Rock-A-Billy Kat & Teddy-Boy Tiger
9/30/65 Hollywood, CA. 4/6/68 Vegas Flamingo Real pic: Elvis WITH Cigar And... Airbrushed With OUT Cigar
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6/10/69 Vegas Peter Borsari Photographer Chris Ellis (TJ's personal asst.) & Chris Slade (TJ's drummer) Flamingo Hotel
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "ELVIS & TOM"
The Infamous "ELVIS & TOM" magazine, released coincidentally on 'August 16', 1969. Photographer Peter Borsari took these classic shots on 6/10/69, at 3:30am, in TJ's suite at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Considering that the meeting between Elvis & The Beatles on 8/27/65 was not photographed (and even if it had been!), ERR considers this mag to be the Greatest music publication Ever released, of the 2 Greatest Singers•Dancers•Rockers, in their respective primes, ever to be photographed! Their mutual respect is legendary. In the history of Pop/Rock, their has never been any other 2 performers of their equal. Possibly excluding Elvis & The Beatles. Not MJ & Prince, Brown & Davis Jr., Beatles & Stones, Sinatra & Dino, Garland & Streisand, Astaire & Kelly, Crosby & Jolson. As EP & TJ often hung out together, Elvis' manager, Col. Tom Parker & TJ's manager, Gordon Mills, came up with the brilliant idea of setting up a photo shoot of the 2 together. Elvis & TJ agreed. Arrangements were made for a date, place & photographer. As TJ was currently headlining at The Flamingo, private, secure arrangements could be set up to every one's satisfaction. Some members of EP's 'Memphis Mafia' & TJ's band mates were present. 3 days after TJ's 29th birthday, and a month & a half before Elvis' comeback to a concert stage at The International, the photo-shoot was done. Macfadden/Bartlett Publications, NYC, publisher of Screenland & Silver Screen magazines, were contracted to publish & distribute the magazine. It went on the newsstands 8/16/69 & immediately sold out. How many copies were printed is unknown & there was no 2nd print. ERR interviewed Mr. Borsari, before his passing (5/26/06) & was informed, that to the best of his memory, he shot 1 roll in color, for the cover & keepsakes & 2 or 3 rolls in b&w for the contents. The cover is the only color pic with 8 b&w inside. With front & back covers, it was 75 pages. The remaining pages were career shots of the 2 & sold for a whopping 50¢! Pages 42 & 43 even contained a voting ballot! The ballot consisted of 5
questions: 1) I think Elvis/Tom is the better lover because... 2) I think Elvis/Tom is the better husband because... 3) I think Elvis/Tom is the better father because... 4) I think Elvis/Tom is the better performer because... 5) I think Elvis/Tom is the better man because... It was to be returned to "Elvis & Tom" C/O Macfadden/Bartlett Publications, NYC. Of course no results were ever published. Mr. Borsari also informed ERR that his rolls of film were never returned from the publisher & were apparently stolen. As of our interview in 2006, they had not been recovered. Through the years, only a handful have come to the surface from varied places. One color shot was found in a 1970's Japanese Elvis fan paperback, 2 others were released in the 1980's by Elvis' cousin, Billy Smith, & during the 1990's & 2000's, two popped up on eBay from an anonymous seller in NY & another color outtake came to light from a UK photographer, to name a few. ERR was interviewed back in 1993 for a segment on "A Current Affair". Our EP & TJ pictorial collection was shown for the 1st & only time until Now! The few unreleased shots previously mentioned, as well as ERR's personal unreleased acquisitions are shown above. Below, please see the "ELVIS & TOM" pix, as they appeared, in order in the mag. Please note; In the original publication, the pix contained captions. Ex. "What happened when the world's two greatest sex symbols got together!" Our Web & Photograph Designer/Tom Jones Consultant, Ms. Lynn S., painstakingly restored these historical pix back to their original form, without the annoying text & captions! Kudos to 'The Goddess', Ms. Lynn S! She has also restored the color cover, less our banner & minus the headlines & captions! Please see the original photos & published cover below.
EP, TJ, Cilla, The Memphis Mafia & Wives
Many Have Dreamed, Few Have Done -JAM With The KING! M.Griffin-TJ-EP-N.Crosby - 5/8/71 Caesars Palace Vegas
9/4/73 Caesars Palace TJ Show'73 Rock Dreams The King's Court '73 Rock Dreams EP & TJ Elvis Blues:'76 Studio... '69 TV This Is Tom Jones... '76 Live-NYC Playing Card & Poker Chip Fantasy Concert Hunka-Hunka vs Woa-Woa
8/27/65 Belair, CA. The KING & The FAB 4! 9/19/66 UK Tom Jones & The Beatles! 4/18/75 NYC 8/22/62&69 Beatles First(Star Club-GER.) & Last(John's UK home) Pix Together! Same Day-7 Yrs Apart!
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