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HE Touched Me
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About the Author
Darwin Lamm is known today as publisher of Elvis...The Magazine, but
this is just one of his varied careers that led to the creation of
ELVIS...He Touched Me. Darwin grew up as an Elvis fan in the 50's,
but entered the Elvis World on August 16, 1977 when he was asked by
radio stations across America to produce a Radio tribute show
following Elvis' death. The result was a 3-hour special titled
"Elvis Remembered", and it led to over 200 hours of Elvis radio
tributes. In this series of radio specials were many incredible
"gems", memories of Elvis from his closest friends, fellow
performers, associates, boyhood friends and fans. Radio production
and syndication was something Darwin knew well having teamed up with
Dick Clark in 1971 to launch the first radio talk show in
syndication: The Bill Ballance Feminine Forum. Shortly thereafter,
Darwin formed his own syndication company called Creative Radio
Shows and ventured into the area of music programming. His first
radio special was a 4-hour "The Beach Boys Story." In 1976, Lamm
followed up with a second 4-hour radio special titled "The Beatles".
Next, "The Buddy Holly Story" and others followed before moving into
the country music field with weekly radio specials dedicated to
country's most successful super stars. He had built a network of
several hundred radio stations, and when Elvis died in 1977, the
station managers were clamoring for a radio special to commemorate
the King, and they sought out Lamm to produce it. The overwhelming
response Lamm received from "Elvis Remembered" made him realize the
impact Elvis had on so many people around the world. He followed up
with "Elvis: The Country Side" in 1980, then a 6-hour show, "The
10th Anniversary Radio Tribute" in 1987. In 1988 he produced a
highly successful weekly program, The Elvis Hour. Darwin Lamm
entered the publishing world in 1988 with the magazine Elvis
International Forum, and it quickly became recognized as THE Elvis
magazine for the fans as the articles and stories invovled many of
Elvis' closest friends. As the magazine evolved, the name changed to
Elvis...The Magazine, now in its 21st year of publication. In
addition to his new role as publisher, Darwin continued to produce
radio specials through the 1990's including "Memories of Elvis" in
1990, "The Elvis 15th Anniversary Radio Tribute" in 1992 and "The
Elvis 20th Anniversary Radio Tribute" in 1997. Lamm's vast library
is perhaps the most comprehensive collection of wonderful "nuggets"
about Elvis from interviews with various celebrities who were
touched by Elvis. On radio you only heard short clips, but in the
book ELVIS...He Touched Me, you get the full interviews.
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About the Book
ELVIS...He Touched Me is made up of
rare interviews and stories from The Creative Radio Network. Darwin
Lamm, producer of the weekly radio show The Elvis Hour and publisher
of Elvis...The Magazine began collecting these short, fun, intimate
strories in August 1977. Elvis touched so many people in so many
ways, from the Movie Star to the gas station attendant and from US
Presidents to "Joe the fan". They each reflect on that one special
encounter with Elvis that affected or changed the direction of their
lives forever. There are only a few people who knew Elvis well
enough to write their own book, but many who share that one special
moment or event with Elvis. This book encompasses over 200 hours of
rare interviews that have never before been printed all together in
one collection. Read and feel the excitement, fun and joy that Elvis
brought to people like: Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney, Brenda Lee, Pat
Boone, Carl Perkins, Steve Allen, Roy Orbison, Frankie Avalon,
Johnny Tillotson, Eddie Rabbit and more. This book includes 38
photographs and anecdotes that all Elvis fans and friends will find
amusing and touching. This is the first in the series and will be
highly anticipated by all Elvis collectors.
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ELVIS - He
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