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The Early Years - Singing Telegrams

When I first started doing Elvis and my bookings were slow, I supplemented my performing income by doing singing telegrams. One evening I had both an Elvis show and a singing "chicken" telegram. After the "chicken" gig my wife picked me up and helped me out of the big, yellow, furry, chicken head. I said leave the rest on, we'll run by the telegram office and drop it off now. As we drove along I was still wearing the costume except for the head. My wife couldn't stop laughing. When I asked her what was so funny she said it was hard to take anything serious from a chicken with an Elvis head!

 

The Costume Malfunction

While performing Blue Suede Shoes in the '68 Comeback black leather at an upscale country club, my zipper broke. A very polite woman pointed to my zipper area and I soon realized what had happened. I managed to stand up straight, hold my zipper shut and finish the set. The light person kept shining the light on me. A woman asked me if I was going to do the broken zipper skit again because she missed it.