Elvis Presley, More Than Just Shaking

My daughter was in her early teens while we were out running errands, and I popped my “Elvis’ Greatest Hits” CD into the car’s player. She listened without comment the first few trips we took going all those places parents and kids go. I even told her how Elvis had created a stir in his day by how he gyrated his hips when singing, but how tame that was by today’s standards, and she politely listened.

But one day she totally stunned me as we got into the car by asking, “ Can you play Elvis’ Greatest Hits?” I said, “You like that?” She responded with a hearty, “Oh yeah!” In the weeks ahead I lost count of the times she chanted “Elvis’ Greatest Hits” whenever we went out. Not that I minded. Listening to the King in CD with four speakers instead of on scratchy records taught me that this boy could flat out sing.

And I had a thirteen year old with an interest in classical music and show tunes that sang right along with him. I gave her another copy of the CD on her 18th birthday to listen to in her car. Elvisthe King For All Generations!