Baby, Let's Play House

by Nash, Alanna

• ISBN13: 9780061699849
• ISBN10: 0061699845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-18
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Nearly thirty-three years after his death, Elvis Presley's extraordinary physical appeal, timeless music, and sexual charisma continue to captivate, titillate, and excite. Though hundreds of books have been written about the King, no book has solely explored his relationships with women and how they influenced his music and life-until now. Based largely on exclusive interviews with the many women who knew him in various roles-lover, sweetheart, friend, costar, and family member-Baby, Let's Play House explores Presley's love affairs with, among others, Ann-Margret, Linda Thompson, Sheila Ryan Caan, June Juanico, Joyce Bova, Barbara Leigh, Cybill Shepherd, and Priscilla Beaulieu, as well as his friendships with actresses Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Mary Ann Mobley, Yvonne Craig, and Celeste Yarnall. The book also spotlights important early girlfriends and the women who dared to turn him down, including Cher, Petula Clark, and Karen Carpenter, as well as two women-Kay Wheeler and Tura Satana-who taught him dance moves he used onstage. Baby, Let's Play House, named after the 1955 song that was his first to hit the national charts and his mother's favorite Elvis recording, presents Elvis in a new light-as a charming but wounded Lothario who bedded scores of women but seemed unable to maintain a lasting romantic relationship. While fully exploring the most famous romantic idol of the twentieth century, award-winning veteran music journalist Alanna Nash pulls back the covers on what Elvis really wanted in a woman-and was tragically never able to find.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
"My Best Gal"	p. 1
An Ideal Guy	p. 21
Blue Heartache	p. 43
Dixie's Delight	p. 63
"You Need to Be Kissed"	p. 79
"A Great, Big, Beautiful Hunk of Forbidden Fruit"	p. 99
Biloxi Bliss	p. 113
"An Earthquake in Progress"	p. 129
Love Times Three	p. 153
Hillbillies in Hollywood	p. 175
Showgirls and Shavers	p. 191
Twin Surprises	p. 207
"The Most Miserable Young Man"	p. 221
Nipper Dreams	p. 235
Private Presley	p. 249
"Wake Up, Mama, Wake Up"	p. 259
Fräulein Fallout	p. 273
House Full of Trouble	p. 285
Priscilla	p. 297
"Crazy"	p. 321
Going Under	p. 341
"A Little Happiness"	p. 359
Nungin, Thumper, and Bug	p. 373
Satyrs and Spirits	p. 393
"You Don't Really Love Me!"	p. 411
Hitched!	p. 431
A Baby, a Babe, and Black Leather	p. 447
Sin City	p. 471
Girls, Guns, and the President	p. 485
"A Prince From Another Planet"	p. 507
Buntin'	p. 523
"Where Does Love Go?"	p. 539
Flickering White Light	p. 559
"Breathe!"	p. 581
Epilogue	p. 607
Acknowledgments	p. 611
Endnotes	p. 615
Bibliography	p. 659
Index	p. 663
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