Parkes Elvis Festival: Binder reflects on the 'one-and-only' King

By Peter Barrett
Updated January 9 2016 - 4:13pm, first published January 8 2016 - 4:36pm
Steve Binder meets Elvis impersonators in Parkes for the annual festival in memory of the King. Photo: Bill Jayet
Steve Binder meets Elvis impersonators in Parkes for the annual festival in memory of the King. Photo: Bill Jayet

1968: Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. Since being discharged from the army, Elvis Presley had done a string of films but the offers had dried up. He hadn't performed live since 1961, he was abusing amphetamines and there was this band dominating the charts called The Beatles.

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