Exclusive Remixes
A trio of Elvis Presley songs have been remixed by contemporary artists exclusively for the Peloton exercise platform.
The collaboration marks the first time that music has been created by any artist exclusively for the Peloton platform.
The remixes arrive in the wake of the launch of Peloton's Elvis Artist Series, which offers classes set to the late rock 'n' roll legend's songs.
The revamped tracks will be integrated into various classes that don't require Peloton equipment, including yoga, strength, core and outdoor running classes.
Buzzy Forbess Died
Elvis’ high school close friend, Buzzy Forbess, has passed away.
Elvis and Buzzy were good friends at Humes High and Elvis’ early days at Sun.
In his freshman year of high school Elvis teamed up with three friends, Buzzy Forbess, Paul Dougher and Farley Guy, to start a lawn business. With a push lawn mower that his father, Vernon, purchased for him, and a few sickles, Elvis and his team mowed yards at the cost of $4.00 per yard.
Buzzy noted that "In the early days Elvis didn’t have the wiggle and what-have-you then but some things about Elvis never changed. But when Elvis started singing he’d always affect people just with his voice and singing."
Over the years Buzzy was interviewed in various newspaper, magazine and Elvis television documentary specials, contributed to several books and helped inspire an upcoming book about Elvis’ appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
Chicago Film Archives Footage
The Chicago Film Archives uploaded almost 20 minutes of new Elvis footage to their online collection. The 16mm footage, shot by filmmaker Frank Koza, shows Elvis Presley entering the U.S. Army on March 24th 1958 and Elvis reporting to his first day at Fort Chaffee after being inducted into the military one day later.
Description: Silent news outtakes from 1958 capture singer and Army Private Elvis Presley reporting to his first day at Fort Chaffee after being inducted into the military.
Surrounded by photographers, Presley is seen marching through camp to a testing center with his fellow inductees. We then see him unpacking in his barracks, and eating at a cafeteria. He is greeted by young fans as he departs a charter bus. He receives bedding and prepares his assigned bunk.
The singer is processed into the Army on March 24, 1958 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. He talks to reporters, fills out paperwork, and gets a physical examination. Elvis' parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley, are seen briefly, looking dour. The day was dubbed "black Monday" for his fans by the press.
(Source: UEPS / Peloton / Chicago Film Archives / Elvis Information Network)