“When The Fabs Met The King”…

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On the evening of 27 August 1965, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles, two of the world’s biggest music
stars, met for the first and only time. Based on the recollections of those present that night, this is the first-ever dramatization of that historic event.

The meeting took place at The King’s mansion in Beverly Hills, a vast, round building with a spacious front garden.

It was shortly before 10pm when they drove over. They were in a convoy of three,
big black, Cadillac limousines, led by Elvis’s manager, Colonel Parker and his people.

Already stoned on marijuana, all four members of The Beatles had forgotten where they were going. They spent most of the time, during the journey, in the car, smoking and supping cups of tea from some flasks.

Members of the famous Memphis Mafia guarded the tall gates, outside the property, and waved
the line of limousines through. And it was, at that point, The Beatles suddenly remembered… They
were going to meet Elvis. Still under the influence of pot, the group attempted to climb out of the
car but instead, fell onto the driveway, giggling and in hysterics.

The Beatles were greeted at the front door and escorted into a massive circular room, illuminated in red and blue lights. This was where the King entertained, it was his giant playpen, complete with a deep crescent-shaped couch, a couple of pool and games tables, a well-stocked bar, a remote-controlled colour television and a jukebox which endlessly played the track, ‘Mohair Sam’ by Charlie Rich.

The Beatles’ first glimpse of Elvis was of him, sitting quietly, on a couch, softly strumming a Fender
bass guitar, which was plugged into an amp, and watching the TV, but with the sound turned down.

He got up from the chair, smiled, said “Hi” and shook everybody’s hands. There was a weird,
embarrassing silence, and it was John who spoke first, awkwardly blurting out a stream of questions at Elvis, such as, “Why do you do all these soft-centred ballads for the cinema these days? What happened to good old rock & roll?”

Later Elvis strummed a few bass guitar chords for Paul and said, “See, I'm practicing". And Paul came back with the quip, “Don't worry, between us, me and Brian Epstein will make a star of you soon”.

Parker and Beatles manager, Brian Epstein soon lost interest in all this. Parker put his arm around
Epstein's shoulder, led him away to a quiet corner of the games room and left the musicians to play.

Once Elvis and The Beatles had finished playing music, they relaxed back in their chairs and, once
again, reminisced about their worrying, most frightening events that had happened to them whilst
touring. Shortly after a discussion about cars, Colonel Parker emerged from the games room and, at 2am, decided that it was time to call it a night. He dished out presents to everyone, which consisted of a large box of Elvis’s albums.

Five years later, in December 1970, in a meeting with President Richard Nixon, at the White House,
Elvis attempted to banish the group from America, accusing them of being “a real force for anti-
American spirit”, adding, “The Beatles came to this country, made their money and then returned to England where they promoted an anti-American theme”. The President nodded in agreement.