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In West Germany aging (25) Dreamboat Groaner Elvis Presley, due for release from the U.S. Army in March, was promoted from specialist four (in a motor pool) to acting sergeant, but will get no pay boost (from his present $135.30 a month) until his promotion allocation is confirmed. Explained his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 1, 1960 | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

Editor Warsley intends translating Elvis Presley's Hound Dog into Latin. We translated it into the Greek of Plato when we were in high school. In Greek "You ain't nothing but a hound dog" came out: où mév oůκ eĺ o...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 25, 1960 | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

The success of Auxilium Latinum helps convince Editor Warsley, retired from teaching (by a heart attack) seven years ago, that Latin is not a dead language. "Our households and necessities and tastes have not changed much," he will tell a visitor to his home in West Topsham, Vt. "Did you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Semper Latina | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

The Habit Is Everything. As general manager of the RCA Victor Record Division of the Radio Corporation of America, George Marek, 57, ranks as the world's biggest musical merchandiser. In the fiercely competitive, $400 million (retail) record market, Victor claims 25% of total sales. On the Christmas-trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Compleat Diskman | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

"I'd be a fool," said Corporal Elvis Presley last week, "not to pay some attention to it." The "it" he referred to was the word, which had filtered through to West Germany, that rock 'n' roll is suffering a disastrous decline.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROCK 'N1 ROLL: Decline & Fall? | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

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