Elvis Is Forbes' Richest Dead Celebrity

[E. Willett]

Damn! I was too young to drive, but I would have liked one of those Corvair Spyders!
    george
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: c. n.<mailto:cnevitt@hotmail.com> 
  To: BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG<mailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG> 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:24 PM
  Subject: Re: Elvis Is Forbes' Richest Dead Celebrity


  Here's a scenario from the severely warped corner. He likely would have 
  started hanging out with more of the black musicians, started smoking a 
  whole of lot of weed (innocent enough vs those damn narcotics, imo), and eat 
  peanut butter and banana sandwiches one after the other--gaining all that 
  weight he had in the early 70s about 10 or 15 years earlier....giving away 
  Corvairs instead of Caddies.

  >From: "E. Willett" <Unklegeo@msn.com<mailto:Unklegeo@msn.com>>
  >And it leaves us to wonder...What would that tough Tupelo-Born, 
  >Memphis-bred kid have done, if Col. Tom, and the motion pictures hadn't 
  >co-opted his life?
  >     George
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: c. n.<mailto:cnevitt@hotmail.com<mailto:cnevitt@hotmail.com>>
  >   To: BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG<mailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG<mailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG%3Cmailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG>>
  >   Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:30 PM
  >   Subject: Re: Elvis Is Forbes' Richest Dead Celebrity
  >
  >
  >   Now Fred, be nice. That Memphis based chafing/redness can be
  >   soothed/medicated with a few shakes of that talcum powder following a 
  >nice
  >   cool shower. That's right, you're way down there in the southwest...corn
  >   starch is probably around there where you are.
  >
  >   Let's face it, those very early releases by Elvis were nothing but blues
  >   covers. And as much, some may insist, a testament to the power of the 
  >blues
  >   as to Elvis's talent. Or him being at the right place at the right time.
  >   Myself, I kinda liked the guy. Still do. Especially those real early 
  >blues
  >   covers. Maybe it's just the nostalgia element, because when I was just a 
  >wee
  >   one my mom said that Elvis was just breaking out all over the radio (in
  >   NC)...and then I grew up with the Ed Sullivan show every Sunday. That's 
  >my
  >   excuse, and I'm sticking to it till it changes.
  >
  >   What happened after that, well, to deny that it was a special phenom, 
  >and
  >   still is, of both pop music and culture is to deny the obvious. A thing 
  >as
  >   obvious to most of us as the nose on our face.  Just like the Beatles. 
  >Louis
  >   Armstrong. Britney Spe...wtf, how'd in the hell did that get in there!
  >   chuck
  >
  >
  >   >From: Fred Dabney <fdabney@nmsu.edu<mailto:fdabney@nmsu.edu<mailto:fdabney@nmsu.edu%3Cmailto:fdabney@nmsu.edu>>>
  >   >Something is seriously wrong with our value systems
  >   >
  >   >>
  >   >>     (10-30) 15:07 PDT New York (AP) --        Elvis Presley is still 
  >the
  >   >>King. Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 
  >months,
  >   >>has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of Top-Earning Dead
  >   >>Celebrities. He last topped the list in 2005.
  >   >>
  >   >>    John Lennon ranks second with earnings of $44 million, followed by
  >   >>Charles M. Schulz ($35 million), George Harrison ($22 million), Albert
  >   >>Einstein ($18 million), Andy Warhol ($15 million), Theodor Geisel (Dr.
  >   >>Seuss) ($13 million), Tupac Shakur ($9 million), Marilyn Monroe ($7
  >   >>million), Steve McQueen ($6 million), James Brown ($5 million), Bob 
  >Marley
  >   >>($4 million) and James Dean ($3.5 million).
  >   >>
  >   >>    Presley died in 1977. His estate continues to generate millions 
  >from
  >   >>music royalties, DVDs, licensing deals and tourism at Graceland, the
  >   >>rocker's mansion in Memphis, Tenn.
  >   >>    Forbes said the celebrities on the list, posted Monday, earned a
  >   >>combined $232 million in the past 12 months.
  >   >>
  >

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