

            (AJ)Jolson's Extended Audience Ramp Used Today(EP)                    •                         Only 2 Life-Sized Marquees Ever ('26/'56)

            Title Says It All!                    •   MJ White Glove & Sox-High Cuffs       •       Are You Lonesome Tonight?          •        1st & 2nd US Stamps

♫ JUNE ♪ 

DEAN "Dino" MARTIN • A-TOM-IC JONES • PRINCE

(6/7)

          Kings Of 'Cool'             •         Jammin' With The King!        •     It's Good To Be The 'King'

'SIR' PAUL McCARTNEY (6/18)

♪ JULY ♫

BILL "Rock Around The Clock" HALEY (7/6) 

RINGO "With A Little Help From My Friends" STARR (7/7) 

3-KING'S...

JACK "The Ripper" (7/10) • FRANK "Chairman Of The Board" SINATRA • "King" ELVIS!

'Happy Birthday!' From "Punky Doodle"

♫ AUGUST ♪

President RockaBILLy "ELVIS" CLINTON (8/19)

JAMES "On LEAD Guitar" BURTON (8/21)

ELVIS... "Look At Him Go, Folks!"

MICHAEL "MJ" JACKSON (8/29) 

♫ SEPTEMBER ♪

ALYCE "The Bug" (9/7), "The Queen" & "The King" 

3 of her favorite things...

Favorite Actress - Bette Davis, Favorite Singer - Elvis Presley & Favorite Cigarette-Pall Mall!

Happy Birthday 'BUG'! DRER 

An Irish Blessing In Memory Of AMR 9/7/19-3/17/06

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

And the rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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"The Killer"... JERRY LEE LEWIS (9/29)

♫ OCTOBER ♪

JOHN "Beatle" LENNON(10/9) 

CHUCK "Johnny B. Goode" BERRY(10/18)

Wanda "Rock-A-Billy Queen" Jackson(10/20)

JOHNNY "Late Night King" CARSON(10/23)

MAHALIA "Gospel Queen" JACKSON(10/26)

♫ NOVEMBER ♪

ADAM ANT (11/3)

Goody Two Shoes To...                      The Jailhouse Rock!

O-E-O!... KING's Of The Wild Frontier

Daddy-O, We're Gonna Look Real Fine..

"Proud" TINA TURNER (11/26)

BIG Wheels Keep On Turnin'...

                                                                       Rollin'.. Rollin'..                                             Rollin' On-A River!

BILLY "Rebel Yell" IDOL (11/30)

              Punk Rockers.. Black Leather & A Whiplash Smile!                                                                      An 'Idol' Admiring A 'King'

♫ DECEMBER ♪

LITTLE RICHARD (12/5)

                'The Architect'             &                   'The King'                                                    "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom!"

SAMMY DAVIS JR. (12/8)

'Mr. Showbiz' & 'The King'

"Conk-conk-a-chonk"

MR. FRANCIS ALBERT "FRANK" SINATRA (12/12)

Chairman Of The Board... Ol' Blue Eyes

From Con's...

To KING's...

They Did It THEIR Way

ANNIE "EURYTHMICS" LENNOX (12/25)

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of THIS...

SCOTTY 'The Guitar That Changed The World!' MOORE (12/27/31~6/26/16)

'54 SUN-To-'68 COMEBACK 

This Site Is Dedicated To... Alyce "LadyBug" † Jack "The Ripper" † Gary "GatorTail" † John "Dick" † "Aunty" Fay † "Uncle" Mike.

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