Elvis and The Movies
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.1: Musician and historian Chuck Harter joins us for Part 2 of our special two-part tribute to the life and music of Elvis Presley. Chuck helped produced I, Elvis, a three-part look at the life and career of The King that originally aired in 1992 on the syndicated magazine series Hard Copy. As a result of that project, Chuck interviewed and got to know several members of the Memphis Mafia, including Charlie Hodge, Lamar Fike, Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Jerry Schilling, and Billy Smith. That gave him first-hand knowledge of Elvis from the people who knew him best. Chuck shares a few more of those stories in this segment, plus he performs “Love Me Tender.”
Songs That Elvis Covered
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.2: Chuck Harter and Ed discuss some of the many cover songs that Elvis Presley performed throughout his career, including “Love Letters (Straight from the Heart),” “Any Day Now,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Long Tall Sally,” and “Tomorrow is a Long Time.”
The Two Elvis Presleys
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.3: Musician and historian Chuck Harter discusses the differences between Elvis Presley: The Image and Elvis the man. Chuck helped produced I, Elvis, a three-part look at the life and career of The King that originally aired in 1992 on the syndicated magazine series Hard Copy. As a result of that project, Chuck interviewed and got to know several members of the Memphis Mafia, including Charlie Hodge, Lamar Fike, Sonny West, Marty Lacker, Jerry Schilling, and Billy Smith.
Why Elvis Will Always Endure
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.4: Musician and historian Chuck Harter shares a poignant memory of a scene he witnessed at a Washington, D.C. tavern on Aug. 16, 1977, the day that Elvis Presley died. Chuck also performs “For the Heart,” one of the last songs that Elvis recorded.
Wink Martindale
Wink Martindale and the First Elvis Record Played on the Radio
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.5: From December 2018: Ed welcomes game show legend Wink Martindale (Gambit, Debt, Tic Tac Dough, Winking at Life, “Deck of Cards”). Known for his long association with Elvis Presley, Wink was there at the very beginning: the night in July 1954 when Memphis, TN radio station WHBQ became the first station to play an Elvis record on the radio. Wink Martindale’s spoken word recording “Heavenly Child,” a tribute to Elvis Presley, is available through iTunes and wherever music is sold online.
Behind the Scenes of Elvis: The ’68 Comeback Special
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.6: From March 2017: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning producer and director Steve Binder (Elvis: The 1968 Comeback Special, Shindig, The T.A.M.I. Show, Fade UP: 26… The Movers and Shakers of Variety Television).
Elvis and “If I Can Dream”
Original Airdates: Aug. 12-15, 2022
TVC 586.7: From March 2017: Emmy Award-winning producer and director Steve Binder (Elvis: The 1968 Comeback Special) shares with Ed the back story of “If I Can Dream,” the now-iconic closing number of the ’68 Comeback Special.
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