It Was 32 Years Ago Today....

[Hotfoot]

I was painting an apartment exterior when the news came over the radio. An older guy I was working with almost fell off the ladder trying to get down to turn up the radio. He had tears in his eyes. I liked him but was more affected when I heard the news of John Lennon's death.

[RG]

I was like 8 months 20 days old. But I love his music (well, most of it)

[The Toyroom]

Was never a big Elvis fan, but I remember my mother breaking down in the living and crying when she got the news.

A good ol' Southern boy not a fan of Elvis?

[toys2cool]

My mom's always been an Elvis freak, I guess that why i love him so much to. There really was no one like the King, I'm dying to go to Graceland

[Bill]

Time and memory are weird. I would swear that Elvis died, the Sex Pistols toured the US and Mancini killed that guy all in the same summer.
Early onset Alzheimer's I guess.

[fallensaviour]

I was 5 then I remember watching star trek tos and my show was interupted to bring me the sad,sad news that the king was no-more...
Last night I started Elvis - mania in the house.today is Elvis day non stop music by the king!!!

[mego73]

It was around May 25, 1977 (the date that Elvis did a concert in Rochester). I was a kid who was into Star Trek, Science Fiction, Monster Movies, cartoons and was really looking forward to seeing this movie I heard about called Star Wars. I didn't know Elvis Presley from a hole in the wall. Never heard of him.

As fate would have it, my boy scout troupe was on a field trip to the Rochester Airport. When we were there, a buzz started to develop that a plane that had Elvis had landed and he was in the airport.

I don't remember the exact order of events but we all ended up at the place where cars leave from the airport. There was a good size group of people. And soon this Limo drove by and there was plenty of screams and cheers and all I saw was a hand waving at us out of the open window in back seat of the limo.

Coming home, I had to ask mom if she ever heard of Elvis Presley and she told me all about him. She was sort of a fan but with my parents, Rock and Roll was not a big thing with them in particular.

And that was the last I thought about Elvis, until he died and it was all over the place.

YouTube - Elvis Presley - Rochester NY May 25 1977

[jwyblejr]

The sad thing is,only TCM is doing a tribute.

[thunderbolt]

I was 10 and at either Sea World or Disney that day.

[Gorn Captain]

We were on holiday in The Netherlands.
My Mom was devastated. She was (and is) a big fan.

Years later, her new idol was Freddy Mercury.
She has no luck in picking favourites, I guess....