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Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. Elvis Presley retreated to the drive-in movie screen. And Chuck Berry stands here in the basement. "I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad." The workmen continue to drag furniture away, and Chuck Berry disappears...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Chuck Berry: Old-Time Music Grows Old | 11/14/1967 | See Source »

...Video," Sullivan keeps a sharp lookout for anything that might be suggestive. He recently disapproved a Playtex bra commercial because "we don't want to show a girl in a filmy thing on a day when everyone's been to church and all." After he signed Elvis Presley for a record $50,000 for three appearances, Sullivan would not allow the camera to show the singer's gyrating pelvis. "He may be a purist," says Comic Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Variety Shows: Plenty of Nothing | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

...minute feature into two installments, and played them on successive nights. The rest of the leaders, in order: Bonanza (NBC), 20th Century-Fox's What a Way to Go! with Shirley MacLaine (NBC), Family Affair (CBS), Gomer Pyle (CBS), Paramount's Fun in Acapulco with Elvis Presley (NBC). No. 81 and last: Good Company (ABC), F. Lee Bailey's impression of the old Person-to-Person show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Ratings | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...five and dime. The answer is to add a homey little touch-up. Tony Martin's Rolls has a special $1,000-plus finish called "pearl metallic," but it is really ground-up fish scales. The late Marie Macdonald had platinum-dust paint on her Caddy, but Elvis Presley has diamond dust on his. For further easy identification, Presley's car sports a yacht-style rear-seat lounge, portholes, gold lame drapes, gold curtains, gold mouton carpeting, gold-plated telephone and 24-carat hubcaps and tail pipes. The hubcaps on Ursula Andress' BMW, on the other hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Stars' Cars | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

...altogether a bad situation, either. And it could be worse. At least the fact that nobody ever bothered to ask Elvis Presley about anything indicates a certain level of discrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Music: The Messengers | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

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