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top Elvis this year?
week but, as I said, it was spring.) June’s coining up, and graduation s ahead, I was reminded. “Say,” I interrupted, “maybe we could have a little graduation of our own?”
Well, we’ve been kind of close to the music world these past few years, and although you in the audience are the real experts, we thought it might be fun to take a flyer into the future and see what else will be spinning besides this sturdy old world. So, while they’re putting the little red ribbons on the diplomas, and the class of 1960 waits for the 59ers to head into the world, let’s gather round this big wide crystal ball.
The first thing I can make out in this magic orb is a troop ship, and if you look closely you’ll see that it’s coming into New York harbor, past the Statue of Liberty, and now moving slowly into the pier. There are
a lot of GI’s on deck waving, and that dock just seems jammed with reporters, photographers, and there must be thousands of fellows and girls waving.
One soldier up on deck is shaking hands with all of his buddies, and there he is walking over to the rail to wave at the crowd. Gee, they’re really going wild, aren’t they? Hey, that’s our Elvis . . . Yep, Elvis Presley has finished his tour of duty over in Germany, and here he is back in the States and all ready to take up just where he left off. Now you might say that was an easy one to see . . . Sure it was. And it’s easy to see that Elvis’ return will keep that “big beat” rockin’ along on records. We can also predict that he’ll take up his personal appearance trail, and you can bet there will be plenty of time for stopovers in Hollywood to make some
more of those hit movies. But let’s take a closer peek into that crystal ball and see if we can spot a rival who’ll top Elvis this year. You know, it could happen.
We can sure see other stars hitting the trail by train or plane to California for film-work. It seems to be the thing to do these days, and don’t be surprised if you bump into Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Darin, Johnny Nash, or Jimmy Clanton if you stop for a soda near Hollywood and Vine. Paul Anka postcards that he’ll be there, too, and while I’m reading the card I have to check the postmark because you can never tell from what spot on earth Paul will be writing. He manages to divide his time and talents between here and Europe — and the biggest problem for Paul is to find the time to keep all of the people on both (Continued on page 94)
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