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...only an audition. That's why there were no drums, no backup singers and no expectations. Sam Phillips had heard about a good-looking local kid who favored ballads, knew a few guitar chords and was blessed with the ostentatiously original name Elvis Presley. In his search for a new sound, Phillips had run nearly every singer in Memphis through his Sun Records studio; on that Monday summer evening, Elvis, 19, was merely next in line...
Phillips asked two trusted session musicians--guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black--to provide backup, and at 7 p.m., after a few minutes of small talk and nervous laughter, Phillips arranged the trio in a circle. Then he asked Elvis what he wanted to play. There was more nervous laughter; Elvis knew only a few songs, and most of those he couldn't play from start to finish. Somehow, the group fumbled through the mawkish Harbor Lights, which had been a 1950 hit for Bing Crosby. From the control room, Phillips drawled, "That's pretty good," although it wasn...
Camp sources say he initially admitted responsibility. The officer drew his weapon and called for backup. Then they handcuffed the soldier, read him his rights and waited for criminal investigators to arrive...
...human backup. You need a trusted friend, business associate or relative to agree to manage your finances if you (and possibly your spouse) are unable. This should not be an informal arrangement; give this person power of attorney so that he or she may legally act on your behalf. Send notarized copies of the document to all your financial institutions and insist on acknowledgment. Jim Moon, who heads the deployment-services program at USAA, the big financial-services provider to military personnel, says he has heard "horror stories" about institutions that would not honor powers of attorney during crises because...
Senior and long-time backup goaltender Ben Weiss, who got his first playing time in this year’s Beanpot consolation game, played the last seven and a half minutes of the Crimson’s final regular season home game...