I met Mr.Stone recently, at the Danish Graceland replica. He came up to me with a big smile, and asked me if I was a fan. Tbh I didn’t recognize him at first, but when I realized who I was talking to I frose up and all the questions I had disappeared😂 All this to say, he is just as kind in real life, and he really made my year (even if he didn’t know it) God bless him❤️
I was in the “Carnie” life for a short period of time. All the billboarding and extreme advertising is a GREAT part of it. That was just a simple way of Colonel’s way to get the word out about ELVIS. Very simple, not extravagant.
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Thanks, it great to hear that you enjoy my interview with Charles Stone. If you want to watch more, I have this playlist with all my Elvis stories and interviews, enjoy! :) ruclips.net/p/PLyrvQDpCAfoGlwj4aqKqgob2pimQ1c9Xy
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There’s so many good videos on you tube if you search them out. You can find out so many lovely things about all of the band , the singers this kinda guy and the colonel. Just search them out.
Ronnie Tutt is a jewel. His whole band was the best of the best. Elvis hand picked all his musicians himself. He almost didn’t pick Ronnie Tutt. But Ronnie did some thing every move Elvis made. Elvis loved that. So he hired Ronnie. Ronnie even did that at rehearsals. Ronnie watched every move Elvis mAde. If you want to see some fun things with elvis watch his rehearsals videos. I love them. Elvis laughs and talks allot and is saying funny things with his musicians.
The Colonel did not keep Elvis Presley on top of the world for 20 years, Elvis Presley kept Parker on top of the world for 20 years and was too damn loyal to get rid of him.
@@Guitarwizzard1833 Just because he was there and got starry eyed and tunnel vision because of his admiration for the Colonel, doesn't mean that the Colonel wasn't a sneaky snake in the grass when it came to his manipulation of Elvis. You have one guy's word against MANY other men who knew both Elvis and the Colonel who said that the Colonel used him.
@@Joey-hv4yq …Do more research…Charles Stone worked with Concerts West….look them up. Charles Stone was Colonel Parkers right hand man for many years. You're nothing more than a Monday morning quarterback claiming to know more than someone who was there. Next.
@@Guitarwizzard1833Do more research? Are you serious? I don't have to do more research on a guy who is biased in his opinion because he admired Parker. But, I have done tons of research on Elvis and his life since I have been a fan for over 48 years. I have read many books and watched many documentaries with the opinions of people who knew Elvis a hell of a lot better and longer than Charles Stone. LOL. People like Priscilla Presley (his ex-wife, heard of her?), Jerry Schilling (long time friend, Body-Guard), Joe Esposito (long time friend, Stage Manager), Sonny West (long time friend, Body-Guard), Marty Lacker (long time friend, Accountant), the list goes on and on. Some of these people knew Elvis since the Army (1958-1960) and some since High School. They knew him a hell of a lot longer than this starry eyed Colonel wanna be. They all concur that Elvis "outgrew" the Colonel and that, although the Colonel did make some good managerial decisions for Elvis in the early days, he also took advantage of his loyalty and held him back creatively and some flat out agree that he exploited him financially. It is a FACT that Parker got 50% of Elvis' earnings. A 10 second Google search can tell you that, as well as the new "Elvis" movie if you want explicit details. A movie loved and endorsed by Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling and other surviving Elvis friends and confidants. Not only did Parker get 50% of Elvis' pay, he also "stole" money from him and as a result was sued by the Presley Estate. The case was settled out of court in 1983, and in exchange for $2 million, Parker had to relinquish all video and audio recordings of Presley and give up his earnings on all Presley-related materials for the next five years. It was also found by a probate judge by the name of Joseph Evans that and I quote: "Col. Tom Parker made so much money by molding truck driver Elvis Presley into an international singing phenomenon that it 'shocks the conscience of the court." He ordered Presley's Estate to file suit. Yeah, Charles Stone knows more about the details simply because he worked with them for a few years at the end of Elvis' career. What a joke! YOU DO SOME RESEARCH! I do claim to know more than you and Charles Stone, not because I was there for a few years and interacted with Parker and Elvis, but because I have heard first hand from people who knew Elvis personally for 18+ years and because of court findings and settlements made for wrong doing by Parker. I bet you knew none of that because you know jack but what this guy tells you. NEXT.....
@@Joey-hv4yq …For a man to type so much…but yet to prove so little. Go read some more books…Maybe you will come back with hardcore facts. .Go watch the Jon Daly video about The Colonel….titled (Did Colonel Tom Parker Want EPE to Succeed? Discussion with Jon Daly) You may or may not learn something. Don't let you ego blind you, son.
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Even if the studios stated that they would not let Elvis do a script without singing, what prevented them from doing a serious script that included singing?
Thank you for another great video! When did this interview take place? Not everything he says is correct though. For example we know that Elvis never had script approval, and those inferior scripts caused him great pain. If he had had script approval he never would have sung Oh MacDonald. When he saw that in the script he said, "So it's come down to this." It was humiliating - the king of rock 'n roll singing that dopey song, and preserved forever on film. There were many other demeaning scenes in movies, but that was the worst. Also the movies were not shot in just 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe the Colonel told Charles that no studio would do an Elvis film without singing but that wasn't true either. The producers wanted him for Walk on the Wild Side (he would have been great in that part), and there were a few other serious roles he was offered, but the Colonel turned them down. This is well documented.
The financiers of Elvis movies said why would we have a movie with the biggest rock stars in the world. And not have him sing? That’s why Elvis quit doing movies. Before the tour thst never happened he had decided he was going to take a year off and have his health taken care of, his movie plan made. He was going to do some serious movie rolls if he had to finance it himself. But I have a feeling if Elvis had wanted a serious movie someone would have decided to finance it. Also he wanted to do just a gospel tour. At churches or places. But only gospel. The biggest award Elvis ever got he was so thrilled with was his gospel award. Every one always said he was more proud of his gospel albums than any of the other music. He had planned to do one or two gospel shows a week for 6 wks. He died before he got to do that. Which is a shame! Elvis went to his suite almost every night and sang gospel with JD SUMNER and the rest of the stamps. The sweets would join them allot too. I’ve heard the sweets say that, the stamps and Charlie Hodge all say that. There’s a few videos of them standing around the piano.
You are absolutely right! There's an audio tape of a recording session where he was recording songs for a movie. Some of the songs he'd crack up because the songs were so ridiculous. And some he just was plain po'd about having to sing crap songs. Yes, he was offered to do movies by other studios. But Parker had him so tied up in his contracts with a studio that. had no intention of letting him do good movies!! They used Elvis to make the big bucks to finance the movies Elvis wanted to do. The couple he did serious acting in showed he had natural acting ability. Even the movie stars of the times said he could be a great actor! Just one of the dreams of things Elvis wanted to do that Parker and his greed robbed Elvis of.
@@sandralybrand9407 Parker was good in some ways but absolutely knee - capped Elvis’s growth as an actor and performer. Never going to Europe and Japan, running off legit great songs because he couldn’t get publishing. 50% of the income too. He was a fraud. I don’t know why Elvis put up with him. I wonder if there was a connection to Nick Adam’s that the Colonel blackmailed him with
Elvis was true Christian. From Start lot people did not know this very true so this reason. Why The colonel knew this and got away a lot of stuff. Because knew EAP trusted the colonel. God made real special child to change the world 🌍 This EAP Did and so beautiful inside out and Elvis was a genius and A Icon music and sang
I do NOT think so. Elvis strayed from being a Christian with all those esoteric books. He was even reading Blavatsky to his audience. That's luciferianism. Being a good boy Christian sells to the masses. Elvis faked piety & was devastated when the bodyguard book came out. He died before having to face his fans. He must have got so worked up, he had a heart attack. sad.
Sorry, but as someone who has interviewed or talked to just about everyone in the Elvis universe has determined that the Colonel may have been there for everyone, but not Elvis, and he was there for everyone with Elvis' money. Having Vernon sign away Elvis' rights on the day he was burying his son.... Come on, you talk about low class. So let's stop trying to sugarcoat things as the Colonel was good for Elvis early on, but Elvis outgrew him artistically and Parker also took advantage of him, now two ways about it!
The colonel manipulated from the word go Elvis he knew where Elvis was going The colonel knew EAP was going big so he leached on EAP lied and flat stowed from EAP when Elvis quit making movies should have got rid of the Colonel right then there put to late to turn back the Clock
You got so right Pretty sad somebody can be a ConMan like the colonel and use EAP like he did I don’t blame Elvis for getting out of it any way he could at what the colonel did
Sorry for another post but think of the money Coca-Cola would have paid Elvis for just using their cup? Probably hundreds of millions over 5-7 yr contracts.
I met Mr.Stone recently, at the Danish Graceland replica. He came up to me with a big smile, and asked me if I was a fan. Tbh I didn’t recognize him at first, but when I realized who I was talking to I frose up and all the questions I had disappeared😂 All this to say, he is just as kind in real life, and he really made my year (even if he didn’t know it) God bless him❤️
You are right, he is a very nice man.
I was in the “Carnie” life for a short period of time. All the billboarding and extreme advertising is a GREAT part of it. That was just a simple way of Colonel’s way to get the word out about ELVIS. Very simple, not extravagant.
I could listen to Charlie Stone for days on end!! This was so fun to listen to!! THANK YOU!
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The stories the people who worked for Elvis have great sweet stories about Elvis. I love them.
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Very interesting lovely interview
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Love it
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There’s so many good videos on you tube if you search them out. You can find out so many lovely things about all of the band , the singers this kinda guy and the colonel. Just search them out.
Ronnie Tutt is a jewel. His whole band was the best of the best. Elvis hand picked all his musicians himself. He almost didn’t pick Ronnie Tutt. But Ronnie did some thing every move Elvis made. Elvis loved that. So he hired Ronnie. Ronnie even did that at rehearsals. Ronnie watched every move Elvis mAde. If you want to see some fun things with elvis watch his rehearsals videos. I love them. Elvis laughs and talks allot and is saying funny things with his musicians.
Oh this was before Esposito died. That was in 2017. So this was about 3 yrs ago
The Colonel did not keep Elvis Presley on top of the world for 20 years, Elvis Presley kept Parker on top of the world for 20 years and was too damn loyal to get rid of him.
I guess you know more than Charles Stone, who was there.
@@Guitarwizzard1833 Just because he was there and got starry eyed and tunnel vision because of his admiration for the Colonel, doesn't mean that the Colonel wasn't a sneaky snake in the grass when it came to his manipulation of Elvis. You have one guy's word against MANY other men who knew both Elvis and the Colonel who said that the Colonel used him.
@@Joey-hv4yq …Do more research…Charles Stone worked with Concerts West….look them up. Charles Stone was Colonel Parkers right hand man for many years. You're nothing more than a Monday morning quarterback claiming to know more than someone who was there. Next.
@@Guitarwizzard1833Do more research? Are you serious? I don't have to do more research on a guy who is biased in his opinion because he admired Parker. But, I have done tons of research on Elvis and his life since I have been a fan for over 48 years. I have read many books and watched many documentaries with the opinions of people who knew Elvis a hell of a lot better and longer than Charles Stone. LOL. People like Priscilla Presley (his ex-wife, heard of her?), Jerry Schilling (long time friend, Body-Guard), Joe Esposito (long time friend, Stage Manager), Sonny West (long time friend, Body-Guard), Marty Lacker (long time friend, Accountant), the list goes on and on. Some of these people knew Elvis since the Army (1958-1960) and some since High School. They knew him a hell of a lot longer than this starry eyed Colonel wanna be. They all concur that Elvis "outgrew" the Colonel and that, although the Colonel did make some good managerial decisions for Elvis in the early days, he also took advantage of his loyalty and held him back creatively and some flat out agree that he exploited him financially.
It is a FACT that Parker got 50% of Elvis' earnings. A 10 second Google search can tell you that, as well as the new "Elvis" movie if you want explicit details. A movie loved and endorsed by Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling and other surviving Elvis friends and confidants.
Not only did Parker get 50% of Elvis' pay, he also "stole" money from him and as a result was sued by the Presley Estate. The case was settled out of court in 1983, and in exchange for $2 million, Parker had to relinquish all video and audio recordings of Presley and give up his earnings on all Presley-related materials for the next five years. It was also found by a probate judge by the name of Joseph Evans that and I quote: "Col. Tom Parker made so much money by molding truck driver Elvis Presley into an international singing phenomenon that it 'shocks the conscience of the court." He ordered Presley's Estate to file suit.
Yeah, Charles Stone knows more about the details simply because he worked with them for a few years at the end of Elvis' career. What a joke! YOU DO SOME RESEARCH!
I do claim to know more than you and Charles Stone, not because I was there for a few years and interacted with Parker and Elvis, but because I have heard first hand from people who knew Elvis personally for 18+ years and because of court findings and settlements made for wrong doing by Parker. I bet you knew none of that because you know jack but what this guy tells you. NEXT.....
@@Joey-hv4yq …For a man to type so much…but yet to prove so little. Go read some more books…Maybe you will come back with hardcore facts. .Go watch the Jon Daly video about The Colonel….titled (Did Colonel Tom Parker Want EPE to Succeed? Discussion with Jon Daly) You may or may not learn something. Don't let you ego blind you, son.
Id like to know how he picked dates for what venue ?
The first hand stories about the Col, put's the person in a hold different perspective.
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Even if the studios stated that they would not let Elvis do a script without singing, what prevented them from doing a serious script that included singing?
Thank you for another great video! When did this interview take place? Not everything he says is correct though. For example we know that Elvis never had script approval, and those inferior scripts caused him great pain. If he had had script approval he never would have sung Oh MacDonald. When he saw that in the script he said, "So it's come down to this." It was humiliating - the king of rock 'n roll singing that dopey song, and preserved forever on film. There were many other demeaning scenes in movies, but that was the worst.
Also the movies were not shot in just 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe the Colonel told Charles that no studio would do an Elvis film without singing but that wasn't true either. The producers wanted him for Walk on the Wild Side (he would have been great in that part), and there were a few other serious roles he was offered, but the Colonel turned them down. This is well documented.
katgirlblue Old (Macdonald)
Thanks for the compliment! I think that I made this interview with Charles approx 6-8 years ago. ;)
The financiers of Elvis movies said why would we have a movie with the biggest rock stars in the world. And not have him sing? That’s why Elvis quit doing movies. Before the tour thst never happened he had decided he was going to take a year off and have his health taken care of, his movie plan made. He was going to do some serious movie rolls if he had to finance it himself. But I have a feeling if Elvis had wanted a serious movie someone would have decided to finance it. Also he wanted to do just a gospel tour. At churches or places. But only gospel. The biggest award Elvis ever got he was so thrilled with was his gospel award. Every one always said he was more proud of his gospel albums than any of the other music. He had planned to do one or two gospel shows a week for 6 wks. He died before he got to do that. Which is a shame! Elvis went to his suite almost every night and sang gospel with JD SUMNER and the rest of the stamps. The sweets would join them allot too. I’ve heard the sweets say that, the stamps and Charlie Hodge all say that. There’s a few videos of them standing around the piano.
You are absolutely right! There's an audio tape of a recording session where he was recording songs for a movie. Some of the songs he'd crack up because the songs were so ridiculous. And some he just was plain po'd about having to sing crap songs. Yes, he was offered to do movies by other studios. But Parker had him so tied up in his contracts with a studio that. had no intention of letting him do good movies!! They used Elvis to make the big bucks to finance the movies Elvis wanted to do. The couple he did serious acting in showed he had natural acting ability. Even the movie stars of the times said he could be a great actor! Just one of the dreams of things Elvis wanted to do that Parker and his greed robbed Elvis of.
@@sandralybrand9407 Parker was good in some ways but absolutely knee - capped Elvis’s growth as an actor and performer. Never going to Europe and Japan, running off legit great songs because he couldn’t get publishing. 50% of the income too. He was a fraud. I don’t know why Elvis put up with him. I wonder if there was a connection to Nick Adam’s that the Colonel blackmailed him with
Elvis was true Christian. From Start lot people did not know this very true so this reason. Why The colonel knew this and got away a lot of stuff. Because knew EAP trusted the colonel. God made real special child to change the world 🌍 This EAP Did and so beautiful inside out and Elvis was a genius and A Icon music and sang
I do NOT think so. Elvis strayed from being a Christian with all those esoteric books. He was even reading Blavatsky to his audience. That's luciferianism. Being a good boy Christian sells to the masses. Elvis faked piety & was devastated when the bodyguard book came out. He died before having to face his fans. He must have got so worked up, he had a heart attack. sad.
If Elvis and Michael Jackson were across the Street in Concert! And Michael was free and the King was top dollar I would see Elvis! That's all!
Same here!!❤
Sorry, but as someone who has interviewed or talked to just about everyone in the Elvis universe has determined that the Colonel may have been there for everyone, but not Elvis, and he was there for everyone with Elvis' money. Having Vernon sign away Elvis' rights on the day he was burying his son.... Come on, you talk about low class. So let's stop trying to sugarcoat things as the Colonel was good for Elvis early on, but Elvis outgrew him artistically and Parker also took advantage of him, now two ways about it!
Yeah. I agree. That’s as low as it gets.
Yes I do agree with you
Very true. Just worried about using Elvis to get more money to blow gambling.
The colonel manipulated from the word go Elvis he knew where Elvis was going The colonel knew EAP was going big so he leached on EAP lied and flat stowed from EAP when Elvis quit making movies should have got rid of the Colonel right then there put to late to turn back the Clock
You got so right Pretty sad somebody can be a ConMan like the colonel and use EAP like he did I don’t blame Elvis for getting out of it any way he could at what the colonel did
Elvis got what he wanted but he didn’t get what he wanted! Freedom from his manager!
Larry Strickland
Sorry for another post but think of the money Coca-Cola would have paid Elvis for just using their cup? Probably hundreds of millions over 5-7 yr contracts.
You are right!
wow cant believe that elvis did not use monitors
Not at first. Charlie is the one who got monitors for Elvis.
The Colonel turned down managing the Beatles over Elvis in the Beatles’s heyday? Obvious reason was he couldn’t travel being an illegal immigrant
They keep playing the same Parts over and over what the hell
Elvis had final say on singing crap records fed to him by the publishing company the Colonel set up.