Elvis A Scot? Well, He Now Has A Tartan

IT MAY not match your blue suede shoes, but the Elvis tartan - which will be unveiled in the tiny Scottish town of Lonmay to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of the Pelvis - is just the latest claim to his ancestry.

All Shook Up Over Graceland

ELVIS impersonator Norm Bakker is taking his blue suede shoes from Medowie to Memphis.

Rockabilly

CARL PERKINS AND FRIENDS Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session (Snapper/Shock)

Is Nothing Sacred?

Is nothing sacred? Not even Elvis impersonations? Presley wannabe Neil Goldberg put on his blue suede flippers to pay homage to The King as part of the Florida Keys Underwater Music Festival, which included a six-hour underwater broadcast by a local radio station. Music was piped to a submerged audience via waterproof speakers. Viva Las Vegas.

Mish-mash Milan

From Bollywood, to Blue Hawaii and the hippy trail, designers tried every trick to get attention. Hilary Alexander and Jane Barrett report from Milan.

Cancer Charity

SLIP on your blue suede shoes and get out to West Leagues Club at 7.30pm tomorrow night in the name of charity.

Presley Chips In For Uk

CHIP shop owners across Britain are slipping into blue suede shoes and sequined jumpsuits for National Chip Week.

Abundance Of Look-alikes, But Real Elvis Had Left The Building

ELVIS lovers put on their blue suede shoes and rocked around the clock yesterday.

Carl Of The Wild

The Beatles may have put a dampener on the spirit of rockabilly, but Carl Perkins, writer of Blue Suede Shoes, is still revered today, more than four decades after his first hit. That defining moment:Ian B. McLeod remembers with crystal clarity the first time he heard Carl Perkins. He was 16,

Blue-suede Memories

A LITTLE BIT OF ELVIS; EAT CARPET - Shoot Me Tender SBS, 8.30pm and 11.05pm WHEN I heard about Elvis's death, I was 10, in bed with the flu, and so had the luxury of a TV in my room. Watching at 7am, I was most annoyed when the cartoons were held up by a newsflash: the King was dead. Ignora

Which One's The Girl?

Pink is for girls, blue for boys. But why? When doting grannies and new mums prepare layettes, are they blindly following tradition - or can you really colour code the sexes? 'Think pink!" cried the fashion editor in the Fred Astaire movie Funny Face. And for most of us, that means think gir

Blue Suede Dues

Elvis impersonator Max Pellicano tells Peter Holmes he was always more of a Rod Stewart fan. ON the streets of Washington DC lives a man who trades under the alias Black Elvis. Rather than beg, Belvis sidles up and invites you to play a game. "Tell me a word, any word," he says, &quo

Past Catches Baby-boomers

"DRESS," states the invitation,"blue suede shoes or equivalent." Of all the mail that accumulated on my desk during an extended break this invitation was the most thought-provoking in its implications. Not for the shoes, but because it is an invitation to the 50th birthday of

Fraught Times For The Baby-boomers

`DRESS", states the invitation: ``Blue Suede Shoes or equivalent. " Of all the mail that accumulated on my desk during an extended break, this invitation was the most thought-provoking in terms of its implications. Not for the shoes but because it is an invitation for the 50th birth

Elvis Tribute Metal As Anything

Metal Elvis - Prince of Wales Hotel. 27 August. There was enough hot metal to fill the King's blue suede shoes. Patrick Donovan mingled with his hard-core devotees. ELVIS IS DEAD - no doubt about it. But while his body slowly decomposes in the Memphis mud, his music has been abruptly captur

Rocker Rocco, Heart And Sole Of Rock'n'roll

In the 1950s, rock'n'roll was king. You could tell by looking at people's feet. Back then, youngsters were tapping or twisting or shuffling to the beat. And while Elvis sang about blue suede shoes, a young Italian named Rocco Bufalo was making them. And lots of other colors, too. With pointed toe