Word: presleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...justified only if Father Rigney were a candidate. With Red Chinese ranging in Burma, hardy Tibetans battling Mao's tanks with muskets, and a powder-keg "peace" in Korea, I doubt if even a Catholic nudist with the stature of Diana Dors or the popularity of Elvis Presley could do much effective "muffling...
...Steve Allen decisively beat CBS's Ed Sullivan a fortnight ago in the battle for TV's Sunday-at-8 audience (TIME, July 16), the burning question among television's hucksters was: Who had done it, Allen or his guest star, Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley? Sullivan, in the unaccustomed position of runner-up, affected disdain for the Pelvis, snorted that he would not have the gyrating groaner "at any price" on his family-type program. "He is not my cup of tea," Sullivan said loftily...
...last week Allen, without Presley, was decisively beaten by Sullivan. The answer to the question was plain, and to no one plainer than to Ed Sullivan himself. Without batting an eye, Strategist Sullivan dropped his week-old scruples, signed the Pelvis for three appearances on his show at eight-week intervals, beginning in the fall. Sullivan will pay 21-year-old Presley the astronomical price of $50,000, or close to $17,000 per appearance-$2,000 more than he could have had him for if he had made up his mind a week earlier...
...Steve Allen, and the consternation of CBS and Ed Sullivan, the battle of Sunday at 8 (TIME, July 9) took an unexpected turn. In only his second appearance at that critical TV hour, NBC's Steve Allen, aided by his guest star, Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley, last week badly beat CBS's Ed Sullivan with a Trendex rating of 20.2, and 55.3% of the audience, against Sullivan's 14.8 rating and 39.7% of the audience. Except for a couple of one-shot shows (Martin and Lewis twice) and a Spectacular (Inside Beverly Hills), it was the first...
Dormitories are fine to sleep in, but the Elvis Presley records are not exactly soothing to somebody who wants to read. The Harvard Summer School should provide an adequate place to study on Saturday, and especially Sunday. Judith Kursch