ELVIS: MY BEST MAN(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“George, bravo! I learned some new things about you and your
life, especially the earlier years. I feel you capture the essence
of Elvis not only in dialogue, but also in giving the reader a
sense of his personality, humor, and his spirit of play. . . . I
know that Elvis would be proud that you’ve remained his loyal and
lifelong friend.” —Priscilla Presley

　　“George was with Elvis from the beginning. He personally knows
the story.” —Dick Clark

　　“George Klein is something else. Through the years, George has
been right there. He’s got the great stories and he’s always talked
about Elvis and presented him with great dignity.” —Tom Petty

　　“GK was there from the beginning, and there ’til the end. This
book is fact.” —Jerry Lee Lewis

　　“GK was one of the most important friends and confidants of
Elvis Presley. This book captures all the excitement of the birth
of rock ’n’ roll, and reminds us of the very significant roles that
Elvis and GK played as rock ’n’ roll pioneers.” —Jerry
Schilling

　　When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he
couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the
boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first
time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew
that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise
to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein
was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal
friends until his untimely death in 1977.

　　In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and
long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and
the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great
affection for the friend he knew—about who the King of Rock ’n’
Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off.
This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making
through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of
American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone
who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland
to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s
iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that
Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the
King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.

　　GEORGE “GK” KLEIN is a Memphis native and a pioneering disc
jockey and television host. He and Elvis met in eighth grade at
Humes High in North Memphis, and they became lifelong friends.
Today, Klein hosts a program for Sirius XM Radio’s Elvis channel,
Memphis Sounds for WYPL-18 TV, and the Elvis Hour for WMC radio in
Memphis, where he lives with his wife, Dara. He misses Elvis every
day.
　　CHUCK CRISAFULLI is a veteran entertainment journalist and
author, most recently of Go to Hell: A Heated History of
the Underworld, and Me and a Guy Named Elvis, with Jerry
Schilling.