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June Kay Wheeler comment about the book .
I
think everybody who loves Elvis and Elvis in the 1956 knows very
well Kay Wheeler and her importance
in the period in her activity as founder of the first and
bigger Elvis' fans club from Dallas and his activities as
starring star in some classic rock movies "Rock Baby Rock It"
and "Hot Rock Band" .
More details www.kaywheeler.com
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Dear
Steve: Just when I thought I had seen all the Elvis books
worth seeing-- YOUR BOOK ARRIVES! What a treat it was to
open up Teenagers' Hero at my dull office today
and find the atmosphere suddenly exploding with the drama
and magic of days gone by. To my utter delight, I was
amazingly suprised and thrilled as I looked through the
pages .And yes, you did get the PRESLEY PINK color
right on the front cover (that is really important to
the very cool)! I loved your selections of photos especially and
how you also dispersed photos of the fans and audiences
with the Elvis concert photos and news clippings--it made all
the magic come alive again! You certainly captured the 1956
ELVIS MOMENT! I'm so happy that I was right there in
all its wonder and fun never to be forgotten. Thanks
for "etching it in stone" for all generations.
Every Elvis fan must have a copy of your book! Love ya, Kay
Wheeler |
A REVIEW OF...TEENAGERS' HERO
By Lee Dawson
Teenagers’
Hero is a new book by Steve Rino limited to just 1000 copies (each
one numbered).
Within it’s 413 pages are 444 photos, many of
them being previously unseen before.
This is volume 1 and it takes the reader on a
journey through the first 6 months of 1956 as Elvis toured and
his break onto television and the movies. One of
those 444 pictures are of Elvis’ 3rd screen-test [Pg 149],
(We are all aware of the photos from the
‘Rainmaker’ and the ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ screen-tests), of a
mean
and moody looking Elvis opposite Cynthia Baxter.
This is the definitive day by day journey and for
the first time we, as fans, get a real sense of those early days
as Elvis and Rock ‘N’ Roll as a genre takes
hold across America. I love the way the book is laid out, this book
really is a labor of love and I have to applaud
Steve Rino for the stunning work and the research he has done
in order to bring us something that is so unique
amongst the plethora of books that are written about Elvis.
One of my favourite parts (and there are many) is
on page 26 where we hear from ‘Bill Randle’ and his tale of
how he tried to get Elvis onto various TV shows
including the ‘Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts’ and how he
was turned down due to his acne and Godfrey threw
him out. I love it how it’s explained that back in ‘56, Elvis
looked the equivalent to the Punks of the late
70’s and when ‘Randle’ tried to get him onto the ‘Perry Como
Show’, producer Mickey Glass took one look and
announced; “We’ll never put anything like that on the Perry
Como Show”. A deal was struck to get Elvis on
the ‘Jackie Gleason Stage Show’ hosted by the Dorsey
Brothers and we are told that the only person who
liked Elvis on this show – besides the public – was Jackie
Gleason himself.
This is not one of those expensive books that
contain photos, and little else. This is a book that has it all!
Rare & unseen photos, together with 90
newspaper & magazine clippings, 50 newspaper concert adverts and
several show tickets along with other relevant
information all put together in the correct order. This book is
something very special and puts a lot of the
overpriced picture books to shame.
My only complaint is that some of the text
becomes hard to read against the dark backgrounds but apart from
that – I LOVE THIS BOOK – And I cannot wait
for volume 2. You really cannot miss out on this book!
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The Teenagershero Publishing
is happy and proud to present The Book, TEENAGERS'HERO.
This is the definitive book-documentary of
Elvis’ live performances in early 1956.
At More than 400 pages, 30x21 sized and
featuring 445 photos mostly unpublished
and never put in the right context.
The book is a high quality design (soft cover 300g, cloth
binding, and 150 glossy papers)
The book, the first volume, has as its focus Elvis’ live
activity in the first six months of 1956. The
author Steve Rino spent two years of
research to give life to a day by day photo journal
where together with a scientific approach of the day, has
been put together a professional layout with relative photos
taken from newspapers, magazines and his personal collection.
In trying to bring to the reader a feel
for the time through images, newspaper &
magazines clip we give life we hope
to something unique and new in the landscape of Elvis'
books. We are proud of the continued
research of every detail of every 180 days
listed, trying to put in the right order all
information, news, photo and
tales coming from this difficult research.
Inside the web-site you can have access
through the links to a lot a more details about the book
contents, quality and price.
The
book will be available we hope in December, you can
make a pre-order using the web shop section of this website
or by the usually dealer.
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copies printed, each one numbered---------
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