Elvis Lives!

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY ELVIS DIED…
WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKED HIS MUSIC…WHAT YOU CAN NOT DEBATE IS THE IMPACT ELVIS HAD ON BOTH THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS AND THE VERY CULTURE OF AMERICA…
ELVIS WAS THE FIRST WHITE ARTIST TO SING BLACK MUSIC…
WITHOUT ELVIS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO VEHICLE FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS RAY CHARLES…OR JIMI HENDRICKS…OR SNOOP DOG…
THERE WOULD BE NO HIP HOP…
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARRIAGE OF MUSIC AND SPORTS…
NONE OF THAT EXISTED BEFORE ELVIS…
IT’S NOT JUST THE HALF TIME SHOW AT THE SUPER BOWL…
MUSIC IS NOW A BIG PART OF HOW EA SPORTS MARKETS ITS VIDEO GAMES…
IT’S THE OPENING OF MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL…
IT’S HOW NIKE SELLS SHOES…
JOHN LENNON ONCE SAID…”BEFORE ELVIS THERE WAS NOTHING”…
HE WAS THE FIRST TO SHOW THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HOW SEX SELLS…
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT HOW TODAYS ATHLETES HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT…
EVERY YEAR ESPN RATES THE HOTTEST FEMALE AND MALE ATHLETES…
SO DOES MAXIM MAGAZINE…
MARIA SHARAPOVA…DANNA PATRICK AND NATALIE GULBIS ARE SELLING A LOT MORE THAN JUST TENNIS…AUTO RACING AND GOLF…
JESSE PALMER PLAYED A GRAND TOTAL OF 8 GAMES IN THE NFL FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS…
YET IN 2004 THE PRODUCERS OF “THE BACHELOR” WANTED HIM TO STAR IN THEIR SHOW…
PALMER MAY HAVE HAD A MINOR LEAGUE ARM…BUT HE HAD A MAJOR LEAGUE SMILE…
EVERY PROFESSIONAL ATHELETE IN THE WORLD OWES SOMETHING TO ELVIS…
IT HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY EVERY YEAR 600 THOUSAND PEOPLE FLY TO MEMPHIS TO LINE UP FOR HOURS JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR GRACELAND…
THIS WEEK OVER 40 THOUSAND ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THEIR REPECTS…
30 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ELVIS GRACELAND STILL TAKES IN $27 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR…
IN ALL THE ELVIS BUSINESS MAKES A TOTAL OF $40 MILLION A YEAR…
NO QUESTION…ELVIS IS ALIVE…