If you are an Elvis Presley fan, it will come as no surprise to you that he had a deep spiritual belief. He showed this by many of the gospel songs that he sang throughout his career. The one thing you probably did not realize is just how deep Elvis’ spiritual beliefs go. I have read many books on the life of Presley and followed his career throughout the years but I was amazed by how spiritual Elvis really was and how he yearned to find answers to many of the questions he had been harboring through the years.

Elvis had many questions that he wanted answered. Two of the most important to him were: Why did my twin brother die at birth! He wondered why he was the one chosen to live. The other question had to do with his mother with whom he was very close. Their family was very poor and his mother would take on all kinds of jobs to help get items so he could have the same as the other children in school. Just when his career started to really take off, his mother passed away. He was happy that she was able to enjoy some of his success but he wanted to do much more for her.

Larry Geller came to Elvis as a hairdresser. While riding in a car with Larry one day, Elvis had a spiritual sighting. Elvis was so taken by this sighting that he was ready to give up everything and wanted Larry to help him find a monastery so he could become a monk. This is probably something that no fan knows. Larry was able to change Elvis’ mind by telling him that he had a responsibility to the world and that the world needed him.

Elvis, who was very impressed by Larry Geller, hired him. Elvis believed Larry came to him – not as a hairdresser but for a reason. Larry would bring several metaphysical and spiritual books along on the customized bus where he would sit next to Elvis who was at the wheel. Elvis would pull the bus over every so often to have a chance to do some reading. He also asked Larry to speak to the other guys on the bus. He wanted to help them make the same spiritual journey.

Larry explains that he wrote this book because it is something Elvis wanted done. Larry stated that he said, “The world knows Elvis Presley all right, but they don’t know me. I want them to know me, the real person, Larry, I’m counting on you.”

Larry Geller has written a very intriguing book about the private side of Presley. I did not know many of the things that Larry mentions about him. It is nice to read a book written by a close confidant and to hear some of the singer’s innermost thoughts about his beliefs in the spiritual realm. I always heard that Elvis was very close to his mother but you don’t realize just how much she meant to him until you read this book. The author has done an excellent job of conveying Elvis’ spiritual beliefs to the reader and especially to all of his fans. If you are an Elvis Presley fan, this is a must read book.

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The Elvis Presley comeback special was the top-rated television special of 1968, and most experts and fans agree it not only revitalized his career, it sealed his destiny as becoming a larger-than-life, almost mythical performer for the entire world. But there’s a great story behind the Elvis Presley comeback.

When talk of the comeback special in Elvis’ camp surfaced, he confessed he was nervous about playing live; after all, he hadn’t played a live concert in 7 years since he played in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on March 25, 1961! However, a short while after rehearsals began for the show a more confident Elvis Presley told his producer Bob Finkel he wanted to show the world what he could do.

And do, he did! The Elvis Presley Comeback Special was filmed over the course of five hours on June 27, 1968 in front of two separate audiences at NBC Burbank Studios, with a one hour break in between so Elvis could shower and have his black leather suit designed by Bill Belew dry cleaned.

Originally, Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker wanted the show to be a Christmas special complete with Christmas carols, but the chosen director, Steve Binder, saw this as an opportunity to re-establish Elvis Presley’s dwindling career. Steve Binder’s visionary personality played a large role in Elvis Presley’s ultimate success!

On December 3, 1968 the Elvis Presley Comeback Special aired, it became an amazing success, and it went down as one of the top moments in entertainment television history. Soon after, the slim Elvis Presley was in high demand and on his way to his legendary Las Vegas performances. He spent most of the next eight years on the road with his band. Some experts say the Elvis Presley Comeback Special revived his career in 1968, but that ironically, it also marked the beginning of the end of his life. Elvis died doing what he loved and he knew his fans loved him. Days before he passed away he said he was looking forward to to his greatest concert tour ever.

For many Elvis Presley fans, one of the most memorable moments deeply etched in their minds is watching a slim, incredibly handsome man walk onto the stage in 1968 wearing that famous black leather suit, and giving his fans “his all” as he had always done.

Orlando Gutierrez is a former Warner/Chappell Music Publishing staff songwriter and huge Elvis Presley fan, giving him credit for being influential in helping him achieve much of his success in the music business. Visit his informative Elvis website, http://www.elvis-songs.com and learn some quick fun-facts about “The King.” (c) Copyright – Orlando Gutierrez All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/!expert=Orlando_Gutierrez

The story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley is full of enough joys and heartaches to create an intriguing and interesting hit television series for years to come even to this day! Indeed, there have been Elvis and Priscilla movies in the past, and they’ve done rather well; so what makes their lives so interesting!

It obviously starts with the most sensual male rock and roll star ever to grace a stage, a gorgeous princess-like young woman whose beauty was really something to behold, and ends in a fairytale gone sour with a not-so-happily ever after ending.

Elvis met Priscilla Beaulieu while stationed in Germany in 1959, when she was 14 1/2 and he was 24. Talk about age difference! Things were a little different and more flexible back then when it came to age differences in the dating world; if this were to happen in today’s society it would seriously be questioned, investigated, and charges would probably be filed!

But the wonderful story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley was beginning to unfold; soon Elvis and Priscilla would spend time together every chance they got. Although Priscilla’s father objected to the romance at first, her mother talked him into allowing her to see Elvis, and he agreed on one condition; a midnight curfew!

Elvis and Priscilla would usually double-date and hang out with Elvis’ friends, and they pretty much kept their relationship “under wraps,” away from the public. When Elvis left Germany in 1960, Priscilla came to terms with the fact that her relationship with Elvis might be over, but to her surprise, Elvis stayed in touch with her.

When Priscilla was seventeen years old, Elvis talked her parents into allowing her to live with his father, Vernon Presley, and his stepmother in their Memphis, TN home behind Graceland. As the story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley goes, Elvis persuaded her to come over and stay with him regularly until she finally moved in for good!

In 1966, after seven years of courting, Elvis Presley proposed marriage to Priscilla Beaulieu with a 3 1/2 carat diamond to pledge his love! They were finally married on May 1, 1967, at a very private ceremony in Las Vegas. It is said that Elvis had always told Priscilla they were to abstain from intercourse until the day they were married even though they were very attracted to each other and engaging in lesser activity. This was probably true; exactly nine months after their wedding date, their daughter Lisa Marie Presley was born!

Elvis Priscilla seemed so happy at the time and those closest to Elvis say he was crazy about his little daughter, Lisa Marie. But by 1971, Elvis’ superstar lifestyle had taken its toll on the maturing Priscilla, and she was growing tired of many aspects of it, including his’ alleged affairs with other women. Priscilla fell in love with her karate instructor, Mike Stone, and saw her relationship with Stone as an escape from the life she no longer desired.

On October 9, 1973, the story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley came to an amicable end when their divorce was made final. Elvis and Priscilla shared custody of Lisa Marie, and they remained friends until his abrupt death in 1977.

Orlando Gutierrez is a former Warner/Chappell Music Publishing staff songwriter who gives Elvis credit for being influential in his music business success. Visit his informative Elvis website and learn some quick fun-facts about “The King”… Click here! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/!expert=Orlando_Gutierrez

There’s a major copywriting axiom that applies equally to the technique of listing products on eBay.

‘Sell the Sizzle, Not the Steak’ is great advice, it means extolling the benefits of your product, not merely describing the features of whatever you are selling.

It works because people don’t buy steak for its own sake, they buy for the eating experience, the taste, the sizzle.

You must sell benefits of your product (sizzle), not the product itself (steak)if you’re going to reach the widest audience of eager bidders.

So, for example, the title ‘Figure-Hugging Crushed Silk Ivory Ballgown’ should attract more interest than ‘Woman’s Cream Frock’; ‘Elvis Presley Hand-Signed Army Recruitment Portrait’ sounds better than ‘Elvis Presley Autograph’.

These additional features ‘figure-hugging’, ‘Crushed silk’, ‘Hand-Signed’, are the sizzle, more likely to make a bidder’s mouth water than describing the product as frock, autograph, whatever.

Taking time to learn what makes your prospective buyer’s mouth water makes all the difference between attracting fabulous finishing prices for your items and those items instead going unsold.

Here are some examples based on items I currently have listed on eBay:

* I could have listed it ‘Sunday Dispatch Newspaper’ but I think I’ll get more bids and higher prices for ‘TRUTH ABOUT THE LINDBERGH BABY Newspaper 1932′. The Lindbergh baby’s disappearance is still a major interest despite the passage of 70 years. A newspaper per se, just 70 years old, is worth little or nothing. The Lindbergh Baby is the sizzle, the newspaper is the steak.

* ‘Dog Print’ is good, but infinitely better is ‘SCOTTISH TERRIER Hand-Coloured Print. Lucy Dawson. 1946′. Scottish Terrier memorabilia is hugely popular, so is Lucy Dawson, and despite being quite modern, ‘1946′ still impresses more people than a more recent presentation. ‘Scottish Terrier’, ‘1946′, ‘Lucy Dawson’, are the sizzle, ‘Print’ is the steak.

Take time over your listings, find the sizzle that sells the steak.

Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several free guides to making money from eBay, including 103 POWERSELLER TIPS which you can download with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.toppco.com Read more eBay articles at: http://www.avrilharper.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/!expert=Avril_Harper