Charlie on Elvis

Charlie was always aware of the public. While at the Manoir in 1954, a friend visited him and brought him a record of a new singer called Elvis Presley. Charlie hadn't heard of him. "This man has made a sensation in the States," his friend said. "I can't understand it. He wiggles his hips and sings and people go mad." "If he's made such an impact,"Charlie replied, "he must have something. You can't fool the public."(Jerry Epstein, Remembering Charlie)