I Knew Elvis

Welcome to I Knew Elvis, the website for Elvis’ friends and fans. Here Elvis is the headliner, but Those Who Knew Him Best are his supporting cast. Read their stories collected for decades to give fans an insider’s look into the warmth, humor, and bad boy stunts of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Here you will read stories about what Elvis Presley, The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, is really like while still living in the hearts of those who knew him best. Would that be as good as drinking a purple cow? If you don’t what a purple cow is, there must be a lot more you don’t know about the Elvis that I knew, way back in 1953, when we met, before Elvis exploded onto the music scene. The purpose of www.iknewelvis.com is to connect Elvis fans, or those just meeting the idol, with those who knew him best.

Rose Clayton Phillips

Rose Clayton Phillips is an author and a retired journalist, who wrote for Rolling Stone and Billboard. She was a field producer for various TV entertainment shows, primarily “Entertainment Tonight.”

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Elvis and Angela

by Rose Clayton Phillips | Oct 16, 2022

Many Elvis fans will know of Angela Lansbury, who passed away on October 11, 2022. Today October 16 would have been her 97th birthday. She played Elvis’s mother, Sarah Lee Gates, in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii. Angela was only 36 at the time and it was her first...