Tommy Steele and Elvis

[donna]

oh John its getting worse hahah, well you missed chance of a lifetime man.

[donna]

oh John you got me giggling there , what a chance you missed though, you must be kicking yourself.

[earlb]

Did he - Didn't he? Surely under the freedom of information act the passport office can varify it (or not).

[donna]

aye earlb someone must have seen his name and him surely, sorry for being Doubting Thomas but no , it cant be true.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by Rennie Tommy Steele a liar? No way! The press liars? Yes.

I think that's the most likely explanation for all of this. Where was it first reported? The Daily Hate Mail?

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

It wasn't in the press though. It was Bill Kenwright in a Radio 2 interview. Steele supposedly has confirmed it.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by donna really , Id imagine talking another language would draw more attention

Not in London, even back then. In the 1960s I'd walk down Oxford Street and the only people I'd hear speaking English were the "Del Boy" types doing the Find the Lady games or selling things out of suitcases

Steve

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by CaptainWaggett It wasn't in the press though. It was Bill Kenwright in a Radio 2 interview. Steele supposedly has confirmed it.

From that web site...
"In a note passed to the Daily Mail, Steele said ..."
So yes, we can believe that

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook From that web site... "In a note passed to the Daily Mail, Steele said ..." So yes, we can believe that Steve

Point taken.

[Steve Crook]

Tommy wasn't all that well known even in England in 1958.

The Wikipedia page about Tommy says of this story:
Lamar Fike, a former member of the Memphis Mafia, who lived with Presley at the time, has posted a claim on www.elvisinfonet.com that it was him, not Presley who visited London and Tommy Steele for a day in 1958.

Steve

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by CaptainWaggett Originally Posted by Steve Crook From that web site... "In a note passed to the Daily Mail, Steele said ..." So yes, we can believe that Steve Point taken.

Note that it's only the Daily Wail that's claimed Tommy has confirmed this. Has nobody else phoned him and asked him?

Steve

[batman]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook Note that it's only the Daily Wail that's claimed Tommy has confirmed this. Has nobody else phoned him and asked him? Steve

This was quite interesting till the Daily Mail raised it's head.

[john audley]

Whist old Elvis was rocking away with bikini clad gals our guys were either rocking with a caveman or dancing with a made up doll

[Santonix]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook Tommy wasn't all that well known even in England in 1958. The Wikipedia page about Tommy says of this story: Lamar Fike, a former member of the Memphis Mafia, who lived with Presley at the time, has posted a claim on www.elvisinfonet.com that it was him, not Presley who visited London and Tommy Steele for a day in 1958. Steve

By 1958 Tommy had had 11 top twenty singles hits, including his Number One hit "Singing The Blues" in 1956 and he'd had a film made about his life, "The Tommy Steele Story", released in 1957. Not bad for a little known artist.

[billy bentley]

Excuse my Bermondsey, but what a load of old cobblers. Does anyone seriously think this could have happened ? Hopefully not. Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick, would surely think us all idiots.