Jan. 8, 2025

Elvis Presley Trivia

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Journey Joe Mitchell celebrates the King of Rock and Roll's birthday with fascinating stories about Elvis's rise to fame. From radio jingles to innovative recording techniques, this episode reveals surprising facts about his early career. Learn which guitar store created a special payment plan and discover how a bathroom helped create his signature sound.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings, rock and roll fans. I'm journey

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Joe Mitchell, and welcome to a hip shaking edition of

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five daily trivia questions. On the King's birthday, Let's explore

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some fascinating facts about Elvis. Question one, Which Memphis radio

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commercial jingle earned Elvis his first paycheck as a singer

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and why did he have to record it twenty seven times?

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Question two? What unusual item did Sam Phillips use to

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create Elvis's echo effect on That's all Right? Starting a

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recording trend? Question three? Which famous singer accidentally gave Elvis

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his first leather jacket leading to his signature look? Question four?

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What odd job was Elvis working when he recorded Heartbreak Hotel,

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causing him to be late to the session? Question five?

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Which guitar store let Elvis window shop for years then

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financed his first guitar with what unusual payment plan. We'll

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be right back with these rock and roll answers after

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this break. Welcome back, trivia fans, Let's reveal today's answers.

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Question one asked which Memphis radio commercial jingle earned Elvis

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his first paycheck as a singer and why did he

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have to record it twenty seven times. Answer. He recorded

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a Western auto store jingle, but kept adding Daddy O

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at the end, forcing multiple retakes. They kept the final

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version with the Daddy oh because customers loved it. Question

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two asked what unusual item did Sam Phillips use to

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create Elvis's echo effect on That's All Right, starting a

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recording trend. Answer Phillips used the Sun studio bathroom as

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an echo chamber, running a speaker and microphone into the

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tiled room. The bathroom is still preserved exactly as it

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was that day. Question three asked which famous singer accidentally

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gave Elvis his first leather jacket, leading to his signature look. Answer.

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Jeene Vincent left his leather jacket at Sun's studio, and

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Elvis wore it for a show. When his own jacket

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was stolen, Vincent let him keep it after seeing the

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audience reaction. Question four asked what odd job was Elvis

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working when he recorded Heartbreak Hotel, causing him to be

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late to the session. Answer he was still driving a

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truck for Crown Electric, making one final delivery before heading

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to the studio. His boss kept his time card as

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a souvenir. Question five, asked which guitar store let Elvis

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window shop for years, then financed his first guitar with

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what unusual payment plan? Answer Forrest's Music Shop set up

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a twenty five cent per week payment plan after seeing

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him look at the same guitar every day for a year.

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The payment book is now in the Rock and Roll

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Hall of Fame that concludes today's five daily trivia questions.

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I'm Journey, Joe Mitchell, and today's question were crafted with

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the help of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy

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five daily trivia questions without ads, check the link in

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