"It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record."

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"It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record."

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"I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat."

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"One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written."

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